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2006-08-24 (Thu)
GNU GPL LED Display
At GPLv3 conference, Gniibe presented the talk on "GNU GPL LED Display" along with Japanese situation on Free Software.
GNU GPL LED Display is a gadget which displays GNU GPLv3 (draft) on its 32x16 led dot matrix.
GPLv3 Conference in Bangalore
Gniibe joined GPLv3 Conference in Bangalore, India.
He stays at the Koramangala Club.
Tsukiji Yoshi-Gyu
Gniibe went Kiba. On the way back to Akihabara (from Kiba), gniibe
didn't go straight, but went opposite direction at Kayabacho station
of Hibiya line.
He went to Tsukiji to visit Yoshinoya there. That's because Aoki-san kindly let him know the availability of the original beef bowl.
It costs JPY500.-, it's worth to try.
Direction to Yoshinoya Tsukiji branch (from Tsukiji station of Hibiya-line):
- Use exit "1" to be outside from subway.
- You will see Tsukiji Honganji Temple on your left, go straight down to Tsukiji Market.
- You will cross a crossing with signal (Tsukiji 4-chome crossing), then it's Monzeki avenue.
- Go one block down to Tsukiji Market.
- At the end of Monzeki avenue, you will cross another crossing.
- You will find service station of petrol, turn left.
- On your right side is Tsukiji Storage Company (with Huge Refrigerator).
- Watch out, don't be hit by turret.
- Going straight, Yoshinoya will be on your left.
Bank for Small Business (in Japan)
Many banks have campaigns to lower cost of money transfer or cost of internet banking. But it's limited to individual accounts.
For FSIJ, gniibe sought which bank is better for small business. FSIJ doesn't require complicated task for bank account. It just needs checking amount of money and examining transactions.
He checked services and charges, and the candidates are:
Perhaps, JA Bank would be good.
Copyright Law in Japan
Gniibe read article about RMS tried to meet French Prime Minister.
He checked Ariticle 120-2 of Copyright Law in Japan and confirmed circumvention of 'technological protection measure' is matter of punishment.
Iberia Air and Reconfirmation
There are two differenct information on the web, if it is needed to do
reconfirmation of air ticket of Iberia air.
Just in case, gniibe called to its local office at Barcelona, and reconfirmed for the flight back to Japan.
Barcelona
Gniibe is in Barcelona to attend 3rd International GPLv3 Conference.
He talked about Japanese situation and language issues.
Cross compiling bugs fixed
One and half yes ago, gniibe filed a bunch of bugs to BTS.
At the Debconf6 Hacklab, gniibe rescan those bugs. Finding some bugs
were already fixed, and closed #280884, #283032, and #284439.
Oaxtepec, Morelos, Mexico
Gniibe joined Debconf6.
It's at Oaxtepec, Morelos, Mexico.
The problem is that he can't find English (or Japanese) information for Oaxtepec, he found Spanish information using Yahoo! MX.
LinuxTag 2006
Gniibe talked at 'Practical Linux Forum' at LinuxTag 2006.
He and Takata-san demonstrate M32R evaluation board at FSFE booth.
Gniibe's presentation material is available here.
Gniibe has faced difficulty for updating this log... This server resides 'M17N.ORG' network, which is now closing down.
SunWah in Bostom
Gniibe found that SunWah Linux has a boot in LinuxWorld Boston.
He joined GPLv3 BoF.
LCD-7100V
Gniibe bought LCD-7100V, the 7.1 inch LCD monitor.
It accepts VGA input as well as NTSC.
It cost JPY18,800.- at T-Zone akihabara, but you can buy it cheaper, around 16,000 or so (according to Kakaku.com).
Burger King at KL airport
Rishab let me know that wireless connection is available
at Burger King at KL airport.
It is true, but there is some strange network filtering. My ssh connection works fine, as well as HTTP, but imaps doesn't work.
Malaysia
Gniibe is now in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Yes, he went to Yoshinoya at KLCC, that's his mission.
Challenge Third Times
Challenge third times, you will get victory, that's the budding season.
Violet on ice
Gniibe made a haiku of the day:
Violet on ice, be fragrant softly, gold medal shines.
ABK cafeteria
Gniibe went to IPA, so, he ate lunch at ABK cafeteria.
How to garbage collect your information
Gniibe read Satoru's article on IPSJ Magazine.
Another strategy is that, don't carry your bags by yourselves.
Copy your information to everyone, and let them conserve the data. Basically, that's the way how (some) Free Software evolved.
Athlon64 has been down
Athlon64.fsij.org has been down for 18hours or so, because of kernel panic.
Gniibe went to Ohtemachi, and did upgrade of kernel to 2.6.15.
Yamanote line stops
Gniibe took Yamanote line in the morning. It stopped.
A Tooth Broken
Chocolate hit gniibe's tooth.
Gniibe doesn't have idea to define this glog as log of troubles, but there are many troubles these days.
Gniibe went dentist, no patients, perhaps because the payment system has been changed from 2005-10-01.
