29 May 2009
1Q84
Haruki Murakami's newest novel "1Q84" is now in stores. 29th May is the day of release but some stores started to sell it on Wednesday. Also, many fans reserved it before its release. On Amazon.co.jp the novel became the No.1 before its release. I'm also big fan of Haruki Murakami but I didn't reserved it on Amazon.co.jp because I believed that I can buy it on bookstores today.
I had some classes today then I went to the college. When the lunch time I had an extra time to go out side then I went to the nearest bookstore to buy "1Q84". But there's no "1Q84". I asked the clark, she told me like "It's sold out till 11 am"... Then I couldn't buy it at that time.
After the class, I went to the other bookstore. Then I found it. I could buy it today. :p
I wanna read this story right now... Then I will read it when I'll finished posting this article. lol
Anyway, we can read "1Q84" as "1984" in Japanese. Because "Q(kyu)" is similar to "9(kyu)". Before its release, the Shincho-sha(新潮社) the publishing company didn't make its detailed ads. Because many fans don't want to know about its story. But its sales will be really nice I think. That's because this is the first work in this 7 years.
I don't know when this novel will be translate but it will be translated soon, I think.
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28 May 2009
MacBook
Anyway, the MacBook is changing with the times. Apple updated MacBook several times after I bought my MacBook. I heard that they updated the MacBook again this week. Then they reduced its price...
Now we can buy MacBook with better specs than mine and with cheaper price. Of course, my MacBook is not so bad. I'm not worrying about the capacity of HDD because I can buy extra HDD. My MacBook has 2GB RAM then it is not so bad. But there's a one big problem that I can't solve with my MacBook. Graphic chips... The newest MacBook includes NVIDIA GeForce 9400M.
I don't know exactly about GPU but I think this chip will solve the problem. My problem is the noise. When I play YouTube or other HD movies or editing large photos on my MacBook the problem occurs. Noisy...
But mostly I don't watch the movies. Then if I stop watching YouTube or HD movies on my MacBook, my problem will be solved. (I think, this is not solve just sidestepped.) Anyway, if the I can buy white MacBook in 2010, I might buy it in March or April. Until then I will use my MacBook and keep posting my blog.
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27 May 2009
Wasting
Japanese government is now planning to build the new public facility in Tokyo bay area. They call it "国立メディア芸術総合センター(National media art synthesis centre)". (This is not exact name...) In this centre, they are planning to exhibit mangas, animations, CG arts, games, etc...
I think, this is useful to attract people from all over the world. But...
They need 11.7 billion yen (about 120 million dollar) to build it. Some say, it's just public comic cafe and this centre might weight on operation of private comic cafe.
But we are in economic recession. Then this plan is not suitable to Japan now. Of course, aggressive investment is important but this plan is not effective, I think. Today the DPJ's new leader Yukio Hatoyama asked Japan's prime minister Taro Aso about this. I don't know this plan will be realize. How do you think? Do you wanna go there?
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26 May 2009
Buy bicycle
These days, I'm planning to buy new bicycle. I usually go to the college by bicycle because it is the fastest way to get to the college. Of course, I don't need any payment if I go to the college by bicycle. Now I'm riding granny's bike but I wanna ride more cool bike. I need to ride bicycle about 20 minutes to get to the college. So, I rode bicycle about 40 minutes every day.
If I can, I wanna buy road racer. But it's a little expensive and I think it's not suitable for me. Because the road that I always use are not so good to ride road racer...
Of course, the road paved but it's bumpy... If I ride road racer, I must take care about tire. Then I think, cross bike is suitable for my use but I'm just thinking about that...
Anyway, I hope I can post about that when I bought new bicycle. Wait a minute, please... lol
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25 May 2009
Media pandemic
WHO have not changed their phase of pandemic alert to 6 yet. I think, they will not change their phase of pandemic alert to 6.
WHO didn't treat H1N1 like pandemic but Japanese media treat it like pandemic. I found the blog who wrote about this. He is Japanese but he is not in Japan right now. If you want to, you can check his blog on http://blog.honeyee.com/ttakashiro/archives/2009/05/11/post-124.html.
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