Items for November 2008 in "Japan"

Some maps in Japan are easy to read - and some are not... Via Kirainet. Algunos mapas en el Japón son fáciles de leer - y algunos no son ... <ul> <li><a href="http://www.akihabaranews.com" target="_blank">Akihabara News</a> - Gadgetry from Japa...

Anybody care for a Mac? Via Flickr. <ul> <li><a href="http://www.akihabaranews.com" target="_blank">Akihabara News</a> - Gadgetry from Japan (<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Akihabaranews_en" target="_blank">Subscribe</a>)</li> <li><a hre...

Was featured in Mac Fan - one of Japans major Mac magazines.

What Japan Thinks covers a survey of wide screen display usage in Japan. Laptop display results:- -Standard display ratio 68.5% -Wide-screen 25.3% -Don’t know 6.2% Desktop display results:- -Standard display ratio 67.5% -Wide-screen...

"Meishi" [名刺] is the Japanese word for a name/business card and is a fundamental item of Japanese business. Thought we'd take a look at my latest meishi design and while we're at it have a gander at meishi from my previous positions.

What do you when you are bored waiting for a train or bus? It seems what the Japanese (some of them) like to do is to pretend that thier mobile phone is a guitar as the lady below demonstrates. Some Japanese mobiles come with an accelerometers just...

Are you in the middle of eating? If so then this news item may be of interest. A man was arrested for scattering worms on a train because he got pleasure from seeing other passengers freak out. Video below showing some of the cute worms which look...

Was invited by comrades at Google to YouTube Live Tokyo - the reason why I could not stay in Singapore for AFA. The most awesome thing about Live Tokyo was getting to meet n network with a load of other YouTubers too like the lovely Magibon.

Washable mouse spotted at Changi airport in Singapore. I can only think of one use case for a washable mouse - for folks who take good care of their health in front of the computer? <ul> <li><a href="http://www.akihabaranews.com" target="_blank">Ak...

Me has been invited by comrades at Google to attend YouTube Live Tokyo being held tomorrow in Odaiba. Scheduled to be on stage at 16:20. Other guests include BoA, Blue Man Group, Ayuse Kozue, Kreva and Genki Rockets. If you change your regional set...

My canon IXY Digital 900IS compact camera that I got 2 years ago has served me well but the picture quality seems to be deteriorating over time. I think there is extra light seeping through the gap that appeared when I dropped it ^^; Cant carry th...

What Japan Thinks has a survey of Japanese smoking habits. Q1: Do you smoke? (Sample size=14,473) Currently smoke 23.6% Used to smoke (to end of survey) 23.2% Never smoked (to end of survey) 53.1% Q2: About how many cigarettes do you smok...

Folks who live or have visited Japan may occasionally see people in public pretending to play golf while waiting for a train or bus. They either swing their arms, mobile phone or in some cases wet umbrellas. This poster on the subway asks folks to "...

Akihabara News have a simply gorgeous video of Tokyo - and not just any video. Its taken with the Canon 5D mark II. They have uploaded the full HD video (1.81GB) here but if you cant be bothered then at least give the daily motion version a whirl....

There is a thread over at Itai News of how many Japanese men think that they are ugly. There are comments like... - "When I look in the mirror while getting a haircut, I want to die." - "My drivers license photo looks like a wanted criminal." -...

Am due to be on G4TV again in their Ninja Fest 3 show thats due on American TV Wed 12th. Not to sure where else its showed. No rehearsals and we only done one take so I probably said something odd ^^; See the preview at Attack of the Blog. <ul>...

Looks like somebody is installing Mac OS X Leopard on a PC laptop and selling it branded as "MacBook Nano." I'd probably be tempted to get one even though its not official goods. More pics at Flickr, cngba via tuaw. Been reading in a few mac mags...

While I would gladly have my car be an Itasha, modifying it to look like one of these is something that I'd prefer not to do. The drivers must have a hell of a time turning corners. Could be useful during snowy weather though. More pics at Pink Tent...

Think this has been out for a while now. I may have covered it before but forgot ^^; This Nendoroid T-shirt is available at Cospa for [currency=2900]. Which beings me to a question. Am in the middle of deciding what sizes the official dannychoo.c...

How odd. Mainichi reports how a school in the Ibaraki prefecture has been trying to teach school children to recognize individuality in a human rights class by asking them to call each other by their real name and not their nick name. Among opinions...

Saw this on the news last night and was going to post but FatB beat me to it ^^; Its a device by Honda used to help folks walk and take the strain off lifting things too. More pics at AFPBB. Original text from FatBastard below.For those that have...

Tis the lovely season of Autumn and there be many "Autumn Festivals" taking place around Japan right now. Went to one last week around the corner which had many games n goodies for the kids. Here we see folks crowded around a (name-of-thingy-goes...

If the thought of just shopping in Akiba for goodies alone sounds boring then maybe you need to be a "hero" and have a maid play along with your new hero role? Ecri is a business in Akiba where you can pay for maids to go out n about Akiba with you....

Went with a bunch of Silicon Valley directors and CEO's out for a tour of Akihabara yesterday and took them along to a live house run by a few comrades at Dear Stage.