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  • Paul and Mogi

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    Paul is featured in a WIRED article that takes a look at the GPS mobile phone game MOGI, ITEM HUNT.

  • Superidol Makoto

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    To my great surprise, I saw Superidol Makoto in Shibuya yesterday afternoon, in the area between Shibuya and Yoyogi park (alongside the NHK building) where young bands go to perform on Sundays. I first saw Makoto on a TV show I watch regularly called ZENIGATA KINTARO, that features poor people and how they make a…

  • Casa Brutus 50

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    The new issue of CASA BRUTUS is out, and it’s a nice one. Following in the footsteps of BRUTUS’ recent feature on Kyoto, this month’s CB offers suggestions for 3 day “design” oriented trips to Tokyo and Kyoto. I just leafed through it quickly while at the bookstore, but I’ll probably pick it up later…

  • RESDVD

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    This past weekend I received the first issue of my new subscription to RES magazine, and I am very happy. I was a subscriber a few years ago, but let it expire as I found that the magazine had become less than interesting. Last year they did a complete redesign, and added what was the…

  • Finally, OK Fred

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    After a very long time searching, I finally got myself a copy of the third issue of OK FRED. It just wasn’t available in the big shops here in Ikebukuro, and I wouldn’t always think to look for it when I was in other areas of Tokyo. Robert, who does some writing for them, recently…

  • Intelligent Idiot

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    Seems like there’s a new used bookshop in town, and it’s part of the Las Chicas complex. Antipixel’s Jeremy has this to say: Across the courtyard from Las Chicas in Jingumae there is now a small but very interesting English-language bookstore called Intelligent Idiot (not a great web site, but what can you do?). It’s…

  • Countryside Outdoors

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    As a follow up to the urban outdoors collage from yesterday, here is one featuring pics taken during my weekend mountain hikes outside of the city.

  • NE-O Wants You!

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    A while back I was totally blown away by Futureshock’s “Late at Night” video, by design group NE-O, and now they ask me to share this notice for a shoot that will take place in Tokyo: We are looking for western people for a Sony Ericsson TV commercial for the UK and Europe. You don’t…