Archive for March, 2004

Cheney is Zell?

« 18 March 2004 | 11:09 | America, humour, politics | 1 Comment »

Cheney as Zell. Hilarious.

Sony vs. Apple

« 18 March 2004 | 10:54 | biznomics, geekery, macnuttery, sonystyle | 1 Comment »

eweek article on some upcoming Sony models. Too bad they don’t bother to share some of this with actual employees, if nothing but to boost moral. Not sure I totally agree with Enderle though. The hardware is only part of the equation that distinguishes between Wintel and Apple machines, and not even [...]

Fitness

« 17 March 2004 | 10:03 | Japan, diary, tokyo life | 2 Comments »

The fitness craze in the U.S. has been going on for a few years now, and it’s clearly starting to trickle into Japan. One of the first major chains to open up is Gold’s Gym, with centers in most major parts in and around Tokyo. Some are even conveniently open 24 hours. [...]

Mash Ups

« 16 March 2004 | 11:06 | diary, media, music, web2.0 | No Comments »

Jason Zada introduced me to Mash Ups — basically layering multiple songs to create another. Very cool stuff; amusing at times to hear how such disparate genres go together well. Here are a few favorites after a bit of surfing:
Missy Eliot and Propellerheads*
Eminem and Lenny Kravitz*
Nelly Furtado and Luniz
Steppenwolf vs. Apollo440 vs. Madonna [...]

The Hanko

« 15 March 2004 | 13:41 | Japan, sonystyle, tokyo life | No Comments »

Yes, it’s true. In fact, I had to sign (er, stamp) 4 documents today. Supposedly the ink is poisonous.

Future of Equity Research

« 15 March 2004 | 12:23 | biznomics, geekery, scitech | No Comments »

Interesting take on the possible future of equity research. Once again, information (and the processing of) is king.

Opposition to Dual Surnames

« 11 March 2004 | 23:17 | Japan, diary, language, law, politics, tokyo life | No Comments »

This kind of crap is what makes Japan good for tourism but nothing else. This is just bullshit. What business does the LDP have determining which of two last names people use? In fact, this could have detrimental effects in fields such as medical research, where retaining one’s surname after having written [...]

Damn Rumours

« 9 March 2004 | 22:37 | diary | No Comments »

Please tell me this is a joke.

TED and the pursuit of happiness

« 8 March 2004 | 23:43 | America, conferences, diary, humour, worklife | No Comments »

Tony Delamothe posted a great entry on his attendance of the TED conference, this year’s theme being on the pursuit of happiness. Something I’ve definitely been trying to work on, and an impetus for my current trip to Boston. Choice quotes from the detailed entry:
Nancy Etcoff, Harvard evolutionary psychologist, was next [the first [...]

Seoul, Korea

« 5 March 2004 | 0:54 | conferences, diary, law, media, sonystyle, travel | No Comments »

Just got back from my first time in Seoul, Korea attending the 59th IETF conference. Overall a relaxing few days since my presentation was held early on and went fairly smoothly. Have a bit of work cut out for me, but nothing to stress about. Had some downtime to check out the [...]