i am a cheap jap!

* DAIGO and BREAKERZ

DAIGO is a Japanese singer.
He is a member of BREAKERZ, Japanese rock band.
But people thought DAIGO is television personality.

He often says "Wuish!"
This his word is more popular in Japan.

He says "Wuish!" when he crosses his arms and stretches his thumbs, forefingers and pinkies.

He says "Wuish!" in this movie's last some seconds.

-> D x loree Rodkin ver.2

BREAKERZ recently released a new song "GRAND FINALE".
This song expresses a graduation of school.

Japanese school holds graduation in March.
Japanese school holds entrance ceremony in April.

-> YouTube - 【HD】 BREAKERZ - GRAND FINALE

DAIGO's grandfather is Noboru Takeshita.
Noboru Takeshita was the 74th Prime Minister of Japan.

Ref.
-DAIGO official blog powered by Ameblo (in Japanese)
-Daigo (musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
-Noboru Takeshita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

* The Nagoya Marathon's Mo-Race in LatLongLab

This is the Nagoya Marathon's cource.

The Mo-Race is a web site for virtual race.
People puts GPS logs or lap times.

The Mo-Race is in the web site LatLongLab powered by Yahoo! JAPAN.

I selected Reiko Tosa (2004), Naoko Takahashi (2000) and Mizuki Noguchi (2002).

They runs in virtual race.
-> Race (Nagoya Marathon) - Mo-Race - LatLongLab

The name 'Mo-Race' is alike the animation 'Chiki chiki machine Mo-Race'.
The 'Chiki chiki machine Mo-Race' is a name for Japan.
The animation's name is the 'Wacky Races'.
The 'Wacky Races''s Japanese name is the 'Chiki chiki machine Mo-Race'.

Ref.
-Nagoya Marathon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
-LatLongLab
-Mo-Race
-Wacky Races - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

* GeoPo: Short URL for location (latitude and longitude)

Nagoya Castle's GeoPo: http://geopo.at/Z4kEBO

Ref. GeoPo - Convert Geolocation to Short URL

* Emonyu: Emotion Everywhere

The Emonyu is a web site, microblog with emotional pictures.

You can post a status with a emotional picture.

The emotional pictures did slide show.

My emotional pictures are shown here. They are animated.

->NI-Lab.'s recent emotional pictures | Emonyu

Ref. Emonyu - Emotion Everywhere (in Japanese)

* The letter from your first lover

"Hatsukoi no hito kara no tegami (The letter from your first lover)" is a web site that sends a letter from your first lover.

Respond to questions. Fill in a blanks.

The letter arrives from your first lover.

This web site analizes your loves.

It's a joke site :-)

Hatsukoi no hito kara no tegami (The letter from your first lover) in HANIHOH! by BANCHO Corporation

* bijin-tokei (1min automatic update pinup girls' photos)

The bijin-tokei is a gadgets that shows Japanese pinup girls.
The 1440 photos rotate per 1min.

The gadget of bijin-tokei:

Ref.
-bijin-tokei official website
-Google Gadgets: bijin-tokei

* KARUTETTO / Best Friend

The KARUTETTO are four Japanese musicians.
They sing a song "Best Friend".
This song is a love song of heartrending sorrow.

This music video are played by Shizuru, Japanese two comedians (Jun Murakami and Kazuma Ikeda) and young fashion model, girl Ayame Gouriki.

YouTube - KARUTETTO / Best Friend

Ref.
-KARUTETTO official site (in Japanese)
-KARUTETTO - Wikipedia (in Japanese)

* wonderfl: development flash contents with only web browser

The wonderfl is a web site.

You can develop flash contents on web browser.

Your flash contents show when you write codes ActionScript 3.

my page:

-> nilab | wonderfl build flash online

This user is developer for Papervision3D?
->mrdoob | wonderfl build flash online
->Mr.doob | Face tracking + 3D Scene
->Papervision3D

Ref. wonderfl build flash online

* English Twitter vs Japanese Twitter

Japanese Twitter displays advertisements.

my updates in English:

my updates in Japanese:

following updates in English:

following updates in Japanese:

Please follow me! -> Twitter / nilab

* Mt. Fuji by 10m mesh elevation data

Geographical Survey Institute (Kokudo Chiri-in) provides the data "10m mesh (elevation)".

->"Mo Race(Hard racing)" was supported by 10m mesh elevation data - LatLongLab (in Japanese)

I made Google Translate to translate this page.

->Translated version of http://latlonglab.yahoo.co.jp/2009/03/10m.html

* The bijin-tokei's photos

I picked up photos(screens shots).

Ref. i am a cheap jap!(2009-03-13) - bijin-tokei (1min automatic update pinup girls' photos)

* Who watches the Watchmen?

I read the Japanese translation of the book "Watchmen".

Each official web sites of the movie have different trailers.

JP: WATCHMEN MOVIE
UK: WATCHMEN MOVIE
US: WATCHMEN MOVIE