Yes, it has been a very long time, since I last posted any entries for your amusement. I apologize for that. It was not my intention to have more frequent readers bored, but my interests and resposibilities greatly shifted during the past few weeks.
I got in contact with several good Japanese hackers and finally got the industry connections I wanted. Starting from today I am an employee of FFR(1440) - a small but extremely professional Japanese company consisting exclusively of well-known hackers.
I never thought, I'd ever become a regular employee, but this was simply to perfect.
So my work keeps me rather busy. Apart from that, I will have to pass a federal examination in informatics soon. It has a rather high level and is written and in Japanese only. So I have aproximately 4 years of of content and 10 years worth of language to learn within 7 months. Wish me luck. Otherwise it will be impossible for me to keep my visa status. But hey, I've done strange things before. This should be just fine. I will keep you posted on new developments. Let's see how things go.