D.B.E.
We were contacted via email recently by a company that offers popular advertising solutions for websites. To reap a profit from it, the service would likely require the posting of banners on this site.
Though this particular company’s service seems to be becoming ubiquitous on sites with a focus similar to ours, we declined them.
We were [...]
Our goal is “to make the web a better place for Japan-enthusiasts.”
That statement is the standard we use to make decisions.
Ex: Like when we started the Nipponster Japan Project - Japanopedia.org. There are many sites that have directories of Japan-related websites. But those directories are put together by their respective webmasters. Instead, keeping our [...]
Ok. Perhaps that title is a bit melodramatic.
What is this all about?
It’s simple (but very exciting), we are starting a new blog.
It is exciting because this new blog will have a unique purpose.A purpose that we hope will be beneficial to all Japan-enthusiasts.
The blog will showcase the people, the sites, and the projects [...]
In talking to Japan-related blogger and web site owners we meet a lot of people with similar goals/interest.
What are the similar goals?
To Bring Japan to the World!
That is really cool goal I think, because many people are fascinated by Japan.
There is a mystery and curiousity about Japan.
And Japan-related blogs and websites give them the window. [...]
“Every Morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.Every morning a lion wakes up.It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle.When the sun comes up, you [...]
I’ve been feeling a little depressed lately.
When others look down on what you are doing it can really shake your confidence, especially when it is a family member. I’m suffering such an attack on my confidence. My father thinks that Nipponster is a waste of time. And I almost succumbed to his opinion (posting less, [...]
We have been working a lot of different things here.
For ONe:
We’ve been tinkering with a new “hot search archive” program that we think will pretty cool.
Um, I know you are waiting for me to show a picture or post a link to it but…It isn’t ready yet …(That was hard to say)
Also we’ve been brainstorming [...]
Have you ever heard the story “Stone Soup“?
The old folktale seems to have different versions but basically it goes like this:
Their was a man with nothing but a pot and a hunger for soup. He puts a stone into the pot of water and tells everyone passing by that it is the most delicious soup [...]
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