http://tmk.infeline.org/webpool/tmk's carved out existence on the big net featuring a blog and other self centered contentCopyright (c) 2010 tmktmk-web@infeline.orgTue, 2 Mar 2010 09:24:29 GMTwebpooL 0.2 rev.2005.09.035ef698cd9fe650923ea331c15af3b160http://tmk.infeline.org/webpool/index.php?fuseaction=index.blog&id=366 Finally Opera 10.50 for Windows is out and we are back to the moniker "fastest browser on Earth" with Carakan, a completely new JavaScript engine, and Vega, the new high-performance graphics library. :) Additionally it has gotten a lot prettier now with better Windows integration, desktop widgets can now run as standalone applications, etc. And old goodies like Opera Unite and Opera Turbo are...Tue, 2 Mar 2010 18:09:00 +09009be40cee5b0eee1462c82c6964087ff9http://tmk.infeline.org/webpool/index.php?fuseaction=index.blog&id=365WILLCOM, Japan's 4th largest mobile carrier, files for bankruptcy. They're Japan's sole provider of the personal handyphone system, or PHS, which first drew customers in the 1990s for its relatively low calling fees and better voice quality. Back then they also had better coverage than regular cellphones in the subways due to small and cheap PHS antennas. Not sure how they stack up these days as...Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:23:00 +0900bac9162b47c56fc8a4d2a519803d51b3http://tmk.infeline.org/webpool/index.php?fuseaction=index.blog&id=364Notifications might be one of the few things that I prefer on my Android phone compared to my iPhone. Basically the iPhone's notification system is broken by design; overly intrusive, inflexible and not very informative. Figured others might be equally annoyed so dug up some old notes I jotted down awhile back when installing this and that to try to fix the following; Status icons so you know what's pending. Get rid of that modal dialog that pop-ups and interrupts whatever you're doing. Android/Palm Pre wanna-be notification tray. More information on the lock screen so you don't need to unlock to see what you missed. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:31:00 +090000411460f7c92d2124a67ea0f4cb5f85http://tmk.infeline.org/webpool/index.php?fuseaction=index.blog&id=363In my neighborhood having count down birthday parties seems to be some sort of tradition. This time it was the master of The Bar Place, Kyo, that had to be celebrated and a little before midnight his bar was packed with neighbors and friends who had gathered to count down to his birthday and make sure he would get so drunk that he would forget the whole thing. He survived admirably this year and...Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:06:00 +0900c3e878e27f52e2a57ace4d9a76fd9acfhttp://tmk.infeline.org/webpool/index.php?fuseaction=index.blog&id=362I'm not a member of Norway Japan Society nor have I ever been to any of their events before, but it's always worth giving new things a try and as I got invited I went to out to Blossom in Ginza to attend their Shinnenkai (party for the new year). 2jikai went down at some strange little Japanese wine bar which name I can't remember that we found in the neighborhood afterwards. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:53:00 +090052720e003547c70561bf5e03b95aa99fhttp://tmk.infeline.org/webpool/index.php?fuseaction=index.blog&id=361No idea what the title is supposed to mean, but the party crowds from the Mooo~Parties and Jungle disc-oh! parties teamed up for a bigger happening in Ever in Aoyama. Nice venue for this sort of thing, with two areas with separated DJs etc. Not going to try to write a whole lot more about the party as I frankly can't remember much. People say it was fun though, so I'll just believe them. Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:10:00 +0900e7b24b112a44fdd9ee93bdf998c6ca0ehttp://tmk.infeline.org/webpool/index.php?fuseaction=index.blog&id=360Two former colleagues of me got married today so the day started off pretty early for being a Saturday with a trip out to a chapel in Musashisakai for the ceremony. It was a western, or Christian, ceremony and wasn't that different from what we're used to back in Norway apart from the priest lecturing about married life and being less personal. There was a few hours break between the ceremony and...Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:42:00 +09006c524f9d5d7027454a783c841250ba71http://tmk.infeline.org/webpool/index.php?fuseaction=index.blog&id=356Now the blog automatically sucks in comments from facebook when people post comments to these entries there rather than commenting here. The comments are marked with a facebook icon and also link back to the thread on facebook. Hopefully it won't make threads too confusing..Sun, 3 Jan 2010 21:39:00 +0900c058f544c737782deacefa532d9add4chttp://tmk.infeline.org/webpool/index.php?fuseaction=index.blog&id=359Go-go girls, belly dancers, burlesque dancers, pole dancers, S&M show (was weird)… Thoroughly kick started the new year with an insane party in Ginza's Sabaku no Bara. :) In Japan new year's s eve is mostly a family thing, a bit like Christmas back in Europe, where everyone heads back to their family's to see relatives. Either that, or you go clubbing. This is a more recent "tradition" of...Fri, 1 Jan 2010 14:14:00 +0900aa942ab2bfa6ebda4840e7360ce6e7efhttp://tmk.infeline.org/webpool/index.php?fuseaction=index.blog&id=358Another year is about to end and then it is time for the traditional bounenkai (end of year party) at Place (one of my regular bars). The tradition - as far as I'm everything that has happened more than once is a tradition - is to have a massive amount of crab and buri (Japanese amberjack, the latter which Yoshikazu (a chef friend of mine) has to cut. New this year was that there was a lottery...Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:51:00 +0900fb7b9ffa5462084c5f4e7e85a093e6d7http://tmk.infeline.org/webpool/index.php?fuseaction=index.blog&id=357As mentioned earlier, it really doesn't feel like Christmas here. I think the main thing is the food, I haven't got hold of any traditional Norwegian Christmas food - pinnekjøtt in particular. In despair we went to Fifty-Seven in Roppongi which is at least serving turkey. I guess this stunt doesn't make any sense at all since I've never had turkey for Christmas, but it's just that eating...Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:04:00 +090082cec96096d4281b7c95cd7e74623496http://tmk.infeline.org/webpool/index.php?fuseaction=index.blog&id=355Went to a nice Christmas dinner party at Lotus in Omotesando arranged by Satoko with a lot of people I didn't know, which is always interesting - though Tokyo proved how small it is by Eric showing up being a friend of a friend of her. :P After a detour through an izakaya in Shinjuku we ended up at Cotton Club's friday night jam and Place in the morning for morning coffee(!). No need for cafes...Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:40:00 +09008dd48d6a2e2cad213179a3992c0be53chttp://tmk.infeline.org/webpool/index.php?fuseaction=index.blog&id=354Yet another uneventful Christmas in Tokyo. Nothing much to write that I haven't already written about last year or earlier. Christmas here is some sort of extravagant Valentine's, so those not fortunate enough to have a proper date for the evening either pretend the day doesn't exist at home or go out to drown the fact. Probably no big surprise, but I belong in the latter category. Basically any...Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:21:00 +0900138bb0696595b338afbab333c555292ahttp://tmk.infeline.org/webpool/index.php?fuseaction=index.blog&id=353 A friend of mine, Joachim, is unfortunately getting sent back to Norway by his employer next week so it was time to have his farewell party. The venue rented for the occasion was a bar/cafe like place quirkily named Green Apple (names like this are perfectly normal around here), to which I had never been, in Koenji, to which I had never(?) been either. Interesting to attend parties with a...Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:45:00 +0900371bce7dc83817b7893bcdeed13799b5http://tmk.infeline.org/webpool/index.php?fuseaction=index.blog&id=352A friend of mine was performing and I knew some of the go-go girls so I made my way out to Eggman to attend Passion Vol 7, 1st Anniversary. It was a hip hop event so I was probably the only guy there without sagging jeans, heavy hiking boots, hat and a hood. Given that the temperature in the club quickly climbed into the 20-25'c range it must have been hell hot for them, but what people around...Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:36:00 +0900