My journey to learn and love affair with photography continues. I had another minor achievement last month when a photography I took on a trip to the U.S. last year of the Capitol Building in Washinton DC was (and continues to be) featured on the Schmap.com guide of Washington DC. My monthly photography link-up with my favourite Flickr group took us to Hollywell National Park, high up in the Blue and Johncrow Mountains of eastern Jamaica. I took a few photos during the trip there and after arriving. Finally I tagged a long with 2 friends for a 15 minute Sunday evening drive from house to take pictures of the sun setting in Port Royal.
At the time of this post it has been 25 hours since my problems started with my (previous) hosting provider Site5.com. I woke up yesterday morning, checked my site visitors and responded to a few comments like I usually do but sometime between leaving home for work and arriving at work to check on my site again my blog and every other website hosted on my site5.com web server was down and displaying a “cpanel is successfully installed” blue screen. I was busy around the office for about 2 hours and couldn’t address the problem but I soon I fired off a support ticket but a day later and after countless responses my problem is still present!
Site5 introduced me to another version of the blue screen of death
Instead of getting better my problem was magnified when all my traffic from all my websites were being pointed to a website that didn’t belong to me! I thought it was some kind of hack attack at first but then support told me there was a mix up with ip addresses with a recent server migration and it has been fixed and I should wait 90 frickin’ minutes for the DNS changes to propagate and my sites would be back…1 hours, 2, hour, 3 hours after that notice and my problem was still existent and when I made inquired and threatened to move to another host and speak out about Site5’s crappy service I was offered a free month of (crappy?) service. I quickly signed up with a new host and began transferring my blog to a new server. I temporarily lost a post but I permanently lost a few comments when I mainly Happy New Year wishes and I apologize if your comment was lost in the transfer. read more…
At the end of 2007 I made a posts entitled to the Top 3 popular posts each month of 2007 on Jamaipanese.com. I used statistics from Google Analytics to see which posts were popular in the month in which they were made. I wasn’t satisfied though and I pointed out in the post that entries made later in the month was at a disadvantage of making the list. So this year I decided to hand pick my top 3 favourite posts of 2008 for each month. This blog is about Jamaica an Japan so it’s no surprise that most of those posts were on top along with a few personal posts. Check it out. read more…
2008 has come and gone and it was good year for me professionally, personally and as a blogger. It just seems like a few weeks ago 2008 started and now it’s all over!
I’d like to take this oportunity to wish all my readers, friends and family and Happy New Year and good luck on all your endeavours in 2009. I for one have so many plans that I am trying not to be overwhelmed. I have grown so much as an individual in 2008 and I am looking forward to a very good 2009!
To all my readers expect big things from Jamaipanese.com in 2009 ^_^
The latest Jamaican to gain my respect and turn into a role model for me is a simple honest lady. Her name is Dhaima Brookes and she found 1 million Jamaican dollars (us$12,500, £8650, Â¥1,132,000) in an ATM machine smack in the middle of the high spending “festive season” and turned it into the police.
I have read many headlines over the years of persons in Japan finding large sums of money and even precious gems and metals and turning it them in to the authorities but Miss Brook’s actions have touched me in a way I cannot explain but when I read her story in the newspapers and watch her on TV (she is now a local celebrity) it warms my heart to know that there are still honest Jamaicans roaming the streets and all hope is not lost for our troubled society. read more…
Late last year I made a quick blurb of a post about how extraordinary something as simple as a manhole cover in Japan can be and personally I think that some of the intricate designs are a a work of art. Recently my regular browsing of Japan related news turned up and interest manhole cover related discover on Mainichi daily news. There was a lengthy news item about people who travel Japan looking for uniquely designed manhole covers and how a website has sprung up with the sole purpose of documenting the location of these covers for “ardent manhole cover buffs.” Talk about putting Google Earth, cell phone cameras, the internet and global positioning satellite technology to good use…hold on, that is good use right?
It’s been a while since I took a trip to the theatre but with so much free time lately I decided to go check out a movie. The only movie out that was interesting to me was The Day the Earth Stood Still. I am not a big fan of Keanu Reeve’s acting but being a sci-fi fastasy geek I couldn’t resist and I learned at the last minute that Will Smith’s son was also in a leading role.
This is a remake of a film released more than 50 years ago and too the time to read the plot of the first film after watching this one. The Day the Earth Stood Still is filled with very well done special effects and a good pace early on but over time things slow down to expose a very underwhelming story that the more I think about it the more retarded I think it is. An ultra advanced, super powerful, futuristic race of aliens send a single being to earth to meet with the UN, to advise them that the human race will need to right their wrongs or face extermination in a effort to save our planet from us. read more…
It’s that time of year again and I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all my regular readers, blogging pals, friends, family and other visitors a very Merry Christmas!
This has ben and will continue to be a quiet Christmas season for me this year. I’ll be spending Christmas Eve with my significant other and Chritmas day with family. No plans for any partying or any outdoor activity just some quiet time to reminise of the year that has just quickly passed. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
A few days ago a blogging pal of mine sent me this hilarious video entitled “Christmas in Japan”. It’s hilarious lyrics and catchy tune is so addictive I can’t stop watching it. Like a true friend I thought I’d share my addiction, if you have no interest in Japan it may just come across as annoying instead of catchy as some of my live messenger friends have told me -_-. Check it out!
The third season of Heroes has come and gone so quickly and before I even finish the first sentence I would like to say that this season was underwhelming with a very disappointing finale. Expected plot twists, a major death almost every episode, an overload of blonde characters and a former nurse turned commando all ad up to me not completely giving up on the series but finding it hard to love it like I once did. There were bursts of genius but unfortunately this was followed by bouts of “what the f*ck” moments.
I have tried my best to not spoil much for those who have yet to watch or finish watching season 3 butI am preparing a 5 favourite and hated characters from Heroes Season 3 blog entry that I will be posting soon that will have a few spoilers, this continues a similar post of my favourite and not so favourite characters I made midway through season one when I was supper excited about Heroes. It will be very interesting to see how my feelings have changed towards certain chracters now…trust me. read more…
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This has ben and will continue to be a quiet Christmas season for me this year. I’ll be spending Christmas Eve with my significant other and Chritmas day with family. No plans for any partying or any outdoor activity just some quiet time to reminise of the year that has just quickly passed. Merry Christmas to you and yours!![[smile]](http://www.jamaipanese.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/squint.jpg)
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