Tokyo and tech through the eyes of a split pea

Boss Diversity

From “‘Dilbert’ on how to save your career”, an interview with Scott Adams:

Q. I know you don’t like to give advice, but do you have any general thoughts on how to cope with hard times?
A. The best plan now is to have as many bosses as possible. I call it boss diversity. If you work [...]

fastest clapper

I love how the video can’t keep up with the sound:
721 Claps Per Second
So many jokes for this guy! I’ll just be conservative and wonder.
- a rendition of Clapping Music at 2x speed with two of these guys would be awesome. In fact, I bet he could do the piece himself!
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Seen on a tourist’s t-shirt in Omotesando

“Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder”
cracked me up.

camera + 回転寿し

Camera + 回転寿し = fun!

MiiStation in Time.com Best 50 for 2007!

Today feels like April Fool’s Day.  MiiStation in a Time.com list?  But it looks legit, and I’m surprised and flattered that our very own MiiStation.com made it onto Time.com’s 50 Best Websites for 2007 (though we’re only 1/2 way through the year :).  You can read our entry, right along side the likes of Bix, [...]

Improved service?

Sign at an exclusive club:

MiiStation Stats or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love it All

It’s now been a little over 48 hours since the launch of miistation.com, and the response has been … active!  A few key news sites and portals picked up on this impulse project (big thank you to those who helped spread the word!), driving traffic and – to our surprise, customers! – to Make Mii.  [...]

Passionate disgust

Someone is so passionately disgusted with Microsoft’s hardware entry into the digital media player market, they’ve voiced their opinion loud and clear.  At least someone care’s enough to be upset and spend time expressing it.  For Sony, however …

PopChop back in action

I finally got around to porting over most of the media files from the ol’ server, and had almost forgotten one of the best mash-up albums of all time – PopChop! My PopChop page (link also in the sidebar) now includes a flash-player for you lazy bums so you can listen to each tune [...]

character manifestation

Did you know that Evan Williams and Caterina Fake used to date?
They split up, and now one’s at Yahoo! while the other is at Google!
That’s just too funny.
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