Just 6 more days to the official start of winter.

Dec

15

The winter is almost upon us.
Wednesday, December 21 ... is the shortest daylight of the year.
I cannot wait 'til the summer and being able to play golf.

I am not using the golf club I have a membership in the winter.
I hope to make that ups in the summer.

I think my health is as good as I can expect at this point.
I will have a return doctor visit early next year.

Kenichi Uchikura
President / CEO
Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.
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Old Software

Dec

14

How many of you remember or even heard of WordPerfect and Aldas PageMaker?
I used to use those software. I bother those packages on eBay and they are now being displayed at PSPINC lobby among with old Macintosh computers and PCs. If you have any old computer hardware or software, please donate it to us.

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Ken Uchikura Newsletter Vol. 211 December 2022 Special PSPINC's Internet Business Beginnings: Part 2

Dec

14

December 2022 Special PSPINC's Internet Business Beginnings: Part 2

In my previous newsletter, I talked about my encounter with SprintLink in 1996, which taught me how the internet works, how to pay for it, and how I got a T1 line from SprintLink. At the time, it was important for me to understand who pays for the internet, who pays backbone providers, like SprintLink, what internet service providers buy, and what they sell. Once you understand what they’re selling, then you can think about your own business.

When I pulled the T1 into my office, I could connect my computer and get unlimited access to the internet. This way, there wouldn’t be any additional cost no matter how much time I spend online or which website I accessed. Moreover, the T1 high-speed connection was very comfortable. That being said, there weren’t any video streaming services at the time, as it was nine years before YouTube came out in 2005. In 1996, there were reportedly only 100,000 web pages in total. I’ve probably viewed most of the web pages that existed at the time.

After I had a comfortable environment to access the internet, I wanted to have my own website. But I didn’t know how to get one. So, I used the advice I got from the people at SprintLink to start preparing for my own web site. I wondered if I needed a “telecommunications carrier” or some other certification to host a website, but it turns out I didn’t need one at all. All I needed was my own IP address, so I procured a Class B IP address (65534 (216-2)), which is now very valuable.

With this IP address, we registered MOSHIx2.net and PSPINC.com in 1996. So, PSPINC.com is a pretty old domain. Then, we set up the servers necessary to publish our homepage: a DNS server (the same MOSIx2.net server we still use today), a web server (a Windows NT Server because we didn’t know about UNIX at the time), and a mail server (though I don’t remember which one we used). In other words, it was quite an investment.

Because of the technical difficulties and how much work this investment took, most companies couldn’t get a website yet. So, we came up with the idea of domain management, a service that manages web and email on behalf of our clients. Now, it’s our hosting business. But again, this was in 1996. So, this means PSPINC’s hosting business started 26 years ago. However, the hosting environment wasn’t nearly as organized as it is today. We had to do everything from page set up to email set up manually, and the servers went down every few hours.

In my next newsletter, I’ll talk more about what the business model looked like during that time. I hope you look forward to it.

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Beautiful Winter Morning

Dec

13

Can you spot moon in this picture?

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Mile-a-Day Walk

Dec

12

Since I have recovered from the surgery I have been trying to walk-a-mile everyday. When I visit Japan, walking a mile is not a problem at all. I usually finish walking a mile by noon everyday in Japan. But here in the US, it is little more challenging. I usually take my to everywhere I go.

Yesterday, by evening, I still haven not walk a mile yet. So, I drive to a mall near my house and parked at far end of the mall (Factoria Mall) and walk around the mall. It gets harder when it is raining.

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Phishing Mail

Dec

11

This is the phishing mail I received.

The attachment email take you to a fake Microsoft Login ... asking for my Password.

This is very sophisticated posing email.
Be very careful.
Do not ever open attachment and do not ever enter you password at the site even thought it looks like real site.
Always check the ender mail address and the web address of the site you are directed to.

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Passwizard First Year 50% Off

Dec

11

https://passwizard.com

Passwizard is designed and developed by Pacific Software Publishing, Inc.
It is very secure and easy to use.
First 30 passwords can be stored fir free but when you upgrade, it is $19.99/Year.
Right now with PRO50 coupon code, you can get it for 50% off.

https://passwizard.com

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Fall is Over

Dec

11

All snow has melted and almost all leaves had fallen. I guess the Fall is over and now it is a winter. Just 3 more weeks to a new year day. I hope all of you have safe and happy new year.

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Arrived back in Seattle

Dec

10

I finished my San Diego Trip and came back last night.
It was full flight. It is amazing to see so many passengers can travel on one plane.
Also, it is good to see travel business is coming back strong from COVID.
Next trip will be to Japan in January.

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Hampton Inn San Diego-Kearny Mesa

Dec

9

I just finished my two nights stay at Hampton Inn San Diego-Kearny Mesa. I think this is the best hotel I found near my San Diego office. Free breakfast for me and my guests. This morning three people from San Diego office joined me for breakfast. No charge.

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