"Hour of Code" - Tutorials from Bill Gates, Zuckerberg, etc.

I think this is very cool!

Computer is becoming more and more user friendly.  Nowadays, we don't need to understand about programing/coding to use software.

However, having basic knowledge on 'programing/coding' would be undoubtedly useful and it is also a great fun!!

"Hour of Code" shares tutorials from Bill Gates, Zuckerberg, etc. and is a great introduction of programing/coding.

I've heard this from an article in lifehacker.com, and you can find more information and also background on this endeavor from the links.

I can highly recommend everyone to spend a few minutes to take a look!

http://lifehacker.com/hour-of-code-offers-coding-tutorials-from-bill-gates-z-1477978736
http://code.org/

http://www.lifehacker.jp/2013/12/131213hour_of_code.html [In Japanese]

Life in Japan (again!/...)

It has been sooooooooo long time since I update my weblog last time.... I would like to say sorry, in case there's anybody who visited this weblog and to read my writing..



First of all, I just try to explain why I have decided to change the title of weblog.
The former title "Wandering in somewhere, somehow..." was to express my feeling in Sweden.
I hope anybody, who have stayed abroad with a good memory, can imagine the same feeling to some extent. I was feeling that I was always wandering, being released from my homeland.

BUT, the situation is different now, because I am in my home country again!
Anyway, I have been in Japan again(?) since this March, because, at this moment, I work as a Postdoctoral Researcher at National Institute of Material Science (NIMS) in Tsukuba, Japan.


Today's song: "Kumonoue" by Ketsumeishi (Japanese hip-hop band)

Back from holidays in Japan!

I has been in Japan for a quite while. It was really nice time! There were two guests visiting me, and in other days there were full of meeting (and drinking) with friends, relatives etc. etc, even though I was exhausted and caught colds twice....

Photos from there will be uploaded soon!

How have you spent your holidays??

Photo: Japanese sweets wrapped with nice packages @ the house of granma & aunt (left: Daruma, right: Shishi-mai. Both are Japanese traditional characters)

A Happy New Year 2009

Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu! (= A Happy New Year, in English)

Even though it's a bit late, I upload a message here.

This year (2009) is a year of a cow according to Japanese tradition.
It appears that not every body knows about this custom in East Asia, so I will just a describe about a little bit. We have a 12 animals for year (mouse, cow, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster and dog), and it rotate every year.

As I was born in 1982, my 'eto' (year of animal) is dog!

Kôshônin (negotiator) - Mashita Masayoshi (2005)

I watched a Japanese suspence movie "Kôshônin - Mashita Masayoshi (2005)". Kôshônin means negotiator in Japanese, and Mashita Masayoshi is a name of the negotiator in this movie.
It is the third movie from a Japanese popular series 'odoru daisousasen' in Japan.

I like very much the movie. The process to solving the affair are thrilling and very catchy.
As it is often seen in Japanese story, some details a little bit unrealistic......but it doesn't reduce the overall value.

It is the way of life of the persons in movie that is cool !!
(let's forget about just a small thing)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467462/

Today's movie: "Kôshônin (negotiator) - Mashita Masayoshi (2005)"

The last thing to do is "Biochemistry" !

This is the last task of my Ph.D study. I am reading this textbook in the day and night.
It is indeed really interesting textbook, (I learned how the our skin, cartilage, feather of birds and scales of fishes and reptiles are made of etc.)

but 1116 pages are long way to go....I hope I can manage within this year....

Today's song: "Desaparecido" by Manu Chao

MidSummer in Sweden (Midsommar i Sverige)

Maybe I wrote this last year as well, but this Celebration of MidSummer is very very big in Sweden.
At the noon of midsummer day, Midsommarstång (a cross with two rings with flowers and plants) are bring it up!
And start sing and dance around. It sounds somehow strange to people who heard first time.

but After experienced the dark and cloudy Swedish winter 3 times.
I can actually well understand how it's nice to be in Summer and drink a beer under the light in Sweden ;)




Today's song: "Små grodorna" (= the little frogs)

Traditional lyrics in Swedish*:

Små grodorna, små grodorna är lustiga att se.

Små grodorna, små grodorna är lustiga att se.

Ej öron, ej öron, ej svansar hava de.

Ej öron, ej öron, ej svansar hava de.

Kou ack ack ack, kou ack ack ack,

kou ack ack ack ack kaa.

Kou ack ack ack, kou ack ack ack,

kou ack ack ack ack kaa.

English translation:

The little frogs, the little frogs are funny to observe.

The little frogs, the little frogs are funny to observe.

No ears, no ears no tails do they possess.

No ears, no ears no tails do they possess.

Kou ack ack ack, kou ack ack ack,

kou ack ack ack ack kaa.

Kou ack ack ack, kou ack ack ack,

kou ack ack ack ack kaa.

*from wikipedia.