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	<title>Dave Cahill</title>
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	<description>Life, languages and technology</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>XP for Getting Things Done</title>
		<link>http://dave-cahill.com/?p=58</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This idea has occurred to me a bunch of times - looks like someone has finally gone and done it, and in some style.
When you play a game like World of Warcraft, or even Call of Duty, you do some pretty boring things to get Experience points (XP) or to get new perks or items [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese (Kotoeri) input method disappears on Mac OS X</title>
		<link>http://dave-cahill.com/?p=57</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I found I could no longer switch to the Japanese keyboard layout on my mac - only the US layout was listed. So I went to System Preferences > International > Input menu and looked for the Japanese Input Method (called Kotoeri on the mac). There was no sign of it; here&#8217;s how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sayonara</title>
		<link>http://dave-cahill.com/?p=50</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Cahill</dc:creator>
		
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I love this photo - it&#8217;s exactly how I will remember this year - smiley, fun, good-natured students, and friendly, fun and helpful teachers (see the vice-principal on right). I have avoided mentioning the school&#8217;s name on this blog so far, but the whole year has been such an overwhelmingly positive experience that I want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kosuge Mura Festival</title>
		<link>http://dave-cahill.com/?p=41</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 13:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Cahill</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A taiko player raises his drumstick to the sky as the bonfire flames lick higher.

This is my favourite photograph from this weekend&#8217;s Kosuge Mura festival. Like all of the other photos in this post, it was taken by a fellow JET and photography graduate, the talented Kelly Bryan. 
I was lucky enough to play a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broken purikura promises</title>
		<link>http://dave-cahill.com/?p=37</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 11:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Cahill</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Damn you, purikura. Every time I fall for the wonderful promises on your curtain booths, and every time my hopes are dashed.
What promises? Let&#8217;s just take a sample.

So the DoLLs in black were going to invite me to the monogram dream, huh? Do you know how many nights I sat by the phone, just hoping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a name?</title>
		<link>http://dave-cahill.com/?p=34</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Cahill</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here in Japan, I&#8217;m often reminded of Butch in Pulp Fiction talking about how American names don&#8217;t mean anything. Japanese names are made up of Chinese characters, each of which has a meaning.
I imagine that it must be pretty tough picking names as a Japanese parent - they don&#8217;t just need to sound good, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hello, World!</title>
		<link>http://dave-cahill.com/?p=36</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Cahill</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For the craic, I sometimes call my students by the English translation of their names. For example, I had a student called Minami (南) in the last school year, and she got a kick out of being called South.
This year, a new student called Sekai (世界) arrived, which means I can mentally high-five myself every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sumo</title>
		<link>http://dave-cahill.com/?p=32</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Cahill</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Jacques Chirac may be a fan, but I wasn&#8217;t going to sumo for the craic. My motivations were more cultural - I viewed it as kind of a &#8220;museum visit&#8221;. After all, how much fun could it possibly be to watch two fat guys push each other around?
A hell of a lot, it turns out.
I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Purikura</title>
		<link>http://dave-cahill.com/?p=29</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Cahill</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s the Japanese abbreviation for the insanely popular Print Club (purinto kurabu or プリント倶楽部), photo booths where teenagers go to take pictures of themselves in strange situations.
Aaaanyway, in Yokohama a weekend or two ago, Cha and I gave in and gave it a go - we stabbed the pen at the screen a couple of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Moe</title>
		<link>http://dave-cahill.com/?p=27</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Cahill</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Every time I walk down the main street of Kofu, I see the same poster of an insanely smiley politician.
They say Rich Hall is the real Moe Szyslak from the Simpsons, but I&#8217;m not sure&#8230;



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