Just a small note that I’ve edited the mobile theme so that the layout resembles the desktop site more closely, specifically in the colour department. I’ve also done a few behind-the-scenes tweaks that might make the site a little faster, but if you notice anything untoward at your end, please Read more…
By the way, to comply with an EU directive, you now get a message at the bottom of the screen telling you that I use cookies. It seems rather pointless to me, but Google requires me to do something… If you notice it misbehaving, etc, please drop me a note.
You may have read the news that the Royal Society of London has made available online its archives from the foundation in 1665 to 1881, so naturally I thought I’d see what people thought of Japan all these years ago. The earliest hit was from 1669 (doi: 10.1098/rstl.1669.0027 Phil. Trans. Read more…
Just a quick note to say that along with most of the rest of Japan I’m on holiday until next Sunday, so posts may be rather intermittent. I’ve got a number of good surveys that need translating, but whether or not I can find the time… In the meantime, you Read more…
I just noticed that Metropolis magazine wholesale cut-and-paste my recent survey on weird service station food, without even a back-link. If you’re going to translate goo ranking surveys, please do so in your own words or acknowledge the site you are copying from.
I never thought I’d write such a headline, but the news is that Japan’s most popular jailbait vocal group is donating half a billion yen (over 6 million dollars or just under 4 million pounds) towards earthquake relief: Donate some cash yourself or I’ll post another video of them! US Read more…
I’m still not quite in the mood for posting, so instead here’s how to donate to the relief effort through the Red Cross: US Red Cross UK Red Cross Japan Red Cross ANything you can give will be most welcome by those suffering in the north of Japan.
As most of my readers will have heard about the series of huge earthquakes, I thought I’d better post to say that here at What Japan Thinks I’m well out of the danger zone in Kansai, and well away from the coast so no personal worries about tsunami. I hope Read more…
Although it’s not my holidays until next Wednesday, many of my readers seem to have already gone on holiday, so I’ll be cutting down my posting frequency, working on other projects (there’s two Facebook things I must do) and posting more goo Ranking nonsense for the next two weeks.
Just a quick note for smartphone owners – I’ve added a mobile-friendly low-bandwidth plugin to the site, so if you visit with your mobile browser the site should look much better than before. I went to a mobile phone shop this evening after work and surfed here on a demo Read more…
