PSPINC CEO Kenichi Uchikura's Blog

My email address was stolen from a store

Apr

4

Walgreens sent me an email telling me that the email address database was accessed without authorization. We do not work with Walgreens but we take those incidents very seriously. It is very unfortunate that there are people out there trying to hack into your system.

Recently, one of our web servers were attacked with malware (malicious software) and it was such a slow developing program that all our backup were affected as well. We had to shut down one server for a half a day to clean up malware from each and every file on that server. We worked all night to clean up all files.

I wish we are in the world with no malicious people, but that will be wishful thinking.

#Computer #Internet

Elapsed Time Since the Earthquake

Apr

4

It has been almost 25 days since the 9.0 earthquake in Japan. Still the images coming out of Japan are sad and devastated. Also, we have not seen any major improvement in the handling of nuclear power plants.

We have updated http://www.pspinc.com/JapanRelief/ page.

#NaturalDisaster

Griot's Garage

Apr

4

If you like cars, you have heard of Griot's Garage. Well, I went to their flagship store in Tacoma on Saturday to purchase some of the things I wanted for my 1959 Mercedes Benz. I was really impressed with their operations and their display. I am looking forward to working on my car with their stuff.

http://www.griotsgarage.com

#Bikes #Cars

Where is a Free Internet?

Apr

3

I stayed at New Otani in Tokyo and Intercontinental in Seoul. Both hotel has no free internet. Many cheaper business hotels provide free internet. Internet is such a basic service, all hotel should provide internet for free.

#Business #Marketing

What I did not know about Korea.

Apr

3

This year was the 100th anniversary of "FORCED ANNEXATION TREATY OF KOREA" by Japanese. Not too cool to be Japanese being in Korea.

#Travel

IMAP is coming!

Apr

2

PSPINC is developing IMAP Email Server for its http://www.dreamersi.com email hosting service. We just shifted all PSPINC email service from POP3 to IMAP last week for final phase of testing. IMAP enables multiple devices such as PCs and Cellular Phone to share one email box.

We are hoping to release IMAP service soon.

#Computer #Internet

A week after ... in Tokyo

Apr

1

I took this video on March 17 at one of the most popular spot in Tokyo around 7:40pm. It supposed to be full of people, but no. Almost all restaurants are closed or operating with minimum lights.

Take a look.

No April Fool Here!

#Life #Politics #Society

Outrage against TEPCO

Apr

1

There is an unconfirmed report that no employee of TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) is at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Those called Fukushima 50 are contractors and sub contractors of TEPCO being paid 80,000 yen (little less than US$1,000) a day.

No government officials, politicians nor TEPCO employees including managements are at the site. This is the rumor that is running around Japan. This means all the near retirement TEPCO engineers called out to Fukushima were not true. And this is one of the reason why the Fukushima 50 are kept nameless.

That kind of BS operation is that?
I hope this in not true.

#Life #Politics #Society

Any good April Fools joke today?

Apr

1

Has anyone gotten a good joke today?
I did not see any good joke today. Too bad. Let's hope something better next year.

#Life #Politics #Society

A fact about Japan

Mar

31

Did you know the western half of Japan uses 60hz electricity while eastern half of Japan uses 50hz electricity?

This is one of the reason why the western half of Japan does not conserve electric power while the eastern half suffer huge electric shortage. This came about because the east imported the power generation equipments from Germany while the west imported from the USA.

#Life #Politics #Society