Archive for January, 2004

Job Perks

« 30 January 2004 | 18:59 | Japan, salaryman, sonystyle | 1 Comment »

One of the perks of my job — finding things like these.

Mondo Grosso

« 29 January 2004 | 15:38 | Japan, diary, media, music, tokyo life | 1 Comment »

MONDO GROSSO (a.k.a. Shinichi Osawa) ROCKS! His latest album — Next Wave — got me hooked, and I’ve since picked up MG4, Sergio Mendes Songs, and Fearless “The House”. All highly recommended. His newest album — Henshin — has “Everything Needs Love” remixed by Cornelius, who I mentioned a while back. I [...]

Sony vs Canon drawing close

« 29 January 2004 | 10:57 | biznomics, scitech, tokyo life | No Comments »

Digital still cameras are doing rather well, as I would have expected. It’s reached a point where I am surprised when someone whips out a disposable at some party function. But I have to admit — more than once have I wanted that “disposable feel” over a pricy digital-button keyboard-like touch, especially when [...]

Sony in the News

« 29 January 2004 | 9:54 | biznomics, sonystyle | No Comments »

PSX ain’t doin’ so hot.
Restructuring hurts profit.
No comments, as usual.

Today’s word: Novelty

« 28 January 2004 | 13:59 | diary, the sexes | 1 Comment »

Salon has an interesting interview with author Helen Fisher on why we act the way we do when we’re in (God forbid) love. As dangerous as it is to generalize the sexes, some personal experiences jive with her comments. A few choice quotes:
What we discovered is that the parts of the brain that [...]

Optimistic Kubota

« 28 January 2004 | 12:36 | Japan, biznomics, law, politics, tokyo life | No Comments »

Well, Isao Kubota is optimistic on Japan’s “recovery.” Frankly I think it’s only temporary, if anything. This country is still run by bureaucratic fiat, and as long as nationally recognized liars still “represent” citizens of this country, my pessimism will remain. Still, who doesn’t remember whether they graduated from UCLA? With [...]

Political Music

« 27 January 2004 | 10:27 | America, music, politics | No Comments »

For those who missed the news on Howard Dean’s “unbashful nature”, a choice site has outtakes in various forms. The site favorite. A foreshadowing of what may come if Garage Band is what it’s hyped up to be.

Frisco blogging

« 27 January 2004 | 10:11 | America, Internet, diary | No Comments »

Frisco City. A new blog on happenings in the great San Francisco. Bunch of party animals, they are :)

Anna and the Opera

« 26 January 2004 | 11:55 | diary, music | No Comments »

Didn’t get around to sharing this article back in December on the rise of soprano Anna Netrebko. Now she’ll be part of a new home with the opening of LA’s new opera hall. The exciting part:

Philip K Dick

« 26 January 2004 | 11:45 | scitech | 1 Comment »

Good article over at Wired on Philip K Dick. If you’ve been getting to know him mostly through Hollywood detritus (okay, maybe that’s a bit harsh…), read the article to know where the real ideas came from.