July 3, 2021: The day before the Fourth

One day before the so called “let’s set off tons of firework day” in the United States, which is also known as one of the worst days for house pets. I could hear fireworks throughout the day. It started peaking around 21:00 hour, or 09:00 PM for most, as a local firework show started. One of the pets at home started panicking. One way he was coping with the absolute torture to the ears, is to rip apart one of the throw pillows from the couch. Tomorrow night is going to get worse.

Speaking of fireworks, some of you might have heard about the “controlled-explosion” of illegal fireworks seized by Los Angeles Police Department; that went out of control.

Anyway, I finally got to break the seal off Japan exclusive of Helloween self-titled CD.

Helloween Japan Exclusive CD with “We Are Real” track

It contains total of 14 songs on 2 CDs, with “We Are Real” as Japan exclusive track. Each Packaging comes with one out of seven randomly selected sticker featuring illustration of Helloween mark VII band member. This pack contains illustration of Andi Deris, on of three current vocalists, of Helloween.

The Fourth of July is coming up, and I have to find ways to calm all the pets in the house.

Reaching Out for Japan, Part 2.

From Panic: Let’s Help Japan:

Panic will donate 100% of today’s proceeds directly to the Japanese relief effort.
It doesn’t matter if you buy direct from us or via the Mac App Store, we’ll take care of it. We’ll total up sales from 10:00 AM PST Mar 17th to 10:00 AM PST Mar 18th. And we plan to donate to a mix of the Japanese Red Cross Society and Portland’s own Mercy Corps.

I am not sure if Apple would forego the usual 30% App Store fee.

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From Real Software:

5% of Next Week’s Sales will be Donated to Japan’s Relief Efforts
Real Software will donate 5% of our total sales for the week of March 20-26 to the American Red Cross’ earthquake and tsunami relief fund for Japan. All products including new Real Studio licenses, renewals, upgrades and support plans will be applicable.  This is one small way we can help our friends in Japan after this devastating disaster.

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We’ve been getting the replies from our associates in Japan. We are relieved to hear from them, but the recovery effort is far from over. There are still a lot of people missing in Japan.

You can find more information on Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on Google’s page.

June 15th, 2010: iPhone 4 Pre-Order Starts Today.

http://buyiphone.apple.com/

UPDATE 4 (3:00AM Cupertino Time):
US Apple Store Online is down again. Go figures.

UPDATE 3 (2:15AM Cupertino Time):
US Apple Store Online is back again.

UPDATE 2 (2:00AM Cupertino Time):
US Apple Store Online is down again.

UPDATE 1 (1:00AM Cupertino Time):
Apple is now taking pre-order for iPhone 4. You can get any colors as long as it is black.

White iPhone currently unavailable for pre-order or in-store pickup

Apple is scheduled to take iPhone 4 pre-order starting June 15th, 2010. The question is what time? As of 12:01 AM June 15th, 2010 the Apple Store Online was still offline. Based on the telepathically extracted information, Apple is set to take iPhone 4 pre-order Tuesday Morning  Cupertino Time.

iPhone 4 will be available for pre-order in the US, UK, France, Germany and Japan starting June 15.

You can pre-order or reserve iPhone 4 through Apple Online Store.

iPhone 4 will be available in the US, UK, France, Germany and Japan on June 24.

In the US, iPhone 4 is also available for pre-order through AT&T starting June 15th, 2010.

Stay tuned for more updates.