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  • Day – Flight to Osaka

    Woke up at 5am – way too early – and caught the shuttle bus to the airport. I think that the cold tablets that I took must have woken me up. B was asleep on her feet. As we wandered the terminal I admired the other aircraft, including the Asiana’s 777 which we caught on…

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  • Japan Journey Begins

    I had hoped to have a quiet start to our holiday. Instead I found myself desperately attempting to setup the work wikis and to clean up the house. Somehow we did it all, but it was 6pm. Dinner was a walk down to our local McDonalds. Then at 7pm B’s brother and wife drove u…

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  • Japanese hotels and internet access

    It’s Friday night, only two more days before our Japan holiday begins. Work has been terribly hectic and I’m still not finished. I promised a big report on our intranet before Monday and the only place I’ve written it is in my head. Got to setup some wikis as well. I’m excited, but I’m also…

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  • Interfaces, science and faith

    Tonight I attended a CHISIG presentation by Craig Errey, the managing director of PTGGlobal about their XPDesign &tm; design methodology and framework. Basically, they have tried to come up with a rigourous and repeatable process for delivering the most usable design from the start. It’s a very interesting goal, but unfortunately we didn’t get to…

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  • Takayama Information

    Hida Takayama tourist information.

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  • Decision made: Japan

    It’s decided – twelve nights in Japan. It was a real struggle to book the tickets last night. Qantas’ frequent flyer online awards booking system appeared to be having difficulties. I ended up calling them at around 2am. They waived the additional points penalty due to the technical problems. Both flights are via Cairns on…

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