I have been using a free web hosting for more than a year, but last month I found that I was unable to access my website. I looked into this problem at once, and I learned that my account had …
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Free-space.net Discommended
As I wrote earlier, my account at Free-space.net has been suspended. It has been suspended for an unknown reason. I have never violated any of their terms of service, and my website was in no way illegal. It just …
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New Favicon Installed for This Blog
I have installed a new favicon for this blog. It is just a red circle.
But why a red circle? Someone may ask this question. Well, I have my reasons for that. It is not intended to copy a national …
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Google Ignores Robots.txt
Beware. Google does not seem to read and follow "robots.txt" files these days. Yes. I recently found that one of my websites is indexed by Google in spite of the fact that it has a robots.txt that prohibits all search …
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A Happy New Year!
A Happy New Year!
In Japan we celebrate New Year's Day for three days from January 1 to January 3. But actually the day before New Year's Day is also considered a holiday, so we actually celebrate it for four …
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My Amazon Account Reinstated
I received the following e-mail from Amazon.com on September 9, 2008 (Japan Standard Time).
Hello again from Amazon.com.Upon further review of your account history, we have made the decision to reinstate your Amazon account. We apologize for any inconvenience this …
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Amazon's "Illegal" Practice in Japan: Amazon Hides Legally Required Information about Themselves in Japan
Any company or individual in Japan that does business on the Internet is required by Japanese laws to explicitly show basic information about themselves, such as their address, phone number, the name of the highest executive, conditions of their deals, …
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Amazon.com Closes a Huge Number of Accounts: Customers Are NOT Allowed to Return their Purchases Too Often
On August 28, 2008, or around that day, Amazon.com seems to have closed a huge number of accounts by the reason that the holders of those accounts have returned their purchases too often.
Amazon.com is an online retailer that sells …
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Creating a New Website
I started a new website on June 7, 2008. It is titled "Sennin's Shield."
Sennin's Shield is an English-language website. Like my Japanese-language websites, it seeks for the truth about everyday things to more sophistcated areas of study.
I hope …
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On Starting a Weblog
I have just started this weblog. It will be written in English. I have a weblog in Japanese already. So this weblog is intended for those who speak English.Therefore, I will write about something that may interest people outside Japan.…
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