Not like anyone cares (or noticed) but my two week stay in Japan
just ended today. Flying back to the US is weird, crossing the
date line in the “wrong” direction.
– Dossy
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Dossy Shiobara mail: dossy@panoptic.com
Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/
“He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own
folly – then you can let go and quickly move on.” (p. 70)
glad to have you back. did seem like something was missing around here
On Sat, 2002-08-10 at 17:09, Dossy wrote:
Not like anyone cares (or noticed) but my two week stay in Japan
just ended today. Flying back to the US is weird, crossing the
date line in the “wrong” direction.– Dossy
–
Dossy Shiobara mail: dossy@panoptic.com
Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/
“He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own
folly – then you can let go and quickly move on.” (p. 70)
–
~transami
So go the other way and cross it “correctly”. =)
Welcome back; wondered where you’d been off to.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dossy [mailto:dossy@panoptic.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 7:09 PM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Ah, I’m finally back from Japan …Not like anyone cares (or noticed) but my two week stay in Japan
just ended today. Flying back to the US is weird, crossing the
date line in the “wrong” direction.– Dossy
So go the other way and cross it “correctly”. =)
Heh. Well, I departed Narita Airport at 12:30 PM on 8/10, and
arrived in JFK Airport at 11:45 AM on 8/10. 
Welcome back; wondered where you’d been off to.
Yeah, it was fun. The few hours I got to spend in Akihabara
was spent buying a Japanese translation copy of the Pickaxe.
It’s amazing how green and FREAKING HOT Japan is. It was
33C almost every day for two weeks.
– Dossy
On 2002.08.11, Mike Campbell michael_s_campbell@yahoo.com wrote:
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Dossy Shiobara mail: dossy@panoptic.com
Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/
“He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own
folly – then you can let go and quickly move on.” (p. 70)
Did you find the time to wonder in a big
bookstore and be amazed by the zillion of Ruby books?
Ha! I should take holidays, too. This year in
Germany the summer is very poor. Too cold and rainy.
Armin.
Armin Roehrl
Agile Entwicklerkonferenz: 22. und 23.10 in Nürnberg.
http://www.approximity.com/public/conferences/AgileConf.html
So go the other way and cross it “correctly”. =)
Heh. Well, I departed Narita Airport at 12:30 PM on 8/10, and
arrived in JFK Airport at 11:45 AM on 8/10.
Yes, warp drive is a wonderful thing.
Welcome back; wondered where you’d been off to.
Yeah, it was fun. The few hours I got to spend in Akihabara
was spent buying a Japanese translation copy of the Pickaxe.
I’d love to go to Akihabara. I’ve only seen it on TV.
It’s amazing how green and FREAKING HOT Japan is. It was
33C almost every day for two weeks.
Pardon me while I LAUGH OUT LOUD. Where are you from, Iceland?
33C is only 89 Fahrenheit. In Austin it has been known to
reach 112 F (~45C?). Last year we had several days in a row
at that max. This summer has been mild; but usually when it gets
as low as 89 (in the early evening), we go for a walk and marvel
at how pleasant it is.
Hal
----- Original Message -----
From: “Dossy” dossy@panoptic.com
To: “ruby-talk ML” ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 1:09 AM
Subject: Re: Ah, I’m finally back from Japan …
On 2002.08.11, Mike Campbell michael_s_campbell@yahoo.com wrote:
It’s amazing how green and FREAKING HOT Japan is. It was
33C almost every day for two weeks.Pardon me while I LAUGH OUT LOUD. Where are you from, Iceland?
33C is only 89 Fahrenheit. In Austin it has been known to
reach 112 F (~45C?). Last year we had several days in a row
at that max. This summer has been mild; but usually when it gets
as low as 89 (in the early evening), we go for a walk and marvel
at how pleasant it is.
In Phoenix, AZ, it has been known to go below 112 F during the day, though
as of late this is unusual. It does get below 100 F during the night,
however. I open the windows for about an hour each morning in an attempt to
lure relatively fresh air into the house.
James
Hal
Did you find the time to wonder in a big
bookstore and be amazed by the zillion of Ruby books?
Yeah. The “256” series books are really popular in Japan,
it seems. I have yet to see them in the US.
Ha! I should take holidays, too. This year in
Germany the summer is very poor. Too cold and rainy.
Yeah. Japan was surprisingly hot: days were perpetually
33C and humid, evenings only got down to about 25C.
Japan is nice this time of year if you love to sweat.
Otherwise, visit in the winter time.
– Dossy
On 2002.08.11, Armin Roehrl armin@xss.de wrote:
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Dossy Shiobara mail: dossy@panoptic.com
Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/
“He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own
folly – then you can let go and quickly move on.” (p. 70)
Pardon me while I laugh, Hal. I have months in Phoenix where it reaches
45C every day. 33 C is sweater weather.
On 8/11/02 1:40 PM, “Hal E. Fulton” hal9000@hypermetrics.com wrote:
Pardon me while I LAUGH OUT LOUD. Where are you from, Iceland?
33C is only 89 Fahrenheit. In Austin it has been known to
reach 112 F (~45C?). Last year we had several days in a row
at that max. This summer has been mild; but usually when it gets
as low as 89 (in the early evening), we go for a walk and marvel
at how pleasant it is.
–
Some people say Windows users have an inferiority complex.
That’s not true. It’s not a complex.
I’d love to go to Akihabara. I’ve only seen it on TV.
After having been there, I don’t think I’d bother going to
Akihabara again. It’s not nearly the geek mecca I thought
it was supposed to be.
About the only thing of note was a shop that sold old
vacuum tubes for vintage radio equipment. Other than that,
Akihabara is a stark contrast of smelly, musty basements
full of old computer junk (literally) and tall buildings
containing not very extraordinary stuff. Imagine putting
together a larger CompUSA with a WalMart … I didn’t see
anything spectacular. Maybe I missed the good stuff.
It’s amazing how green and FREAKING HOT Japan is. It was
33C almost every day for two weeks.Pardon me while I LAUGH OUT LOUD. Where are you from, Iceland?
Close. New Jersey.
33C is only 89 Fahrenheit. In Austin it has been known to
reach 112 F (~45C?). Last year we had several days in a row
at that max. This summer has been mild; but usually when it gets
as low as 89 (in the early evening), we go for a walk and marvel
at how pleasant it is.
It was 33C in the shade. In the sun, it was probably up to about
37C (98F), probably closer to 40C (104F) if you stood still.
The difference between Japan and Austin is that Japan must have
had about 70% humidity, whereas Austin is probably down around
20%.
– Dossy
On 2002.08.12, Hal E. Fulton hal9000@hypermetrics.com wrote:
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Dossy Shiobara mail: dossy@panoptic.com
Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/
“He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own
folly – then you can let go and quickly move on.” (p. 70)
Pardon me while I LAUGH OUT LOUD. Where are you from, Iceland?
33C is only 89 Fahrenheit. In Austin it has been known to
reach 112 F (~45C?). Last year we had several days in a row
at that max. This summer has been mild; but usually when it gets
as low as 89 (in the early evening), we go for a walk and marvel
at how pleasant it is.
Having spent 14 years around Orlando and Tampa, and the past 5 in Atlanta, I’m
chuckling a bit too. =)
But 89 is still hot; TX warps your brain into thinking it isn’t.
Yeah, but it’s a dry heat.
Jim
On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 06:57:02AM +0900, Chris Gehlker wrote:
On 8/11/02 1:40 PM, “Hal E. Fulton” hal9000@hypermetrics.com wrote:
Pardon me while I LAUGH OUT LOUD. Where are you from, Iceland?
33C is only 89 Fahrenheit. In Austin it has been known to
reach 112 F (~45C?). Last year we had several days in a row
at that max. This summer has been mild; but usually when it gets
as low as 89 (in the early evening), we go for a walk and marvel
at how pleasant it is.Pardon me while I laugh, Hal. I have months in Phoenix where it reaches
45C every day. 33 C is sweater weather.
–
Jim Freeze
If only I had something clever to say for my comment…
~