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"「途中にいるから中途半端、底まで落ちたら地に足がつく」と書いてあったんです。" Business Media 誠：岡田武史氏が語る、日本代表監督の仕事とは

よく標語が書いてあるカレンダーがあるじゃないですか。ジョホールバルから帰ってきた後、吊るしてあったのをたまたま見ると、「途中にいるから中途半端、底まで落ちたら地に足がつく」と書いてあったんです。その通りなんですよ。苦しい、もうどうしようもない、もう手がない。でも、それがどん底までいってしまうと足がつくんですよ。無心になんか中々なれないけど、そういうどん底のところで苦しみながらも耐えたらスイッチが入ってくるということです。

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Amazing HD quality presentation livecast from E3 to Japan

When Nintendo presented their key note and revealed the latest Nintendo 3DS at E3, I had some time to watch it from my home. The livecast was HD quality (probably via FLASH?) and its actually quality was amazing. I was watching it in "full screen" mode on my MacBook Pro, which has 1440 x 900 px LCD, and I just felt like I was watching some HDTV. Very cool.

        

Six Apart Sukiyaki party at office: なんと会社ですき焼き大会

We had kind of rare TG event, Sukiyaki party at our office this Friday night. 5 portable electric cookers are offered by our volunteers, and we had much much beef!

The 2nd pic shows 1 of 5 meals, "The Sukiyaki". Yummy taste .with a little Japanese sake and sugar.

The nikujiru-nabe. what's going on there!?

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"Netiquette": Do we still need to limit email upto 72 characters per line?

I started to use email in 1994 when I entered my university. And at the time, one of the "netiquette" we should keep was that we should limit the line size upto 72 characters or so for "readability" when we write email. As far as I understand this number 72 comes from the typical terminal (e.g., VT100) size which is 80 x 25.

But I'm not sure if how this netiquette is still common, especially in the business field. I simply don't know very much about it.

I always want my mail easy to read, but I might be taken some mistake in the "modern" net common sense, or I may be out-dated.

"Powered by Honda" in Japan's National Football Team

This week, Japan had two consecutive positive news. One of them was a victory of Japan's national football team at the qualification league of the World Cup. 1 Young player Honda, who plays in Russian professional league, brought the goal to the team. Since the team wasn't winning several (5? 6?) games before this game this year, "win" was a big gift for us.

Right after the game, ESPN site showed quite interesting heading, "Powered by Honda". This phrase is well-known among the motorsports fans since the car manufacturer "Honda" uses this copy very often. :)

 

Poor you... "BP Fail Whale"

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A mask, a perpetual natural disguiser of herself,Concealing her face, Concealing her form, Changes and transformations every hour, every moment, Falling upon her even when she sleeps.

Wow! I found legendary "Xerox Alto" on my dining table!

When I put my iPad onto iPad dock which I just purchased, I felt I went back to 40 year ago!

It is back, with a smaller shape. : The latest version of the LittleDog Robot

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