July 2009
Do people really notice the ads in Gmail? I thought everyone would have trained their eyes to never look to the right when in Gmail.
Jul 30th
Blue beer from Hokkaido →
Jul 30th
Is Apple Suggesting That The DMCA Prevents... →
Jul 30th
Sailor gets life sentence in Japanese taxi... →
U.S. Navy Seaman Olatunbosun Ugbogu will serve life in a Japanese prison with labor for murdering a taxi driver last year, a three-judge panel ruled Thursday in Yokohama District Court. In finding…
Jul 30th
Google Reader Syncing NetNewsWire 3.2 Beta Out →
Jul 30th
★ Microsoft’s Long, Slow Decline →
Jul 30th
Anyone know of any good hotels on the Izu Peninsula which are right on the beach? An onsen would be a nice plus but not required.
Jul 30th
Movie/record industry rep says that you shouldn't... →
Jul 30th
There’s No App for That →
As has been widely reported at this point, we are very sorry to announce that Apple removed our VoiceCentral app from the App Store. This happened suddenly, swiftly and with virtually no advance…
Jul 29th
Mom of dead girl: Sickness was test of faith →
The mother of an 11-year-old girl who died of undiagnosed diabetes as the family prayed for her to get better testified Tuesday that she believes sickness is caused by sin and can be cured by God….
Jul 29th
My wife is tiring of the lack of push Gmail since she’s used to “push” email on Japanese keitai’s. Wonder if I should move her to MobileMe.
Jul 29th
AT&T’s Inability to Handle the iPhone →
Jul 29th
No faith in science →
Jul 29th
MobileMe iDisk App for iPhone and iPod touch Now... →
Jul 29th
Best. Comment. Ever. →
Jul 29th
Putting a 14-year-old in a "lie detector" - what... →
Jul 29th
3 teens from Yokosuka in custody after alleged... →
Five dollars worth of change and a cell phone have landed three U.S. teens in Japanese custody and prompted an apology from the base commander to Yokosuka’s mayor. The base dependents — males…
Jul 28th
Architecture - At Border Station in Massena, N.Y.,... →
The move is a depressing, if not wholly unpredictable, example of how the lingering trauma of 9/11 can make it difficult for government bureaucracies to make rational decisions. It reflects a…
Jul 28th
Cover of Toxicity by System of a Down. Pretty fscking badass methinks, especially since its all done on violins. http://tinyurl.com/lylxsl
Jul 28th
Microsoft reveals upgrade paths for Windows 7 →
Jul 28th
How a one-hour meeting can ruin a maker's day →
Jul 28th
The Fact & Fiction of Google Voice’s iPhone... →
Jul 28th
40 Free and Useful GUI Icon Sets for Web Designers →
Jul 28th
28 Jul 2009 →
Jul 28th
Google Reader has far too many “social” options now. Star, Like and Share. Interesting but slight distinctions between each of the three.
Jul 28th
★ Apple Rejects Google Voice Apps From App Store →
Jul 28th
First Impressions: Google Voice →
Jul 28th
What real piracy looks like: biopirate loses... →
Jul 27th
Palin's Resignation: The Edited Version →
If you watched Sarah Palin’s resignation speech, you know one thing: her high-priced speechwriters moved back to the Beltway long ago. Just how poorly constructed was the governor’s…
Jul 27th
Texting While Driving Raises Crash Risk 23 Times,... →
Jul 27th
iBank provides yet another reason to dump Quicken... →
Jul 27th
Targeted Advertising Cookie Opt-Out (TACO) →
This Firefox add-on sets a number of permanent, generic, non personally identifiable opt-out cookies in the browser, which will prevent 90 different online advertising networks from subjecting users…
Jul 27th
The latest True Blood was pretty damn wicked. This show just keeps getting better each week. Is a great tide over until Dexter.
Jul 27th
Nemutan’s revenge – some fact-checking and... →
Jul 27th
I uploaded a YouTube video — All-Tokyo Track Meet http://bit.ly/LpZMo
Jul 26th
All-Tokyo Track Meet →
Jul 26th
Don't Fly Without A Copy Of Rule 240 →
If it’s the airline’s fault that your flight is delayed or canceled or you missed your connection, whip out a copy of their Rule 240. Rule 240 refers to the “conditions of carriage” which specify the…
Jul 25th
Spartacus: Blood and Sand, a new TV show coming in January 2010, looks wicked. Mix of 300 and Gladiator. Check it: http://tinyurl.com/lwyqj2
Jul 25th
THIS ... IS ... (an amazing trailer for Starz' new... →
Jul 25th
Anthony’s race complete. Finished 4th and ran the race well. Not enough for all-Kanto but he performed awesome! http://bit.ly/VOQf7
Jul 24th
has just arrived at Yumenoshima, , Japan (http://bkite.com/09YYW)
Jul 24th
Heading to Yumenohima for all-Tokyo track meet to watch Anthony beat some ass in the 4x100m relay.
Jul 24th
★ Pay Walls →
Jul 24th
The trailer for Tron Legacy is pretty cool. Not sure I expected something that looks as cool as that does. http://tinyurl.com/ls87gl
Jul 24th
Jeff Bezos's Kindle apology: please tell us what... →
Jul 23rd
The AP Puts A Gun To Its Head. And A Grenade. And... →
Jul 23rd
Artist takes $190,000 out of bank because they... →
Jul 23rd
Freak with bullhorn stands on Verizon CEO's lawn... →
Jul 23rd
Bowtie →
Bowtie is a free application that allows you to control iTunes with shortcuts, submits your songs to Last.fm, and sports a very simple, yet very powerful, xhtml + css + javascript based theming…
Jul 23rd
Because joining a Facebook group about saving Facebook is actually going to save Facebook. Are people really this stupid?
Jul 22nd