<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Latest entries from lonelybob.blog-city.com</title><rights>Copyright 2009 lonelybob.blog-city.com</rights><subtitle></subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2009-11-07T22:49:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/index.rss"/><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2009:1</id><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2009-10-14:links.412189544</id><title>The Day I Became A Father</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/the_day_i_became_a_father.htm"><![CDATA[Two days earlier my wife had checked into the hospital in Morioka, Iwate at the doctor's recommendation so that they could run more tests on her and our child. Our Son was anticipated to be born at the end of October, I was to leave for Iwate the fol]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/the_day_i_became_a_father.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2009-10-14T12:58:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-14T12:58:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2007-01-26:links.411935471</id><title>Vimeo Now With 250 Megs Per Week</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/vimeo_now_with_250_megs_per_week.htm"><![CDATA[Vimeo has now increased the weekly upload limit to 250 Megs per week! Previously the limit was just 30 Megs per week so this is a great increase of upload capacity per week for Vimeo users. Incase you are wondering Vimeo is a great video sharing webs]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/vimeo_now_with_250_megs_per_week.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2007-01-26T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2007-01-26T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2007-01-19:links.411922773</id><title>Back From The US</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/back_from_the_us.htm"><![CDATA[Well I am back from the States as of yesterday afternoon (Thursday) I am back in Japan. The CES in Las Vegas was an exciting and busy event. At the CES Nokia announced the N93i, N800, and N76 Nseries multimedia computers. After the busy CES show I fl]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/back_from_the_us.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2007-01-19T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2007-01-19T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2007-01-05:links.411909850</id><title>Going To The CES In Las Vegas</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/going_to_the_ces_in_las_vegas.htm"><![CDATA[Tomorrow I'm leaving for the Winter CES in Las Vegas. I will be working as technical support at the Nokia booth. My flight leaves at 3:15 PM tomorrow and I arrive in Las Vegas at 11:38 AM after a layover in LA. Vegas is -17 hours behind Tokyo's timez]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/going_to_the_ces_in_las_vegas.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2007-01-05T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2007-01-05T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-12-29:links.411906816</id><title>Going To Iwate For Winter Vacation</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/going_to_iwate_for_winter_vacation.htm"><![CDATA[Tomorrow morning my wife and I will be taking an 8 AM Shinkansen from Omiya, Saitama to Morioka, Iwate. This is our usual Winter holiday destination at Miki's parent's house. We will be spending time with family and friends as well as relaxing and ea]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/going_to_iwate_for_winter_vacation.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-12-29T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-12-29T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-12-25:links.411906796</id><title>Merry Christmas From Japan</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/merry_christmas_from_japan.htm"><![CDATA[Merry Christmas from Japan! It seems like this year Christmas decorations were more common to see in Japan (atleast in stores and company buildings). Many stores put up Christmas Trees this year with lights and decorations. However the meaning of the]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/merry_christmas_from_japan.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-12-25T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-12-25T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-12-23:links.411906222</id><title>Christmas Dinner With Hitomi</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/christmas_dinner_with_hitomi.htm"><![CDATA[Tonight Miki and I had a Christmas Dinner with our old friend Hitomi. We have known Hitomi from the college days in the States. We had a great meal thanks to Miki's delicious cooking and an excellent dessert consisting of Christmas Cake from Pain Pig]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/christmas_dinner_with_hitomi.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-12-23T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-12-23T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-12-21:links.411906213</id><title>Joel Moving To India</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/joel_moving_to_india.htm"><![CDATA[Joel, one of the software test team leads, is moving to India. He will be working in the new established Nokia offices in India. Joel has been working in Tokyo for alittle less than 2 years so far. He has been a good team leader and valuable member o]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/joel_moving_to_india.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-12-21T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-12-21T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-12-19:links.411904850</id><title>Troy Leaving Japan</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/troy_leaving_japan.htm"><![CDATA[Troy has worked in Japan for about 6 months but has decided to leave to return to Australia. It was a pleasure working with Troy. I got to know him better during a field test trip in Singapore. We have various similar interests including GNU/Linux, M]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/troy_leaving_japan.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-12-19T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-12-19T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-12-16:links.411898848</id><title>Work Meeting In Yokohama</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/work_meeting_in_yokohama_1.htm"><![CDATA[This morning I left the apartment fairly early for a Saturday and headed for Yokohama. The reason was to attend an Aflex work meeting in Yokohama. The meeting lasted from 10 AM until alittle before 12. After the meeting several of my coworkers and I]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/work_meeting_in_yokohama_1.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-12-16T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-12-16T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-12-15:links.411898833</id><title>Tokyo Vox Dinner</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/tokyo_vox_dinner.htm"><![CDATA[Tonight after work my coworkers Reiko, Jouni, and I went to a Tokyo Vox Dinner. The dinner was held at a restaurant in Shinjuku. Vox is a new blogging service from Six Apart that are also the makers of LiveJournal, MovableType, and Typepad blogging s]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/tokyo_vox_dinner.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-12-15T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-12-15T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-12-14:links.411898819</id><title>Work Software Dinner</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/work_software_dinner_1.htm"><![CDATA[Tonight after work there was a dinner for the software teams. The dinner was held at a spanish/mexican restaurant in Ebisu. They had various tasty chicken at the dinner ranging from fried chicken to chicken cesar salad. My team and I enjoyed the food]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/work_software_dinner_1.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-12-14T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-12-14T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-12-12:links.411892327</id><title>1 Year Of MariposaHD</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/1_year_of_mariposahd.htm"><![CDATA[Recently the 1 year anniversary of MariposaHD's first episode passed. For those of you that do not know MariposaHD is a high definition video series distributed over the internet for free via BitTorrent. If you are looking for some great video to wa]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/1_year_of_mariposahd.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-12-12T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-12-12T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-12-07:links.411888243</id><title>Rest In Peace James</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/rest_in_peace_james.htm"><![CDATA[Tech reviewer James Kim was missing as were his wife and 2 daughters after travelling on a family vacation I read on Leo Laporte's Blog. His wife and 2 daughters were found in their car 9 days after getting stuck in snow on a small road in Oregon. Ka]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/rest_in_peace_james.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-12-07T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-12-07T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-12-07:links.411888184</id><title>Work Movie Night</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/work_movie_night.htm"><![CDATA[It was movie night tonight at work. The movie shown was The Da Vinci Code. It was an OK movie not great but not terrible. The first half was better than the second half. It felt like the second half was dragging on and on just throwing new places to]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/work_movie_night.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-12-07T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-12-07T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-12-02:links.411881226</id><title>Wii Launched In Japan</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/wii_launched_in_japan.htm"><![CDATA[The Wii was launched for sales in Japan today. I set my alarm last night and woke up at 4 AM so that I could take the first train into Tokyo that leaves at about 5 AM. The reason for waking up early was so that I could go to Akihabara early to wait i]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/wii_launched_in_japan.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-12-02T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-12-02T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-12-01:links.411881187</id><title>Nokia Japan End Of Year Party</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/nokia_japan_end_of_year_party.htm"><![CDATA[This Friday after work the Nokia Japan end of year party was held at a restaurant/bar in Shibuya. It was a nice location with a fairly good view of Tokyo Tower. The food was great as was the dessert. They even served lobster tail shells with lobster]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/nokia_japan_end_of_year_party.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-12-01T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-12-01T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-11-23:links.411874290</id><title>Thanksgiving In Japan</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/thanksgiving_in_japan_1.htm"><![CDATA[Happy Thanksgiving from Japan! By some strange coincidence the Thanksgiving holiday in Japan was celebrated on the same day as in the States this year. So my wife and I had off from work today but it is only 1 day off so it is back to work again on F]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/thanksgiving_in_japan_1.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-11-23T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-11-23T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-11-21:links.411870335</id><title>Flickr Camera Finder Launched</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/flickr_camera_finder_launched.htm"><![CDATA[Today the Official Flickr Camera Finder was launched. Flickr Camera Finder shows stats and graphs of the top used cameras that captured images uploaded to Flickr. It is very interesting to see what cameras the majority of Flickr members are using.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/flickr_camera_finder_launched.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-11-21T14:09:00Z</updated><published>2006-11-21T14:09:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-11-17:links.411870311</id><title>Good Bye Party For Tapio</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/good_bye_party_for_tapio.htm"><![CDATA[Today after work there was a going away party for Tapio. Tapio has been working in Tokyo for almost 2 years (1 year 10 months) and will be going back to his homeland of Finland. We had dinner at a Japanese restaurant called Tengu that was so Japanese]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/good_bye_party_for_tapio.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-11-17T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-11-17T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-11-15:links.411868200</id><title>Coffee With Cake</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/coffee_with_cake_5.htm"><![CDATA[At work this morning after the weekly project status meeting coffee and cake was served. The coffee was from Tully's that is conveniently located on the first floor of the building. It made for a nice breakfast. =)
-- LonelyBob]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/coffee_with_cake_5.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-11-15T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-11-15T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-11-11:links.411868197</id><title>Health Checkup In Yokohama</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/health_checkup_in_yokohama.htm"><![CDATA[This morning I headed down to Yokohama for a yearly health checkup. It seems everytime I go to Yokohama it rains and today was no exception. The yearly health checkup is typical in Japan and usually provided by your company. The checkup includes a ur]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/health_checkup_in_yokohama.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-11-11T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-11-11T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-11-10:links.411868186</id><title>Final N93 Party</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/final_n93_party.htm"><![CDATA[Today my coworkers and I left work early to join in the Final N93 party. It took place at LaQua that is an amusement park in Tokyo. We left the office at about 4 PM and took the train headed for Korakuen. The afternoons events included going on the r]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/final_n93_party.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-11-10T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-11-10T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-11-05:links.411867427</id><title>Went To Chiba</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/went_to_chiba.htm"><![CDATA[Since this weekend was a three day weekend my wife and I decided to take a trip to Chiba Prefecture with our friends Naruki and his wife. We left yesterday meeting at a car rental place for our mode of transportation then headed to Chiba with my wife]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/went_to_chiba.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-11-05T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-11-05T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:lonelybob.blog-city.com,2006-11-04:links.411862458</id><title>Culture Day Art Show And Japanese Class Lunch</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/culture_day_art_show_and_japanese_class_lunch.htm"><![CDATA[This morning I went to my usual Saturday morning Japanese class in Hatogaya and found that the usual room in the public building where we normally have class had been turned into an art display room for the weekend to celebrate Culture Day. There wer]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://lonelybob.blog-city.com/culture_day_art_show_and_japanese_class_lunch.htm"/><dc:creator>LonelyBob</dc:creator><author><name>LonelyBob</name></author><updated>2006-11-04T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-11-04T14:59:00Z</published></entry></feed>