Posts in "Gadgets"

Had my PS Vita since the launch in Japan and am starting to like it a lot! Lots of eye candy graphics and decent games are starting to come out. But, the PS Vita comes with a lousy feature that prevents you from charging the unit unless you use the a...

Been meaning to get round to it for a long time but will try to review all the equipment that we use for TV production. Narration (known as "Afureco" [アフレコ] in Japanese which is short for "After Recording") for Culture Japan Season 2 is done in m...

Thanks to your feedback on my Twitter and Facebook, I went for the MacBook Air i7 instead of the i5. Have no idea what the speeds of the i5 would have been but the MacBook Air i7 is incredibly fast - so fast that I became confused at why it was faste...

Looks like the successor to the Lumix GF1 is out soon - photo of it up at 43 Rumors. Looks much more compact with many controls moved to the touch panel. This time the GF2 gets full HD recording - just hope that they make the mic stereo this time rou...

Quick n dirty review of the Lumix GH2 that came out last Friday in Japan. Why go for the GH2 when I've been a Lumix GF1 user for the past year and not wait for the GF2? For starters we needed a more economical solution for hardware - up until now, w...

Was not expecting this ^^; Picked up a couple of 32GB SD cards from Amazon by a company called "Team" that cost 5,780 yen each. The first unexpected thing was the ecologic packaging ^^; Shortly after, noticed a load of photos and movies that were be...

The editor for OTACOOL was in the office the other day and brought along a new his new toy - the Sony NEX-5. I like shiny metal things so I took a closer look - all these photos taken with the Lumix GF1 with pancake lens. Only took a brief look howe...

A load of interesting samples arrive at the office ranging from figures, plane tickets, iPads, and cameras. And then there are samples which arrive with 10 body guards - the future of mankind Tenga Flip Lite was delivered in a cryomagnetic cooling ca...

Tis been announced - iPhone 4. Reservations in Japan start on the 15th and it goes on sale on the 24th. The iPhone has helped me improve my workflow and brought much productivity to my life. But as a blogger, I've always been miffed by the incredibly...

As luck would have it, a meteorite did hit our house and yes it did have an iPad inside. I'm not about to say "no thanks" to a free iPad ^^; So here is my zakkuri review. "Zakkuri" [ざっくり] in this case means "quick n dirty."

I've been poisoned. Didn't think much about the iPad when it was first announced but now that I've poked about with one, I think I want it ^^;

Gizmodo and Engadget both have the "first" hands on with the new iPhone, er I mean iPad. http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/apple-ipad-first-hands-on/ http://gizmodo.com/5457757/apple-ipad-first-hands-on Steves Keynote below. And the promo vid below...

While Mac otaku anticipate the announcement of an iTablet/iSlate/iBook at the end of this month, I'm most looking forward to the iTransform. Via Ken Lee.

Got mail just now from a dannychoo.com reader who said that he'd like to share one of his projects with me - and boy is it one helluva project! The AR Drone is a remote controlled quadrotor helicopter with built in wifi and 2 cameras - controlled via...

Once again I have been the target of Kanojo Toys to review products of the future. Today's giveaway is the Flip Hole Black which is sometimes called "DNA Particle Containment Unit."

At last! The iPhone/iPod Touch version of dannychoo.com is ready - just point your iphone to http://www.dannychoo.com/iphone.

Depressed of being harassed at school? Having money taken from you? Being dragged around on the courtyard with your face in the gravel? Constantly being beaten up? Being told "If I was to hit you in the head with this metal bat, you would die and I w...

Review of the recently released Lumix GF1. Was only teasing about the Olympus EP-1 ^^; While the EP1 was enticing, I've been berry pleased with the Lumix LX3 so the natural choice in my eyes was to go for the GF1.

Have you downloaded the app that enables your iPhone or iPod Touch to do this? (via 8casette)

Just saw the news report on TV this morning. Honda yesterday announced a prototype vehicle that they are working on called the U3-X.

Looks like Olympus heard I was going to get the Lumix GF1 but preferred that I use their PEN E-P1 free sample instead.

Once again, Japan brings us the future. The future can now be controlled by you. NSFW so proceed with caution.

Announced today - the Lumix GF1 from Panasonic.

Have you experienced an earthquake firsthand? If not and have 10,000,000 yen (106,854 USD) to spare then you may be interested in this earthquake simulation chair by Hakusan. The chair can simulate varying magnitudes of earthquake and can be synced w...