Yea, Japan has some pretty funky stuff. Starting at about minute 16:30 or so in this video. The video comes from dannychoo.com, who is a blogger / video host about all things Japanese culture. He’s also the guy who dresses as a Stormtrooper and dances around famous landmarks in Tokyo.
So the White House has released one photo from the meeting between Barrack Obama and Silicon Valley tech leaders. It’s a picture of Mark Zuckerberg and President Obama, but the question everyone is asking is “Where is Steve Jobs and how is he feeling?” Well he might actually be in this photo. Take a look [...]
I was up in Sham Shui Po today, looking to buy an Android tablet. The reason I didn’t buy one was kind of interesting. Sham Shui Po is basically Shenzhen’s outlet in Hong Kong. The Golden Computer arcade is a collection of “China Generic” computers and parts, and you can pick up pretty much anything [...]
Actually, it’s not my father’s either. In fact my dad didn’t play video games. The ‘old man’ in our family who plunked down dozens of quarters into Asteroids and Missile Command machines was me, so in a way when I say this isn’t your “father’s” missile command I guess I’m talking from the perspective of [...]
Ok, so I was sitting here surrounded by stuff and no Internet, which means basically I have to behave like it is 1992 and I can only use my computer for doing stuff locally. So I started to make a list of all the Mac computers I’ve owned. Apple IIc (Dad’s) Mac512KE (1986) Powerbook 140 [...]
Was poking around the net today looking for random things and came across the Universal Newsreels archive. Here is a neat clip of Doc Blanchard (Mr. Inside) and Glenn Davis (Mr. Outside). Have to love the highly descriptive stories that go for longer than most current network news clips and certainly are more enjoyable to [...]
Monday we had Steve Jobs announcing another medical leave of absence (get well soon). Thursday we had Eric Schmidt of Google announcing a change in focus as he steps down from the day-to-day. Also on Thursday we had HP announcing the resignation of four directors and the appointment of Ebay’s Meg Whitman to the board. [...]
With the arrival of the Mac Book Air, a debate has arisen amongst my geeky friends, and some more serious questions have likely emerged by potential purchasers of those two machines. First the silly question: Which is cooler? Geeks always go for the new new thing, and the Mac Book Air is an incredibly beautiful [...]
Was poking through the LA Times when I came across this interesting story about hologram-based pop stars. So I followed the links over to Youtube and was floored. Some pretty amazing technology involved in presenting a “live” concert with real musicians, singing fans, and a totally computer generated singer named Hatsune Miku. Actually like this [...]
Pretty fascinating video about recent studies of what motivates workers in today higher-skilled information-based workforce. Many of the simplistic rules of management and motivation seem to bounce up against the reality of studies that show people cannot just be bought or led around by a horse collar. Worth a few minutes, if not for the [...]
Strange things were afoot at the Starbucks. Two men next to us were sitting at a Starbucks table in Times Square, not a cup of coffee or even a bagel in sight. They were surrounded by stacks of paper, boxes, and empty shopping bags piled high. Next to them were several carry-on suitcases stuffed to [...]
Yea, just another day in the life… Actually I was helping a friend by videotaping the launch of the AR Drone / iPhone helicopter project. We headed over to TST where they had a press conference with quite a few models and Hong Kong celebrities in tow. I spent most of my time behind the [...]
USB drives to me are kind of silly. I have been living in the cloud when it comes to data for a number of years now and regard USB keys as sort of a throwback to the era of ‘physical media’ when you had to burn something to a disk to transfer it from one [...]
You would think that a place like Hong Kong, which is only miles from the gadget factories in Shenzhen and benefiting greatly from a massive demand for consumer appliances and essentially no customs duties on imports, would have the latest and greatest devices from around the world easily available at the various Computer (grey) markets [...]
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