Archive for 'Nagoya'
Long Distance
Thursday, I had AS try out the SlingBox using the new PocketPC version of the viewer software from Taipei. After some fiddling, it seems to work just as well as the laptop version, but it fits in the palm of your hand. Rats, only one person can register their PocketPC with SlingBox to use it. [...]
Posted: May 1st, 2006 under Brooklyn, En route, Nagoya, Taipei.
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7 countries in 7 hours, real and virtual
We went to Expo 2005 today, the successor to the World’s Fair series. Close to 50 years since the Flushing World’s Fair, there is still a number 7 type train, but it’s a magnetic levitation train, and there is still a big globe, but it’s made of living flowers. The car exhibit is just as [...]
Posted: March 28th, 2005 under Nagoya.
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Getting to the Church On Time
We stayed one night at the New Otani Hotel in Tokyo. Wow, what an amazing place! Their premier restuarant is Le Tour d’Argent, that I know only as one of the few restaurants that defeated the French Iron Chef. Their orange duck menu is close to $200 for two. Obviously, we didn’t eat there. Instead, [...]
Posted: March 27th, 2005 under Nagoya.
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