Yay, the Ramenzu, famous Japanese comedy duo, are back in the Japanese version of the popular “Hello, I’m a Mac; and I’m a PC” ads. Not nearly as funny as their other works, but worth a look.
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Konnichiwa, pasokon desu. Doumo, Mac desu.
Posted by pbaron on November 11, 2006
http://blog.aka.me/konnichiwa-pasokon-desu-doumo-mac-desu/
Winds Of Change?
Wouuuuh! the new DoCoMo phones just came out and I am blown away (for the first time in 4 years!); they have managed to 1-up ALL of the recent AU phones! My jaw is on the ground! The Sony-Ericsson has a 3!! inch screen + a 1.5in sub-display (and a dual Mini SD !!! / [...]
Posted by pbaron on October 12, 2006
http://blog.aka.me/winds-of-change/
GPS Phone worked, school girl murdered anyway
[RFID in Japan] An elementary school girl was kidnapped in the Japanese city of Nara yesterday. The girl had a GPS-enabled mobile phone. At 5PM, the girl called her mom and hanged up immediately. The mother knew that she could get a map indicating where her daughter was if the daughter’s cell phone was turned [...]
Posted by pbaron on November 18, 2004
http://blog.aka.me/gps-phone-worked-school-girl-murdered-anyway/
Intelligent Night Vision
Honda has developed the world’s first Intelligent Night Vision System, which uses “far infrared” cameras to detect pedestrians in or approaching the vehicle’s path and provides the driver visual and audio cautions to help prevent accidents involving pedestrians. Don’t miss the Video. It will be onboard the recently launched new Legend, which just won the [...]
Posted by pbaron on November 15, 2004
http://blog.aka.me/intelligent-night-vision/
Superflat Japanese Postmodernity
This text was originally lectured at the MOCA gallery at the Pacific design Center, West Hollywood, on 5 April 2001.
Posted by admin on September 5, 2004
http://blog.aka.me/superflat-japanese-postmodernity/
Ninja Femme Fatale?
A friend of mine took those pics a month ago in the 109 building in Shibuya (famous clothes shopping mall). The designer is Japanese (but apparently leaves in the US?). I don t know his name but this is awesome. Some kind of Modern Sexy Ninja light armour for the Asian Femme Fatale / Tomb [...]
Posted by admin on August 11, 2004
http://blog.aka.me/ninja-femme-fatale/
Japan’s Net user population tops 60%
[Kyodo News] The percentage of Internet users in Japan topped 60% for the first time in 2003, with the number of such people in their 40s and 50s notably growing, a government report showed Wednesday.The total number of Japanese Internet users came to an estimated 77.3 million as of Dec 31, or 60.6% of the [...]
Posted by admin on April 15, 2004
http://blog.aka.me/japans-net-user-population-tops-60/