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10 things I miss about Japan

While visiting Japan I did my best to immerse myself for the few weeks I was there, experiencing a little of everything and enjoying most of it. I visited various places, ate various foods and met a lot of persons but now that I am back in Jamaica there are certain experiences or things I miss about...
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Japan Mobile Rental – Stay connected to the internet while visiting Japan

Earlier in the year, in the middle of the pre-planning for my recently concluded trip to Japan, I realized that having access to the internet while up and about in Japan might prove a little troublesome. As a blogger, tweeter and gadget freak I needed access to the interwebs constantly in order to be...
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Joker Racer – Cars controlled via the net

Joker Racer is a service by a Tokyo based company called Joker Works that allows users to control RC cars and  model trains over the web. I have been follwing the progress of Joker Racer and should have made a post a long time go. All the function of the vehicle is controllable from a simple easy to...
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I love the Web – One Web Day 2009

Today (September 22, 2009) is One Web Day. The day that internet lovers worldwide can express their love for the interwebs. Being a blogger and user of net services like Twitter, Flickr, Facebook, Youtube and many others  it is obvious that I love the internet and if you are reading this more than likely...
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Firefox 3.5 Released – Upgraded Yet?

Firefox 3.5 was released with a long list of new features, functions, updates and tweaks. I’ve been taking the new version for a spin for the past day and I love it so far. The upgrade process was nice and easy but a few plugins were not supported yet. While checking the stats for this blog recently...
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I Like searching with Bing – Here is why

Bing is the new internet search engine from Microsoft, it replaces Live Search, MSN search and Windows Live Search to become their only web search engine offering. Internet addicts and tech news geeks should be aware of the arrival of Bing in early June but feedback and acceptance of Bing has been mixed....
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Gmail Ninja Theme

Gmail themes are one of the newer features of Google’s online mail client. The first couple themes that were released though didn’t appeal to me until I checked again this morning and say a brand new theme called Ninja. Now I can Japanize (not a word) my email related tasks. Gmail Ninja...
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The only Web Analytics Tool you will ever need – Clicky

Clicky is a powerful web tool that I have been using since late last year and other than my flickr account it is probably the only other web based service I have paid for. Why did did I pay for a web statistics tool when the internet is overrun with so many? It’s simple really, Clicky is the best...
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Entrecard – A great blog promotion Tool

Do you have a blog? If the answer is yes my next question will be, are you using entrecard? If you answer is no then you are missing out on a great opportunity to drive visitors to your blog. Which blog owner doesn’t like their page to be viewed by as much people as possible? Entrecard is a program...
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Internet Connection back to normal

After a little over a week of enduring limited internet access at home, which turned out to be DNS issues from my internet service provider I am happy to come home tonight to a fully functioning internet connection. I hope I am not celebrating too early but I feel like a junkie getting a fix after a...
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