What is Web 2.0?

Tim O'Reilly has created great writing about Web 2.0 .
What is Web 2.0?
Read this and find out!

Link

This is so great. I must read over and over to fully understand this, so I know what is coming next in the web and computing world.

Виртуальные открытки II

You can see how people draw in fast fowarding.
I was amazed that so many of them are good drawer.
Check it out.
Виртуальные открытки II

*This is good one.

Stanford on iTunes!

Stanford on iTunes!

Another great decision by Apple!
The future of education!
Today's kids are so lucky!
I think I've heard that before.

Stanford iTunes

Suicide Girl (for iPod)

Cool suicide girls on your iPod or iTunes.
They are really cool chics!

I found my old movie ratings

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YASU'S MOVIE RATINGS

Categories:
Rumors - Not sure it will happen.
On the Horizon - More than a year away.
Coming Soon - Soon to be in theatres near you (within a year).
Haven't Watched Yet - Now playing, but I haven't watched them yet.
2000 - This year's movies.
Stars:
**** - Instant Classic ~ Really Love it
***1/2 - Love it ~ Really Like it (Want to see again)
*** - Really Like it ~ Like it
**1/2 - Mostly Like it
** - OK ~ Avoid it (if there are other movies available)
*1/2 - Avoid it (big disapointment)
* - Avoid it (Waste of time)
1/2 - Hate it

Information Sources:
Upcoming Movies:
http://www.corona.bc.ca/
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/
Movie Database:
http://www.us.imdb.com/
http://www.mrqe.com/
Movie Trailers:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/
Movie Related Sites:
http://www.mybc.com/movies/
http://www.moviecritic.com/

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RUMORS
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Scream 4 (?) !!
X-Men 2 (2002) !1/2
X-Men 3 (2004) !1/2
Terminator 3 (Summer 2002) !!!
Terminator 4 (?) !!!
Solaris (?) !!
http://www.k26.com/solaris/SOLARIS_INTRO/solaris_intro.html
Titanic Too: It Missed the Iceberg (?) !!!
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/titanictoo.html
The Hobbit (?) !!!!
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/hobbit.html
Gump & Co. (?) !!!! <- if Tom Hanks plays Forest.
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/gumpandco.html
Back to the Future 4 (?) !!!1/2
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/backtothefuture4.html
Batman: Year One (Batman 5) (?) !!!
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/batman5.html
The Santa Clause 2 (November 2001) !1/2

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ON THE HORIZON
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Sequels:
Indiana Jones 4 (?) !!!!
Star Wars, Episode II (May 2002) !!!!
http://www.starwars.com/episode-ii/
http://www.theforce.net/episode2/index.html
Star Wars, Episode III (May 2005) !!!!
The Lord of the Rings 2 - The Two Towers (2002) !!!!
The Lord of the Rings 3 - The Return of the King (2003) !!!!
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/lordoftherings3.html
Matrix 2 (Early summer or Christmas 2002?) !!!
Matrix 3 (summer of 2003?) !!!
Ripley's Game (2001/2002) !!!
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/ripleysgame.html
Recreation:
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2001?) !!
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/willywonka.html
Famous Director's film:
Minority Report (Summer, 2002) !!!1/2
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/minorityreport.html
Animations (Disney and Pixers):
Sweating Bullets (Summer, 2004)
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/sweatingbullets.html
Lilo & Stitch (Summer, 2003)
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/liloandstitch.html
Finding Nemo (Summer, 2003)
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/pixar2002.html
Others:
Spider-Man (May 3, 2002) !!!
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/spiderman.html
Picasso at the Lapin Agile (?) !!1/2
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/picassolapinagile.html

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COMING SOON
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December (2000)
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Proof of Life (December 8, 2000) !!
http://www.proofoflife.com/cmp/video_fr.html
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/proofoflife.html
Dungeons & Dragons (December 8, 2000) 1/2
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/dungeonsdragons.html
Vertical Limit (December 8, 2000) !1/2
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/vertical-limit.html
Dude, Where's My Car? (December 15, 2000) !
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/dudewheresmycar.html
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/dudewheresmycar.html
The Emperor's New Groove (December 15, 2000) !!
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/kingdomofthesun.html
What Women Want (December 15, 2000) !!1/2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/what_women_want/
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/whatwomenwant.html
Cast Away (December 22, 2000) !!1/2 (after I saw the review)
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/cast_away/
13 Days (December 22, 2000) !!!
http://www.thirteen-days.com/
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/13days.html
The Family Man (December 22, 2000) !!
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/familyman.html
Miss Congeniality (December 22, 2000) !!
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/misscongeniality.html
Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000 (December 22, 2000) !1/2
http://www.etonline.com/html/NewsItems/33542.html
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/dracula2000.html
State and Main (December 22, 2000) !!!
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/stateandmain.html
All the Pretty Horses (December 25, 2000) !!!1/2
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/alltheprettyhorses.html
Quills (December 25?, 2000) !!!1/2
http://www.foxsearchlight.com/quills/options.htm

JANUARY (2001)
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Chocolat (January 5, 2001) !!!
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/chocolat.html
Traffic (Jan 5, 2001) !!!
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/traffic.html
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (January 12, 2001) !!!1/2
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/ohbrother.html
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/ohbrother.html
Antitrust (Jan 12, 2001) !!1/2
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/antitrust.html
Double Take (Jan 12, 2001) !1/2
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/doubletake.html
Finding Forrester (Jan 12, 2001) !!
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/findingforrester.html
Save the Last Dance (Jan 12, 2001) !!
http://www.savethelastdance.com/
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/savethelastdance.html
Get Over It (Jan 19, 2001) !1/2
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/gettingoverallison.html
Snatch (January 19, 2001) !!
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/mainFramed.html
http://www.snatch-themovie.com/
The Pledge (Jan 19, 2001) !!1/2
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/pledge.html
Soul Survivors (Jan 19, 2001) !1/2
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/soulsurvivors.html
The Gift (January 20, 2001) !!!
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/gift.html
http://www.thegiftmovie.com/
Shadow of the Vampire (January 26, 2001) !!!1/2
http://www.shadowofthevampire.com/
http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/shadow_of_the_vampire.html
The Wedding Planner (Jan 26, 2001) !!1/2
http://www.wedding-planner-movie.com/

February
--------------
Valentine (February 2, 2001) !
http://valentinemovie.warnerbros.com/#
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/valentine.html
Hannibal (February 9, 2001) !!!1/2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/mgm/hannibal/
Enemy at the Gates (Feb 23, 2001) !!!!
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/enemy-at-the-gates.html

March
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The Mexican (March 2, 2001) !!1/2
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/video/misc/dreamworks/mexican/me-home.html/107-2669559-4066112
One Night at McCool's (March 16, 2001) !!1/2
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/onenightatmccools.html

April
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Driven (April 27, 2001) !1/2

May
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The Mummy Returns (May 11, 2001) !!1/2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/the_mummy_returns/
Shrek (May 18, 2001) !!1/2
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/shrek.html
Rollerball (May 18, 2001) !
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/rollerball.html
Pearl Harbor (May 25, 2001) !!1/2
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/pearlharbor.html
Cats and Dogs (May 25, 2001) !!1/2
http://catsanddogsmovie.warnerbros.com/
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/cats-and-dogs.html
Scary Movie 2 (May 2001) !
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/scarymovie2.html

June
--------------
A.I.:Artificial Intelligence (June 29, 2001) !!!!
http://www.spielberg-dreamworks.com/ai/

July
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Evolution (July 13, 2001) !!!
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/evolution.html
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (July 13th, 2001) !!
http://www.apple.com/trailers/columbia/final_fantasy/
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/finalfantasy.html
Jurassic Park 3 (July 20, 2001) !!!
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/jurassicpark3.html
Planet of the Apes (July 27, 2001) !!!1/2
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/apes.html

August
--------------
Jason X (August 17, 2001) !!
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/jasonx.html

September
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October
--------------

November
--------------
Monsters,INC (November, 2001) !!!
http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/monsters_inc/
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (November 2001) !
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/harrypotter.html

December
--------------
Ocean's 11 (December 7, 2001) !!!
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/oceans11.html
The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (December 19, 2001) !!!!
http://www.apple.com/trailers/newline/lord_of_the_rings/
http://www.lordoftherings.net/
http://www.theonering.org/
The Bijou (December 21, 2001) !!!!
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/bijou.html

TBA
---------------
Vanilla Sky (Fall, 2001) !!!!
http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/vanillasky.html
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/crowecruise.html
Adaptation (TBA, 2001) !!!1/2
http://upcomingmovies.com/adaptation.html

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HAVEN'T WATCHED YET
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Pay It Forward (2000) 1/2
http://www.warnerbros.com/pages/link/external.jsp?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.payitforward.com%2f&fromtout=movies_a2
Men of Honor (2000) !!1/2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/men_of_honor.html
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) !!1/2
East is East (2000) !!1/2
East-West (2000) !!!
Girl Fight (2000) !!1/2

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2000
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Almost Famous (2000) ****
http://www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/almost_famous.html
Thirteen Days (2000) !!! -> **** [Jan 18, 2001]
Traffic (Jan 5, 2001) !!! -> **** [Jan 19, 2001]
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/traffic.html

Wonder Boys (2000) !!!! -> ***1/2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/wonder_boys_rerelease.html
Dancer in the Dark (2000) ***1/2
http://www.dancerinthedarkmovie.com/
http://www.dancerinthedarkmovie.com/media.html#
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) !!! -> ***1/2 [Dec 14, 2000]
http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/crouching_tiger_hidden_dragon/
Gladiator (2000) ***1/2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/gladiator/
High Fidelity (2000) ***1/2
http://video.go.com/highfidelity/index.html
The Contender (2000) ***1/2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/contender.html
New Waterford Girl (2000) ***1/2
http://www.newwaterfordgirl.com/
Girl on a Bridge (2000) ***1/2
http://www.paramountclassics.com/girlonthebridge/
http://www.ew.com/ew/review/movie/0,1683,1451,girlonbridge.html
Unbreakable (2000) !!!1/2 -> ***1/2
http://www.areyouunbreakable.com

You Can Count On Me (2000) !!!! -> *** [Dec 14, 2000]
http://www.youcancountonmemovie.com/
Best in Show (2000) !!! -> ***
The Terrorist (2000) ***
http://www.terrorist-thefilm.com/
Shower (2000) ***
http://www.spe.sony.com/classics/shower/
Tao of Steve (2000) ***
http://www.spe.sony.com/classics/taoofsteve/above4.html
Chuck & Buck (2000) ***
http://www.chucknbuck.com/
Me Myself I (2000) ***
After Life (2000) ***

Cast Away (December 22, 2000) !!1/2 (after I saw the review) ->**1/2 [Jan 10, 2001]
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/cast_away/
Sunshine (2000) **1/2
Requiem for a Dream (2000) !!! -> **1/2 [Dec 2, 2000]
http://www.apple.com/trailers/artisan/requiem.html
Butterfly (2000) **1/2
http://www.zinezone.com/media/1,4003,1057-2069559,00.html
Virgin Suicide (2000) **1/2
http://www.virginsuicides.com/html_3/index.html
X-Men (2000) **1/2
Meet the Parents (2000) **1/2
The Beach (2000) **1/2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/the_beach.html
The Cell (2000) **1/2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/newline/thecell.html
Jesus's Son (2000) **1/2
Billy Elliot (2000) **1/2
http://www.billyelliot.com/pages/trailer.html
Patriot (2000) **1/2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/columbia/patriot.html
Erin Brockovich (2000) **1/2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/erin_brockovich.html
Chicken Run (2000) **1/2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/chicken_run.html
28 days (2000) **1/2 [Dec 6, 2000]

Chocolat (January 5, 2001) !!! ->** [Jan 18, 2001]
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/chocolat.html
My Dog Skip (2000) **
Time Code (2000) **
Charlie's Angels (2000) **
http://www.apple.com/trailers/columbia/charlies_angels/
Saving Grace (2000) **
http://www.saving-grace-movie.com/index_flash.html
Perfect Storm (2000) **
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/perfect_storm.html
Dr.T and the Women (2000) **
http://www.apple.com/trailers/artisan/dr_t.html
Beautiful (2000) **
http://www.apple.com/trailers/destination/beautiful/
The 6th Day (2000) **
http://www.apple.com/trailers/columbia/the_6th_day.html
Final Destination (2000) **
Whole Nine Yards (2000) **

Dinosaur (2000) *1/2
Mission Impossible: 2 (2000) *1/2
Me, Myself & Irene (2000) *1/2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/mmi/
The Grinch (2000) *1/2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/the_grinch.html
Red Planet (2000) *1/2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/red_planet.html
Hollow Man (2000) *1/2 [Dec 6, 2000]
Scream 3 (2000) *1/2

Hamlet (2000) *
Scary Movie (2000) *
http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/scary_movie.html

Vertical Limit (December 8, 2000) !1/2 -> 1/2
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/vertical-limit.html

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1999
-----------------------------------------------------------
Being John Malcovich (1999) ****
One Day in September (1999) ****
Sixth Sinse (1999) ***1/2 -> **** [Nov 30, 2000]

American Beauty (1999) ***1/2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/americanbeauty.html
The Cider House Rules (1999) ***1/2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/the_cider_house_rules.html
Magnolia (1999) ***1/2 -> ***1/2 [Nov 28, 2000]
http://www.apple.com/trailers/newline/magnoliatrailer.html
All About My Mother (1999) ***1/2

Tumbleweeds (1999) *** [Dec 14, 2000]
The Straight Story (1999) *** [Dec 14, 2000]
The Green Mile (1999) ***
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) ***
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/the_talented_mr_ripley/
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) ***
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/southpark.html
Snow Falling on Ceders (1999) *** [Nov 30, 2000]
Stuart Little (1999) *** [Dec 8, 2000]
Boys Don't Cry (1999) ***
Titus (1999) ***

Rosetta (2000) **1/2 [Dec 5, 2000]
Man on the Moon (1999) **1/2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/manonthemoon.html
Stigmata (1999) **1/2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/mgm/stigmata.html
Dogma (1999) **1/2

Onegin (1999) ** [Nov 30, 2000]

The End of the Affair (1999) *1/2
Angella's Ashes (1999) *1/2 [December 5, 2000]

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1998
-----------------------------------------------------------
Shakespear in Love (1998) ****
Life is Beautiful (1998) ****

The Thin Red Line (1998) ***1/2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/thinredline.html
Pi (1998) ***1/2 [Dec 5, 2000]

Elizabeth (1998) ***
http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/elizabeth.html
Saving Private Ryan (1998) ***
http://www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/pvtryan.html
Zero Effect (1998) *** [Dec 14, 2000]

Les Miserables (1998) **1/2 [Dec 7, 2000]


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1997
-----------------------------------------------------------
Prefountaine ***1/2

Mad City (1997) ** [Dec 7, 2000]


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1996
-----------------------------------------------------------
Breaking the Waves (1996) ***1/2

Mr. Holland's Opus (1996) *** [Dec 7, 2000]

The Portrait of Lady (1996) ** [Dec 14, 2000]
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1995
-----------------------------------------------------------
Leaving Las Vegas (1995) **1/2

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CLASSICS
-----------------------------------------------------------
Widow's Peak (1994) **1/2
Blue Sky (1994) **
Hoop Dream (1994) ***
Schindler's List (1993) ****
The Piano (1993) ***
JFK (1991) ***1/2
Goodfellas (1990) **1/2
Moon Struck (1987) ***
Amadeus (1984) ****
Places in the Heart (1984) ***
Gandhi (1982) **** [December 4, 2000]
The Elephant Man (1980) ***
Norma Rae (1979) ***
The Exorsist (1973) ***
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/the_exorcist.html
Seven Samurai (1954) ***

Brain Continued to Evolve As Recently As 5,800 Years

Lahn and his colleagues examined two genes, named microcephalin and ASPM, that are connected to brain size. If those genes don't work, babies are born with small brains, called microcephaly.

Using DNA samples from ethnically diverse populations, Lahn's team identified a collection of variations in each gene that occurred with unusually high frequency.

Researchers said the frequency of the variations probably was due to natural selection, where favorable genetic changes gain a foothold and begin to spread.

For the microcephalin gene, the variation arose about 37,000 years ago, about the time period when art, music and tool-making were emerging, Lahn said. For ASPM, the variation arose about 5,800 years ago, roughly correlating with the development of written language, the spread of agriculture and development of cities.

"The genetic evolution of humans in the very recent past might in some ways be linked to the cultural evolution," Lahn said

This is quite interesting, because many thought brain evolved some thoudand years ago and we use same brain since then.
This study shows we are getting smarter, because of brain evolution in recent.
This means we can make us even smarter by modifying "smart genes".
So, I am limited to my own brain? Is it impossible to think as future human?

The Funny Story of Brushed Metal Theme.

New iTunes 5's theme is no longer "Brushed Metal", but the new darker Mail.app's theme.
This is the story of Brushed Metal Theme.

Sidney Crosby Era Officially Starts

Crosby has been touted as another Wayne Gretzky or Lemieux, who didn't quibble with that notion.

"I think so. Not only (because of) his talent, but the way he thinks about the game," Lemieux said. "He's dedicated to the game of hockey. A lot of guys have had talent in the past, but to put the mind that he has with his talent is special."

Find number in Pi

Search Pi for any sequence of digits is great site.
You can search a number in Pi and find the position that exists. You can search by position too.
Very interesting site.

Apple eBook coming?

Tomorrow Apple will be announcing something big.People are talking about iPod Video and iTunes Phone.Probably I also think the announcement is about one of these.

But if not these, and something bigger. eBook is the only the answer. The device you can carry one thousand books. The device you can take a note. The device which has decent size of screen, but thin, you don't mind carrying everyday, and still does not run out of battery. You can buy novels and most importantly thick and heavy textbooks from iTunes Book Store. This will change everything especially bright kid's life.

I hope Apple introduce this device tomorrow.
Maybe not tomorrow, but I hope they will pull this off.

Read what others are sayiing:
here
here

YouTube

YouTube is so great!
You can upload your video to the server and share with people.
People add tags to the video, so searching is easy.

I was wondering what happen to Copyright.
Anyway check them out.

Hockey: SIDNEY CROSBY EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Sidney Crosby was drafted #1 in 2005 entry draft by Pittsburgh Penguins.
He is, many consider to be, the next one since Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux dominated on ice in 70's and 80's.

SIDNEY CROSBY EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW PART 1

SIDNEY CROSBY EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW PART 2

Read, listen or watch the interview!

Movies I want to see

Expectation (Last Updated:2005/8/20)
-------------------------
Downfall ****
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ***1/2
An Unfinished Life ***1/2
Team America World Police ***
Million Dollar Baby ***
Thumbsucker ***
Junebug ***
The Dukes Of Hazzard ***
Jarhead ***
Alexander ***
A Series of Unfortunate Events **1/2
Get Rich Or Die Tryin ** 1/2
The Memory of a Killer **1/2
Deuce Bigalow- European Gigolo **1/2
Wedding Crashers **1/2
Everything is Illuminated **1/2
Lord of War **1/2
Blade Trinity **
Miss Congeniality2 **
Man of the House **
Diary of a Mad Black Woman **
Ice Princess **
Red Eye **
The Exorcism Of Emily Rose **
Constantine **
XXX: State of the Union **
The upside Of Anger **
Barnyard **
Just Like Heaven **
Supercross **
Rumor Has It **
Racing Stripes *1/2
Hostage *1/2
The Brothers Grimm *1/2
V for Vendetta *1/2
Yours Mine And Ours *1/2
The Great Raid *1/2
Four Brothers *1/2
Alone in the Dark *
The Fog *

Billy Corgan Concert in Japan

Billy!

What a great concert that was!
I went 2 shows in Shibuya; first one at very close, and second from in the middle.
At first show, I was near billy-craze Japanese girl always screams when Billy comes near. She threw kiss at him, and he gave back kiss to her. Because Billy notice this girl (maybe already knew each other) and look at her very often, I thought Billy actually looking at me. We were staring at each other! It was wonderful to see Billy so close!

Second day, I stand in the middle of the concert hall, and it was better than first day show for me.
Billy is still rocking, strange, exciting!

Billy Corgan Forever!

Podcastings - iTunes

Do you podcast?
Podcasting is the time-shifting technology, meaning you can listen to the show whenever you like to listen.
If you have iPod with you, then you can listen to a show wherever, whenever you want!
Usually I listen to podcast while surf the net.
Download iTunes from Apple's website now, and start podcasting!

Podcasting channel I like right now is

• The Dawn and Drew Show - I love to hear them laugh. They are happy couple. I am bit jealous!
  
• Coverville - the cover of popular songs like Michael Jackson! Great song is great even it is covered!
  
• CBC Radio 3 Podcast - Vancouver radio show. Good nice music from canada.
  
• MAKE magagine (video) - vlog, or video podcasting show about making cool stuff.
  
• CommandN (video )- Canadian show.
  

Photo from Aichi Expo

Just photo to share with you. Sorry no descriptions. Descriptions in flickr only.

Birth-Controled Pills Maybe Dangerous to Baby

Let's not use them. We have condom!

Pregnant women could be unwittingly exposing their unborn children to harmful amounts of the hormone oestrogen. Researchers have demonstrated that tiny quantities of this hormone, found in birth-control pills and some plastics, can cause serious deformities in male mouse fetuses.

Earth holding onto Sun's Heat

Article from Scientific American.
Nasa Scientist made climate model that calculates 0.6 watt per square meter of energy is Earth holding right now.
This means that we must really act right now to reduce the usage of energy or find better energy source.

"The most effective actions that we could take now are strong efforts to improve energy efficiency, employ renewable energies, and reduce air pollutants, especially fugitive methane, other ozone precursors, and black carbon (soot)," Hansen remarks. "[In] the long-run we will need either carbon-free power sources or we will need to capture and sequester CO2.�

Slumbering Fruit Flies Shed Light on Genetics of Sleep Needs

Amount of sleep one needs is genetical. Potassium ion's concentration could affect sleep in humans.

From sleep hogs to early birds, people have a wide range of shut-eye needs. Now researchers report in the journal Nature that they have identified a single gene in fruit flies that determines how much rest the creatures require. Because humans carry a similar gene, the findings may shed light on the mechanisms and functions of sleep...

Read more in Scientific American

Swedish TV Interview - Billy Corgan

Watch it here.

16minutes long.

Talks about his auto biography on the web, new album, his belief of god and his way of living life.

Walking Shade Video Review

This is review for the music video of Walking Shade; the song from Billy Corgan's coming new album TheFutureEmbrace.

Walking Shade maybe my favourite one side by side with Tonight, Tonight.
The song is never-heard-before structure and complex, but I believe it is succeeding.

Zwan's "Honestly" and "Lyric" was so powerful and made me happy, but it wasn't quite billy and new. (I didn't think this way in zwan era).

Walking Shade is unlike others, there isn't really a climax and ending. I feel maybe that is why I feel this is so true to him and reality.

I am watching (Walking Shade) again and again so many times now, and that makes me wonder if he really got something this time.

Walking Shade - Billy Corgan

I just watched the video of Walking Shade.
It is so beautiful!
I have never heard song like Walking Shade.
It is like a mixture of feelings, but feelings just doesn't last long, constantly shifting from one to another. I think in this sense it is very real and true.
Video is so beautiful. My favourite video is Tonight Tonight, and it made me his fan.
But this one might become the best video for me!
It is like I am falling in love once again!

I don't know if I am allowed here, but here is the link to download.

It wasn't proper to use "feeling". Maybe "emotion" is better to be used...
I felt that the song changes its melody (or tune), and the new melody does not last long as I expected as usual songs. Some says that you are trying to do too many things at once, but I believe it is not. I felt that the song is emotionally changing and shifting, and there isn't final state of emotion and answer.
I hope this explains my feeling about the song better...

Billy Corgan talks about his first solo album

Read it here.

Aichi Expo 2005

I went to Aichi Expo 2005 for the last saturday and sunday by myself.
There are many many countries' booth and cool technologies. Where else should I go!
I'm planning to go back real soon.

Photo report coming on the way!

Billy Corgan is coming back!

Check renewedBillycorgan.com or www.myspace.com/billycorgan.

He is coming back with his album very very soon.

Jack Johnson's New Album on iTunes Music Store comes with 21pages of Digital Booklet (PDF)

Jack Johnson's New Album on iTunes Music Store comes with Digital Booklet, which is PDF file. Album was only $9.99 and comes with 15 songs + 21 pages of nice Digital Booklet.

I am using iMac, and the OS is Panther. It comes with the software called Preview, which is PDF reader. This PDF reader has Full Screen Mode.

So I am reading nice Digital Booklet in Full Screen Mode in Preview while listening to very nice Jack Johnson's new album called, "In Between Dreams."

This is by far the best digital music experience.

Week 9: Mar 1 - Mar 7

Week in Review:

• Bought iPod Shuffle for PianoBall
  
• Designing for DVD/VHS Jacket
  
• DVD Post Rental (Livedoor)
  
• GoF Software Patterns
  
• Yellow Stone on TV.
  
• Kilimanjalo and the river. Hippos.
  
• Shanghai Convenience Stores.
  
• Coffee Store in Takashimadaira.
  

Week 8: Feb 22 - Feb 28

Week in Review:

• Lost in real world.
  
• Lost my purpose on writing blog.
  
• Keep reading Anthropology book in Japanese.
  
• Keep buying songs related to morning
  

Coffee: Kenya AA (GIN-NO-MAME)

• Type: Kenya AA


• Roast: Full City Roast (3/5)


• Aroma: Fruity. Calm.


• Acidity: Strong


• Body: Light, easy


• Flavor: Morning, yellow


• Price:


• Note: Great coffee. I was told that this coffee would be very sour with weak roast cause this is one of the strongest in acidity. I found I am liking sourness of coffee.

Week 7: Feb 15 - Feb 21

Week in Review;
This week was a week of Speaker and Sound.
Listening in the car and at home with harman / kardon speaker system is bliss.

• stenographic records. (writing down in shorthand.)
  
• two kinds of spagetti. Natto Spagetti, Gorgonzola Spagetti.
  
• Morning with morning songs.
  
• Contact lens
  
• Rust prevent stainless work on our entrance door.
  
• Learning new language.
  
• Bikkuri Donki Humberg
  

iTunes Music Store - Cat Stevens, Louis Armstrong, Living Language

This weekend I purchased three.
Two songs are really great for listening in the morning.
Another one is for learning Chinese.

Morning Has Broken
What a Wonderful World (single)
In-Flight Mandarin Chinese: Learn Before You Land

I am really glad I boght Cat Stevens' "Morning Has Broken". So wonderful piece of music! I think I am gonna wake up every Sunday moring with this song!

I am going to bed and listen to "In-Flight Mandarin Chinese" tonight.

Goodnite!

Oldest Homo Sapiens is from Ethiopia, Africa.

190,000 years ago in Ethiopia, our ancestor was born. Probably it looked very much like us, had brain as big as ours'.
So we then splead to all the places, and killed off another Homo Sapiens, Neanderthal and possibly more apes, which are extinct now. Anthropology is fun, cause it let us imagine things that really happened.

The article on Nature.

This skull, called Omo II, is from the earliest known member of our species.
© Michael Day
Two Ethiopian fossils have been crowned as the oldest known members of our species. An estimated 195,000 years old, the pair were witness to the earliest days of Homo sapiens.

The discovery adds yet more weight to the argument that Africa, and Ethiopia in particular, was the birthplace of humans. The dating sits well with genetic analyses of modern populations, which suggest that H. sapiens first appeared in Africa around 200,000 years ago.

Rent CDs - John Mayer, Alicia Keys

Rented two CDs from Tsutaya

Heavier Things - John Mayer
the diary of alicia keys - Alicia Keys

Listening pleasure for coming weekend.

Week 6: Feb 7 - Feb 14

Week in Review:
This week was about iTunes Music Store.
Bought total of 9 songs.
It was an exciting week, because now I can buy a song, not whole album!

• PianoBall's two trips.
  
• TalkativeSnow went to see marathon.
  
• Bad decisiion on buying sub woofer.
  
• Home Alone
  
• Alone in Nagasaki Chanpon
  
• Sleep too much
  
• Billy Corgan's Poem - Blinking with Fists - from Amazon
  
• Jimmy Chamberlin's first album - Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - from Amazon
  

Global Consciousness - Random generators placed in many places of the world can detects the future events.

Article and Global Consciousness Project Website

The article is so interesting. Time may flow both foward and backward, and we are capable of detecting the future event.
If this finding is true, it can explain de ja vu. Even more, it can change our understandings the law of our Universe and physics.

More on this story as I investigated.

My thought in Japanese is here.

My first iTunes Music Store's iMix - yasutMix01

yasutMix01 is just been released from yasut! It is available for 1 year.

They are my first 9 songs I purchased from iTunes Music Store. Last 3 songs are for you to sleep. Over 80 minutes of songs for only $9.69!

iTunes Music Store Purchases

Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
Soul Bossa Nova - Quincy Jones & Quincy Jones & His Orchestra

Both are heard in Japanese TV programs, and they sound very familiar.

iTunes Music Store - Darwin Chamber

I bought a song? of Darwin Chamber.
3D Thunderstorm Environment 30 minutes in length, and it is only $0.99!

I hope it isn't just a normal environment sound. Actually I don't really like thinderstorm...

Purchases from iTunes Music Store

Today I pick myself three songs.
They are:

• Don't Blow It (a song from motion picture "Solaris") - Cliff Martinez
  
• Only Time - Enya
  
• Guided meditation for Sleep - Simonette Vaja
  

"Solaris" is such a great film. Worth buying DVD and Soundtrack. Composer, "Cliff Martinez" is in my Great Composer list.
I am going to listen to Guided meditation for Sleep now. It is 30 min in length, and still cost only $0.99! What a deal!

I bought songs from iTunes Music Store for the first time!

I bought gift certificate from ipodfactory and bought songs from iTunes for the first time. It was such an excitement!
My mom and I picked these three, and it was worth it! It was so much fun buying.

• Impromptu No. 5, Op. 102 - Pierr-Alain Volondat (composed by Faure)


• Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye


• Leaving On a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary

Otolog (Japanese) - Music Log - Automatically logs what you listen on your iTunes

This is Japanese invention.
Create account, Installing OtologController (Mac/Win), then listen to iTune music.
Otolog logs songs you listen automatically!
I added Otolog to my English and Japanese site.
Otolog is Japanese only, but you can still see what I listened by the album cover, which is automatically pulled from Amazon.com. Cool!

See the navigation bar on the right. You see what I listen right now!

http://otolog.jp/

Very Funny Pepsi-iTunes Super Bowl XXXIX commercial

You can watch it first and second commercial.

Very funny and very good TV commercial.

My first composed song called Neanderthal1

I am beginner in composing music.
This is my first one using Apple's Garageband2.

Download it here

Licenced under Creative Commons' Public Domain Licence.
Free to distribute, modify, and sell, as long as credit me (Yasu).

Y!Q - Yahoo! 's new search technology. Let's try it here.

Yahoo! have introduced new way to search related website about articles on your website. It is called Y!Q.
Is this be the next big thing? I am sure similar service will be coming from Google and MSN very soon.
More about it in here.

Photo: Guinea Pig, Strawberry

I am trying to upload as much beautiful pictures as possible.
Today I have added these below.





And all picture I upload is under the Creative Common's Public Domain Licence, meaning you can use them in any form; use in your art, modify it to totally different form, and sell them as long as you credit me (Yasu).

Check the licence.

Week 5: Jan 31 - Feb 6

Another week passed.
This week was a week of photograph, music, and digital life.

Week in review:

• Roland Edirol UM-1 and Casio LK-57 connected
  
• Composed a song called Neanderthal1
  
• EPSON PM-A870 (Printer and scanner together)
  
• Flickr.com and uploaded a picture
  
• Exchange MIDI cable in Akihabara
  
• Photoshop 7.0 in Akihabara
  
• Final Cut Pro 3.0
  
• Found old pictures of Nyanta in backup cd from year 2000.
  
• Chinese restaurant in Shinjuku 3-cho-me
  
• Drinking milk
  
• How to take away time and space restriction using photos.
  
• Anthropology
  

My Photo in Flickr.com

I created an account in Flickr.com.
Here is my Photo collection.
Right now there aren't much pictures, but come back later, access from side navigation menu.

RSS Feed for My Photo

Flickr.com - My New Toy

Flickr.com is very fun site.
This photo sharing site let you share your photo for people to see.
You can tag your photo, so people can search.
URL below are links to particular kind of photos for viewing in slideshow.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/iPod%20Shuffle/show/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/mac%20mini/show/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/japan/show/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/vancouver/show/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/dog/show/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/cat/show/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/beauty/show/

or anything you want to see.

Another cool feature from Flickr.com is RSS feed! Add them to your favourite News Reader.
http://www.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?tags=iPod%20Shuffle&format=rss_200
http://www.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?tags=mac%20mini&format=rss_200
http://www.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?tags=japan&format=rss_200
http://www.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?tags=vancouver&format=rss_200
http://www.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?tags=dog&format=rss_200
http://www.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?tags=cat&format=rss_200
http://www.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?tags=beauty&format=rss_200

Have fun.

Week 4: Jan 24 - 31

Week in review:

• PianoBall's Birthday
  
• French Restaurant in Ginza
  
• iLife '05
  
• Birthday movie made on iMovie HD
  
• Black Epron
  
• Flower hand bag
  
• MTB Fest movie made on iMovie HD and iDVD
  
• Sickness all week
  
• I play w/ Garageband2
  
• Encoding PC at work died
  
• Yoshitsune - Taiga Drama on NHK
  
• Book: Complete reading 'Neanderthal'
  

What Mac mini is really for? - HD Video Player?

Great prediction of Apple's next move.
iTunes will soon be distributing HD format video (AVC H.264), and you can play it on Mac mini connected to HDTV.

Week 3: Jan 17 - 23

My week in review.

• Cold Epidemic in the work
  
• Filming for tire company in studio. Smoke generator and light.
  
• Computer in Akihabara (Pentium 4 3.2GHz, 800FSB, 1GB mem, 160GB HD, 13000Yen Case w/ 400W Power)
  
• Maid Cafe in Akihabara
  
• Bulk Beef Rice Bowl in Akihabara
  
• Bought snowboard carrier bag w/ 3 stoppers (in Alpen)
  
• Snowboarding w/ Eros River, Funny TV, Breast Grabber
  

Jimmy Chamberlin Complex Songs Available online

Jimmy Chamberlin's first solo album "Life Starts Again" will be released on 2005/01/25!

You can listen to some of his songs in their new album in full length in their website after you signup for the email news letter.
Billy Corgan sings for the song called "Lokicat". Very very nice song.
Check it out!

Trackback Functiionality Added! - haloscan.com

Finally, I added Trackback functionality to my blog.
I used haloscan.com's service as blogger.com suggest to use.

Quantum Informations Solution - id Quantique and MagiQ

Those two companies are first of two companies offering quantum cryptography solutions.
Probably the safest way to comunicate each other using these devices.
Especially id Quantique website is fun to look.

id Quantique
MagiQ

Great article about quantum cryptography on Scientific American (http://www.sciam.com).
Quantum cryptography has marched from theory to laboratory to real products

Creative Commons - Woman's Right Video

Motherhood by Choice is the video about woman's right and abortion. This story is told with the American history of woman's right. Quite long, but very important.

I think a woman should have the choice of her own body. People should have all the right except things affecting other's right to live or affecting their health.

The same answer to gay couple marriage, or the right to have almost the same living as straight marriage couples.

The answers seem so obvious to me.

I wonder why human make same mistakes. Is this because we care our history too little?, or we have limitations and need to wait for another evolution to happen? The time takes care of this our problems? Or our technology destroy us first?

We must really figure this out!

Bad Movies

Bad Movies is great place to find movies to entertain your friend.
There are reviews, images, and videos.

Early Mammal Ate Dinosaurs.

It was 130 million years ago, and mammals were relatively small at that time, but they managed to hunt dinosaur and eat them!

This means Dinosaurs had predetors other than dinosaurs. This is remarkable finding.

I wonder if someday we can really bring them alive again like in Jurassic Park. I wonder what the odd for this.

The article on Scientific American.

BCorgan.com - What Billy and others are doing right now.

BCorgan.com is great place to read about what Billy and other member of Smashing Pumpkins and Zwan are doing. This site recieve site feeds from other site such as JamesIha.org, MelissaAufDerMaur.org and DarcyWretzky.Org. Still http://www.billycorgan.com does not site feed. Too bad.

James Iha is in Japan singing in Karaoke room.
Jimmy is going to release his first solo album. I am very proud of you.
You can also see Billy Corgan singing christmas song on video.

Check all at BCorgan.com

The Sound of Titan

Download and listen to the sound of Hygen's recording while the descend to Titan.
Download Here

Next, I want to see Methane's river in Titan on video.

Coffee: Shade Grown Mexico (Starbucks)

My first MILD category coffee from Starbucks.
Its label says, "CRISP & REFRESHING".
I agree with the label very much, because it doesn't have unique aroma, and it is waterly.
But this label is not the same as mine. Mine does not have "DECAF". I could not find same label.

Starbucks has three categories of coffee; MILD, SMOOTH, BOLD.
MILD coffee has little aroma and body.
SMOOTH has aroma, but little body.
BOLD has rich aroma and strong body.

Shade Grown Mexico is a MILD one. I recommend drinking at night.
But if you want to enjoy more flavour, this is not the choice.

Coffee: Mocha Harrar (GIN-NO-MAME COFFEE)

I like it.
Its aroma is unique, not bitter and has weak acidity.
If I compare with Starbucks coffee, this is categorized SMOOTH.
I liked GUATEMALA ANTIGUA of Starbucks and I liked this too.
I must like SMOOTH category coffee.

Roast: City Roast (2/5)
Price: 380Yen (100g)

Week 2: Jan 10 - 16

What happened this week.

• Snowboard boots and binding


• Udon in Kanda


• African Bar in Shinjuku


• Affiliate Program by Google Adsense


• Amazon Affiliate Program


• Load of the Ring - Two Towers


• Al Green


• Star Constalation


• Chicken Curry Rice w/ too much tomato and spices


• iPod Shuffle and Mac mini


• Super Japanese Rock Climber on TV


• Tenth Aniversary of Hanshin Earth Quake and a Novelist and a Cameraman on TV

The talk about Hayao Miyazaki

http://www.newyorker.com/online/content/?050117on_onlineonly01

Margaret Talbot who writes about Hayao Miyazaki, the japanese animation creator and director of film such as Spirited Away, talks about him in this interview by New Yorker. Hayao Miyazaki doesn't usually do interviews, so this is very interesting to read.

After I read this, it made me want to go see his new film, "Howl, the Walking Castle", eventhough people's reaction is not very good.

Here is what I learned about Hayao Miyazaki.

• He's very worried about kids consuming too much media, and thinks that they should watch a movie like "Totoro" no more than once a year.


• He is perhaps a pessimistic person, but has great vitality and a great respect and fondness for children. He wants them to make their own judgments about the world. He doesn’t want to swamp them with premature cynicism.


• He is an intense workaholic. The early days of their studio, Studio Ghibli, Miyazaki would work from 9 a.m. to 4:30 a.m., and that in recent years he has mellowed somewhat and goes home at midnight.


• His idea of a vacation was a nap.


• He isn't a fan of computer animation. He really favors the (now) old-fashioned method of hand drawing.


• John Lasseter of Pixar is his friend.

Synrad Laser Video

Here [http://www.synrad.com/Applications/video_clips.htm] you can see the laser in action.
I have never seen moving picture of strong laser. Check it out.

Paper Robot Pro Wrestling - Kami Robo

http://www.kami-robo.com/index_en.html
Kami Robo is a paper made robots made by Tomohiro Yasui. His world of make-believe started when he was very young. He started to create paper robots when he was 10. Now in his 30's, he is still in his world of make-believe. Videos are in Japanese, but you should be able to experience the excitement.

Blog Software Breakdown

Blog Break Down shows most of blog software available today.

iTunes Essentials

If you have iTunes on your computer, go to iTunes Essentials to discover all the kind of music.
This is really a great place to widen your selections of favourite songs.

Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (Color Photograph 100 years ago)

This guy created color photo 100 years ago.
This color images are not colored b/w photo, but a composition of red, blue, and green color photo.

The Empire That Was Russia.

Coffee: Toraja Kalosi (GIN-NO-MAME COFFEE)

Mildly bitter.
Kind of strong aroma.
Acidity is very little, but you can taste it a second after a sip.
Matched with formed milk.

Roast: French Roast(4/5)
Price: 580Yen (100g)

Week 1: Jan 3 - 9

What happened this week.

• Bought many many books


• Ramen in Akihabara


• Strange street performer in Shimokita


• Neanderthal book


• Departure in Narita


• Tibet Cigarrett


• Indian bed cover


• Digital Camera


• Went to Tsukinowa Station to see houses

Starchild

Last year the bone of Flora man was found in Indonesia. Starchild is not a new new kind of species of human as Flora man, but hybrid of human and ailien.

Starchild Project is fascinating to read.
More on this in Japanese here.

Coffee: Guatemala Antigua (Starbucks)

"Elegant and intriguing." - Starbucks.
I think this line explained very well. Its aroma and the taste should match with the mood in tea time.
This coffee is the first coffe from starbucks' Smooth category. It is indeed very smooth!

Coffee: Papua New Guinea Sigri AA (GIN-NO-MAME COFFEE)

Oh, its acidity was very strong. I don't know if it is because of the roasting or it is really sour kind.
I did not like it, but I would like to try one with stronger roast.
This coffee bean is same as Blue Mountain No.1, but growed in Papua New Guinea.

update:
I tried it 2 days later, the acidity was weaker and tasted better.

Roast: City Roast (2/5)
Price: 620 Yen (100g)

Coffee: India Plantation (GIN-NO-MAME COFFEE)

It is same coffee bean as Blue Mountain No.1 but growed in India.
It has sweet flavour to it. I really liked it very much.
Roast: Full City Roast (3/5)
Price: 420 Yen (100g)

Week 0: Jan 1 - Jan 2

Happy New Year.