Archive for November, 2007

Video Pick: Game Center CX

It’s funny to see a Japanese comedian in his 30s struggle to beat notoriously hard 8-bit Famicom games. He’ll go on multi-hour video game sessions and sometimes an AD will have to jump in to help him finish some of these games.

Software Pick: NetNewsWire

Looking at my Feedburner stats, I notice a good number of you use NetNewsWire. This is currently my favorite RSS news reader. For those unfamiliar with RSS, it’s a way of funneling articles from all of your favorite websites into a single application. So instead of using a web browser and hoping from one site [...]

Learn Japanese with Rikaichan

Ever wished you could hover your mouse pointer over a Japanese word and quickly get its definition? If you’re a Firefox user, it’s now a possibility.

Looking Back at World Downtown

This is arguably one of the funniest television programs to come from Japan. Combine one of the most popular Japanese comedy duos with a team of weird foreign anchors/reporters and you have comedy gold.

Thinking of Future Macbooks

I love my Macbook. The performance is snappy, it doesn’t get hot, the keyboard is excellent, and it’s all encased in a nice form factor. As far as portable Mac solutions go, I have no problems using this over the bulkier and hotter Macbook Pro.

Secure Your Internet Connection with a VPN

Whenever you connect to wireless access point, it’s a good to idea to make sure it uses decent encryption. Stay with WPA and don’t use WEP, as that method has been badly hacked a long time ago.

Review: Jawbone Bluetooth Headset

As far as form factor goes, Jawbone is the largest of the three bluetooth headsets I’ve reviewed so far. I assume the reason for this is the sophisticated background noise reduction circuitry built into the unit.