Tokyo Sakura Craze!
This year is a crazy year for “hanami” (the act of flower viewing but actually more like getting drunk under beautiful cherry blossoms with close family and friends).
Blogs
Gmail Tap, A Good April Fools
It’s April 1 in the US today (April 2 in Japan), and just I saw a new cool feature that Google calls “Gmail Tap”.
March 11 a Day to Remember
Today, at 2:46 PM, I will stand alongside many survivors of the 3.11 Tohoku 9.0 earthquake to pay my respects to the people who lost their lives a year ago. Approximately 20,000 people perished from a series of tsunamis generated by a powerful earthquake.
The new iPad not as Revolutionary
Apple has finally released the “new” iPad. Not really sure if there is anything impressive to say about it yet …
Frozen Waterfalls Fukuroda Falls
{sh404sef_social_buttons}Travelling in the country side of eastern Japan, I decided to do some practice video shots with the 5D Mark 2 and the 7D in the freezing cold. So here’s a treat for you if you like waterfalls literally frozen in time!
Hard Drive Recovery Methods?
Is it just me or are hard drives having a shorter life span these days?
A nice, serious picture taking camera
A short dialogue with a friend asking about which camera to buy? Does the camera really matter? Can any camera work? Do brands also matter?
Apple to release iPad3 in March?
The most valuable tech company in the world will be doing it again with it’s lavish presentation and legendary marketing skills that awe the consumer tech world. Although Jobs who’s no longer with us has done a great job with bringing Apple up to it’s revered global status, it’s now up to Cook to build his own legacy for the company and navigate it through the jungle of growing competition. Now it seems imminent that Apple will be launching a successor to the iPad2 in March. As of now, it’s all speculation but it’s very likely!
Google Privacy Policy and Some Tips to Protect Your Privacy
Google’s new policy is meant to be a simplified version written in plain English that is designed to integrate the privacy polices of Google’s services.
SOPA is dead but a new one is here!
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To the millions of people in the United States who participated in a massive online protest against SOPA and PIPA… Thank you! If you guys missed out, sites like wipedia went dark while others like google blacked out their logo as a sign against SOPA on the 18th of January. Check out this page to see some pictures! However, a new one “The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act” which has too many too broad words in it that may hinder the freedom of the internet.