Scientists have been able to extract DNA from 19,000 year old fossilized egg shells raising the hopes that we can clone and re-create species that have long been extinct. But just because we can do a thing does it also mean we must?
03.12.10 | Featured, Science, Technology | Jason
Don’t you just hate it when you’re driving down the road, see an exciting-looking sign, then find out later that the place is not what you thought it was? That happened to me the first time I came to Japan, and today I had another chance to snap a picture of the building that raised my hopes before they were so expertly dashed by my wife….
03.10.10 | Living in Japan | Jason
Today marked a number of firsts for me this year but, above all, it was the first day for Lemonade 2.0. An application that will help school teachers and students be better organized both in and outside of the classroom.
03.9.10 | Development, Featured, Working in Japan | Jason
This morning I woke up with some pretty severe lower back pain. The kind of pain that makes you say “Oh, I guess I can’t bend at the waist today.” It seems I’ve gotten old.
Who doesn’t love seeing a nice round number every once in a while? This post marks the 850th post on j2fi.net and, since it’s been a while since I’ve looked back at some of my favorite posts, I thought this would be a good opportunity to do so.
Opera released their latest update yesterday and when they said it was fast, they weren’t kidding. Opera has been consistently faster than IE and FireFox for me, but this latest update blows all previous versions out of the water.
Does anyone else find Facebook a little more than annoying recently? I don’t know what’s more insulting: that Facebook thinks Yves has no friends, or that Facebook thinks I have time to find him more friends.
Is child labor really so bad when we can buy fancy electronics and running shoes at such incredible prices? While we might not like the thought of kids doing a day’s labor instead of homework, most people likely couldn’t be bothered to care.
03.3.10 | Featured, Technology, World | Jason
I don’t know why I bother reading most of the spam that hits this site. However, every once in a blue moon, I will receive a message that gives me reason to pause. Today saw another one of those messages.
Yesterday I received an email from someone who wanted to know why I would not call myself an English teacher, and instead use the title “language facilitator”. Here’s why.
03.1.10 | Featured, Home, Working in Japan | Jason
A picture of a kitty stretching in the kitchen results in a “How To Sex” advertisement in the sidebar … how odd.
A few days ago, while telling me how stupid I was for saying that I wanted a notebook computer to last at least 15 years...
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