Monday, January 24, 2011

Be & Me Googled

Back in August of 2010, our school was visited by a photographer from Google Places…
The Google photographer at work
Recently, those photos were posted on our Google Places site. She took some great photos! This one is my favorite…

The Inside of Be & Me 英会話Club

You can check out all her photos at Be & Me 英会話 Club on Google Places.

I just found out that according to Google, their name came from the word “Googol”, the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeroes – that’s a big number! If you write it out, it looks like this…

10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

I had always thought that Google got its name from “googly eyes,” which means big eyes that stick out. Google even uses that image in one of its logos...
Whenever I think of googly eyes, I always think of the British comedy actor Marty Feldman
This is not a trick photo! Those are his real eyes!
I think Marty Feldman’s funniest movie is Young Frankenstein
It’s not just Marty’s funniest movie – it’s “the funniest movie of all time!” (It says so on the DVD cover!)

If you want to find out more about this movie – or anything else, you should google it (look it up on Google)!

Be & Me Googled (Japanese Translation)

Back in August of 2010, our school was visited by a photographer from Google Places...
2010年8月 Googleプレイスからカメラマンが僕らの学校にやってきました
・・
The Google photographer at work
グーグルカメラマン 仕事中!

Recently, those photos were posted on our Google Places site. She took some great photos! This one is my favorite...
最近 Googleプレースに学校の写真がアップされました。 彼女はとってもいい写真を撮ってくれました! 僕のお気に入りは こちら・・
 The inside of Be & Me 英会話 Club in Shinsaibashi, Osaka
大阪心斎橋にある Be & Me 英会話 Club の教室

You can check out all her photos at ...
彼女が撮ったすべての写真を見るなら
・・
Be & Me 英会話 Club on Google Places

I just found out that according to Google, their name came from the word "Googol", the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100zeroes - that's a big number!

今回調べてわかったのですが、Google社によると社名は「グーゴル」という1の後に0が100個連なった数が由来だそうです。 とてつもなく大きな数字です!

If you write it out, it looks like this...
書いてみると、このようになります
・・

10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

I had always thought that Google got its name from "googly eyes", which means big eyes that stick out. Google even use that image in one of its logos...
僕はずっと「ギョロ目」を意味する”googly eyes"からきたものだと思ってました。実際、ロゴにも使われていますから・・
Whenever I think of googly eyes, I always think of the British comedy actor Marty Feldman.
「ギョロ目」というと、僕はいつも英国のコメディ俳優のマーティ・フェルドマン(
Marty Feldman)を思い出します。
This is not a trick photo! Those are his real eyes!
これは加工写真ではありません! 本物の彼の目玉です!

I think Marty Feldman's funniest movie is Young Frankenstein.
マーティ・フェルドマンの最も面白い映画は「ヤング・フランケンスタイン」(
Young Frankenstein)だと思います。
It's not just Marty's funniest movie - it's "the funniest movie of all time!" (It says so on the DVD cover!)
マーティが面白いだけでなく、「映画史上最も面白い作品!」と書いてありますよ!(DVDのカバーには!)

If you want to find out more about the movie, you should google it!
映画についてもっと知りたければ、”google”検索してみてよう!

Monday, January 17, 2011

Tripod Jimmy on YouTube


In my last post (Live Acoustic Music), I mentioned that my friend Simon used to be in a band called Tripod Jimmy. Here is a music video taken from Australian TV. Simon is the cool looking dude in the black jacket to the left of the screen. Enjoy!

Friday, January 14, 2011

Live Acoustic Music Tomorrow Night (Saturday, January 15th)

Our friend Simon is the music man! I first met him when he was playing for Tripod Jimmy, one of the best bands to ever come out of Osaka…or anywhere! Since then, he has been in so many different bands, I can’t begin to list them.

Tomorrow night (January 15th) from
8:30pm - 10:00pm, he will be playing live acoustic music at Andy's Imagine (090-1133-1501), a cool little bar in Rokkomichi, near Kobe. If you're down Kobe way (or you're looking for an excuse to be down Kobe way), you should definitely check it out.

皆様
1月15日(土)六甲道まで少し足を伸ばしてライブを見に来られませんか
小さいバーの穏やかな雰囲気の中でソロライブを行います.

Andy's Imagine
090-1133-1501
Click here for map to Andy's Imagine

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Happy New Year!

Welcome to the Year of the Rabbit! Chinese astrologers say that people born in the Year of the Rabbit are calm and gentle, but persistent (they never stop trying). Mayumi & I were both born in the Year of the Rabbit. Let's hope our persistence pays off this year! Here's wishing you all a calm and gentle year in which your persistence helps you achieve your goals!

Be & Me 英会話 Club opens from today. We are looking forward to seeing you soon!

Regards, Rigby & Mayumi (a couple of rabbits)