Nine various essays from 1999-2000 in The Education Companion Newsletter based in New York City: 1) “Culture Crossed” [humor], 2) “More Culture Crossed”; 3) “Making Real Haiku Poetry”; 4) “The Woman Diver: Discovering East Asian Values in a Buddhist Folktale”; 5) “Conducting Academic Conferences Online”; 6) “Motivating Interfaces for the 2000s”; 7) “World Association for Online Education (WAOE) 2000 Update”; 8) “Child Research Net and K-12 Education in Japan”; and 9) “Japan’s IT Educational Reforms and Asian Digital Divide Plans.”