Archive for June, 2003

Keitai Log

« 9 June 2003 | 1:00 | Japan, diary, geekery, scitech | No Comments »

Found Keitai Log while bumming around the internet today. I’ve got to be better about how I find sites. Safari’s history didn’t quite do the trick…
There are a few particularly interesting posts that date back a bit — for example one about Dual-processor cell phones by Masaaki Kawada that mentions the multitasking required [...]

Star Wars Kid

« 7 June 2003 | 2:39 | humour, media | 2 Comments »

For those of you who are completely out of the loop about this “Star Wars Kid” from Canada (not to make you feel bad or anything), here’s a story you should check out. I’ve found the video clips and placed them over in the left column — they’re a bit big, but who’s a [...]

Learning Japanese

« 5 June 2003 | 3:07 | Internet, diary, language, r&d, 日本語 | 6 Comments »

I’m having some serious issues getting to bed…this blogging thing is driving me nuts. I knew I was forgetting something — a link, perhaps — while transfering assets from my old site to the new. At last, here it is. I might wax more philosophical on this topic, as it was also [...]

Blitz Trip through Tokyo

« 5 June 2003 | 1:53 | Internet, diary, humour, media | No Comments »

I finally got around to posting almost a week’s worth of photos taken during a friend’s first time to Tokyo (and two outskirts :). Click the link under the photo section in the left column. I realize the images could use some commentary, especially for those not from the local area — [...]

CHI 2003 paper accepted

« 4 June 2003 | 23:55 | conferences, geekery, r&d, scitech | 1 Comment »

CHI2003 already happened, but I’m just getting around to posting the paper for the project I helped work on at PARC, formely known as Xerox Parc. I was there last summer as an intern coding up the audio framework. It was a trip walking down the hallowed halls, and I managed to snag [...]