Nippon Goro Goro had an interesting post listing the bios of the newly reshuffled cabinet, as Koizumi won the general election once again this past weekend. After skimming the list, I was surprised by what seemed to be an unusually high average age. With all the talk of a typical Japanese long life-expectancy, [...]
Unbelievable hype being generated around Friendster, Google, and KPCB.
Read on here (a second article follows).
So on extremely short notice, my buddy Rodrigo from Stanford’s CCRMA decided to let me know he was swinging through town the other weekend. Things didn’t work out ideally as timed, but we did manage to enjoy a bit of DJ Ko Kimura’s spinning over at Air in Shibuya. Now I’ve got two [...]
Made it out to the country house and back this past weekend. When I left Tokyo Friday afternoon, it was steaming hot. Then a typhoon sweeps just off the eastern coastline over the weekend, and now it’s definitely the cool fall weather I’ve been yearning for. I guess I’m just a fall-wardrobe [...]
Off to the family 別荘 (bessou, country house) in Suwa for the weekend, so entries will be in short supply (more like, none). Hopefully a handful of pictures though. Taking a break from staring at electrons and doing the ol’ traditional book reading, plus a bit of fresh-air running for a change. While [...]
I have no idea how this student managed to get through HBS admissions, but here’s an amusing exchange (via Gen)
Author and investor Jim Rogers visited Harvard Business School recently to talk about his new book. It seems one of the HBS students disagreed with Rogers’ statements on Russia and took him to task via [...]
Some news and weather reporters are hardcore! Check out these guys (you’ll need to turn off pop-up blocking). Pay attention at around 2:30 when another reporter enters the fray. Thanks Brian.
Probably should have made it a trackback, but for those interested in a bit of Japanese culture I followed up on Jim’s blog with a comment to his Conbini Nation post.
From Joi’s blog:
So many people have already blogged this so I don’t know who to attribute, but if you missed it, check out Stealth Disco. Stealth disco is when you take video tape yourself or someone rocking and grooving near someone who can’t see you doing it. It started as a prank between employees at [...]
Every year, all Sony employees are required to undergo a health check administered by the company’s health center. In fact, since all overtime hours are logged, if “the system” catches an employee with over 35 hours of overtime a month for more than 2 or 3 consecutive months (actual numbers may vary), then a [...]
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