Wednesday, May 31, 2006

User Space Probe!?


http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/5/9/25

Interesting...
But I'm not sure if Linus accepts this.

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Why not label?


After moving here, I'm wondering why Blogger doesn't have a mechanism
to classify users posts such as "label" of GMail.

Classification of web contents is a central idea of Semantic Web, I think.
My guess is that Google is against Semantic Web philosophy.
Of course, I can understand "label" of GMail is a way of classification for each user,
not general readers. But, still I feel it convenient if we have "label", "caterogy" or
something like that. Furthermore, it could be interesting if both Blog authors
and (possibly registerd) readers have "labels" independently and
there is a mechanism which allows them interact each other.

I'm wondering what other people on the Net are thinking about...

Sunday, May 28, 2006

Blog Systems

Finally, I finished to migrate my blog contents from Livedoor Blog to Blogger.

I don't care about Horie-mon issues which was one of the hottest
issues in Japan, but Livedoor Blog has several critical (at least for me)
problems.

First of all, I wanted a completely English blog system.
Second, Livedoor Blog gets too heavy when I want to post new entries,
I mean night time in Japan.
Third, we cannot change timestamps of entries there.
As I often write entries asynchronously, I need the feature.

As for Blogger, I'm still feeling some inconvenience at this moment.
For example, Google Blog Search doesn't seem to be working correctly
at this moment. But anyway they would be resolved soon,
and basically I like the system. :)

BTW, this is the second move of my blog location.
Formerly, I used Doblog because of a special reason which I cannot
disclose here. :o
It's a really inconvenient and poor system.
For example, Doblog seemed to have stopped for 4 days(!) two weeks ago or so
because of their regular and planned maintainance.
I cannot believe what they are thinking about important IT industry
terms such as SLA or CS. :(

Koganei Festival



I live in Kodaira City, Tokyo, Japan.
The nearest station is Musahi-Koganei, and it's
in Koganei City, neighbour of Kodaira.

Today, they seemed to have a festival around the station,
and I had to walk two bus stops . :(
But, everyone seemed to have a happy day, today.
I also enjoyed a little walk. :)



Friday, May 26, 2006

Debian/GNU kFreeBSD

Debian/GNU kFreeBSD

I tried 'debian-20060402-kfreebsd-i386-install.iso' on my VMWare box.
But, the only thing I got after installation was
"F1 FreeBSD" and beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

Indeed Debian is a unique distribution becase multiple kernels are available,
they need more man power.

Me? :o
I want spare time.....


Saturday, May 13, 2006

LINKED:The New Science of Networks

"LINKED:The New Science of Networks" by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi.

ISBN 4-14-080743-1

Interesting!

You can find a lot of technical resources at:
http://www.nd.edu/~networks/

Monday, May 08, 2006

Kami gari 2

"Kami-gari 2 : Lipper" by Masaki Yamada.
ISBN 4-19-861990-5

Roughly speaking "Kami-gari" means "Hunting the God" or so.
It's about 18 years ago when I read "Kami-gari".
In those days, I felt the book was imcomplete.
This time, indeed description of the background world was improved and
there are many new ideas, but still I had the same feeling. :(

Sunday, April 09, 2006

Guin Saga 107

After two months interval, 107th. :)

Sunday, February 12, 2006

Guin Saga 106

Hoho, 106th book. :)

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

The Hobbit

Finally Finished this book. :(

Sunday, January 29, 2006

Lion Boy : The Truth

Enjoyed.

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Guin Saga Extra 20

I have to buy the new books of Guin Saga automaticalliy. :o

Monday, January 23, 2006

Birthright

I finished Birthright by Nora Roberts.

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Howl's Moving Castle

Finished Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones.
Her English was a bit tough for me and took about two weeks.

Sunday, December 18, 2005

Guin Saga 105

105!

Sunday, November 20, 2005

Banjo no Teki

"Banjo no Teki" by Kaoru Kitamura.

In English, the title means "Enemies on the board" (in a direct translation).
Kaoru Kitamura is one of very popular mystery authors in Japan.
The book is a bit different from other Kitamura's works, and I was a bit surprised.

Friday, November 04, 2005

Lionboy The Chase

"Lionboy the Truth" by Zizou Corder.
ISBN 0-14-138055-1

The 2nd book of Lionboy series.

Saturday, October 29, 2005

Blood Memory

"Blood Memory" by Greg Iles.
ISBN 4-4165-0780-9

Like his former work, "The Footprints of God", this is a very good work
but could be a bit tough story for some kind of readers because
child abuse is one of the most important theme of it.

Saturday, October 15, 2005

Reset

"Reset" by Kaoru Kitamura.
ISBN 4-10-406604-4

Monday, October 10, 2005

Lionboy

"Lionboy" by Zizou Corder.
ISBN 0-141-31726-4