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Month: January 2006

  • Windows Versus Bento

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    Cool bento, but I’d rather it was a Mac. Link via ODK.

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Tokyo-Berlin/Berlin-Tokyo Paper Sky x Porter You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here.

  • Marxy and Momus, Sitting Up a Tree

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    Who says Marxy and Momus can’t get along? Picture taken from Momus’ latest love letter to/about Tokyo.

  • New Lineup from AU

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    Paul gives a rundown of the seven new WIN phones that were just introduced by AU, with a nice comparison check of all the features. Me, I’m quite in love with the Naoto Fukasawa-designed Neon (what you see pictured in this post), part of the AU Design Project. But you know, the phone I have…

  • Voices of New Orleans

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    Chin Music Press, ever the forward thinking little publisher, has launched a blog, VOICES OF NEW ORLEANS, to accompany it’s upcoming book, DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS NEW ORLEANS?

  • Pimpin’ the Casio

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    A reader recently asked me for suggestions on an electronic Japanese/English dictionary, and it just so happens that I bought one a few weeks ago. After examining quite a few models, I ended up going with the Casio XD-FP9100, which seemed like the best deal for me. It’s a bit pricey, at close to 30…

  • The Web-Based Tokyo Boy

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    For the past couple of months I’d been considering trying to move my workflow towards the web (or rather add to what I was already doing), and with the start of 2006, I’m now pretty much mostly web-based, and absolutely loving it. First, there’s of course Backpack, which I’ve raved about a few times in…

  • Embassy of Canada Library

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    I’ve been in contact with some people from the Embassy of Canada regarding the Canadian Style event I’m producing at Cafe Pause, and yesterday I went to the embassy’s library to have a look at books and videos that I could possibly use. They had already agreed to send me various flyers, pamphlets, pins, and…

  • Xbox Lounge

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    It’s still there, until mid-February.

  • This Week in Magazines

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    CASA BRUTUS (71) devotes another issue (like they did last year) to the home (“My Home 2006”). You get a tour of some of the latest and greatest designs by top architects, and they even include a “Building a Home for Dummies” insert. This is a bilingual issue, so the feature gets translated in English.…