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Helping Others… Helping Myself.
Many of you probably think that because I have this great blog that I am smarter than others. Nothing could be further from the truth. The reality is, sometimes I just research a problem that I am having until I find the solution… I blog about it, and then I usually forget about it. So…
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Another Milestone for TWAM
A few weeks ago – somewhere around the second week of November or so – this blog hit a bit of a milestone. It welcomed its 183,060th visitor of 2015. That may seem like a bit of a weird number to celebrate… but it is significant in that it is the same number of visitors…
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Brown Sugar! No, not the song or any sort of racial innuendo.
Eighteen months ago when I went to work for Yakidoo I was chastised / berated / belittled / nearly shot out of a canon for using artificial sweetener in my coffee. This could have gone any of several ways, but what I did do, partly to appease and partly because I simply didn’t feel strongly…
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Certified!
I just got an email from Microsoft Learning congratulating me on my new certifications… Windows 7 Specialist 🙂 I have not taken a Windows 7 exam in a few years, so it is nice to know they still care. I don’t know what I will do with them, but thanks!
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Are you kidding me?
I have figured out why Godzilla was able to attack Tokyo without any advance warning. It’s because everyone was going about their business, distracted… Either by cell phones or manga books or just generally ignoring their surroundings. If you haven’t met me, let me paint a picture: I am 6’2″ tall (a head taller than…
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Japan: Take 2
The best laid plans of mice… -Slartibartfast When I left Canada nearly six weeks ago it was with the promise that I would be blogging nearly every day. I said that I was going to be traveling around the country on the week-ends, I would be taking a ton of pictures, and I would be…
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Comfort Zones and Older Lessons
In 2003 I joined a small Montreal firm as their Systems Administrator. When I say small, there were four of us in the office. I had just passed my first certification exam, and I thought I was really something. Of course, I wasn’t… but I wouldn’t learn that until much later on. I say I…
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A (Mostly) Boring Trip
I really did have images of going out and having fun every night. I really planned to travel outside of Tokyo and see the country every weekend. That is not what happened. Don’t get me wrong… I have gone out for dinners, if mostly close to home. I have also been spending a lot of…
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Why We Test…
It is Friday morning in Tokyo, and there is a line out the door. If you didn’t know any better you would think that they were lined up to get an autograph from the latest pop icon. However if you look at the sign on the door it does not say ‘Tokyo Arena’ or ‘Tokyo Hilton.’…
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Kyoto is to Tokyo…
I got off the Shinkansen (Bullet Train) at Kyoto Station, which was a hustling and bustling place, just like Tokyo Marunouchi Station where I had embarked. In fact while the layout was different and so were the shops, there wasn’t all that much to differentiate this building from all of the other major ports I…
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Wireless Networks: Know your strengths!
It is not uncommon for me to hear people complain that their wireless network is not stable, is not working properly, disconnects, is slow, and just isn’t good enough. Unfortunately, unless you are a networking specialist, wireless connectivity is essentially a binary state: It works… or it doesn’t work. There are three things I ask…
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Kyoto: The Ancient Capital
The last time I was in Japan I did not leave Tokyo. This time I vowed would be different. Before I left Canada I bought several Japan Rail passes, and I was ready to explore. After consulting with my peeps over here, and with Simon’s help tracking down a room (it seems autumn is a…
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Five Years Of WordPress: A Celebration?
It honestly doesn’t seem like that long ago… and of course it seems like forever. Of course I have been blogging for well over a decade, but I seem to remember sometime in 2010 when Cory Fowler started telling me I should migrate my blog from Community Server over to WordPress. I was pretty happy…
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Warning: The Tax Department Is Not This Efficient!
I received what on the surface looked like a very welcome e-mail today from the Government of Canada, Specifically from the Canada Revenue Agency. Specifically, it looked like this: I was thrilled… and then I remembered that anything that looks too good to be true probably is. The e-mail address it came in from bears…
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Weekend in Tokyo… What to do! :)
Later this evening I will likely write about what I did yesterday, but today is a gorgeous sunny day, and I am heading out om the town. I am taking with me my Nikon camera, along with my 18-105mm lens, which so far I find to be the most versatile. I have not decided yet…
The World According to Mitch
The day to day ramblings of an IT Professional (and so much more…)
