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It just works. Un.Believe.Able. Joi went out of his way on a busy day and got me keitai on his carrier's "friends and family" plan. Domo domo domo arrigato gozaimasta, Joi-sama! ;) It's a nice piece to be sure; sort...

On Sunday night I went out to Soft in Shibuya for the "Tokyo Fun Party" "Juliana" night. The pictures recount a bit how crowded, hot and manic things got. A Sunday night, in a tiny basement space, from 7...

talkin smack mikeIm going to have to get some klaxons, huh bopuci was just listenng to some.. not bad... trendy mikenew rave, here I come! bopucshudder hmm their cover of justin timberlake is not bad wow. very cool mikehehehe dick...

Cleaning up my desktop, dunno where else to put this so it's going up here. About three weeks ago, Joi was preparing for a presentation and had a bunch of slides of Lessig's he was... erm... mashing into his KeyNote....

This story about the rare deep water shark found south of Tokyo brings to mind so many things. - I'm going to soar higher and further than anyone ever has! - We *must* try to communicate with the outside world!...

or "Flickr introduces tags to the Semantic Web" or "Folksonomies, meet Folktologies" Aaron, one of the flickereenos, just announced what they are calling "Machine Tags" Machine tags are tags that use a special syntax to define extra information about a...

or How a four hour flight can take a day (3320.20 km) Wake up at 6:30am. - check email - shower - dress - finalize packing Leave hotel room at 7:30am - walk up to main street - hail a...

So year of the pig (or hedgehog or whatever) coming up in the Chinese zodiac, and I forgot what chinese year I am. Quick search and, oh hey cool I was born in a year of the Tiger. It kills...

Well, I've had Dim Sum in Montreal's Chinatown (multiple locations), New York's, Toronto's, Vancouver's, San Francisco's and now finally Hong Kong... and I can say this: It tastes pretty much exactly the same everywhere. Big cheers for consistency, people. Possibly...

Sadly, no, Shawna's MacBook hasn't been recovered, but Ken left a recommendation for a piece of software called "Undercover" by orbicule. Reading their "typical recovery story" is a pretty compelling sales pitch... I remember hearing abut this when it first...

warning: proceed with caution. "Shenzhen Airlines to transport donated human organs for free" Shenzhen Airlines, China's largest private carrier, has signed an agreement to transport donated corneas and other human organs for free. Fantastic. I'm in Hong Kong and I've...

nothing is real. Abe Burmeister on "counterfeit" sneakers: Once it's made, once it's shipped, once it's slipped past customs, once it's settled lightly in some temporary location, then you still need to find it. There are no insider announcements, no...

How to tell this story without getting into the technical details and revealing by what method I prioritized tasks, and still manage to convey some of the insanity that visited itself upon me today? Let's just say that the last...

Arrived in Hong Kong last night. So far so good. Haha. Just a quick note to say so. More later. ;p Some pics from Rebecca of where I'll be spending the week....

Before I left Montreal, I gave my friend Shawna a set of keys to the office for her to use while I am way, to help her set up her media/design company for non-profits/non commercial endeavors. I just found out...

Every time I come to Japan, the biggest frustration is getting a mobile phone. This time it's not a phone I need (I have two I could use) as much as just a connection. It seems that will be just...

... to hide in the back in group photos. :p Quinn's article about the Global Voices meeting in Delhi. But for the most part, attendees passed around a mike and trotted one suggestion after another in front of the...