Found this link via the Miyazaki Mailing List that I subscribe to.  The lunches remind me of "Chara-Ben", for Character Bento lunches that are found in Japan.

http://corcholat.com/!UeO

Happy New Year Everyone! 

Let's see if I can make a better effort to keep this blog updated!

Attention Please! recounts the journey of a young tomboy, MISAKI Youko (played by UETO Aya), who strives to be a Cabin Attendant for Japan AirLines (JAL). Admittedly, I did not know if I could watch the show because the first episode was so over the top.  I had to pause the program half way and come back to it after a while.  I am glad that I did come back and watch the rest of the eleven part series.

I particularly enjoyed watching this drama because of the flying aspect.  I could identify with one of the characters' love of flying.  This will sound corny, but the show has motivated me to pursue a dream of mine - to become a private pilot.  This goal will take me a couple of years to achieve, but I really want to fly. 

As for the rest of the show, I found it to be endearing and Tarra enjoyed looking at the various JAL Cabin Attendant uniforms from JAL's past during the closing credits.  Here is a wiki page summarizing the show http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Attention_Please.  As for finding the show, one can find the show on CrunchyRoll or via BitTorrent.

So my wife and I went for a hike out to Wallace Falls State Park.  I had a lot of fun!  Granted, the hike started out okay, but when we arrived at the lower falls viewpoint, we realized how out of shape we both are.  We had a choice of two hiking trails, the Woody Trail and the Railroad Grade Trail.  The Woody trail was only 1.8 (2.9 Km) miles long, but the change in elevation is 450 ft (137m).  In the end, the falls were beautiful and well worth the hike and the blisters.

Here are pictures of the falls.

So my ISP, www.avvanta.com, had it out with Verizon, the DSL backbone provider, over the past couple of days.  According to Avvanta, Verizon had a faulty DS3 card that needed replacement.

So I'm wondering what is a DS3 card?   So I popped the term into Live Search and found the Cisco documentation on replacing a DS3 I/O card.  The following figure is a what a DS3 I/O card looks like:

I should say that I'm no network engineer, so please do not take the information here as being completely accurate. 

But if my research is accurate, oh the irony that a little 12 cm piece of fiberglass and resin would bring the network to its knees.

Yay!  I have a short break from school.  I start up again next Tuesday, but I could use the break.  I was becoming a little singed on the edges from going non-stop with school for the past two years.

This little reprieve should allow me to catch up on side projects and sleep!

Subject line says it all.