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In our previous article of the times, BC Canada and I wrote that the state unemployment rate fell, Statistics Canada on the 6th of this month's statistics are nervous and I.

Canada is up 0.2 percent overall 8.6%, BC in the province increased by a whopping 0.9% to 8.3% I did not mean to.

Latest release from the Labour Force Survey (Statistics Canada)
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subjects-sujets/labour-travail/lfs-epa/lfs-epa-eng.htm

行Urashii EA also laid off 1,500 people, the unemployment rate may still be pretty good.

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Article yesterday, I just wrote down the first time since last autumn that the unemployment rate in Canada, the country next door is like a US unemployment rate had been raised in addition.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics says the unemployment rate of 10 month was 10.2 percent, since 1983 marks a record year.

What is 10.2 percent, more than one in ten people that are unemployed. In addition, the numbers are surpassing people or part-time job Toriaezu EI (unemployment benefits) is receiving from those who have not included the fact that people need their jobs more be.

You knew I led the American economy from the world, this global depression is something that does not give the country's economic recovery may not be pretty here. Let's hope that there is something bright spot on the U.S. economy.

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Date is March 9 report by Statistics Canada, 2008 after the Lehman shock followed unemployment rate was rising from the fall, finally dropped.

Peak in August 8.7% (Canada), 7.8% (BC) is the unemployment rate has gone up, it is 8.4 percent respectively in September, dropped to 7.4% is like.

In particular, this will not only decrease the numbers, I would say that a large increase in full-time work and part-time work decreased. For increasing the number of full-time since 2006, we expect that the economy will recover towards the future remains.

Latest release from the Labour Force Survey (Statistics Canada)
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subjects-sujets/labour-travail/lfs-epa/lfs-epa-eng.htm

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Since the entrepreneurial economy and their own situation (job) but I had a spiral software I was the only issue he has gone some small orders, this time started a new service ASP CRM System.

CRM ASP Service System

CRM system, database and application of information system is designed to build long term relationships with corporate customers.

Based on detailed customer database, and maintenance services from the sale of goods, such as responding to inquiries and complaints, each can be managed consistently with all customer interactions.

In responding precisely to customer needs, enhance customer convenience and satisfaction, and achieve some purpose of maximizing the rate of return as a regular customer at the customer encloses.

Our service CRM ASP, the ASP of the area, tend to be expensive CRM can significantly reduce installation cost and system maintenance costs.

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Article last, Gmail has written a new way to manage all email accounts for private work for.

In this way, for all the work for private mail accounts in Gmail now can be managed with a WEB interface, Gmail can not set one in only one signature, one inserted in every email that one sign would have been. Can not switch to each account each.

For example, when you create an email for a job is where I want the ability to automatically add it to the end keep the information to make pre-written signatures of the company. But e-mail signatures to send to friends is hard to get I do not want such.

Thunderbird or Outlook, OutlookExpress that the signature set for each individual e-mail if normal mail client and there is always the basic features, this is why Gmail does not.

So, I found a way to get it here instead.

Gmail plug-in which an additional feature, "Labs" is that you. Here "canned reply (Canned Response)" a good use.

Log in to · Gmail

Right on, "Settings" Click, "Labs" Click

, "Canned reply" to enable the buttons on the bottom of the screen to save your changes.

, "Compose Mail" to describe the taste as the sign in the message body.

, "Canned reply" from the "Save" under the "Creating a boilerplate reply ..." and choose to save the name of your choice.

, When writing an email, where you want to insert the signature "canned reply" of "insert" to select the

This will allow you to insert your favorite e-mail signature that you created in advance.

Gmail is the best and will support multiple signatures, and I do not feel up to it once you get used to this way inconvenient. Please try.

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The three e-mail address for your company, e-mail address of the company working as an office and personal e-mail address and now primarily uses five one e-mail address.

Previously Becky! Or Thunderbird mail client that was used, these must be installed on the PC client is getting to be inconvenient and useless in cases such as road and travel destination.

So now we are using Gmail.

In addition to the main Gmail @ gmail.com email accounts, POP3 accounts can be added. WEB client using your Gmail that allows you to manage all email accounts in use. Where even the Internet, even if it was for personal work, you can check all mail.

Following steps to add a Gmail account for POP.

Log in to · Gmail

Right on, "Settings", click "Import Account" click

· "POP3 messages using check" for "POP3 mail account to add" click

Enter your email address in the window, another "next step" to click

· POP3 server, performing a variety of settings such as passwords

Transmission settings, to provide "next step" to click

For sending, "name" "address" to set the

, "Send Verification" to click

Additional minutes will be repeated the above address. Account Settings screen in "when receiving a message" to the "received an e-mail address to reply" I think I have to set up.

That's more than set. All e-mail address in the happy conclusion of the WEB with Google just now able to manage interface.

Who have their own domain, the mail server even more things you can use Google. In this case, the domain cost (about $ 9 per year) just take a fee for use is free server. This is how I would write a raincheck.

Incidentally, Gmail is a long time (at least for 5 years) I was a beta version of the show, I noticed recently that the beta version of the show is gone.

If you examine the following: It looks like Google Apps Beta removed from display.

Gmail
Google Docs
Google Calendar
Google Talk

I was using had no problems even when the display問題Rashiki beta, I think it looks like it is now available from the trust.

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Contract development projects to more than 90 percent on a Web server running on Linux application, so we have built to buy a Linux development server.

Linux is the distribution of previously Redhad / Fedora I was using good, recently many opportunities to use Debian, Debian was selected.

Linux was touched for the first time I went to college age students in the software. Your PC to put the Red Hat version 4, I remember you had to struggle to use. Finally, the installation, X Window System to connect to the Internet to get it to work, and I think it took about 1 month. For learning for Windows C / C + + I bought a few million over the language compiler, Linux is Those were impressed by the fact that the compiler available for free in many languages.

Today was overwhelming compared to the Linux server is now easy to build. Basic installation CD and boot installation, network configurations, various server applications, setting up various development tools installed and you're done in less than 30 minutes. (Since the server application is not put X)

In the server world, Linux has been established, but unfortunately the world is still on the desktop. That's not even your own home means you are using Windows Vista in the office applications from Microsoft Office is really a need to use.

MS Office Open Office if a little more to use as (or the user is away from MS Office Open Office, Google Docs, so if you choose), Linux's coming up position in the desktop market I think the. If so minute Windows and MS Office licensing fees (a few hundred dollars) PC and it is economical to buy cheap.

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Demur engaged in software development work 12 years. Japan about six years at home (neat half-w) in two years in Canada for four years.

Canada 3 years 4 years time because business is in fact what I like Nikkei one year. May know that many in one year.

First biggest difference is the character code. The Japanese code is JIS / SHIFT-JIS / EUC, the Japanese in the Japanese code is not available in such UTF-8/UTF-16, when developing software you'll need to handle these . UTF-8 has recently become much easier, thanks to old JIS / SHIFT-JIS / EUC was scratching their heads in the encoding of each well.

Also, if you want to use the latest version of open source software such as, for example, must wait until the response does not correspond to the Japanese (or yourself must be enabled) as well as many that we had.

But here in Japan does not need to worry about any other character code is very easy. Can take it to the latest version of the software immediately.

Skill level of software developers, and think better on Japan at all. So taken aback every time I see code written by programmers in here, or rather bad coding, and were really professional education? What many people are in here (actually only the kind of guy to BCIT and UBC Department or the software or w. Or do some managers in the company's largest cell phone w). What an amazing person and sometimes the Chinese Datsu Dattari Indians. During the course but some people can凄Ku, that's the same everywhere. The overall story level.

Not in a good position in Japan's software but now I think that recently a matter of language. Such as appliances and cars, for example, SONY · Panasonic Toyota · Honda and while there is a global big names, and software is virtually none. Eventually overcome the threshold of language, we hope that the software is a de facto standard was born from Japan.

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People are not interested so I'm sorry to talk a little bit technical.

When Windows PC software development, Windows included with Notepad (Notepad) requires a sophisticated text editor so totally in役不足.

I normally comes from the UNIX Cygwin (Windows to run on UNIX environment) to use VIM text editor is exclusive to our software developers that their PC while you go to a client when you can not use the can not install because I can not afford to do so.

Recent favorite software Notepad + +. Notepad + + is a powerful text editor for developers, so you can use free software download for free. USB is a handy addition that is available to the client's way and when I went into持Chi歩Keru.

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Is posted in ages. The company does not matter much.

Sometimes there What is my IP address when you need to know, that time and what I do?

Go to Google, put your search keywords to find the IP address and can check the site, my page opens a page just for different things, I think when there are still many troublesome. Can easily determine the IP, but only Nante済Masetai in a moment.

So, you just have to remove the extra information which I can use a page that displays your IP address, when you need if you use it, please. It is very easy to remember URL, as soon as you hit the point straight to the bar know that IP address.

Check IP Address:
http://whatsmyip.spiral-software.com/

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