About PSPINC and Japan

You don't see them much ...

Jan

31

It is rare to see pay phones anywhere nowadays.

My bloguru access count for this month is going to go over 1,500. However, the Japanese version of my bloguru site hit count has already gone over 18,000. There are 12 times the difference between Japanese & English site. We have to work even harder to make Bloguru more popular.

#Blog

AIRBORNE FORMULA

Jan

30

I bought some AIRBORNE FORMULA as gifts to people here in Japan. But I was not feeling well ... So, I opened one of the gifts and took it. I hope it works.

This is my last full day in Japan. I will be flying out on DELTA from Narita to Seattle tomorrow.

#Beauty #Health

Shinjyuku at Night

Jan

30

I ate dinner with my friend in Shinjyuku (新宿). This area used to be one of the most popular red light districts in Tokyo. There are still lots of people at night.

#Travel

Clam Chowder for a Breakfast

Jan

29

I am eating Knorr Boston Clam Chowder for a breakfast. It only costs about $2 and it is very good for an instant meal. I have a lunch and dinner meeting today, so I am trying to reduce calories that I take in the morning. But it was good.

Japan ha one of the best instant meals anywhere.

#Travel

Comparing Tokyo

Jan

29

The top picture was take yesterday. Other two pictures were dated on the photo. I think Tokyo has recovered almost fully last October.

#Life #Politics #Society

Arrived in Tokyo

Jan

29

I have arrived in Tokyo and checked in to New Otani Hotel in Akasaka. It is very cold and quiet Sunday night. I can see downtown Shinjyuku from my room. Over 10 million people live in Tokyo and is home to more than 50% of all businesses in Japan.

#Travel

This is one heck of a software!!!

Jan

28

I have never seen this before. Besides, I know you can do this by using a software like Photoshop, but this software is designed just for this purpose. It is amazing. Look at the demo by clicking on the link below.

http://www.portraitprofessional.com/gallery/

The software costs almost $5,000 ... but for professionals, this may be reasonable.

#Computer #Internet

Traveling to Tokyo

Jan

28

I will be traveling to Tokyo this afternoon. I have three more days in Japan before I head back to Washington State. Other than Torrance CA, Bellevue, Ashiya and Tokyo have about same temperatures.

It i every cold here in Ashiya, this morning. It is about 5:45am.

#Travel

A day trip to Arima

Jan

27

Arima (有馬) is one of the most famous hot springs in Japan and it is only about 15 miles away from where may parents live. Today was mother's birthday, so I treated my parents to a day retreat at hot springs.

It was very nice and relaxing. My mother likes hot springs a lot. So, I think she enjoyed it.

#Travel

They know...

Jan

27

I accessed the site I usually access in the US and found the Japanese advertisement from the area that I am in in Japan. That means, from the access point, the web site can determine where I am ... It is very interesting but scarily.

#Computer #Internet

Door to Door Carrier Service

Jan

27

I shipped my suitcase to the hotel in Tokyo from my home. It is over 300 miles. Do you know the cost of this service???

I paid 1,370yen (about US$17). Don't you think that is cheap? I also ship my golf bag when I play golf. It costs about $35 round trip anywhere in Japan. This is one service FedEx can't match in Japan.

#Travel

Over or Under the Ground

Jan

26

In Japan, much of power and data are delivered to homes and businesses via over the ground wirings. Although, it may not look good, it provides two advantages over underground wiring.

(1) It is cheaper to deliver
(2) It is cheaper and faster to fix

It is very common to see a view like this in Japan.

#Life #Politics #Society

Beautiful Sunset

Jan

26

This is what I like about my city in Japan. Ashiya is set between mountains and ocean. I got to see a beautiful sunset.

More pictures in the comment.

#Travel

How do you send a half giga byte file?

Jan

25

I am sending over 400MB of pictures using PSPINC's MegaMail service. This service enables me to send huge amount of files to multiple recipients using Internet. When you need to send large file or many files, you should consider this service.

For more information on this service, please contact PSPINC.

http://www.sendmegamail.com

#Computer #Internet

Free Images

Jan

25

http://freetinyimages.com/

Every picture you see on this site can be used license free regardless of the size.
Please take a look. This is another service of PSPINC.

#Computer #Internet

Very Cold Morning in Japan

Jan

25

It is -3C (or 26.5F) this morning in Ashiya Japan. I will stay in Ashiya this week and move to Tokyo this weekend. I am booked on the flight to go back to Seattle on Wednesday.

Is it still called in Seattle as well?
Looking at temperature, it looks like a good weather there.

#Nature

It has been one year ...

Jan

24

We brought the urn from the US to Japan to be placed in our family grave. We did this based on SHINTO tradition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto

#Life #Politics #Society

Bonsai or Funny Tree

Jan

23

I found this tree in the park near by in Ashiya, Japan.

#Travel

DAWGS GOLF SHOES ???

Jan

23

Have you ever heard of DAWGS GOLF SHOES???
I learned about it yesterday in Japan.

#Shopping

Japanese likes English ???

Jan

23

I have no idea what this store do ...

#Life #Politics #Society

Mobile Web Mail

Jan

22

I used to have to setup our Japan mobile phone's email whenever I come to Japan to access my email from our Android Phone. But with our new mobile version of web mail, I can access my email with just a browser. This makes it very easy. Also I don't have to be concerned about deleting the data when I return my phone.

#Computer #Internet

I have arrive in Japan.

Jan

22

I arrived in Japan after 10 hours and 50 minuets flight. It is not that cold here.

#Travel

I will be gone to Japan

Jan

21

I will be traveling to Japan until Feb 1. See you!
I will update my blog and Facebook from Japan.

#Travel

Heavy Ice on Trees

Jan

20

This clod front let lots of snow but also left lots of ice on trees. Because of the weight of ice, some trees are falling down and some big branches are broken. We have one big branch that went 3/4 way into our neighbor's house. I am leaving to Japan tomorrow, I have to take care of it when I come back in two weeks.

#Nature

Still Some Snow Left

Jan

19

There are few people brave the snow to got to work today, But for many this was just too much snow to get out of the house. I took this video as I came in to the office park this morning.

#Business #Marketing

K-Cup Secret

Jan

18

Did you know you can brew more than one cup of tea (at least three time) when you are using K-Kup system? This does not work with coffee.

This is a picture taken when I made my second cup today from the same cartridge. Am I being too cheap?

#Gourmet

We were under DOS attack!!!

Jan

18

http://www.clocklink.com was under DOS (Denial of Service) attack. We have shut down http://www.clocklink.com and is all the services are back to normal. We are now checking the log to determine the service attack IP for Firewall blocking.

#Computer #Internet

Here is to crazy ones!!!

Jan

18

Here are the crazy people of PSPINC R&D who braved the snow to get to work today. There is one person made it all the way from Seattle to HQ today. Our data center is same as usual. Because of those people, PSPINC keeps growing.

Thank you. I am one of crazy ones.

#Business #Marketing

Little snow today!!!

Jan

18

It started to snow early this morning and there are about 3 inches of fresh snow on the ground. I drove to work without any problem. It was actually better driving than most of days because there were very little cars on the street. I did not see any ditched car on the street either.

I am working as a telephone operator today.

#Nature

Black Ice

Jan

17

Streets are not white but it is vey much iced up. 4WD and AWD may get the car moving but they do not do much to stop your car. So, be very careful and drive slow. It takes at least twice as much distance to stop.

#Bikes #Cars

No Traffic Problem

Jan

17

For a while the traffic from here to the airport looked bad, but it seems clear now. I have to take Mayumi to SEATAC airport little later. Isn't Internet wonderful???

#Life #Politics #Society

This email is a Phishing

Jan

17

This is a phishing email ... it looks very much like coming from UPS. This is not from UPS. How o I know ... the email address they are sending is an email address I receive but I do not use. Any email sent to this address is SAMP, FLAUD or HACKING. So, even when the email looks like coming from the company you know, be careful!!!

Definition of Phishing: Phishing is a way of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing

#Computer #Internet

Sushi Anyone???

Jan

17

PSPINC completed one of the website development projects.

http://www.asakuma.com/

#Gourmet

17 Years Ago Today

Jan

16

It has been 17years since The Great Hanshin earthquake, or Kobe earthquake. My family lost two houses and one rental property. But everyone was safe. When we learned about the disaster, we wanted to do something, but we were too small to anything at that time.

Now, we are little bigger and are able to put together the plan to support recovery effort of Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami. Things that we are doing are all possible by our customers and partners. Thank you very much.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hanshin_earthquake

#Life #Politics #Society

It is very cold this morning.

Jan

16

I walked with Pompom around the park near by. There were lots of birds coming out of pond.

I did not think Pompom wanted to do anything with them. Jus too many.

#Nature

Does Bloguru work for you?

Jan

15

I was working with Mr. Bruce Johnson of Rowland Studio to get his bloguru to rank higher when you search "Seatle Professional Photographs" on Google for last two weeks. I searched the Google today and his Bloguru account came up on the first page. Cool. I hope he keeps up his posting.

http://en.bloguru.com/seattlephotos

If you want me to work on your Bloguru for higher ranking, please contact me. However, I will not work with you on your homepage. Just bloguru account.

#Blog

Finally, there is a snow on the ground.

Jan

15

It is very crisp and clean out side. I groomed Pompom before the snow. He has almost not insolation. I am sorry.

#Nature

My First Digital Photograph

Jan

14

I am organizing my photos and starting to realize that I first started using digital camera in September 2002. This photo of Tiny is one of the oldest digital photo I have. Everything before that is paper print.

By the way the picture was taken by CYBERSHOT ... that means my first digital camera was SONY. The picture size is 600 x 450 ... what a small image.

#Hobby

I finished it!!!

Jan

13

For many this means nothing, bur some it is amazing. I have over 64,000 photos in my Aperture 3. Yesterday I finished naming all Faces and have no more unnamed faces. It took almost a year.

#Computer #Internet

Another beautiful day, but snow expected

Jan

13

It is another beautiful day here in Seattle but it is rather cold. We are expecting snow this weekend. I have not played golf for few weeks now ... Not because I did not want to go out, but the course is closed due to the cold weather. Not cool.

#Nature

WebdeXpress

Jan

12

If you need to create a home page in a hurry, we have a perfect solution for you. It is called WebdeXpress and is now available at PSPINC web hosting.

Using wizard, you can create a page in few hours not days. I made my http://www.uchikura.net this far in just couple of hours.

#Computer #Internet

Bloguru is going mobile!!!

Jan

12

We had our first look t Bloguru mobile post App. It will run on an Android and iOS. We need few more weeks to release it to public.

#Blog

Company Lunch Today

Jan

12

Company lunch today. There were lots and lots of food.

#Gourmet

Why should you have a Bloguru Friends?

Jan

12

When you have friends (or buddies) on your Bloguru accounts, every time you post something, your post is liked by your friends automatically creating natural links between sites. This makes your blog post more attractive to search sites. So, you should have as many friends as possible on your Bloguru account.

Also, commenting one other people's posts on the Bloguru while you are logged in to your account will create a link between your Bloguru and the other people's Bloguru. I encourage you to do so for the same reason.

#Blog

Attention Span

Jan

11

When you write a blog, you should remember you are not writing a story book or instruction manual. It is rather a snapshot of your day, product or event. So, make it as brief as possible. People do not spend more then a few seconds to determine whether they like it or not.

Also, you must pay attention to the power of the picture or image. You would not be reading this if there is no picture on the top this article. Even the picture has nothing to do with what I am writing.

This is a picture I took on the way to Seattle today. I took i90 even it took longer than 520.

#Blog

Frozen

Jan

11

It was really cold this morning. Everything was frozen . Can you find Pompom in this picture?

#Nature

Using Blog for Your Business

Jan

10

The web page that does not get updated soon loose traffic and search engine ranking. Blog is one of the better ways to keep you get attention. Trust me, you will bet more traction from Internet if you send 3 minuets a day on your blog.

What should you write on your blog.

If you work outside of your office, just blog about where you are going. I just write "I am on my way to a client in XXXXXX city." At is a blog. It also tell you you are working very hard. If you work in your office all day, just write "We are very busy preparing for big presentation tomorrow."

You can write about new product, new client, new idea and so on. You can sometime write about what you eat. You can write about other businesses too. You can write anything. If you can add a picture, that will make it more interesting too. Then you link your blog to Linked In, Twitter and Facebook. Now you are a guru.

If you have any question about Blog, please contact me.

#Blog

Product Demonstration

Jan

10

This was a scene this afternoon at PSPINC. Sales and marketing team got together to practice demonstrating the new feature of PSPINC hosting service "Content Management System".

This CMS is 100% designed and built by PSPINC to provide easy maintenance tool to our web hosting customers. For more information, you can call me or our sales support team.

#Business #Marketing

Seattle Professional Photographs

Jan

10

When your company needs professional photographs, who do you use?
Rowland Studio is a member of Seattle Executives Association and Bruce Johnson is one of the nicest person that I know.

His studio has pictures from the 1940's to now and PSPINC is scanning his photos and making them into a library at http://www.freetinyimages.com
You should look at his blog at following URL.

http://en.bloguru.com/seattlephotos

#Blog

We finished rebuilding storage system

Jan

10

We encounter email problem on Friday last week. While we are working on that, we discover bigger and more complex DELL Storage hardware issues. To completely file those issues, we needed to rebuild everything ... I mean everything. It took us 4 days to rebuild everything with as little interruption as possible for the services.

We just completed the rebuilding of the entire storage system for our web and email hosting system. For those people who were affected by the rebuild, we thank you very much for your support.

#Computer #Internet

Is bloguru good for your search result?

Jan

9

I have been running "Seattle QR Code" blog on http://www.bloguru.com. I searched "Seattle QR Code" on Google, Bing and Yahoo. Take a look at where is is listed. I am paying no advertisement fee on this.

Bloguru works ... and It is free.

The term "QR Code" is a registered trademark of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED.

#Blog

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX!!!

Jan

9

What is the best way to think outside the box ...
Well, it is easy, if you don't know there is a box to begin with.

What kind of person can see the box in front of you?

Ether the person is genius or stupid or ignorant.
Well, actually there is no difference between genius or stupid or ignorant.
I guess, to think outside the box, you need to be genius and stupid and ignorant and LUCKY!!!

#Life #Politics #Society

How secure is your credit card?

Jan

9

If the machine like this can read your credit wireless (contactless), how secure is your credit card even if it in in your wallet or purse. Is my credit card RFIF (Radio Frequency ID) capable? Is there a sign on the credit card?

#Life #Politics #Society

Completed backups ... Next step

Jan

9

We have completed 4TB of backups and now we are moving on to setting up storage device for our backup data center for real time data replication. Once the synchronization is complete, we are 100% redundant.

There si no outage at this point while we are working on this since last Friday.

#Computer #Internet

We are making backups

Jan

8

We are currently backing up all storage data. When the backup is complete, we will star the replicating process. We will be 100!% in next 48 hours. However, there has not be unexpected outage nice Friday.

The problem we are working on last three day to fix affected 0.3% of our customers. It is small number but we are tuckling it lake our business depends on it. That is because it does!

#Blog

Now we know the problem!!!

Jan

7

It took more than 30 hours to find out what went wrong with our storage system. We worked with DELL non-stop for last 30 hours to figure out the problem and now we are working on restoring all the backup and replication for our web and email service.

This problem caused about 130 customers for 8 hours on Friday morning out of 38,000 customers. We are very sorry for those customers who were affected by tho incident. All affected customers were contacted by PSPINC by telephone since the email service was interrupted.

The rebuilt of the service is now 60% complete. However, there is not interruption in our service since the initial 8 hour email service outage. We expect everything to be back to normal in another 3 to 5 hours. Thank you for your support.

#Computer #Internet

We are still working on the problem

Jan

6

The mail service is back online now, however we still have few things to do. Some of that require the service to be down for as much as an hour.

We will complete this process in the middle of the night and weekend ... mainly now.

#Computer #Internet

Email not working ...

Jan

6

We had an outage at our data center because the DELL storage failed. Now DELL is point fingers to everyone but themselves. That sucks. The service is back up now but we need to shut the service down several times to make sure we have all the back ups we need. This will be done after business ours today.

#Business #Marketing

Nice Camera

Jan

5

This is a picture I took with New canon 5D Mark Ii with 24mm~105mm f4.0 Canon lens. It is not easy auto focusing on Pompom (Black Dog). This camera and lens do a wonderful job. Don'y you think so.

#Hobby

Toll on 520 ... Wide Open.

Jan

4

Even with the high toll of the bridge (as much as $5 one way), Washington State Department of Transportation thought they loose 20% traffic to alternate routes. They are wrong as usual ... they lost 45%, may be more. Now they have to put toll on alternate routes. I have one word for this "STUPID", "IDIOT", "MORON"... Okay, three words. It was nice driving today on 520 ... wide open ... but not worth $2+ one way.

I would suggest to reduce the toll to $1 one way. Plus sell the monthly unlimited pass for $50. That will bring people back to 520.

#Life #Politics #Society

Above the law.

Jan

4

The law enforcement officers are not only the enforcers of the law, but they are above the law even when it is not an emergency.

#Life #Politics #Society

2012 Kick Off Meeting

Jan

3

We started 2012 season today with the annual kick off meeting.

#Business #Marketing

Stupid Business Practice

Jan

2

I went to Shell Gas Station near Bellevue College because I saw $3.399 sign. When I finished pumping I realized the price was $349.9. $339.9 is for "CASH" only. It is not much but I feel cheated. I guess Shell does not want a repeat customer.

#Business #Marketing

Meaning of "Stay Hungry Stay Foolish"

Jan

1

Good morning 2012.
It is a brand new year.
This may not be a last year of human kind but we should all live like there is no tomorrow. My new year resolution ... "Stay Hungry Stay Foolish"

What is "Stay Hungry Stay Foolish" mean?
I think what it means is that always look for ways to improve things even if people think you are crazy. Sometime, it is good not listen to people. Heck, if I listen to people, I am not where I am and I will not be where I want to be.

Let's do things little different. This is my first blog of 2012.

Kenichi Uchikura
Founder
Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.

#Blog

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