So this is time to review 2008 and my ups and downs. Let's start with my ups : - Already 2 years living as a couple! (more to come about that soon *_*) - Skill-up in coding, always learning new stuff. Launched new apps for Ninja Tools. Even did a come-back to C language, for an Apache module! (well it was not an expert task...). Getting interested in Python, I need to make more ti... Read more

As I said in a previous article, the company I am working for, Samurai Factory, moved from Ikebukuro to Shibuya. So Monday was our last day in the office of the year but also our first day in the new office. So let's go for a visit! The office is in a brand new building at the fifth floor. We have a quite special entrance for visitors. Once you open the door you are in a dark room that... Read more

For the last 2 years, I've been working in Ikebukuro near Kita Guchi (North Entrance) but it's going to change next week as our office will move to Shibuya Ku near Shinsen station. So I think it's time for a photo walk through the streets of North and West Ikebukuro Station before to say good-bye. Getting out of the train in the morning I cross the station to reach the north exit. Usually st... Read more

[Photo by hfossli, his Flickr]. Daisen (大山, the Big Mountain) is the highest peak of Tottori with 1710m (and largest mountain in western Japan) and is one of the main attractive spot of Tottori, maybe as much as the famous dunes (Sakyu) in the east of the prefecture.It is my favorite place in Tottori and also for many Tottolar (nickname for people living in Tottori). I took this pict... Read more

I spent the last week in Tottori Ken, a prefecture in the west of Japan along the Sea of Japan. This is one of the first places I visited in Japan (as a wwoofer in 2005) and for some reasons I come back there about twice a year since *_* . Of course compared to Tokyo, Tottori is really the "deep" Japan far from the lights of Ginza. Over there, it's more usual to be a farmer, fisherman or a craft... Read more