Japanese Surgeon's Daily Life

Lost Village Kounomai 2 鴻之舞探訪２

　　As I wrote in the previous entry, I found the close connection between Kounomai and Ehime Prefecture, which led me to feel an urge to visit Kounomai. Additionally it would be fun to meet the Facebook friend who had advised me of Kounomai.
　　I wondered what was the best choice of my present for him, and I hit on a lucky charm which I will show you below. It's a very small charm, and do you know why? It's designed to stick inside your helmet to keep unhappy things away like traffic accidents. This charm is issued at Ooyamazumi Shrine on Oomishima island in Ehime Prefecture. This shrine is the original one of the shrine which used to stand in Kounomai.
　　By the way, why did the shrine begin selling this type of charm? That's because this island has been becoming an iconic place for cyclists worldwide. Shikoku and Honshu are connected with several islands and bridges, the so-called Shimanami Kaido Route. Oomishima island is located in the middle of the route. Lots of cyclists come to Japan to join the international event for cyclists, which is held yearly in October. The number of Taiwanese is specifically increasing year by year. I reasoned that it's not only because Taiwan is close to Japan, but because their culture is similar to that of Japan. Cycling as one of the sports is embedded in their culture.
　The lucky charm for helmets was born due to this boom.

(Vocabulary)
advise [他](フォーマル)〈人〉に伝える
advise sb of sth ＜人＞に＜…＞について伝える
We'll advise you of any changes in the schedule. スケジュールに変更がありましたらお知らせします．
advise sb that ＜人＞に…ということを伝える
They advised him that the tour would proceed. 彼はツアー続行の知らせを受けた．
keep sb advised of sth ＜人＞に＜…＞を絶えず知らせる
lucky charm 幸運のお守り




前の記事に書いたように、鴻之舞と愛媛県の深い繋がりに気がついた。これは行ってみなければなるまい。そうだ、この場所を教えてくれたＦＢＦへのお土産は何が良いだろう？と、思いついたのが写真に示す「お守り」。非常に小さいもので裏側に両面テープが貼られている。ヘルメットに貼り付けておくお守りだ。神社の名前を見て欲しい。大山祇神社のお守り。そう、鴻之舞にかつて建っていたあの神社のお守りだ。

なぜ、大山祇神社とヘルメットが関係するのか。それは、、、大山祇神社の建つこの島は今、サイクリストの聖地として世界中に売り出し中の島。愛媛県と広島県を島伝いに繋ぐしまなみ海道は、サイクリングの好適地として知られつつあり、国際的なサイクリングイベントも行われている。大三島はそのルートの中央に位置するのだ。日本と文化的、地理的に近く、サイクリング文化の根ざしている台湾から大勢のサイクリストが訪れる。ヘルメット用のお守りはこのブームによる。

ただ、彼に会うことはできず、これを渡せず残念だった。

From Niseko To Kamoenai

　　I was going down to the west coast of Hokkaido from the inn, but it meant that we gave up seeing Mt. Yotei. I wanted to see it and rode to the east for 10 minutes, and was finally able to see a part of Mt. Yotei appearing over a vast sunflower field. It's also called Ezo-Fuji, from its Mt. Fuji-like shape. "Ezo" is the old name of Hokkaido.
　　Then we went westward and dropped in at Nisekoyumoto Onsen Spa. The third picture is the source of the spa. At the parking lot, I knew that the road to the coast had been closed for fear of a landslide from the driver of a tour bus which was there. We had to take a detour, but the ZUMO550, Garmin's motorcycle navigation system, was great and it lead us properly. We comfortably went on riding on the signal-sparse and traffic-sparse road to Kamoenai village.
　　When I was working in a small town's municipal clinic, I built my office's website. It was 18 or 19 years ago and it was unusual for a small clinic to have its own website at that time. A primary school teacher, who was also struggling to build their website, sent me an e-mail, which encouraged me to complete the site. The primary school in which he or she was working was Kamoenai primary school. The sign, showing the route to the school, put along the road reminded me of those days.

　ニセコから西へ向かうと羊蹄山はもう見られない。１０分ほど東へ走って羊蹄山を見てから峠越えで岩内へ向かうも通行止め。岩内をパスして神恵内へ向かう。雨の中、地図を拡げにくい中で、ガーミンＺＵＭＯ５５０は確実に道を示してくれ本当に助かった。
　２０年ほど前に初めてウェブサイトを作った。当時勤務していた山村の診療所のサイト。そのとき、北海道からアクセスしてくれた教員が二人。どちらも小学校のサイトを作っていた。お名前を覚えておらず連絡のとりようがないのだが、ひとりはこの神恵内小学校の先生だった。

Grave Visit

　　July 12th was the 4th anniversary of my boss's death. I worked under him for five years. He was a neurosurgeon, and he was so kind to his patients. One day, he gave me a suit of leathers (link) knowing about his upcoming death. The leathers always remind me of him. I visited his grave this morning.
　　The temple which manages this graveyard runs a kindergarten, too. Today, a briefing session was being held for those who will start kindergarten next spring. Look at the third picture, which shows several pickup vehicles for kids. Can you see the blue and red bus with the face of Thomas on the front. Thomas is the main character of the British TV series, "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends". My daughters were fond of the drama. I assumed that lots of kids would cheerfully get on the bus every morning and afternoon.

(Vocabulary)
leathers 《複数扱い》(革製の) ライダースーツ
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends  きかんしゃトーマスとなかまたち

http://kumo.typepad.jp/weblog/2007/11/leathers.html

Blue Ribbon

　　There are several blue ribbon movements in the world. However, the blue ribbon I mean here is the symbol of the cause to bring all the Japanese abductees back from North Korea. The present Abe administration is addressing this issue passionately. Before him, Japan couldn't tackle this issue in full blast due to Korean operatives in the Japanese Administration itself. Lots of people in Japan want to see all of them getting off the plane from North Korea.
　　There are several types of blue ribbon and I bought three of the newest ones, which have a clip and require no piercing of the clothes. As you see below, I attached them on my uniform of the Lions Club and my office. They symbolize my wish for the return of all Japanese abductees from North Korea. Japan's prime minister, Abe, and other politicians always wear it as well.

(Vocabulary)
tackle 難題などに取り組む, 対処する
tackle a problem/an issue　問題に取り組む
operative〈米〉工作員

Group Riding

　　I joined a one-day motorcycle riding tour, which was planned by a riding school. I rode my scooter to the west end of Shikoku, the fourth biggest island of Japan. This area was where I used to live and I knew it well. After coming back home, I felt like visiting places that are unfamiliar to me. And one more thing, I saw several new models of motorcycles. It was no surprise that every one was wonderful and now, I'm thinking of the replacement for my scooter.

 

Autonomous Cruise Control

　　I'm going to write about the autonomous cruise control system of the SLK200, following the last entry.
　　The average Japanese cars are equipped with the cruise control system, which maintains a constant speed. On the other hand, the collision-avoidance system is installed even in the 660cc small cars. This system always monitors the distance from the car in front and puts the brakes on the car if your car was too close to the car in front.
　　Taking a step forward, the most up-to-date cars have a function, which is called "autonomous cruise control or "radar cruise control". It keeps the distance between cars constant. Under the control of this function, your car follows the car ahead of you autonomously. If the car in front of you speeded up, your car would follow it as if your car is connected with it by an invisible chain. On the contrary, if the car slows down and stops, your car would follow keeping a suitable distance with it. In other words, you could be free from the operation of the gas and brake pedals. I used this system both in the congested streets and highways and realized the efficacy of the system. It was wonderful and useful for relieving the fatigue from the long driving. I'm going to examine the equivalent system of other car manufacturers and replace my car next year.

(Vocabulary)
collision-avoidance system〔CAS〕/crash-avoidance system  衝突回避システム
put a brake on/put the brakes on  ～にブレーキをかける

SLK200

　　Today's story goes back to the Imported Car Exhibition (link) which was held on Feb. 1st. Several cars attracted me at the event and one of them was the SLK200 from Mercedes-Benz. A Lions Club acquaintance was there, who was also the head of the sales division of Mercedes-Benz Ehime. He told me that the dealer would allow me take it for a test drive for two three days. I didn't believe that, because the car was so expensive. I thought it was just sales patter, but.....
　　By the way, one of my nephews was going to have a wedding party in Yamaguchi City on Apr. 25th, which was 5 hours' drive if only by car or 2 hours' drive and 3 hours' sea trip from here. When I was thinking about the route, I remembered the salesman's words. I reconfirmed his words, which would allow me to drive the SLK200 shown in the first picture of the previous entry(link). His words finally weren't false. I was able to use the car for a 2-day trip to Yamaguchi City. I was going to drive the car in various conditions, so I chose normal roads and a ferry on the way to Yamaguchi and a highway on the way back.
　　I was really impressed by its function. First of all, it was extremely comfortable to drive a car without the roof. To my surprise, the roof was removed by a simple pull of a lever. (To be continued later)

(Vocabulary)
patter 　(セールスマン・芸人などの) 早口のおしゃべり［口上］
sales patter （セールスマンの）売り込み口上

Ehime Marathon Eve

　　This is the Ehime Marathon Eve and I recalled the days over the course of the past year. When I was seeing the scene of the finish of the Ehime Marathon last year tomorrow, I made up my mind to join next year's marathon. It was lots of runners' beaming smiles to give me a push to take up jogging. I've trained myself to run longer by expanding the running distance from 2 to 3 km to 40km bit by bit.
　　It has turned 9 o'clock. I'll wake up at 5 o'clock tomorrow. Better be going to bed. One of the pictures shows the marathon suit that I'll wear tomorrow!

(Vocabulary)
beam にっこりほほえむ, (喜びなどで) 顔を輝かす
beam at sb/sth ＜…＞に向かってにっこりほほえむ
beam with pride/pleasure/excitement  得意そうに［喜びに，興奮で］顔が輝く
Connie beamed with pride as her name was read out. 自分の名前が読み上げられるとコニーは得意満面だった．

A Few More Days

　　In the days leading up to the Ehime Marathon, I'm taking care of myself not to catch a cold with some kinds of Japanese herbal medicine. I've trained to complete the marathon for the past year. I don't want to give up through trivial things such as a cold. Nearly 9,000 runners are supposed to join the marathon, which might be called a local festival. Lots of sponsor companies offer their product or funds. Various kinds of oranges, which are one of the best specialties in Ehime, buns, bananas, strawberries, tomatoes and other food supplies will be placed along the route for runners. Additionally, I'm going to take some special meals designed for effective calorie-supply, which are shown below.

(Vocabulary)
lead up to sth 〈期間が〉 ＜…＞の直前に迫る
trivial 　些細(ささい)な
a trivial matter 取るに足りない問題
a trivial sum of money 雀の涙ほどの金額
bun [C] バンズ (小さな丸形のパン)

Imported Car Exhibition

　　My family has three cars. One is a 4-wheel drive that accommodates 8 people. It has been used mainly for family vacations for 13 years. It can take lots of luggage like skiing, climbing, fishing and camping gear along with all family members. Another is a small one with a 550cc displacement, which has been used for shopping nearby or commuting for 15 years. The last one is for my youngest daughter to use for commuting.
　　Two of my daughters are in Tokyo and Nagoya now and the youngest will leave home in two years time. I started to consider about our cars. I won't need the bigger one. If needed temporarily, I could rent an ideal one for use then. I'm wondering about two-seater vehicles, both from domestic and foreign companies.
　　The Imported Car Exhibition was held today in Ehime World Trade Center, which is located at a distance of 5km from my house. I was interested in several affordable cars from lots of cars exhibited there. There were so many cars priced over 100,000 US$ but these were regrettably out of my reach. The cars that I had an itch for were the Porsche Boxster, Mercedes SLK 200 and Audi TT. These are two-seater convertibles.
　　I'll look into the functional aspects of the above and other several cars for the next two years.

(Vocabulary)
displacement 　[U](エンジンの) 排気量
in ~ years time 　～年後に
have an itch  食指が動く

To Rome

　　We were scheduled to move to Rome by bus on Nov.18th. It would be fun to see the scenes of rural area of Tuscany and Lazio through the bus window. Just before the departure from Nilhotel in Florence, I saw a hotel staff member elaborately sweeping the entrance with something that we, Japanese, were familiar with. It was a broom of Japanese make. My daughter took a snap of me and the staff member when I asked him whether he knew the country of origin or not. He knew it and told me that it was very handy with a shy smile. Most members of my tour were looking at us at that time.
　　After 10 minutes' drive in the busy street, the bus entered onto the highway. Though there were signboards to and fro displaying where we were, I couldn't call to mind the detailed map of Tuscany and Lazio and decided to connect my smartphone with the Internet via the roaming service. It would cost $30 per day, but I couldn't resist the temptation of convenience. I enjoyed the scenery outside the bus seeing the present location mark moving on the map appearing on my smartphone.
　　I'll upload the route map of this day and you'll notice that the bus left the highway one time on the way to Rome. We dropped in at a souvenir shop and I bought a scarf for my own use. It featured AC Milan, one of the most popular soccer clubs in Italy. I liked the design and bought it. The other day after returning to Japan, it was anounced that Mr. Keisuke Honda, a Japanese professional soccer player, would transfer to AC Milan from a Russian club in a few months. As a result, my scarf became the latest popular fashion. I wear the scarf almost every day in December when I'm writing this entry.

Route Map: Florence --- Vatican
http://kumo.typepad.jp/Euro13/Florence_Lunch_CASANOVA.html

(Vocabulary)
Tuscany 　トスカーナ州（州都フィレンツェ）
Lazio イタリアの中央部にある州。ローマ首都圏として商工業が発展する一方、果樹栽培なども盛ん。
make (製品の) 製造元メーカー, …製
What make is your car? あなたの車はどこ製ですか．
make of
one of the most popular makes of cell phone  一、二を争う人気の携帯電話メーカー
country of origin 原産国
call to mind sth (フォーマル) ＜…＞を思い出させる; ＜…＞を思い出す
the latest popular fashions  最新流行ファッション

Breakage of Suitcase

　　I'd like to direct your attention to my daughter's gaze in the first picture below, which was shot just before getting on the bus at the Florence-Peretola Airport. She found the breakage of her suitcase at that time. Her suitcase was the product of the Globe-Trotter and newly bought last August. The handling of the suitcase by the Air Dolomiti personnel must have been so rough. The cabin attendants were polite and I liked the company, but .... Anyway, I asked the tour guide to recognize the occurrence. Then I took several pictures and sent them to my insurance company for the sake of a claim for insurance. I'll show you some of them. I'm writing this entry in December remembering the trip, and I received the insurance benefit the other day.
　　I purchased it from Japan's branch of the Globe-Trotter, not from the parallel import shops. The tour guide worked for me and all the procedure was really smooth. I was relieved to receive the repaired one.
　　We moved to the center of Florence directly by bus without calling in our reserved hotel. The streets around the main tourist attractions were very narrow and winding. Ten minutes' walk after getting out of the bus took us to Campanile di Giotto and the Duomo, meaning the principal cathedral in the city. The last picture is the dome of the Duomo. Do you notice several holes on the wall? They were for footholds for painters.

Route Map: Freiburg --- Frankfurt --- Florence-Peretola Airport --- Duomo --- Piazza della Signoria --- Ponte Vecchio --- Galleria degli Uffizi
http://kumo.typepad.jp/Euro13/Freiburg_Florence.html

(Vocabulary)
parallel import 並行輸入
Campanile di Giotto ジョットの鐘楼
Duomo　ドゥオーモ

My Mobile Phone Broken

　　About two weeks ago, I inadvertently dropped my smart phone, which was in the chest pocket of my shirt, onto the floor. It slipped out of it when I took my shoes off. It resulted in what you see in the following picture. Nowadays, cell phones serve not only as telephones but comprehensive information terminals. In my case, additionally, my mobile phone also works just like a wallet. You would understand that I really got bogged down. Fortunately, the phone wasn't completely broken at that time and I continued to use it.
　　However, around a week later, the phone began to work in a different way than usual. I was planning to visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo to honor people who had lost their lives for the good of my country. I'm a Japanese and Tokyo is the capital of Japan, but I'm unfamiliar with it. Without some guidance, I can't freely move around Tokyo. The smart phone tells me where I should change trains, or pay for my fares precisely. It's hard work for me to calculate the fare. With the phone, I have just only to wave it over the reader at the gates of the stations or inside buses.
　　I asked the shop to repair it in a hurry and was recommended to change it for a new one because it was covered by insurance. I followed the advice and I got a new one with a small amount of money.

(Vocabulary)
inadvertently　不注意にも, うっかりして = accidentally
get/be bogged down　〈人・状況などが〉泥沼にはまる［はまっている］, 行き詰まる［行き詰まっている］

Tendency of Japanese Way of Thinking

　　Firstly, look at the cap shown in the following picture. It was delivered to me from a friend who had attended the exercises of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, which was open to the public. Civilians who had been luckily selected in a draw were invited onto the military vessels. He got on board the destroyer DD-114 Suzunami, the name of which is printed on the front of the cap. I had stepped on board a destroyer DD-228 Yuubetsu once, but it was moored. In his case, Suzunami was deployed along with other military vessels. It would have been a spectacular scene.
　　After the Greater East Asian War, we Japanese have been educated by the rule written by Allied Forces. We were infused with Western-oriented ways of looking at history. It was favorable to the U.S. Despite lots of the Allied Forces' breaches of international law such as indiscriminate bombings - more than 100,000 civilians were killed in one night in Tokyo in March 1945, more than 300,000 in Hiroshima by a single atomic bomb -, law-abiding Japan has been accused. Lots of young Japanese people have been educated to believe the evil of Japan and programmed to hate Japan. However, thanks to the recent violence of China and South Korea, ordinary people in Japan began to notice the distorted history. The activity of Japan's Self-defence Force started to attract people's attention. Japan is considerably changing now.

(Vocabulary)
in a draw くじで
Western-oriented ways of looking at history  欧米中心史観
breachs [C,U] (法律・規則・約束などの) 違反, 不履行, 侵害

Destroyer DD-114 Suzunami


DD-228 Yuubetsu

http://kumo.typepad.jp/weblog/2006/08/japan-self-defe.html

Bullets

　　I usually see patients at the OPD on weekdays until 12 o'clock. When the tide of the patients stops, I sometimes enjoy chatting with them about everything under the sun. A patient, who had been dispatched to southern China during the Great East Asian War, visited me today with some valuable things, some of which are shown in the picture. They were bullets for the type 38 rifle. The moment I saw them, I was surprised and shouted, "Is it all right for you to keep them privately? Isn't it illegal?" He disassembled a bullet with a smile on his face and explained how it worked and showed me that it had no powder at the same time. I'm not accustomed to seeing guns or bullets, and so I got a little upset.
　　In the battlefields, he was engaged in the maintenance of the railways and the transportation of the military equipment and supplies. His story was really interesting and suggestive of the misery of the war.

Microwave Oven and Toaster Oven

　　I'm embarrassed to say, I didn't fully understand the differences between a microwave oven and a toaster oven until this day. When I called my wife and ask how to use it, she laughed at what I had done.
　　The story is like this. I went to the nearest supermarket to get some late-night snacks in the afternoon as I had to stay overnight at my hospital. I was allowed to sleep, but if there was an emergency, I couldn't sleep and would get hungry at that time. So, I prepared something, which is shown in the picture. It was a set of small frozen pizzas, the diameter of which is about 10cm, and the description said, "You should use a toaster oven to thaw and cook them." My room is provided with a microwave oven and I thought I could cook them with it. I put a piece of frozen pizza in themicrowave oven and heated it. The result was....the pizza was barely edibleand the taste was terrible. I found that toasting and heating is completely different.

(Vocabulary)
thaw 〈人・物などが〉〈氷・雪など〉を解かす；〈冷凍食品〉を解凍する, 戻す（＋out）
～ （out） frozen food before cooking 冷凍食品を調理前にもとに戻す.

New Camera

　　I wrote about my new camera before, which I got really luckily. This camera has a function of shooting 6.5 pictures per second. I had been eager to use the function after knowing that. Though I shot pictures of cars passing in front of my house, it was not fun. Last night, I happened to watch a TV news item and knew the preliminary games of the senior high school baseball tournament had begun. I believed that's it!
　　Today, I went to the stadium with my camera hanging from my neck. I tried to shoot the scene of battings. I'll upload a set of pictures below. You can see a small ball clearly. I wondered at the function. I'm not a professional photographer, but I could take these pictures. Thanks to the development of memory cards, you can actually stock as many pictures as you want in the camera and moreover they are recorded digitally and don't need any development. It leads to saving money.

New Single-lens Reflex Camera

　　I'm afraid that I have become a lousy man who derives pleasure from other's misfortunes. The story is like this: One of my friends, who is a camera enthusiast, had a nice single-lens reflex camera and he had often been asked to take snaps on various occasions like community festivals, field days, show and tells and so on. One day his camera was broken with old age. The shutter unit seemed to have reached its life span and so he gave up using the camera and decided to buy the newest one. He was going to throw the broken one away, and I asked him to give it to me with its accessories for exclusive use. These accessories were useless without its compatible camera itself. Additionally I bought two lenses from him which were in general use and he would trade in.
　　I ordered the repair from a shop and the broken unit was totally replaced. That meant the camera was the same as a new one. Including the accessories, the full set of the camera would cost more than 250,000 yen new, but I got them for 40,000 yen. It was wonderful. I'm planning to visit Europe this autumn and this camera would make the trip more enjoyable. I prepared the space for them in my bookshelf. Whenever I bought something like these gadgets, my wife would make a fuss, but this time I could get through it. No matter what she said, I got only a broken camera.

(Vocabulary)
derive sth from sth ＜…＞から＜喜び・恩恵など＞を得る
Many people derive pleasure from reading.  多くの人が読書から喜びを得ている．
derive pleasure from someone's misfortune  （人）の不幸を喜ぶ
with old age  経年変化により
cost $__ new  新品だと＿ドルかかる
fuss (ささいなことに対する) 大騒ぎ, 空騒ぎ
make a fuss  騒ぎたてる, 不平を言う
She kicked up a fuss when the waiter forgot her order. ウェイターが注文を忘れたことに対して彼女はぶうぶう言った．

Marathon Exercise

　　I wrote about the catalyst for my recent endeavor to engage in running in February. I started reducing my body weight at first along with light walking in February, and now I sometimes run in the area around my house. I am far from being able to complete a marathon, but I'm trying to run faster bit by bit.
　　By the way, my Lions Club is the 8th biggest club in Japan on the basis of the number of the members. About 110 people belong to the club and some of them are fond of running. They put together a running circle to evoke the health trend in the club and naturally I joined them. On the other hand, as the popularity of marathons has risen, students, who major in physical education or physical exercise in Ehime University, have voluntarily begun teaching citizens how to run and complete a marathon safely. I joined this circle as well. This circle is sponsored by the pharmaceutical giant, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., which manufactures various sports drinks. It's very useful for people like me, who usually shy away from sports, to find out more about exercise, warm-ups, cool-downs etc.
　　The gadget in the picture - sorry for the lack of sharpness - is a device for carrying a bottle of water on the waist. In Japan, especially the southwestern part, is experiencing sweltering and scorching heat and thousands of people have been rushed to hospitals. Water is essential for running at present.

(Vocabulary)
catalyst  (重要な変化や出来事を) 引き起こす人［もの］, 要因 [＋catalyst for]
endeavor [C](フォーマル) 試み;[U] 努力
in an endeavor to do sth ＜…＞する試みとして
make every endeavor to do sth ＜…＞するためにあらゆる試みをする
scientific/creative/artistic/human endeavor 科学的［創造的，芸術的，人間の］努力
endeavor to do sth  (フォーマル) ＜…＞しようと努力する［努める］
health trend 健康志向
shy away from (doing) sth  ＜…＞（すること）を避ける, にしり込みをする
Don't shy away from saying what you think.  しり込みしないで思っていることを言いなさい．
find out more about ～についてもっと多くのことを発見する、知る，調べる

Replacement

　　The other day I wrote about my PC in my office which had got broken on May 11th. Since then, I was wondering what PC would be best for the replacement. I usually don't use softwares stressful to the cpu like video editing tools or games, and so the PC wasn't required for high performance. Eventually I chose one from the group which was second only to the group which has the most powerful ability. Naturally it was reasonably priced.
　　The next issue was about the platform. I was going to choose Windows 8 without a second thought, because it was at the cutting edge. However, considering the peripheral devices I have, I couldn't help giving up Windows 8. Most devices weren't compatible with Windows 8. Updating all those devices would cost a lot. After all, I adopted Windows 7. I wrote before about one of the devices in this blog. (link)
　　By the way, the manufacturer's support of Windows XP apparently will end next April. I think of the replacement of the whole system of my domestic PC on Windows XP. At that time, the platform would be the newest, Windows 8, updating all the outdated devices.