On NW-A845: (2) Using NW-A845 as an external storage device of Willcom-03.

By connecting NW-A845 to Willcom-03 with USB cable, various types of files on NW-A845 can be accessible from 03. After connecting them, file-explorer of 03 on WM6.1 displays NW-A-series-defined and user-created directories. I had created a DOCUMENT directory in NW-A845 and put PDF, XLS and doc files into it. Every format was possible to read with the Adobe Reader LE or Office Mobile of 03. Music files I had put in the NW-A-series-defined directory (by normal method described in manual) can be heard with 03’s internal speaker.

On NW-a845: (1) Back to a Drag and Drop

Recently, I noticed that the location of my itunes' itunes Music folder had changed into a different HDD automatically. I had allocated its location on a specific HDD, which had relatively large free space. The reason of automatic location change is not clear.

To be more precise,

"G:\IPOD\iTunes\iTunes Music\＊＊＊" has changed to

"C:\Documents and Settings\ ZJFZMQ7S \My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music\＊＊＊"

1) I had once experienced the procedure of combining "G:\IPOD\iTunes\iTunes Music\＊＊＊" with "C:\Documents and Settings\ ZJFZMQ7S \My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music\＊＊＊" into one directory by using an iTunes’ command. But this time I felt cumbersome. Finally, I left the "G:\IPOD\iTunes\iTunes Music\＊＊＊" directory as a debris. The accumulations of such a decision may be one of the reasons why lots of MP3 debrises are dispersed.

2) To reinstall damaged MS-windows, new folders are usually created on other HDD to pull-off some data. In such situations, iTunes-related matter tends to be buck burners. Consequently, the itunes data which is pulled off into "d:\Backupdata-of-C-drive\Documents and Settings\ ZJFZMQ7S \My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music\＊＊＊" directory remain untouched even after recovery. Furthermore, I sometimes exchange internal hard drive to keep enough storage capacity. If the drive, which contains the "d:\Backupdata-of-C-drive\", is removed from the desktop PC, the existence of back-up-data tends to be completely forgotten.

3) In addition to above reasons, the possibilities of multiple user accounts exist.

"C:\Documents and Settings\ ZJFZMQ7S \

"C:\Documents and Settings\ ZMQ6S \

Due to the combinations of above 1), 2) and 3) factors, my mp3 files have been dispersed over different folders on different HDDs so far. At present, I can’t find many MP3 files, which certainly I had imported from various sources.

Therefore, attractiveness of Drag and Drop MP3 file management with SONY NW-a845 were becoming stronger.

Necessity of mouse-pointer-trajectory recognition software for desktop PC users

Apple’s new tablet machine, which is said to come out in the spring of coming year, I guess, might be grown to a good platform for reading electronic-newspapers. Meanwhile, as a MS-Windows desktop PC user, I hope mouse-pointer motion recognition software is developed and available for desktop computers sometime in future. Right-click-required mouse operation while reading through news articles seems to be an obstacle for prospective prevalence of e-papers. Zooming and page-flip should be able to become possible only by an automatic recognition of simple and discriminative trajectory (Fig) of the mouse pointer in the era of Windows8.

The possibilities of A4 size newspaper

These days, financial difficulties of newspaper companies based on paper-based newspaper delivery system are frequently reported. Independent journalists, analysts and lots of bloggers are forecasting that paper-based newspapers will be replaced by Internet-based electronic newspaper services sooner or later. But in my opinion, paper-based newspapers still have possibilities of reestablishing their delivery systems and sharpening the competitive superiority by using them. There are various situations on which the advantages of paper-based information can be useful.

One of the undiscussed reasons of decreasing subscribers of major newspapers is their size. The unpopularity of paper-based newspaper seems to be related with its bulky image. In recent years, I come to feel that the size of A1 two-page spread is too large to handle. Why has this feeling been formed? Perhaps, it may be related with the A4-nization of various kinds of documents in today’s office work. In office documentation field, A4-nizing tendencies are prominent. As a result of A4-nization, even the handlings of B4, B5 or A3 size documents have come to be felt onerous. In such aspect, A1 two-page spread size tends to give us uncomfortable impression occasionally and become disadvantageous more and more.

The advantages of A4 size paper-based newspaper are easiness of handling, scanning and filing. When we find an important article in A4 size newspaper, only procedures we need to do next are extracting the page and putting it into A4 size document folder. Loose binding of each page would be possible by using flammable threads, which enable easy disposability.

Though the distribution by PDF file may be possible, both-side printing on thin papers is bothersome. In addition, PDF readability by compact device is still not so good. Therefore, delivery of papers already printed on very thin and cheap papers would be required for a time.

The developmental and maintaining costs of rotary press would be decreased, because the utilization of the compatible components for commercially available printer can be possible. When the transportation system problem occurs, the distribution by PDF file can substitute.

By using commercially available cheap printers, starting small sized paper-based newspaper company will become easier. It will follow that the borderline between weekly magazine and daily newspaper might be ambiguous.

Introducing: The World is made of music 2 Volume set.

‘The World is made of music.’

These two volumes are the guidebook for world music.

On YouTube, there are lots of world music videos uploaded from all over the world, which are not familiar to usual Japanese people. I sometimes download some of them and transfer them to my MP3 player. My selection from Youtube has been on a hit-or-miss basis and deviated to popular music related to my specific concerns. So, I had been searching for genealogical guide for world popular music. In 2007, these two volumes were published and I bought them soon. Though most of the descriptions are in Japanese, the artist’s name and the album title are adscripted in English with the picture of the each album’s cover. Most of the artist’s names in these volumes can be found on YouTube if you input an artist name or an album title to YouTube’s search dialog box. I picked up lots of artists from these volumes and put their names into YouTube’s search dialog box to check if there were someone whose works couldn’t be found on YouTube, but I haven't found such an example so far. On the contrary, I found that all the artists I picked up have incredibly large view counts, even though most of usual Japanese people might have not heard of even their names.

The first volume: Latin America, North America and Africa

The second volume: Europe, Asia, South Pacific, Russia and NIS

Mt. Hiyama

This photo was taken from the viewing platform near the top of Mt. Hiyama, the highest point you can drive up to on the mountain. Hiyama is a mountain located on Kurahashi Island, Hiroshima. (3DMap-1, 3DMap-2).

3DMap-1

3DMap-2

A small parking area is available near the viewing platform. Two crests exist near the parking area and both are good viewing spots.

Tone: piano vs. violin.

Though I’m not able to play neither piano nor violin, comparing and contrasting their tones has been one of my concerns. If asked which instrument I prefer at present, I would answer that I like piano pieces more than violin pieces. If I evaluate objectively, I admit that the tone of violin itself seems to be much more beautiful than piano tone. But violin tones are too fragile for me, while piano tones are very tough. Of course, violin has a disadvantage in the numbers of tones which can be generated at once. But I think the essence of this comparison isn’t related to the number of notes of polyphony.

Sometime, piano tones sound like a bulldozer as shown in this play on youtube video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKdeYnA8Epw&feature=related

A magnetism of piano play for me exists in the moment when the bulldozer suddenly changes into a little bird. At such moment, I can’t stop thinking that piano is a magic box or an earth's biggest magician.

If we limit the evaluation standard within the realm of fragile beauty, the violin tones may be winner. But sooner or later, modern sound technology will enable us to attach the ‘enhanced playing mode’ to usual pianos. A switch into enhanced playing mode will transform little bird's chirp into more sophisticated fragile tones, which real material's vibration can’t generate. Piano will evolve with the calculated tone technique.

(I'm entirely outside the ropes on music. Above idea is merely my cup of tea. If you are a wholehearted violin lover, please disregard this entry as an amateur's sleep talking.)