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Showa Memorial Park

Today we are at Showa Memorial Park in Tachikawa . April 29th is Showa Day . It's a national holiday. It used to be call Greenery Day. The kids had a great time playing on the slides and jumping on a mountainous trampoline. As you can see most of Tokyo decided to join us there.

Ubuntu Hardy Heron

The latest version of Ubuntu has been released. It keeps getting better and better. To see an overview of features click here .

Organization?

I figure if I get better organized I'll be more productive. I've been reading a bit about productivity and the tools you can use to become more productive. There are a bewildering number of sites wanting to organize just about every facet of online behavior. The really interesting thing is that even though each site is developed independently they are becoming more and more integrated. It's become a necessity for the sites survival. One thing this enables is the adding of features that extend and improve what the tools one site may offer. So called mashups . Something that is not possible with a desktop application. I've been steadily exploring and using more and more Google Apps. One thing Google doesn't offer is task management but Remember The Milk does. It also integrates so tightly with Google apps that you would think it was part of the same application. In a way it is. Through a powerful API. All this use of online applications for someone who is not alway...