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Month: September 2005

  • Parco Stairwell

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    Inside Shibuya’s Parco Part 4 — photo by Lil.

  • Shibuya Common

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    I don’t have time to read the interview (from PING magazine) or examine the website yet, but what Toru Watanabe is doing with his Shibuya Common projects looks very interesting. I’ll report on it later (I’m posting this as a reminder). Toru Watanabe has gotten busy in order to offer an unrequested alternative plan from…

  • Podcasting Woes

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    Well, I’m bummed. Yesterday while I was in Ginza I recorded what was to be the first edition of my Tokyo Boy podcast, a complete ripoff (ahem, I mean homage) to the audio blogs Momus had been doing for a while now. I raved/ranted my way through all my gallery visits, as well as other…

  • Nano Nano

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    I was in Ginza yesterday, and I stopped by the Apple Store to get my iBook fixed (the right speaker crackles), which of course gave me a chance to play around with the new iPod nano. The first thing you notice is how unbelievably small and light it is, even more so than the images…

  • No Love for MS

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    See, I told you so. Next Generation dug up a Nikkei survey on Japanese consumers and the Xbox 360. Of consumers interested in purchasing a next-gen console, 72% were oogling a PlayStation 3, 22% coveted a Nintendo Revolution and just 6% wanted an Xbox 360. (Kotaku)

  • GGG Book

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    The latest in the GGG book series.

  • Graphic Wave 2005

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    At the GGG for this month’s show.

  • Polluted Shibuya Waterway

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    A pic by Lil (more info here).