buzz said...

buzz at 07:15 AM JST - 16th May

"V-Inch" stands for "visable inches".. Many years ago many manufacturers were fudging by measuring out to the edge of the masking. Now the measurement is the actual viewing space. And the Japanese use the inch as the unit of measure when it comes to TVs.

Based on what I see…

Posted in New AQUOS D TV series at 07:15 AM JST - 16th May
buzz at 05:49 PM JST - 24th December

Wait a minute! I very much remember McD coming to Okinawa in 1976 and the QP was on the menu. It was still on the menu when I left in 1979. My next door neighbor sold half his storefront to McD so they could open McD in Awase Medows. He…

Posted in Hundreds line up for an hour at Osaka McDonald's for Quarter Pounder debut at 05:49 PM JST - 24th December
buzz at 10:38 PM JST - 19th October

Great! I fly on Tuesday on economy class. This probably means the seats in the back are pressed closer together to make room for the Suite rows. Otherwise I find the 777 a good aircraft. Not too big.

Posted in American Airlines completes upgrade of Boeing 777 fleet at 10:38 PM JST - 19th October
buzz at 08:13 AM JST - 3rd October

We retired our SkyPer subscription five years ago. The repetitive nature of all the channels became intolerable and not worth the rediculous price.

Posted in Sky Perfect, Microsoft tie up in program distribution at 08:13 AM JST - 3rd October
buzz at 07:58 AM JST - 3rd October

He said the number of violators could be “astronomical.”

An understatement.

Posted in Deadly fire raises Japan building safety fears at 07:58 AM JST - 3rd October
buzz at 09:24 AM JST - 29th September

Based on my recent past experience $5000 will get you four 80W PV panels, four batteries and charger. The system will politely operate three 20 Watt compact fluorescent lamps and not much else.

There must be a typo here if they are expecting 2 megawatts out of this thing. (2,000…

Posted in Tokyo Electric, Mitsui to build solar power system at Haneda at 09:24 AM JST - 29th September
buzz at 09:22 AM JST - 19th September

Unit of measure when refering to air pressure. To keep it simple just remember anything over 1000mb is fair weather. Less than that denotes bad weather. In a typhoon the lower the air pressure at its center the stronger the winds.

Posted in Heavy rain hits southern Kyushu as typhoon nears at 09:22 AM JST - 19th September
buzz at 10:10 AM JST - 18th September

We were an early adopter of YahooBB (now SoftbankBB?) and that was provided over NTT copper pair. We still use it. Not as fast as the fiber Flets keeps trying to throw at us but we don't wish to give up the YahooBB Phone. Never had any trouble with the…

Posted in For quality broadband, it's Japan by a mile at 10:10 AM JST - 18th September
buzz at 09:50 AM JST - 18th September

Typhoon No. 13 also known as Typhoon "Pinball"

Look at the track it has made bouncing off of Taiwan, Southern Ryukyus so far. Pretty amazing. Probably has a few forecasters pulling their hair out.

Posted in Heavy rain hits southern Kyushu as typhoon nears at 09:50 AM JST - 18th September