Japanese TV on Linux – KeyHoleTV…

My wife loves watching her TV, but it is too expensive via satellite, we do not have (or want) cable, and the Internet services she WAS using have either gotten too popular (PandaTV) or have been shutdown (J-NetTV).
So she found KeyHoleTV.  On the Xorsyst web site, it is explained that this is part of a [...]

Japanese Input on Kubuntu 9.04…

I set up Japanese input following Zorael’s tips on this link:  First Impression Jaunty/Kubuntu 9.04.  I added all packages for UIM, PRIME, SKK, skim, and scim that relate to each other, as well as some dictionaries and kinput2.  His directions were very helpful, and now my wife can input Japanese.
Short post…

Waiting to Move In….

Well, we have been in the States now about a month and a half.  Fourth of July, and I am blogging over a really good beer (New Belgium Mighty Arrow), from the second long-term stay hotel of this adventure.  We are waiting on flooring to show up as we continue renovating our house, as well [...]

Kubuntu Tip – Japanese Input….

I got it working, but it was a little different than Mandriva and took a few tries to get working right. I found THIS link, which really cleared up some confusion I had with a few other HOWTO guides I looked at. I applied these tips, but only installed Japanese language support.
One [...]

Japanese Input Support on Mandriva 2007 Linux…

I decided to try enabling Japanese input on my system this weekend. I did get it to work, and here is how:

I first Googled it. ^___________^
I then made sure the following language and font packages were installed:

fonts-ttf-japanese
fonts-ttf-japanese-extra
fonts-ttf-japanese-ipanoma
fonts-ttf-japanese-mplus_ipagothic
locales-ja

I then made sure to install the following input packages and their associated libraries:

canna
scim-canna
skim-scim-canna
anthy
uim
prime
kinput2

I [...]

New Japanese Word….

Well, not new, but new to me.
Mottainai. <mo tai nai  – long “o”, equal emphasis on each syllable>
My wife had to help me get the idea – there is no one word in English for it. The best we could come up with is “A philosophy of efficiency”. Basically, if there [...]