GaijinAgain Blog

SSL Troubles

Man it has been a bitch getting things to play right.  Everything was looking good until I tried to switch over to https.  Now even though I can see the site fine on the...

Site Renewal

Well, I’ve finally got the site back up.  I’ve updated the server and converted my previously Joomla site to WordPress. There is still a ton of work that needs to be done (Like reattaching...

Spa_Naoiri_Map

Spa Naoiri #2

2nd Track Day So, last Sunday we had our second track day at SPA Naoiri. Great fun and the weather stayed dry for us until we were finished. Kind of the same deal as...

Rain_racing

Spa Naoiri #1

Spa Naoiri – first track day Yesterday, I went to my first track day. The track is called Spa Naoiri and is located in Oita, Japan. (The prefecture in the upper right of the...

7 Hour Solo

I had a true day off last Friday. (Wife at work & kids at school) so I went for a 7 hour solo ride up to a little island in northern Nagasaki prefecture called...

About this Shite

Who knows what the hell this is all about anyway?  I’m trying to create a family web page and going about it in the most difficult way I can find – Setting up a...

Funny English

Funny JapEnglish

One of the things I like to do when traveling around Japan is look for funny English.  Well, this weekend I took the family up to Yamaguchi to check out the caves and the...

The Illegitimate Japanese Gov’t

So, lo-and-behold, the Japanese courts have finally come out from hiding and told the politicians to get their shit together.  It’s about damn time!!  For those of you not up on the politics: The...

Server Specs

Alrighty then, here are the specs for my server.  First off, it’s an NEC Express 5800/S70 (Model NP8100-9023PS03). Not top of the line by any means, but good enough to get the job done. ...

Turning into a computer

Man it’s been a long week of staring at computer screens. Working nights getting the Joomla site up and running, then the past 2 days of working on Moodle quizzes for my students. I...