Category: General

Last post before I’m off to Taipei for the weekend. The shitty thing is that I started a cold yesterday, but I’m feeling a bit better this morning, although still not at 100%. I’m hoping it won’t affect me too much during the trip. We leave our apartment in about an hour, only to finally…

Found this bit of info at Joi Ito‘s blog (sounds like it could be interesting, but the timing’s not good for me): Dave Sifry, the CEO of Technorati is coming to Tokyo next week. We’re having a meeting for users and developers. Dave and I will speak and Dave will give some cool demos etc.…

From the description, I’m sort of intrigued by this release on the ATAK label. The third original album from ATAK is at once the first by a non-Japanese artist. Originally an Icelandic garage band, Stilluppsteypa have been distributing an original blend of their punk roots and minimal electronic music through various labels. After a first…

Momus takes us on a tour of Japanese magazines released this month (courtesy of Magazo), and points us to a bunch of old Shiseido TV commercials. Viva Click Opera!

The AppleInsider reveals the possible expansion of Apple Stores in Japan. As part of its overseas retail initiative, Apple has maintained a Japan retail ‘Hit List,’ which currently references up to 27 prospective or secured storefronts, including 6 more in Tokyo and 2 others in Osaka. Each is assigned a deployment priority ranking, which coincides…

Robert has just posted an interview done with me at his GlitchSlapTko site. It probably describes me better than my own “about” page, so have a look if you’re curious about the person behind the site.

Robert (seems like he’s becoming an unofficial guest blogger here) keeps on finding the good stuff, this time introducing us to very cute (he dubs her “this week’s laptop kitten”) media artist Ueda Mai.

And the cell wars keep on going: KDDI Corp said Monday it will launch in mid-June a cell phone equipped with a camera having a resolution of 3.2 million pixels, which the company claims is the world’s highest picture quality for a handset camera. At present, the finest quality for a handset camera features a…

Robert, my ramen rival, makes another great find: Match-Bo. In his words, it “brings Wakayama-Prefecture flava mixed in with a healthy dose of Shibuya style (the store has a digital video projector, an ultra slick interior, and the staff are tres cool).” I think I know where our next ramen date will be.

Thanks to Yuko’s mother, we’re heading to Taipei next weekend! It’ll be the first time there for both of us, so looking forward to seeing what kind of place it is (some people say it’s somewhere between China and Hong Kong). We’ll go on Saturday and come back on Monday, so not much time, but…