Socko in Japan

I went searching on google.com and didn’t like my results, then hit up yahoo.com. Same crap, so I tried to go to mahalo.com and got nothing. Does anyone know if mahalo ran out of funding? I tried loading the page with Safari and Firefox on Mac OS 10.4.10 and nothing loaded. I tried a couple other mahalo links from google and got 404’s. Is mahalo.com already dead?

We don’t get to see a lot of TV because our little one is always watching DVD’s. Well tonight we saw a weird show that highlighted a male Japanese piano player (amazing), a male that dressed up like a geisha and danced (a little g-a-y…I accept Japan’s culture, but he was a major a pretty boy and totally looked and acted like a woman well beyond any other male performer we have seen before), and then there was Takahiro. He is a crazy dancer, some of his moves are wack, and he self taught himself and moved to New York to make a career. Here is a video of Takahiro dancing (unfortunately this YouTube upload doesn’t keep up with Takahiro’s moves…the frame rate is choppy.  In the real world Takahiro flows and his unique moves look like magic in real time).

A video to teach you everything you need to know about a Sushi resturant （すしや）in Japan.  You will even pick up some great Japanese phrases for everyday use.

A good laugh for all! GWB sucks.

I am all for Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails doing what they are doing. I don’t agree with stealing music (movies and TV shows are o.k.). Stop file sharing your mp3’s or you will end like Jammie Thomas the 30 year-old mother that owes the RIAA $220,000. Here is a Weird Al video to knock Jammie and the RIAA.

Note: If you live in Japan no worries. Just rent the latest CD’s for a 1,000 yen or so and rip ‘em. Legal in Japan. Just don’t share them. I guess it is similar to those in the U.S. buying on iTunes with no DRM. Buy, but don’t share.

Japanese Yakuza (gangsters) are becoming more and more fearless when it comes to shooting people in broad daylight.  On Sunday, it was reported that 3 shots were fired in a busy market in Tokyo’s Taito Ward killing 42 year-old Shinichi Nakanishi, a former member of the Yamaguchi-gumi.  No one has been arrested for the murder as of Monday.

Read more about it on the Japan Times website.

Watch the video and cringe for yourself.

I left our apartment before 6am and got home a little after 11pm. Not a fun day. Normally times like this happen when I go out after work for dinner and a few drinks. But, tomorrow will be the same. Deadlines suck. If I lived closer too the office I would still be working right now. I need to design 2 totally different proposals for a front engine cradle in 4 days. My mouse hand aches and my eyes are absolutely killing me. I stare at the screen for way too long everyday and for the past 3 days my eyes have been totally blood shot. I am using eye drops to try and repair the damage, but 10 mins. later and the dryness and pain kicks in again. I look like a stoner with no buzz. One more work day and the weekend will be here! Damn my eyes hurt. I need an IV for my eyes! I forgot to mention that I didn’t take a lunch break and I said nothing all day…straight up passion…it sucks. I must try to sleep and do again tomorrow. It is now 12:33am and I need to wake up in 4 and a half hours…

Google’s stock is over $600??? WTF

The programming gods are hard at work…more info on The Unofficial Apple Blog

UPDATE – MacRumors reports that Ryan Block form Engadget has confirmed that the jaibreak beta worked to hack an iPod touch. Read more about it on MacRumors.com

My only concern is that so far all the hacks for the iPod touch are software only. We need some mod chips available to shut Apple out. Any software only hacks can and will be reversed or destroyed by Apple (possibly turning your iPod touch into a useless paperweight – brick). Some people ask why I care so much about the iPod touch, easy no iPhones available in Japan. We want mod chips!!!

Tonight on TV they showed a lot of Kenji Nagai’s final footage that he filmed before he was murdered.  He walked around and asked alot of questions to the locals on his final day.  He was one smart journalist, as it was stated that he changed his tapes several times to ensure that news wasn’t stuck in his camera.  Nagai-san knew it was a dangerous place.  If I find any links of the footage then they will be added here.  If you are an American citizen then please write to your government officials for support democracy in Myanmar without killing the innocent.