Rémino is the personal Web site and journal of Rémi, a trilingual Acadian Web developer and Japan enthusiast in his 20's from New Brunswick, Canada who resided in Ottawa and is currently in Saitama near Tokyo. He publishes photos and videos and writes here about anything. He also writes a lot on Twitter and about his life in Japan on Edojin.

Someone's getting upset with laundry

Tue 23 Jun 2009

Irate letter about laundry

This letter wasn’t for me, but I still find it to be entertaining. Apparently someone let his or her load in the washing machine, preventing other people, like this unsatisfied tenant, from using it.

If the text isn’t clear in the photo of the letter, here’s a transcript:

Guess what?!?

You are NOT the only person in this building who uses the laundry.

That means you do NOT leave your damp dank underwear in the washing machine for HOURS on end leaving people like me have to clean up after your selfish egotistical ass!!

Grow up and get a life!

$2 does NOT rent a machine for the whole day!!

I wanted to leave a reply and write “It’s spelled ‘and’, not ‘end’”, but I thought that person is already having a bad day… and dirty clothes.

Pink Tree

Mon 22 Jun 2009
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Pink Tree

Walking with my friend Chen last month along the Rideau Falls, we ended up at this blooming tree, next to the Embassy of France on Sussex Drive.

More photos in my Rideau Falls set on Flickr.

Miniature Hotel

Sun 21 Jun 2009
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My friend NoMez, a member of the Modélistes ferroviaires de Gatineau, showed me last month the progress on the train scale models made by himself and other members installed in their headquarters at the Parc Lavictoire in Gatineau.

For more photos, see my scale models photo set on Flickr.

Would you hand over your Facebook username and password for a job?

Thu 18 Jun 2009
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The City of Bozeman in Montana requires all job applicants to write down all their Web sites usernames and passwords, including their own personal site, Facebook, Twitter, etc., for background checks.  At that point, the City might as well just ask for the applicant’s house and car keys for inspection!

See “Bozeman City job requirement raises privacy concerns”.  (Story via Boing Boing.)

Virtual Box Simulator helps you pick a box for your shipment

Wed 17 Jun 2009
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Virtual Box

The United States Postal Service now has a new tool to let people decide which box is the perfect fit for their shipment, the Virtual Box Simulator.  They simple need to print a special icon and show it to their Web cam.  When the Flash application detects the special icon, it will draw a shipping box on the screen.  The user can then “put” the objects to be shipped in the box to see if they’ll fit.  If not, the user can always change the size of the box.

See the video on how it works.  (Story via TrendsNow.)

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