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Class

11:46am JST Friday 10 September 2004

Class was great today; I had done homework, including my page of ranting that I hate Japanese, from which, awesomely, Ayana extracted two new grammar points to practice, so now I have 以外 (いがい) and しか as new words at my disposal.

Sentences today:

スターバックス以外の喫茶店ではみなさんタバコをすえます。
スターバックス以外の喫茶店でみなさんはタバコをすえます。
スターバックスしかタバコをすわない喫茶店はない。

東京はにぎやかな町です。
東京以外の町はしずかです。
東京しかにぎやかな町はない。

ハチ公は有名な犬です。
ハチ公しか有名な犬はいない。
ハチ公以外の犬は有名じゃない。

日本とハワイで日本語を話せます。
日本とハワイしか日本語を話せる国はない。
日本とハワイ以外の国で日本語を話せない。

Even better

1:38pm JST Friday 10 September 2004

Wow. I just found on findu.com aprsworld.com which seems to be even more perfect that findu.com because the guy is currently working on the code! Steve at findU is about to retire, so he's not the best person to ask about my adventure, I think.

This is cooooool!

I wrote to the guy at aprsworld:

HI James

I live in Japan and am planning to ride my bike across China starting
in March 2005, and would like to be tracked. I looked for a FAQ on
your site, but didn't find one. Does your amazing code work in China?
I've got 500 US dollars allocated for anyone who can track me across
China. (The trip could take a couple years) 500 more dollars for the
hardware.

I'd like people who read my online journal
http://www.robnugen.com/journal to be able to click a link that shows
a zoomable map with a track of where I have been, defaulting from the
beginning of my trip.  Allowing the option to choose start and finish
time/date is great.

I know/believe China doesn't have street level maps, but I don't
really care about that. Later however, if such maps become available,
the coordinates can be superimposed on the new map for greater
zoomability.

Can your software do this already?  What hardware do I need?  I'm
looking for small power consumption hardware (AAA battery / solar) of
whatever I need.

I'm totally completely utterly new to this world of tracking, so I'm
looking for FAQ lists that you can recommend.

It appears that Steve Dimse is about to retire, but you seem to be
still working mightily on your tracking project.  I hope I can help
support you.

   Thanks!
   - Rob