Items for October 2009 in "Japan"

Its that time again - I'm looking for a full time developer to work with us at Mirai Inc in Tokyo to start in December 2009 or Jan 2010. Hope you don't mind me recycling this post (from Mon 2009/04/20 05:03 JST) as all the qualifications are the same...

In Japan, even dogs try to keep up appearances. Do you kit your K9 out in clothes? How about folks in your neighborhood? Via Tokyo Fashion's Twitter Feed. Do dogs wear clothes in your neck of the woods? Some of them 0% Err no 0% Vote record...

Prezzie from comrades at eroge maker Circus - a crate of moe moe canned Oolong tea!

Snapped on the way home at night. Somebody tried to throw out this bag O rubbish without separating it out properly. The pink sticker has been left by the waste disposal guys which says "this rubbish has not been separated. Separate it properly and...

Need to move fast on this one as the clients waiting to be Mirai Gaia-ized are starting to pile up! Thank you to everybody who sent in designs. I've decided to go initially with one of these three designers. They will be sent a separate task to com...

Tetsujin appears in the middle of Ginza controlled by NTT Docomo services. Like the end of the commercial when hes flying. NTT is a telecommunications company who provide phone communications for the whole of Japan. They offer a load of services f...

My interview with La Chaîne Info was broadcasted in France and there is a recording up at wat.tv. I'm in the intro and you can skip to about 11:00 to see my bit. The short program is about tech in Japan.

I'm currently looking for somebody who fits the following description - have you seen him or her. Or maybe you are him or her? Has experience using Photoshop or Fireworks for website mockups. Has experience with Flash. Is able to work remotely v...

Been another packed month which means that I've been late with the A Week in Tokyo updates. Better write up before I have a huge chunk missing in my life ^^;

Windows 7 went on sale at midnight last night and a load of excited Windows users went to line up for their copy and celebrate. Were folks celebrating in your neck of the woods too? What flavor of Windows are you using? Windows 7 0% Vista 0% X...

Twitter Japan recently held a Tweetup to coincide with the launch of the Japanese mobile version of Twitter together with the visit of Twitter co-founder Biz Stone. Here is Biz with a member of the Empire flogging their new mobile service ^^;

Practicing to one of my fave tunes of the moment - Singin' in the Rain by Mint Royale. Was taken last week I think after the Twitter event in Ebisu.

Thought I'd share my iPhone Home Page and a few apps that I use.

Looks like there is no more cause for panic over the dwindling Japanese population - because they will be replaced by robots. The following documentary covers how men prefer to have hanky panky with a cup and how ladies prefer to to to go to host cl...

Been thinking about it for a while and it has been suggested quite a bit - that I need some original armor. I love being a Storm Trooper and will continue doing the dance videos but I need a bit more freedom - the armor belongs to Lucas and not me ^^...

Nope, this post isn't about learning the language - for that you need to look at the Learn Japanese post to see what I did to learn the lingo.