Archives for the ‘internet’ Category

Another “Special” session

By Shay • Jan 28th, 2007 • Category: Japan, indie, internet, music, rock3 comments

SPECIAL OTHERS. I can’t get enough of these guys…and with some cool new web finds, they’re worth talking about again.
SPECIAL OTHERS ON ITUNES?

Image Courtesy of SPECIAL OTHERS official site

Yes! It’s not much, but THEY ARE. SPECIAL OTHERS’ debut mini-album, BEN is available on iTunes. I usually like to search iTunes to see if there [...]



In Memoriam: James Kim, 1971-2006

By Shay • Dec 8th, 2006 • Category: Technology, internet, news1 comment

I’m sure that many of us know by now about the death of James Kim. This tragedy is especially heart-felt for me since I knew of him and who he was.
James Kim was a senior editor at CNET. I particulary remember him from his days at TechTV. He was a regular tech guy on [...]



Fighting obesity, one bureaucrat at a time

By Shay • Dec 6th, 2006 • Category: Japan, humor, internet, news2 comments

In an effort to fight growing obesity problems, two Japanese bureaucrats have stepped up to the plate. Noritoshi Ishida and Keizo Takemi, both Vice Health, Labor and Welfare Ministers have launched a blog project to keep track of their weight loss efforts.
The men, both 55 years-old plan to exercise more frequently and eat and [...]



i love hoops and yoyo

By Shay • Nov 27th, 2006 • Category: More, Opinion, humor, internet7 comments

Hallmark’s eCard superstars hoops and yoyo have officially won me over. The pink cat (hoops) and green bunny (yoyo), famous for such eCards as the “1,000,000 thank you’s” and more have quickly made me a fan.
I was under the impression and hoops and yoyo were simply characters featured in a series of eCards. [...]



R.I.P. Lik-Sang

By Shay • Nov 1st, 2006 • Category: China, internet, news, video games4 comments

Well, it’s official…popular online game retailer Lik-Sang.com is out of business. The Hong Kong-based video game site was forced to shut its web-doors after multiple lawsuits. The lawsuits were brought by Sony, specifically Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. The grounds of the lawsuit were that Lik-Sang infringed on Sony’s [...]



‘Manglish’ is cool

By Shay • Oct 24th, 2006 • Category: Anime/Manga, Japan, internet3 comments

The Mainichi Daily News online has come up with a brilliant yet simple idea. It’s called ‘Manglish’ - manga in English.
Mainichi’s Manglish is an online manga reader. The visitor can view an original manga issue in Japanese and hover over the text bubbles to read the translation in English. This is done quite easily [...]



Japanese Broadcasters don’t like YouTube

By Shay • Oct 21st, 2006 • Category: Japan, TV, internet, news3 comments

Following a request by such Japanese broadcasters as NHK, mega-popular streaming video site YouTube has removed nearly 30,000 videos from it’s archives.
This comes as expected considering YouTube’s policy: uploaded videos that violate copyright laws are not deemed illegal if they’re deleted upon request from the copyright holder. That is exactly what YouTube did [...]



Last.fm’s new faceee

By Shay • Jul 17th, 2006 • Category: Technology, internet, music2 comments

I must say that I am rather impressed by last.fm’s new look. The facelift and new features seem quite slick. Despite sporadic hiccups, last.fm does a good job of evolving and fufilling some pretty cool tasks. But someone please tell me…why the hell am I so interesed to look at what I’ve been listening [...]



The Ultimate House of Dominoes

By Shay • Jul 13th, 2006 • Category: Japan, Videos, humor, internet5 comments

The featured movie on Dailymotion is usually good…this one is exceptional…
…some background: Three young Japanese guys have way too much time on their hands and make ‘the ultimate house of dominoes’. They place everything in their house that can by stacked on its side. From cds to video cassettes to books to bars of [...]



“Japanapush” - a cool dingbat font

By Shay • Jul 6th, 2006 • Category: Japan, Opinion, art, internet1 comment

Browsing free font archives is sometimes an adventure. It’s always nice to discover the perfect font for your webiste or for anything. Sometimes you find a font that will fit just right into a current project. Other times you may find something fun for the sake of amusement though.
While exploring the depths of DAFONT.com [...]