I see a lot of people wearing the Lance Armstorng Foundation LIVESTRONG yellow wristbands these days. In fact it is everywhere. Just thought I should note that on my Web site. I got my mom one and even Alison is also wearing one that I got her. I don’t wear it because it sticks to my arm while I sleep.
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Y! Japan lauched Blogs – SWEET!
Took me only 5 mins to put this together…
Pretty sweet! My understanding, is that, the original implementation is done in Korea first… Wonder if US can use the same engine… 😛 What I like a lot is the 
in-line edit approach plus the usual nice sense on aesthetics and designs. A lot of neat things for UI and Web designers to learn about.
Most recent sighting by BK
/04 Sakamoto
It’s actually very hard for me to "review" Ryuichi Sakamoto’s music since I pretty much buy whatever he releases (although I usually pick and choose in terms of his soundtracks… I don’t buy *everything*…).
/04 is new. In fact, it is the import JP version. I can’t wait 5-6 months for the US release. 😛 /04, continues the "piano-thing" that’s Sakamoto been on for a few years now, but no complain from me.
According to one person on the YMO Mailing List (before I got a chance to listen to it myself), /04 include 6 new tracks, 6 new arrangements and 2 old tracks.Turns out the "old track" Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence is actually a new performance. The joy! The new performance is one of the slowest version I have heard. (also, check out my friend BK’s version here as well. Good stuff too.)
Just buy it damn it. More people need to learn about his music.
Mac Mini, Shuffle and poor Sony.
Some quick thoughts:
- Mac Mini is actually not as cheap as you think if you add all the things you really need like Bluetooth and AirPort. (i.e. the configuration I want is $952.00)
- It’s also the re-birth of PowerMac G4 Cube in terms of the design concept.
- The outter case makes it looks like the old Macintosh HD icon. haha
- Shuffle is great! Apple will sell a tone of these in Asian countries because of the right form factor and the neck strap/landyard.
- Looking forward to the color versions of Shuffle soon….
- I am getting both!!!
And OMG, poor Kunitake Ando. I fee really bad for him/Sony. How he wish Sony can put together a presentation like this with such a wide selection of good products. Don’t worry Mr. Ando, you guys still have PSP. /comfort (note: watch the Steve’s note at Apple, and you will know what I mean)
Plus Minus Zero
A small (?) consumer electronic company from Japan. All products are pretty whimsical and functional. I understand the lead ID/Founder (?) Naoto Fukasawa is also IDEO Design Fellow.
While this is not "consumer electronic", I think the Soccer Mat is the best out of its various offerings.
Related note, I also discovered the Japan Design Net web site. Seems like a good resource to learn more about Japanese design without a trip to Japan itself or to visit your local Japanese book store.
Michael Lau’s Exibition in Hong Kong Dec. 2004
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2046 . 1224 . 1225
Some thoughts on 2046:
Watched 2046 on Christmas Eve – a lot of important scenes/themes evolves around that time frame and that makes watching the movie on the day even more interesting.
I am not sure why some people are still confused by the movie consider the over narration by Tony Leung through out the movie. If you are still confused by the end, you can always check out the bonus DVD which Wong Kar-Wai pretty much explained everything.
All the Stars are great, except we don’t get to see Chen Chang much probably due to heavy editing.
Over the years, Wong was actually making “one” movie. In 2046, you’lll find some “old friends” like Lu-Lu from Days of Being Wild. And it’s even explicit stated Lu-Lu *was* the Lu Lu that we knew. Wong left no confusion about it. That also explain why at the end of Days of Being Wild we see Tony Leung (which is a 1991 film.)
The visual’s GREAT. Although this is not a Sci-Fi film, but the Sci-Fi scenes (needed due to the story-within-the-story) are very very beautiful and well done for Hong Kong standard.
Although not my favorite Wong Kar-Wai movie (ITMFL still is), but I am very very happy to report 2046 is a truly sincere effort by Wong. And it shows.
Chinese . Japanese . Korean
Recentrly I’ve picked up a
Chinese translation book by the Korean author Jin Wen Xue. The title of the book is “Chinese . Japanese . Korea” (the Japanese
edition of the book is titled “Japanese . Chinese . Korean”, and I am sure
the original Korean edition is “Korean . Chinese . Japanese”)
Anyhow, the book is not one of those stuffy cultural antrphology stuff, instead,
it’s a full color color boook and rather humorisly talk about the similar things
and the differences of the 3 cultures. i.e. Chinese is culture of “saulty”,
Japanese is the cultere of “sour” and the Korean is the culture of “bitter”.
I wish there will be an English translation of this book out soon in the US.
Helvetica vs. Arial
Fun little Flash site. I have the Helvetica book for a few years now, but it’s the first time I actually ran into the site.
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