We have fiber! Yaaaay... actually, the first half of yesterday SUCKED, since the router we have could NOT maintain a freakin' connection, and every time it dropped, it wouldn't reconnect for several MINUTES in between (which, when you're trying to run a server, is aggravating, esp. when it gives you a new IP every time -_-;), but after plugging ( Read more... )

明けまして御目出度う御座います & stuff...

Had a fairly busy ~2 weeks in the US (aside from the first stretch in SF, where we didn't do much more than sit around watching Food Network, thanks to Girl being sick -_-;). Got haircuts, stopped in at school & saw Asano & Minami sensei, & gave a quick demo to Martha of the digital cel coloring techniques I stole from ( Read more... )

So remember how I asked my building people in like, October, if I could install fiber? And the guy was all "Yeah, sure, go ahead."? And how when NTT came, they were all "Oh, no, you need permission from the whole UNION of owners"? And how they were like "OK, we'll have a meeting in November." And then how suddenly a CABLE company's TV/internet ( Read more... )

So as some of you will remember, I tried signing up for fiber, only to find out the building's owners UNION (each room has a different freakin' owner) have to ALL agree before any new "construction" can take place, and that the guy I'd originally been talking to who was all "Oh sure, you can install whatever you want" was like "OK, well, we'll set ( Read more... )

Well it's ABOUT FREAKIN' TIME ( Read more... )

So.. nearly 3 weeks and still no internet. Good thing I FINALLY discovered FreeSpot at work today (why the hell it didn't show up when I searched for "free wireless tokyo" THREE WEEKS AGO is beyond me, but whatever...), so right now we're sitting in a TINY little bar w/ out laptops... Anyway ( Read more... )