First lessons weren’t so bad. I figured out that I like teaching, but the preps are what kill me. I hate planning!

I saw an iPod nano in the store the other day, and a recent article about installing linux on the nano, and a maturing firmware for portable players (not only *pods, but also iRivers and others) are piquing my interest in acquiring such a portable pocket-filler. Rockbox looks escpecially enticing for its feature list.

Either way, if I get a personal anti-social device, it’ll be 100% solid state storage for me. No hard drives, thank you.

Last night, on the way to iai practice, Fukushima-sensei explained why the moon appeared to be behind a mist: sand from the Gobi desert. Wind carries it to _Japan_ during this windy time of year. No wonder my place is so dusty. I thot it was just decomposing.