
Biggest mistake a techie can make when going to Japan: thinking that free, accessible wifi exists anywhere. Not sure why, but I guess I though Japan would have convenient wifi, like in America. Turns out even Starbucks and … [Read more...]
by Koichi

Biggest mistake a techie can make when going to Japan: thinking that free, accessible wifi exists anywhere. Not sure why, but I guess I though Japan would have convenient wifi, like in America. Turns out even Starbucks and … [Read more...]

Here's the biggest thing I've learned the last couple days... Finding internet is tough. If you want to find internet, you have to make sacrifices. Normally I wouldn't mind, but having internet is important for doing a … [Read more...]

Got a question this morning asking how to get cheap plane tickets to go to Japan. I don't know if any ticket at all is going to be cheap right now, but here's how I got my airplane tickets to go to Japan to film … [Read more...]
by Koichi

So last year on November 11 (that's Pocky Day) I thought I was pretty clear in my explanation on what Pocky Day is. Apparently not clear enough, though. This year, it's time to help you to make sense of this crazy, … [Read more...]
by Koichi

[yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMtzNv7pqfA'] Okay, I thought Dave Matthews was weird. I was wrong. This is weird. Hatsune Miku is a character made up for Vocaloid, which is basically some software that lets … [Read more...]
by Koichi

Check out our travels to Cat Island over on TofuguTV! The other day, I wrote about "Cat Island, Mississippi" where the American army tried to train dogs to hunt Japanese people by smell. Today, I'm going to tell you … [Read more...]