PSPINC CEO Kenichi Uchikura's Blog

Twitter in Japan

9月

8日

Twitter is getting very popular in Japan. I have opened the Twitter Japanese account. My Japanese Bloguru post is automatically updating the Japanese Twitter account.

Is Twitter good for your business?

I don't know. But it is better to do something than doing nothing.

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Credit Card Declined

9月

8日

I tried to use my credit card to purchase rather large item. However, the card was declined. I guess it is one of the security mechanism to protect the card company. However, it is well under my limit and was really annoying.

I have filed the patent last year to avoid this type of situations. I wish the card company has implemented the security measure.

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Silent Release --- What is the point?

9月

7日

We have just released the upgraded version of our Web Hosting service. R&D Department worked really hard to get this out.

But when we released this new version, our Sales Department did nothing. No Press Release, No Customer Announcements, Not even mentioned in the newsletter that just went out. What a heck are they doing?

When I asked them, they said they didn't think about that. That is so stupid. No wonder our US sale is lagging behind our Japan sales.

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Web Hosting Service Level Agreement

9月

6日

Following is an actual Service Level Agreement I took from one of the hosting companies' web site claiming 99.999% uptime guarantee.

99.999% Uptime Guarantee

The strength of our infrastructure and support systems makes it possible for _______________ to offer an industry-leading 99.999% Guaranteed Uptime policy, covering all Web sites hosted on our servers. Subject to the terms of the Guaranteed Uptime policy ('SLA'), a customer's Web site will be up and available at least 99.999% of the time in any given calendar month, or the customer will receive a credit towards their next month's hosting bill, according to the current Service Level Agreement.

Should _______________ not be able to provide services guaranteed by the current SLA, the following service credits will be issued:

* 1 or More Hours Downtime = 1 Day Credit
* 4 or More Hours Downtime = 1 Week Credit

Downtime is referred to as our network equipment being down. We do not possess control over the Internet, therefore we cannot guarantee that you will be able to access your site due to circumstances beyond our control. We guarantee that our network will be up and functioning 99.999% of the time per month.

In order to receive your credit you must do the following:
1) Document your web site downtime in writing.
2) Have your web site downtime verified by _______________.

Please send the request to: _______________.

To receive any credit, the service must be down for at least an hour. If the service is down for an hour, uptime is already 99.866%. And for that you will receive 1 day credit. That is 1/31 of the monthly payment.

Where in this SLA is saying 99.999% uptime? I am sorry, but is a BS. I took out the hosting company name from the contract. PSPINC is keeping more than 99.99% uptime. That is less 4 minuets down every month. At that rate, you will probably will never know we went down.

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A cellular phone and a car

9月

6日

It is illegal to use a cellular when you are driving. I took this picture with my cellular phone. The lady in the black VW was driving very bad because she was putting her make up on. I can get a ticket for using my phone to take a photo while she will get a way with it because she was putting something around her eyes.

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Size does matter!

9月

6日

I believe in order to be creative and innovative, you need to be working tools that provide better working environment. That is why everyone at PSPINC Research & Development works with 23" or larger monitor. Many engineers have two monitors. I use Mac with 24" monitor.

I carry Small Windows Computer and an iPad. They enable me to write emails but that all they are good for. I need bigger monitor to do more creative things.

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New Web Hosting Services

9月

6日

PSPINC just release new web hosting service in Japan and the US. The new services are based on the latest version of Apache, PHP and MySQL. if you are a current US customer, you can uograde your Web Service for free. If you are in Japan, please check out http://www.webdirect.jp.

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Correction!

9月

6日

I wrote The Golf Club at Aldarra. That was my mistake. It is The Members Club at Aldarra. okay, I got it, Gene.

As for may car, I still have BMW 645ci. I am looking for a commuter car that will be used to drive between my house as the office with my dog. That is less than 5 miles one way. I will go check out Honda CRZ tomorrow at Lynnwood Honda if I have time.

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Honda Civic Hybrid ... 38mpg

9月

4日

I have been driving Honda Civic Hybrid until I decide which car to buy. The car is getting over 38mpg. Isn't it great? BMW 645 gets about 18mpg that is less than half of the hybrid.

Od cause it is not BMW nor 300hp V8, but it gets around the city and freeway just fine.It makes you think what you should drive. Civic has enough room inside.

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Golf Outing

9月

4日

I played golf today. I did not think it is going to get this hot so I wore black ... Big mistake. It was warm today. When we get back to our car, it was 86 degree.

I am thinking this might be a last nice summer day.

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