Gamepad

Do you like video games?


I like them very much.


To play a video game you need a video game controller.


There are many kinds of video game controllers but the most common on is a "Gamepad"

The first game pad was made by Nintendo.

It was the "Famicom" .

It was very simple.

It had only a joypad and 2 buttons.

In time games became more and more complex.

Players needed more buttons.

The Genesis/Mega Drive system had 3 and then 6 buttons.

The Nintendo Super Famicom had 6 buttons.

2 of the buttons were on the gamepad`s shoulders.

Apple made a very advanced gamepad.

It had a trackball in the center.

But it was not popular.

Atari made the Jaguar.

Few people liked it.

It was too complex.

The first analogue controller was made by Sega in 1996.

The most famous gamepad is made by Sony for the PlayStation.

It has four action buttons.

Square, Triangle, Circle and Cross

it has four shoulder buttons (R1, R2, L1, and L2)

Next Sony introduced the Dual Analog controller in 1996. This controller was useful in FPS games.

In 1997, Sony intorduced the Dualshock controller.

It had a "Rumble" function. It could shake.

Also Sony added "L3 and R3" buttons. You must press the analog sticks to use the "L3 and R3" buttons.

Many gamepads have a joypad and an analog stick.

Nintendo 64

Dreamcast

GameCube

Xbox

the Xbox controller includes six analog buttons, two analog triggers, and two analog sticks, and eight digital buttons.

Many people did not like this. It was too big! In America, it was called the "Hamburger".

In Japan, many people were not happy.

They made a new smaller version of the controller.

The new Xbox 360 controller is smaller than the Xbox controller.

The Wii is the most popular now. It can understand all kinds of movement: up, down, left, right, in, and out, etc

These fish do not swim!!

These fish walk on the bottom of the sea. They can not swim!

They are called "Hand Fish".

They live near Austrailia.


Pink Handfish


The Spotted Handfish


The Red Handfish


The Zeibell's handfish



But the are Endangered!
They don`t like pollution or climate change.
Maybe they will be gone forever soon.

That is so sad!

Strange Fish Walking On Seabed - The funniest bloopers are right here

Crazy Weather!!!

A hailstorm hit Oklahoma city on May 16, 2010.

In a hailstorm ice falls in big balls.

This is a hailstone. It is about 6 cm wide.



A lot of hailstones fall at one time.


Hail is very dangerous.


After a hailstorm people discover a lot of damage!



Cars are damaged.





Houses are damaged.

Funny Photos

How to lose weight!

This is Josh and Terri.

 Josh is 36 years old.

Terri is 44.

They wanted to lose weight so they started walking 15 minutes per night.

Now, they regularly jog 5 Kilometers. Wow!!

They lost over 100 pounds(220 Kg) each!!!



Timothy and Eileen are from Chicago.

 Timothy is 43. Eileen is 45.

 They joined a gym and exercised a lot!

Timothy lost 6 pounds.

Eileen lost 18 pounds!!

Thai Festival 2010

My wife and I went to the Thai Festival Yesterday. We love Thai food so we wanted to go there.





But the place was so crowded!
It was difficult to get any food.
But we waited and we got some good food!
We were happy

But we had more trouble


Our iphones didn`t work!

All of my friends also have iphones.

We couldn`t call or mail each other!

We wanted to meet each other but we couldn`t!

It was so troublesome!!!!

But My wife was happy because she could eat Durian!

When we were going home I saw a punk band at Harajuku station.



After the show I talked with them. They are very friendly. Thier band`s name is Drive Money.

Mt. Takao Quiz!!!

This is the view from Mt. Takao.
I took this photo Jan 1st, 2010.
It was the first sunrise of the year!

Try this quiz!!

http://www.quizyourfriends.com/take-quiz.php?id=1005162030101760&a=1&

Nice Poem.

There Is Another Way

by Pat Schneider Pat Schneider

There is another way to enter an apple:
a worm’s way.
The small, round door
closes behind her. The world
and all its necessities
ripen around her like a room.

In the sweet marrow of a bone,
the maggot does not remember
the wingspread
of the mother, the green
shine of her body, nor even
the last breath of the dying deer.

I, too, have forgotten
how I came here, breathing
this sweet wind, drinking rain,
encased by the limits
of what I can imagine
and by a husk of stars.

I can write in Japanese very well!

I am very good at Japanese language!

I wrote about Japan.



日本

日本(日本、Nihonまたは日本か。、公式に日本国日本kokuかNihon-kokuは)東アジアの島の国である。 太平洋に置かれて、それは日本海の東の、People'にある; 北のオホーツク海から南の東シナ海そして台湾に伸びるs中華民国、北朝鮮、南朝鮮およびロシア。 Japan'を構成する特性; sの名前の平均の" 太陽origin" 、日本が時々"としてなぜ識別されるかである; 上昇のSun"の土地;。

日本は6,852の島の多島海である。[8] 4つの最も大きい島は一緒にJapan'の97%を占めるHonshū、Hokkaidō、Kyūshūおよび四国、である; sの陸地部分。 島のほとんどは山が多い、火山多数; 例えば、日本で最も高いピーク、台紙富士は、火山である。 日本にworld'がある; 約128百万人を持つsの最も第10大きい人口。 東京および複数の周囲の県の事実上の首都を含んでいる東京より大きい区域は30,000,000人の居住者上のが付いている世界の最も大きい首都圏、である。

考古学的な研究は人々が上部の旧石器時代の期間には早くも日本の島に住んでいたことを示す。 日本の最初に文書による言及は分離の長期に先行している外の世界からの最初の世紀A.D.の影響からの中国の歴史のテキストの短い出現から特徴付けたJapan'を始まる; sの歴史。 1947年に憲法の採用以来、日本は皇帝および選ばれた議会の食事療法を持つ単一立憲君主国を維持した。


What do you think of my 日本語?

Actually, I didn`t write the 日本語 by myself.

I used Computer Translation.

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

Computer Translation is OK with words or small sentences.

But Computer Translation can not understand long sentences.

Computer Translation makes strange sentences.

I can not understand these sentences.

If you use Computer Translation for long sentences you will learn strange English and nobody will understand you.

BE CAREFUL WITH COMPUTER TRANSLATION!!!

Fail photos

Many Bridges!

São Paulo, Brazil

The cables of this bridge can light up in many different colors!

Amsterdam

This is called Python Bridge!

Da Vinci Bridge

Leonardo Da Vinci made the plans for this bridge in 1502. 500 years years later it was built.

Langkawi Sky Bridge, Malysia

This bridge is 2000 feet above sea level at the top of Mount Mat Cincang in Malaysia.

Singapore

This bridge is for people only.

Every sea or river bridge must be able to let ships go by.

Most bridges open in the middle.

This bridge goes up!

This one is strange!

Look at this!

Golden Week 2010

This Golden Week I stayed in Fuchu.

I was tired so I did not go anywhere.

I thought that I would have a peaceful time but Fuchu was so busy this Golden Week!

It was very interesting.










At night, it is more interesting!





I could relax in Fuchu this Golden Week but I was not bored.

Fuchu is a very good place!!!