Month: January 2007

Windows Vista released worldwide today

Vista in various forms has been floating around for about a year now, but today is the day when it is released worldwide to co

Babel – I paid to watch 1/3 of a movie

Made a unplanned trip to the movies after a long stressful week at work and of the five films being shown I had alreay watched

Two words that describe me – Japanophile and Otaku

Anime, video games and technology are some of my main interests and that naturally led me to become interested in Japan becaus

Yokoso! Japan Weeks January 20 – February 28 2007 – includes free tour of Akihabara

The period from January 20 through February 28, 2007 is designated as Yokoso! Japan Weeks. A variety of unique events will be

Offical name Land Walker, my name Gundam 1.0 ^o^

Japanese machinery and robotics manufacturer Sakakibara-Kikai has released the first genuine bi-pedal exoskeleton at a landmar

Heroes – back from mid season break tonight! – are you on the list?

Right back it’s usual spot on Monday night on NBC. I must say that the time flew, must have been all the Christmas and n

Good friend —-> Car Crash —> Hospital —> Missed first class of 2007

A long time friend of mine met in a really bad car accident yesterday morning but thankfully he is alive and suffered only a b

Japanese Classes restart tomorow

Finally, after the long christmas break I am looking forward to being back at classes tomorow. Classes are now on Saturdays fr

Robot Menagerie – pictures on bbc.com

The “in pictures” section has once again been updated with something of interest to me so I decided to share. Japa

Summer 2007 must have tech item – Apple iPhone

I’ve always thought of myself as a “techie” and i think I am fairly knowledgeable of all the latest tech and

My favourite Heroes character – Hiro Nakamura

No surprise there huh? Hiro to me is the thread that holds the entire series together. He is prominent, brave, humorous, since

My favourite Heroes characters – so far listed from 5th to 2nd

05: The Haitian The Haitian is yet another late bloomer of sorts. To me watching this guy so far he has been the creepiest cha

My 5 least Favourite Heroes Characters – so far

05: Mr Bennet My how the great has fallen, in the early episodes this dude used to be the boss in my eyes, his persona strong

Supreme Commander – my most anticipated PC game of 2007

PC strategy game freaks like myself has been going crazy over the game that is being expected to rejuvenate the ailing strateg

Japanese emperor Akihito celebrates grandson’s birth

Japanese Emperor Akihito celebrated the September birth of his grandson, the imperial family’s first male heir in four d