Jean Snow [.net]

Category: Technology

  • Getting a Woodie

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    I love this wooden TO-FU iPod nano case by Devilrobots. Found via the Shift blog.

  • HDTV Vs. Hi-Vision

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    I was checking out the TVs yesterday at Bic Camera, a bit curious to see what HDTV-enabled sets go for these days. I didn’t notice anything that mentioned HDTV specifically, but what looked like high-definition sets were always referred to as Hi-Vision. Are these one and the same? Is High-Vision simply the way HDTV gets…

  • Mobile RSS

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    Innovative use of RSS feeds: In Japan, cell phones with RFID tags can now subscribe to an RSS feed with one swipe. For example (from the world of commerce, why not?), you go to a store, like what they have, swipe your phone at the register…voila, automatic updates to your phone when new merchandise arrives.…

  • New Apple Stores

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    New Apple Stores in Japan: It seems that Apple is preparing to open two new retail stores in Japan in the month of December. Specifically, Apple Store Fukuoka Tenjin is scheduled to open on Saturday, December 3rd, and Apple Store Sendai Ichibancho will swing its doors open on Saturday, December 10th. (TUAW)

  • iPod Bar

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    From TUAW: Gizmodo is reporting that Apple has installed an “iPod Bar” in the Tokyo Apple Store, which functions like the Genius Bar, but fields only iPod-specific questions. I can just hear the Genius Bar workers from across the globe exclaiming, “We’re sick of resetting iPods!” Hence the iPod Bar was born. Check it out…

  • Paper Mac

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    Oh, I love this! From Joi Ito’s blog: My friend Kenji Eno was reminiscing about how cool the old 128K Mac was. He Googled around looking for pictures and had a hard time finding one. He was going to sketch an illustration of one, but ended up making a cut-out paper craft version of it…

  • Beck and the Qrio

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    Beck gets down with the Sony QRIO in his latest music video, for the single “Hell Yes,” directed by Garth Jennings. Link via Boing Boing.

  • TAB Mobile

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    I used the new mobile version of Tokyo Art Beat today for the first time (I’d forgotten they had updated it — it used to be just the regular site, which was still viewable on most mobile phones, but not very user-friendly), and it’s a godsend. Works great, everything it formatted for a tiny mobile…