March 31, 2008
Kirokukai Track Meet from jark on Vimeo.
Sunday afternoon Junko and I attended Anthony’s school track meet. The event was no small deal, with approximately twelve different schools participating in the events. Some of the schools were just around the corner while others were hours away. What made this particular track meet so special is that it was the first track meet that Anthony competed in an event. Anthony has been to many track meets throughout his first year in Junior High school, but up until this point he never had an opportunity to complete.
Until now.
Anthony is obviously smaller than his school counterparts but he was still able to compete quite well nonetheless. He ran in the 100 meter and 200 meter races, finishing second to last in both events. No matter how he placed, Junko and I are very proud of his accomplishments and all the hard work he has put in to track and field. Those long days at school appear to be paying dividends so to speak.
It was a lot of fun watching Anthony compete. We were both pretty jazzed to watch our son compete in the events even though he did not place well. In fact, winning was not really the point or what excited us the most: what got us jazzed was just watching our own son compete, to see the determination and fire in his eyes.
If only he were more excited about education! Yeah, I know how that goes. All too well in fact.
Hopefully Anthony will have a much more prosperous track meet the next time around. In the meantime, Anthony has a lot of work to do before the next competition if he intends to place well in his events. Methinks it is time to get his legs muscled up and to turn him in to a lean, mean running machine!
Congrats son. You rock!
March 30, 2008
March 29, 2008
Tahoe: A Secure Distributed Filesystem
The Tahoe project is a distributed filesystem which safely stores files on multiple machines to protect against hardware failures. Cryptography ensures integrity and confidentiality, and a decentralized architecture minimizes single points of failure.
Joint Tax Returns Using ITIN Ineligible for Special Rebate
Military families who file joint tax returns will not get this year’s special stimulus check if their foreign spouses do not have Social Security numbers, according to the IRS.
Still No Suspect Named in Yokosuka Taxi Driver’s Death
As of Friday evening, Japanese police had neither named a suspect nor asked to question the US Navy sailor whose credit card was found in the 61yo taxi driver’s vehicle.
March 28, 2008
March 26, 2008
US Serviceman Says He Was at Restaurant at Time of Taxi Driver’s Murder
A US sailor being questioned after a credit card in his name was found in the vehicle of a murdered taxi driver has told Navy officials he was at a nearby restaurant at the time of the killing. The 22yo sailor also told officials he lost his credit card.
