I just had my very first earthquake (not just in Japan; the first earthquake of my entire life). I was at home, in my room, when I noticed the room shake. It was very weak, and lasted only a few seconds. In fact, it was so short that I wasn't sure if I'd imagined it or not.
But according to the Japanese Meteorological Agency, there was an earthquake at 21:01 JST, May 8th 2007. It had a magnitude of 4.4 on the Richter schale, but the epicentre was quite a bit away from here, which explains why I barely noticed it (and hardly anyone else here noticed it at all). The JMA uses a scale called the JMA Seismic Intensity Scale. By that scale, the quake was intensity 3 at the centre. According to their breakdown by location, the intensity in this area (Setagaya-ku) was only 1.
The JMA has information about the most recent quakes here. The information about this quake will be on there for about a week (it appears there has already been a more recent quake so this one is off the front page; you can find this one by clicking on of the buttons at the top and then selecting it from the list; that approach should work for a week, then it's gone).
UPDATE: MSNBC writes about the quake.
Pretty much from the moment I arrived in Japan I had to listen to friends and family on MSN and Skype saying what beautiful weather it was in the Netherlands, while at the same time it's been fairly hit and miss over here (a few nice days, a few very rainy ones too).
So to everyone who felt the need to remind me of that, I'd just like to say: nyah, nyah, serves you right. :P
How do I hate the word blogosphere? Let me count the ways...
That aside, my good friend Christian Liensberger, aka Littleguru on Channel9, has just kicked of his own blog with a post demonstrating some of the features of C# 3.0, such as lambda expressions and extension methods.
Christian is one of the smarter people I know, so I'm sure it'll be worth keeping track of his blog. :)
Finally, I have Internet in my room here at the dorm. No longer do I need to use the slow wireless connection in the lounge.
On the downside, it'll probably kill my social life. :P
The German computer magazine c't have indicated they want to include Find As You Type on a DVD they will include with the magazine later this year. I've given them the go-ahead of course.
The spread of my fame continues. :-P
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