New Toy
This Friday I got a new toy, an Amazon Kindle International e-book reader.  So far I really love it. Now I can avoid all the terrible price....
7 Dec 1:17 am  from  In Sendai   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Zeiss Super-Wide Angle 2.8/21mm Distagon ZE Lens for 5DMKII
In a previous post I mentioned the release of a new Carl Zeiss lens - the Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/2 ZE Lens for Canon EF Mount Cameras. The 3....
5 Dec 8:57 pm  from  Tune-in-Tokyo.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Korean Tiger video shoot
I asked the Korean Tiger, MMA fighter Kotetsu Boku, if he was down to shoot a short film and he said, "no problem." We shot today in the str....
5 Dec 12:39 am  from  Tune-in-Tokyo.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Must have DSLR monopod – Libec MP-DV66
I sold my Vinten Pro 10 DC tripod and wanted to replace it with a light, easy to use monopod. Nothing replaces the sturdiness of a tripod bu....
4 Dec 11:11 pm  from  Tune-in-Tokyo.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The PlayStation at 15
The PlayStation, the world’s most successful gaming machine and one of the most successful ever  products to come out of the Sony headqu....
4 Dec 5:53 pm  from  GaijinPot Blogs   [Profile]  [Recent] 
‘Prototype’ documents the birth of designers’ ideas
The creative process is on display at the Prototype exhibition, which showcases the works of Japanese architects and designers.....
3 Dec 5:24 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Robot School Girl Horror
Otaku the world over can sleep a bit sounder tonight. It seems as if Japan is close to perfecting the robot Japanese School girl. Soon legio....
3 Dec 3:12 pm  from  Joshua Zimmerman   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Top Searches of 2009 in Japan
photo credit: Mino mu The results have been reported world wide, telling us what the most searched for term in the world was according to....
2 Dec 3:20 pm  from  GaijinPot Blogs   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Nico Nico brings the chattering masses to TV
Until recently, the "viewing audience" was a silent majority. With Nico Nico Douga and a new off-shoot for TV, the audience is becoming very....
1 Dec 9:43 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Gundam vs. Gundam
A remote-controlled Gundam battle, filmed at the International Robot Expo: — Akihabara News – Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe) Dannych....
1 Dec 7:00 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Eco batteries bring new meaning to the term “juiced”
NoPoPo Eco batteries might not revolutionize the tech world yet, but for now, these fluid-powered batteries could end up being life-savers.....
30 Nov 4:25 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Sports Lenses
I went to the Shooto MMA event in Tokyo with the 5DMKII / 70-200mm f/2.8 IS and 2x extender. I sat up high to get a better angle of the acti....
24 Nov 2:19 am  from  Tune-in-Tokyo.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Motherload of inventions at Make: Tokyo
The 4th Make: Tokyo meeting displays work ranging from the ingenious to the just plain silly, with all shades between.....
23 Nov 4:46 am  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese now a little less lost in translation
Yeah, some things still get lost in machine translation, but language barriers did grow a lot smaller in 2009.....
23 Nov 1:18 am  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
InterBee Japan 2009
The International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition (InterBee) was held this week at Makuhari Messe in Chiba just outside of Tokyo. I wrote up ....
22 Nov 11:06 pm  from  Tune-in-Tokyo.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Boxing bell alarm clock
A boxing bell alarm clock from Banpresto: When the alarm goes off, a referee voice begins counting to ten. If you are able to get up and ....
22 Nov 10:41 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Crazy doggy bank eats your coins
An NTV morning news show plays with Choken Bako, a doggy bank that devours coins: The doggy bank is available in black, white, and brown. ....
21 Nov 11:34 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Foreigners amazed by giant garbage claw
Some of Asahi TV’s foreign reporter team, visits a trash processing facility near Tokyo Bay and gets to see a giant claw in action: The ....
21 Nov 9:51 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
InterBee Japan 2009: DSLR Kits
The International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition (InterBee) was held this week at Makuhari Messe in Chiba just outside of Tokyo. The show f....
21 Nov 1:50 am  from  Tune-in-Tokyo.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
1GB Tuna Sushi USB Drive
It's pretty ridiculous... but I kinda want one. The Tuna Sushi USB Drive is only 1GB - more than we'd ever imagine carrying around in our p....
19 Nov 11:35 pm  from  Tune-in-Tokyo.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Laptop Reliablility
I think this more or less explains itself. All the more reason to buy the “Extended Warranty” when you buy a laptop, as getting one fix....
19 Nov 11:40 am  from  Joshua Zimmerman   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/2 ZE Lens for Canon EF Mount Cameras
New glass available for Canon EOS cameras! Following the release of the ZE 18/3.5 Distagon, the ZE 21/2.8 Distagon and the ZE 28/2 Distagon....
18 Nov 11:49 pm  from  Tune-in-Tokyo.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Plug-in electric scooter put to the test
“Mezamashi TV” morning show takes a new plug-in scooter for a 141-kilometer test run from Numazu to Tokyo: The scooter runs fine on f....
17 Nov 7:00 am  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Super Small
I got this really cool DVD/CD burner for my netbook PC made by Pioneer. It just plugs into the PC by usb and requires no extra power source.....
14 Nov 10:55 am  from  In Sendai   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Rocking the Wave
Google does some interesting things. I love Google Earth, and I do love GMail. For awhile now I’ve been hearing things about Google Wave, ....
14 Nov 9:32 am  from  Joshua Zimmerman   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Rocking the Wave
Google does some interesting things. I love Google Earth, and I do love GMail. For awhile now I’ve been hearing things about Google Wa....
14 Nov 9:32 am  from  Joshua Zimmerman   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A virtual page-turner on the iPhone
iPhone + interactive children's book= a virtual page-turner....
13 Nov 5:50 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese camera makers reassess size and simplicity
Which would you opt for? A pro-level D-SLR or a pocket camera with the image quality of a D-SLR?....
13 Nov 4:05 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Speaker Shopping
Since the day I got my new computer I have been meaning to get some speakers for it. The thing is that most laptops have a poor to mediocre ....
17 Oct 11:23 pm  from  Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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