tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97938172009-02-21T03:42:40.684-07:00Frequently useful information about Japan Brats, but occasionally mundane and irrelevant ramblings from the Webmaster (moi).Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.comBlogger182125This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1150696985715582142006-06-18T23:01:00.000-07:002006-06-18T23:03:05.730-07:00In case you hadn't noticed, we've upgraded our eBay Japan Brats page and expanded our listing of base-related memorabilia. Thanks to some help from the folks at eBay, the page now features dynamic...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1149100549800794082006-05-31T11:23:00.000-07:002006-05-31T11:35:49.833-07:00Japan Brats has made a slight -- but welcome -- improvement to our Main Menu on our 3 main index pages to help you better navigate our huge interactive weblog. Now when you move your cursor over each...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1149098570249167212006-05-31T10:40:00.000-07:002006-05-31T11:02:50.263-07:00You won't miss a single message from our I Did Japan mailbag ever again. Simply subscribe to our free subscription service, which delivers all of the posted messages in your personal email as they...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1149076427063241382006-05-31T04:45:00.000-07:002006-05-31T04:53:47.076-07:00Japan Brats messaging/email forwarding features have been reactivated effective May 31. This includes the Contact Us and Email Japan Brats links on all of our pages. The service was temporarily...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1140845166288054642006-02-24T21:11:00.000-07:002006-02-24T22:59:15.906-07:00In our continuing effort to keep up with the times and respond to visitor requests, Japan Brats has added a few new features and made some technical enhancements to our Main Page. With the addition...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1139408980348550312006-02-08T05:16:00.000-07:002006-02-08T07:29:40.400-07:00We've received a few inquiries and complaints (sigh) from our Japan Brats Yahoo Group members who are unable to access all of our photo albums. So here's a little primer: First, our main photo...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1135872180357525352005-12-29T08:26:00.000-07:002005-12-29T09:15:42.630-07:00It's been a while since we actually posted photos on Site News, but the holiday season prompted us to include a select few from Misawa to Okinawa. Pictured at right, Larisa Herrin and her children...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1135865725317823342005-12-29T06:47:00.000-07:002005-12-29T07:15:25.333-07:00Ah, the decade of the 1960s. It began with crewcuts and bouffant hairdos and ended with long hair and tie-dye jeans and t-shirts. From Elvis to the Beatles and psychedelic rock, the space race to...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1135863923418192762005-12-29T06:29:00.000-07:002005-12-29T06:45:23.660-07:00Okay, we've received a few complaints (not many thankfully) about the pop-up ads that occasionally surface on our I Did Japan Guest Book. Yes, they can be annoying. No, they are not to harmful. And,...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1133172215756668292005-11-28T03:03:00.000-07:002005-11-28T03:03:35.803-07:00With nearly 50,000 hits since our launch two years ago, Japan Brats has received an overwhelming response from our visitors, both via emails and with our two message boards. Thank you all for your...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1132718529091788732005-11-22T20:55:00.000-07:002005-11-22T21:02:09.106-07:00I want to pass this along to all of those who was ever a student of Doug Schulte's at Zama American High School over the years. I was among his as I'm sure many of your were too. Mr. Schulte is in...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1132715304069821842005-11-22T20:01:00.000-07:002005-11-22T20:08:24.070-07:00Here's an email we recently received about some Tokyo travel bargains for the next cherry blossom season courtesy of fellow Japan Brat Lynn Ellis Miller. We don't customarily endorse a commercial...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1132714530590884432005-11-22T19:43:00.000-07:002005-11-22T19:55:30.606-07:00We continue to receive queries regarding our I Did Japan guestbook and how it is archived and organized. Well, it's fairly straightforward and easy to navigate. But many of you appear to be a bit...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1132414343103916922005-11-19T08:32:00.000-07:002005-11-19T08:32:23.113-07:00You may have noticed a big blank spot near the top of the main page where the New Sanno Hotel logo normally would appear. Also, the direct link to their home page may not open (posted on Saturday,...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1132412993367123182005-11-19T08:09:00.000-07:002005-11-19T08:09:53.423-07:00There have been quite a few inquiries recently about how Japan Brats selects various news items for our news pages, such as Stars & Stripes Japan, PACOM News, Base News, On Campus, Japan Headlines...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1130935157259260982005-11-02T05:24:00.000-07:002005-11-02T05:39:17.293-07:00We're sorry to report that twice in one week Japan Brats fell victim to spam attacks, resulting in unwanted advertising from external sources and affecting certain page display...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1129387614302908572005-10-15T07:13:00.000-07:002005-10-15T10:57:13.316-07:00This bit of news has been a long time in the making...literally. Japan Brats will soon premiere a collection of professionally produced videos that are sure to bring back nostalgic, sometimes...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1129249022557570332005-10-13T16:47:00.000-07:002005-10-13T17:17:02.570-07:00About a year or so ago, in an effort to maximize exposure on search engines for Japan Brats I added a new web address http://japanbrats.cjb.net. Initially, it worked great and the service that...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1129086907987061222005-10-11T20:08:00.000-07:002005-10-11T20:15:08.000-07:00We've introduced yet another new wrinkle to Google Maps... PhotoMaps! Though still in beta (trial) version, this adds a new feature to our Sat-View and mapping program by adding photo tags to maps of...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1129022959546119492005-10-11T02:09:00.000-07:002005-10-11T02:29:19.580-07:00In case you hadn't noticed, Japan Brats has modified it's message feature on the main page by consolidating both our Yahoo Group messages with those from our I Did Japan guest book. This is intended...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1129021751978093472005-10-11T01:59:00.000-07:002005-10-11T02:09:11.980-07:00I hadn't heard any complaints yet about Yahoo! Farechase, a little travel-related widget we recently added to the main page. But I've been anticipating some negative reviews. In theory it's a tool to...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1128516971396706582005-10-05T05:15:00.000-07:002005-10-05T05:56:11.423-07:00Do you Yahoo? You might consider Japan Brats Yahoo! Let us explain: If you're relatively new to Japan Brats, you might not have noticed that we have our very own membership club. It's rather...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1128218561306117642005-10-01T18:13:00.000-07:002005-10-01T19:11:20.863-07:00"Amazing!" "Outstanding!" "Excellent!" "Terrific!" The superlatives keep pouring in to the Japan Brats mailbag for our award-winning website/weblog for military brats from Japan and Okinawa. Yes,...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1128122557115004752005-09-30T15:36:00.000-07:002005-09-30T16:22:37.126-07:00Sadly, you will note the glaring omission of our "blogroll" (long list of gaijin blogs) on our Gaijin Blogs page. The blogroll, which listed more than 60 blogs including some from service-connected...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9793817.post-1127923174428076202005-09-28T08:43:00.000-07:002005-09-28T08:59:34.446-07:00Here's a new twist to our Japan Brats Yahoo, I Did Japan and Gaijin Blogs message boards. Scroll midway down the main page and you'll see a new addition to our ever-evolving weblog. It's called 43...Japan Bratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697813987408228229noreply@blogger.com0