12/3/08

Wired Video: Nintendo DSi Review



Wired.com's Chris Kohler and Daniel Dumas review the
Nintendo DSi which is now ONLY available in Japan.

Via Wired.com

11/30/08

Google Blog: The future of online video

Google Blog: The future of online video: "The Internet has had an enormous impact on people's lives around the world in the ten years since Google's founding. It has changed politics, entertainment, culture, business, health care, the environment and just about every other topic you can think of. Which got us to thinking, what's going to happen in the next ten years? How will this phenomenal technology evolve, how will we adapt, and (more importantly) how will it adapt to us? We asked ten of our top experts this very question, and during September (our 10th anniversary month) we are presenting their responses. As computer scientist Alan Kay has famously observed, the best way to predict the future is to invent it, so we will be doing our best to make good on our experts' words every day. - Karen Wickre and Alan Eagle, series editor"

Continued...

Online Videos

10/23/08

Japanese Plant 'Midori-san' - First Botanical Blogger



Via Telegraph.co.uk:

Midori-san, which lives on the counter of a Japanese café, writes regular updates with the help of sensors attached to its leaves.

The detectors pick up electronic signals on the surface of the plant, which responds to light and human touch.

The data is then combined with weather and temperature information and translated into chatty blog posts using a computer algorithm.

Midori-san is a hoya kerrii, which are more commonly called "sweetheart plants" because of their heart-shaped leaves.


And here is a link to Midori-san's Blog (Japanese)

10/2/08

Usotsuki Barbie - Live in Tokyo 10-01-08

Last night I witnessed a live performance of Nagasak's own Usotsuki Barbie at the well-hidden and way-hip Shimokitazawa Basement Bar and it was quite a show! I beg you, please:

Usotsuki Barbie - "Yawaraka Henry"



Current members: Yuusuke Iwashita - Bass & Vocal, Shigeru Toyoda - Drums and Kazuya Chifu - Guitar

Usotsuki Barbie Official Website

9/20/08

Electric Eel Shock - Rock & Roll Can Rescue The World

Electric Eel Shock - Rock & Roll Can Rescue The World




Electric Eel Shock (EES) is a three-piece garage metal band, formed in Tokyo in the late 1990s. They first toured the United States in 1999 and have been touring the world ever since.

Electric Eel Shock will appear with detroit7 and others at the Shimokitazawa Basement Bar on 10-01.

"This is one of the most amazing hard rock and roll bands around... and one of my favourite studio guests of the last year" - Bruce Dickenson on his show on BBC Radio 6.

Electric Eel Shock Official Web Site

7/4/08

Japanese TV Bikini Girls Game Show

Japanese TV Bikini Girls Game Show 1993 Video


And here is another funny look back into the Japanese TV past:




Note: This video may not be safe for work (NSFW)


Please very enjoy! (*^_^*)