Unconscious Mutterings

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Yoshi

Because Pandora did it, I guess I have to as well.

Affair :: to remember
Package :: to be delivered
Warner :: brothers
Drop :: it now!
Balance :: this
Shore :: line
Confirmation :: the kill
Nose :: bleed
Talking :: smart
Bend :: it like beckham

So. Any psychiatrists want to take on this list?

AOL apologizes; for what?

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Yoshi

Ok, so last week, they decide to offer AOL for free. That’s cool. After a crazy time, I was able to get my AOL for free. But now, they’re apologizing for releasing random search terms from 658,000 subscribers. Here’s an excerpt from the c/net article:

“Although there was no personally identifiable data linked to these accounts, we’re absolutely not defending this. It was a mistake, and we apologize. We’ve launched an internal investigation into what happened, and we are taking steps to ensure that this type of thing never happens again.”

READ: They’re firing some folks. But you know what, didn’t other search engines pretty much do the same thing? I think I remember a way to ‘spy” on people by checking out what they’re searching for right now. How’s that different than what AOL did?

Seriously. I’m not one to defend AOL, but come on, this is hardly their fault. They can’t be responsible for what people search for. Anyone who searches for say, their own social security number on a PUBLIC search engine… I’m not saying they deserve to have their identity stolen, but come on. You don’t put personal information on the internet. Common sense, right? I think, if anything a search engine might come back and say “hey, um, you put something in this search that you probably shouldn’t have. are you sure you want to search for it?” That may be the only fault that AOL should be apologizing for.

Some folks out there need to relax a little bit, and do some more thinking. AOL is not completely evil you know. They’re the diet-coke of evil.

Wait, did I type that right?

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Yoshi

You may or may not have noticed that the URL now says: haroyoshi.com. No, this is not a case of mistaken identity, nor is it a case of mispelling “hello”. It’s exactly the way it’s meant to be. :)

I know, you’re confused.

For those of you who don’t already know (or have wondered), the reason my site is named “hello! yoshi” is beacause of Japanese Pop Culture. In Japan, there is a TV show called “Hello! Morning”. Here’s the synopsis from Wikipedia:

Hello! Morning is a weekly Japanese TV show featuring members of Hello! Project on TV Tokyo. It is also known by the shorter name of Haro Moni.

Since I’m a great fan of Morning Musume (Pretty much the flagship JPop group of Hello! Project), this website is called Hello! Yoshi and is nicknamed to Haro Yoshi (keeping with the Hello! Morning format).

While this may seem odd or unusual to you, it’s something that seems to make sense to me. :) If you must, just go ahead and dismiss this as a Japanese “quirk” if you will.

You can feel free to update your bookmarks, but helloyoshi.net will continue to work just fine. Happy days!