PSPINC CEO Kenichi Uchikura's Blog

Morning Walk

Aug

21

Today is a beautiful day. It is not hot nor cold. I just love the day like this in Western Washington.

#Nature

I just purchased and downloaded software call CroosOver. This software enables Macintosh to run selected Windows software without a copy of Windows. List of Windows software that you can run includes Microsoft Office software.

I am not too happy about the number of Windows software it supports but it is still an interesting program. It usually costs $60 but now you can buy it $30 from StackSocial.com.

https://stacksocial.com/sales/crossover-13-run-windows-software-on-your-mac

#Computer #Internet

New Beginning

Aug

20

I have created a new company called PSP HOLDINGS LLC and transferred all my PSPINC sticks to this new company. This new company will be the base for new ventures that I have been planning for years.

#Business #Marketing

Ezell's Chicken

Aug

19

I was introduced to wonderful entrepreneur today. He is the president of Ezell's Chicken. Now I know why Ezell's chicken tastes so good. It is the people and philosophy behind the product.

http://www.ezellschicken.com/

#Gourmet

Which Browser Should You Use?

Aug

19

Have you ever wonder which browser should you use?
Most people are using some versions of Internet Explorer. It is same as people use Microsoft Office no matter what. You might already know which browsers are better.

#Computer #Internet

Free AirMail Shipping from China!!!

Aug

18

I purchased USB to LAN Adopter Cables on eBay. If this was an Apple original, it cost about $20 each, but on eBay without Apple logo, it was less than $4.00 with free shipping. I knew they were coming from China but I did not feel too bad about it because Apple one is also Made in China.

I bought 5 of them because they were cheap and most of light new notebook PCs and MacBooks have no LAN port. We need USB to LAB Adopters. But what puzzles me is the fact AirMail from China added no shipping charge.

If the product was made in the US, they need to charge me shipping. How can China able to ship goods from China to our office in Bellevue so cheap? I cannot ship same amount of item from the US to China and Japan for $20.

#Business #Marketing

ClockLink Update

Aug

18

There is a Clocklink deployment planned for tomorrow at 11 am. The deployment will include:

- The new pageview counter that appears at the bottom of the page.

- Fix to the Facebook like and share buttons so that they will actually link to Clocklink.com

- The Gallery menu in the sidebar will no longer collapse when you navigate through the gallery

- removed a few timezones from the timezone pulldown on the Flash World Clock *only*, as the Flash World Clock has never supported those particular timezones.

http://www.clocklink.com

#Computer #Internet

Email Problem

Aug

17

We were able to avoid any traffic related issue with the high access from Japan. However, one of our servers developed the problem so we failed over to our backup server at HQ.

We found a malfunction on the backup server, so we revert back to the primary server after the restart. We are currently working hard to find the problem with the backup server. This affected customer in Japan and we are very sorry. We will find the problem even if we had to work all night.

This problem affected no customers in the US.

#Computer #Internet

Internet Traffic

Aug

17

It is almost 8:00 am in Japan. The traffic has not started yet. Those graphs show the last 24 hour bandwidth use for our two backbone lines to Japan. They are currently running below 20% capacities.

For security purpose, we are not showing the actuarial Bits Per Second and name of back born providers.

#Computer #Internet

After Bon Holiday in Japan

Aug

17

We are expecting large spike in Internet traffic from Japan due to the ending of the summer vacation. We have those Internet traffic surges on three occasions from Japan.

(1) First working day after the new year
(2) First working day after the Golden Week in end of April to May
(3) First working day after the Bon summer holiday

This is the first of such surfer after we swap our storage to SAN. I hope nothing will happen.

#Life #Politics #Society