Weasel said...

Weasel at 10:15 AM JST - 23rd October

doubts there are any leading industrialized nations that don’t have stadiums that can hold 80,000 or 100,000 spectators

I thought Japan was a leading industrialized nation, so why do they need to build such a stadium? Did something change recently?

Posted in JFA asks government to back bid for World Cup finals at 10:15 AM JST - 23rd October
Weasel at 10:28 PM JST - 22nd October

Guess it's OK to extend the runway, in so far as the airplanes don't take of earlier than 6 and land no later than 10.

Posted in Narita's extended 2nd runway goes into operation at 10:28 PM JST - 22nd October
Weasel at 08:50 AM JST - 22nd October

Thought that using Google for "index of" searches was the way to go.

Posted in Google, MySpace, Facebook make music moves at 08:50 AM JST - 22nd October
Weasel at 10:10 PM JST - 21st October

Seemed to be symbolic of another yes-man when confronted by his executive at the office.

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Weasel at 10:29 PM JST - 20th October

franz75 - i was hoping for something more practical, such as a 12 month subscription to Legg's magazine.

Posted in Super compact mouse at 10:29 PM JST - 20th October
Weasel at 10:24 PM JST - 20th October

Who won the Jeanist prize last year?

Posted in Miyuki Hatoyama named Best Jeanist for 2009 at 10:24 PM JST - 20th October
Weasel at 01:38 PM JST - 20th October

At 2.4 Ghz, the article doesn't elaborate if it is or is not a Bluetooth mouse. Still, 5000 Yen for a Bluetooth mouse is still a bit of a premium price, unless it comes with something else.

Posted in Super compact mouse at 01:38 PM JST - 20th October
Weasel at 11:58 PM JST - 17th October

Plenty of Youtube videos of folks swapping out their hard drives on their PS3's - not difficult at all. Not sure if it's worth paying Sony the premium for the 250 GB, when you could probably get an even larger drive for less.

Posted in Sony to launch PlayStation with bigger hard drive at 11:58 PM JST - 17th October
Weasel at 03:04 PM JST - 13th October

ANA and AMEX. Hmmm, Hope that doesn't mean ANA's service is going to be more in-line with AMEX's.

Posted in ANA, American Express to launch co-branded credit cards in Japan at 03:04 PM JST - 13th October
Weasel at 01:05 PM JST - 13th October

Don't think it's the low temps that's causing a reduction in beer drinking...check out the prices * ouch *.

Posted in Cool summer pushes beer sales in Jan-Sept to record low at 01:05 PM JST - 13th October