Archive for the 'geekery' Category

Leopard Spaces tip: move a window!

« 21 December 2007 | 16:25 | Internet, geekery, macnuttery | No Comments »

I’m really digging Leopard’s features, in particular Spaces. I’ve got a 24″ monitor sitting in front of me and haven’t touched it in the weeks since I’ve upgraded from Tiger. Among other usability merits, Spaces means my line of sight stays consistent.
One Spaces tip I recently discovered for moving windows among spaces – click and [...]

2くらべのうちわがきました!

« 27 August 2007 | 17:08 | Internet, Japan, diary, geekery, web2.0, worklife, 日本語 | 1 Comment »

2くらべのうちわが今朝200枚届きました!渋谷近辺で配る予定です。欲しい方はメールでご連絡ください!

Tweaking Google Analytics for widgets and blog parts

« 17 August 2007 | 3:11 | Internet, geekery, google, web2.0 | No Comments »

Blog-widget coders (blog-parts in Japanese parlance) who use Google Analytics (”GA”) may find that requests for their widget are not being tallied.  The primary reason is because GA does most of its processing, and obtains much information from, client-side with javascript.  But there is a way to add entries to your GA account without javascript, [...]

camera + 回転寿し

« 19 July 2007 | 21:31 | Internet, Japan, geekery, humour, tokyo life, 日本語 | No Comments »

Camera + 回転寿し = fun!

svn:ignore propset

« 10 June 2007 | 16:04 | geekery | 8 Comments »

SVN users who wish to ignore multiple files with distinct names in the same folder beware : you must use a file and batch-process.
It’s not difficult to figure out that to tell SVN to ignore a file, you use:
svn propset svn:ignore [filename] [folder]
So if I have a file ‘config.php’ in folder config, in the config [...]

IndieHIG

« 9 June 2007 | 10:14 | design, diary, geekery, macnuttery | No Comments »

With only an increasing user base, Mac development has an exciting future.  The IndieHIG hopes to bring some consistency and clarity to one of Apple’s biggest strengths: clean and meaningful UIs.  Check out their IndieHIG Wiki and IndieHIG blog.  This is a great idea!

Have a Wii, some design skills, and a little spare time? MiiStation is hiring!

« 12 April 2007 | 1:58 | Internet, entrepreneurship, geekery, tokyo life | No Comments »

Never in our wildest dreams did we think this would happen, but MiiStation is “looking to hire”.  To date, approximately 40% of orders on MiiStation are by non-Wii owners who want a Mii-like avatar for other digital contexts.  Now almost two weeks after a 100% price hike, the number of Mii orders continues to rise, [...]

Search Success!

« 9 April 2007 | 23:19 | Internet, diary, geekery | 1 Comment »

Less than a month after trying my hand at a little SEO action, a search for my name puts my blog at the top of the heap.  Right on.  Thanks Allan!

Welcome, Allan Wan!

« 27 March 2007 | 17:57 | Internet, geekery, google | No Comments »

I hope that title doesn’t cripple your quest for #1 :)  Friend and entrepreneur-at-heart Allan Wan is getting back in the game with a weblog redesign and host of new projects to mark his territory on this vast web we weave daily.  His early start for 10 month old daughter Ima should make her a [...]

MiiStation in the Wall Street Journal

« 18 March 2007 | 16:03 | Internet, geekery, worklife | 4 Comments »

You may have already heard that one of our projects, MiiStation (where we offer to make a Mii avatar on Nintendo’s Wii console), was recently featured in the Wall Street Journal.  The article discusses businesses sprouting up around the Mii concept and brought in a wave of orders this weekend, helping us make one particularly [...]