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【No. 0157】I Can Do Little or Nothing

May 24, 2015 16:47
Today, I tried to go to my university.

However, I couldn't enter the building because the card key wasn't found.

Perhaps, I left it with my wallet behind in my laboratory.

I contacted the laboratory's members, but everyone was taking a vacation.

I wanted to research at my university, but I am studying English at my apartment now.
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【No. 0153】Answer is Easy

May 20, 2015 23:51
Today, I found a little claptrap quiz like following:

"Please rearrange "Airway Saneness" and make a sentence. The answer is easy."

I couldn't solve this problem, but the answer was "answer is easy."

The answer was included in the problem statement.

How frustrating!
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【No. 0150】Contract with MVNO

May 17, 2015 20:14
Today, I contracted with MVNO called IIJmio.

I can communicate 3GB data per month, by paying about 1000 yen.

The reason for this contract is to watch dramas at a sports gym.

I soon went to the gym, and watched TBBT season 5 on Hulu while riding a static bike.

One episode of the drama required about 40MB data communication, so I can watch about 75 episodes.

Also, the fee of one episode is corresponding to about 13 yen.
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【No. 0147】Uninstall Windows 10

May 14, 2015 19:57
I uninstalled Windows 10 Technical Preview from my PC and reinstalled Windows 8.

I liked the design of Windows 10, but I couldn't do my work well because the OS frequently froze.

It took about 5 hours to reinstall the OS and softwares.

From this time, I'd like to refrain from jumping at anything new.
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【No. 0146】Website Design

May 13, 2015 22:10
Recently, I was asked a website design of a venture contest.

I didn't have enough time, but for my school and living expenses, I decided to accept the request.

And today, I was making the website almost all day.

It seems I need extra time to complete it.

【No. 0144】Cedar Pollen Allergy in Japan

May 11, 2015 20:00
Today, I had itchy throat.

I thought I caught a cold, but I also had a itchy eyes, so this was probably cedar pollen allergy.

A cedar pollen allergy is the most common pollen allergy in Japan, and it is said that there are about 25 million people (almost 20% of the population) who suffer from it.

The reason why there are so many cedar pollen allergy sufferer in Japan is that we have planted a large amount of cedars since the WW2 for the restoration.

Cedars are have a high growth rate and possess high value as building materials.

However, since they also have shedded their pollens too much, most Japanese people became cedar pollen allergy sufferers.

Sometimes, the pollens reach the 300 km away from the planted place.

Therefore, the cedar pollen count becomes part of the daily weather report during this time of year.

Fortunately, Japan is planning to cut down the cedars, and replant the other trees that have less pollens from this year.

I can't wait for the next year.
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【No. 0140】X-ray Spectral Analysis

May 7, 2015 20:35
Today, I patiently did X-ray spectral analysis.

While the tube voltage and the tube current are varied little by little, I observed the changes of the continuous X-ray spectrum.

However, after about 5 hours, I noticed that the data could not be taken well.

Woe is me.

I'll try again tomorrow.
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【No. 0139】English proofreading

May 6, 2015 20:43
Today is the last day of Japanese long-term holidays, but I was writing my graduation thesis in English as well as yesterday.

Since there are so many technical terms in the thesis, I'm concerned about whether my sentences make sense.

Therefore, when I finish writing the thesis, I will ask native experts to correct.

It costs 12 yen per one word, so one page that was written about 500 words cost about 6,000 yen.

It seems my doctoral thesis be more than 100 pages (because my master's thesis was about 100 pages), when I ask to correct all the pages, it will cost more than 600,000 yen.

I don't know whether this price is expensive or not, but maybe I should invest such money for writing a good doctoral thesis.
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【No. 0138】Doctoral Thesis

May 5, 2015 21:44
Today, I started writing my doctoral thesis in English.

Since it's so difficult for me, I could only write a few pages though I spent almost all day.

I'd like to finish this work in the near future by continuing patiently.
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【No. 0137】Engineering and Medical Science

May 4, 2015 22:37
Today, I had a meeting with a director of a dental office about our studies.

Although he is a dentist, he had wealth of knowledge about engineering and medical science, so we could engage in an interesting conversation.

The main purpose of this meeting was to talk about CT, but we had an animated conversation about fusions of endoscopic operation and leading-edge engineering.

Currently in Japan, since there is little cooperation between engineering and medical science, new technologies such as medical devices can not be developed very much.

When I got a post of a university, I'd like to develop new equipment by providing my techniques that were developed through my college life to medical field.
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【No. 0136】Common Cold

May 3, 2015 21:20
Today, I have had a pain in my head and throat, and felt awful almost all day.

I think I probably caught a cold.

I'd like to recover from the cold by getting enough sleep.
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【No. 0135】Hike Uphill

May 2, 2015 23:04
Today, graduates of my laboratory and I went hiking to a nearby mountain that the altitude is about 2000 m.

Since it was very sunny and the air was clear, I felt good, but I got suntanned.

Also, I tried using iPhone's panoramic shooting function first time ever, and took some pictures.

http://kano.arkoak.com/daily/kurumayama1.jpg
http://kano.arkoak.com/daily/kurumayama2.jpg

Actually, we went to near the top of the mountain by car, but I'd like to climb there by bicycle next time.
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【No. 0134】Paper Submission

May 1, 2015 23:01
Finally, I submitted a research paper today.

I felt some relief, but I should write a next paper starting tomorrow.

Tonight, graduates of our laboratory came to my university, and now we are holding a drinking party.

Therefore, when I finish writing this diary, I will go back to the party.
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【No. 0130】Hill Climbing

Apr 27, 2015 19:23
Today, I woke up at 5:00 a.m., and I climbed a hill riding my road bike.

I patiently climbed 30 km, and took a little rest when I arrived to the top of the mountain, and descended 30 km.

Although roads that lead to the top were concreted, it was really hard to climb because the roads had some steep slopes.

However, there was not a single cloud in the blue sky, so I felt so good.
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【No. 0128】Broadcast Accident by Apple Watch

Apr 25, 2015 21:44
Yesterday, Apple Watch was launched and an Japanese TV show was introducing it.

In order to try voice recognition function, an announcer said 「ここのところ押しますよ、『今どこにいるんですか』」（"I will push this point, 『where are you right now?』"） while pushing Apple Watch's button.

He wanted to display 「今どこにいるんですか」(where are you right now?) on the Apple Watch, but the watch also caught 「ころ押しますよ」, and the sentence「殺しますよ、今どこにいるんですか」("I will kill you, where are you right now?") was displayed.

This is a horrible sentence.

【No. 0126】Bathynomus Doederleini

Apr 23, 2015 21:13
Today, I was asked to take CT scan of a bathynomus doederleini from a teacher.

The teacher is studying at woodlice and bathynomus doederleini, and he wanted to observe the inner of them.

I could obtain the 3D outer shape of the bathynomus doederleini by CT imaging, however, the inner structure was not clear.

Bathynomus doederleini and bathynomus giganteus are sorts of benthic feeder, and since they eat carcasses such as a dead fish, they are described as cleaners in the sea.

They have resistance to starvation, for example, a bathynomus giganteus in a Japanese aquarium had lived more than five years without any foods.

(Somehow, the bathynomus giganteus didn't try to eat something.)

He died during the sixth year, but the cause of death is sickness.

It remains a mystery that the reason why they can live without foods.
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【No. 0125】Today, I worked hard all day.

Apr 22, 2015 23:14
Today, I worked hard all day.

It's after eleven p.m., but I'm going to eat dinner.

It is said that if you eat something late at night, you will get fat.

In fact, there are several scientific reasons.

However, since I'm tired, I'd like to write about the reasons on a different day.

Although I may gain weight, I'm starving, so I will eat something from now.
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【No. 0120】Network Trouble

Apr 17, 2015 20:24
Today, we could not connect the internet at our university all day.

Since I had retained my study data to the cloud, I couldn't do anything today.

I'd like to demand decent network management to our university.