Jobs in TokyoIts 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...
Tokyo Photo Walk 5Has been a while since the last Photo Walk. Todays walk includes photos from Ebisu, Nishikoyama, Musashikoyama and Gakugei Daigaku.
First photo taken at a newly built park nearby. The Lumix LX3 is incredibly good at taking pics at low light. This s...
Tokyo Photo Walk 4Disclaimer: This installment of Tokyo Photo Walk includes a few shots taken from the car. Maybe I need to start a "Tokyo Drive" category too ^^;
The first pic today is my fave out of the whole bunch. Most of these taken on the Lumix LX3.
Roppongi HillsSpent Christmas evening at Roppongi Hills. After grabbing din dins, we headed to the Sky Deck to enjoy the most awesome views of Tokyo we've ever seen in the open air - photos soon. Then after chucking out time at 11pm, we wandered around the grounds...
Toyosu Photo WalkIts a lovely evening so thought we would go walkies around the Lalaport area at Toyosu - a nice place for shopping, food and an evening stroll.
While we're out n about, I thought we'd have the usual chit chat. Tonight I'd like to talk about 'haters...
Trend DayThe earlier announcement of my talk at Promax BDA Asia reminded me about the "Trend Day" folder in my "Blog This" folder which was getting dusty.
Earlier in May, I was invited to speak at the Trend Day 2008 conference in Hamburg to an audience of...
Tokyo By NightFound an office nearby which allows folks to go up to the roof and take in the views of Tokyo. Thought we would go up to have a look and have a quick chat.
Tokyo 1999 - 2001Been sorting through many years of photos recently and have been having nostalgic trips down memory lane which I thought I'd share with you.
This photo of our first apartment was taken in the Summer of 1999 - the year when we finally purchased a...
Kanu UnchouI completely forgot to pre-order this and by the time I remembered she had sold out *everywhere*.
*none* of the online figure dealers or stores had her in stock.
Yokohama Photo WalkToday we go for a photo walk around Akarenga in Yokohama.
Akarenga is a warehouse built by a port in Yokohama back in 1911. Until 1989 it was used as a bonded warehouse. It wasn't until 2002 when it started to be used as an event space and today...
Anime ToysMamamia! More free SAFS (Suddenly Acquired FigureS) which materialize out of thin air. Hmmmmm. I love my job even more than I did yesterday ^^;
In the bullying in Japan article, I mentioned briefly that I had zero fond memories as a child and onl...
Japan Work BenefitsIn a previous article I spoke about looking for work in Japan and today thought I should talk about the typical work benefits by taking the current opening position at Good Smile Company and my past experience as examples.
Good Smile Company ar...
Startups in JapanIt gives me great pleasure in announcing that Hector Garcia has joined Mirai Inc as our Chief Technologist.
Hector brings to Mirai many years of technical experience and know-how on delivering high traffic sites like Technorati and Kakaku.com at...
History of dannychoo.comThe new up n coming design of dannychoo.com... Not.
The screenshot below is of the first version of this site back in the year 2000. The site was set up as an experimental ground for me to play with technologies like PHP and MYSQL.
The first v...
Learn JapaneseSo why did I choose Japanese?
Back in the UK, I remember watching a children’s program called Blue Peter where the presenters came to Japan to cover Tokyo culture. Cant remember what age I was but I swore to myself that I would live and work in Ja...
DestinationQuestion : What day of the week do you dislike the most?
I hear this question from time to time and I would always hear "Monday" as the answer.
When asked the reason, most would say "because I have to go back to work/school."
Personally I fin...
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I was looking for information on using CSS instead of tables...
