Japanese High Tech

…can make pointless and irritating music.
Tenori-on
Actually, I translated a press release for this product announcement a few weeks back.

Yeah..the demo is about 2:25 longer than it has to be…
Sore ja.

OK. Call off the search parties. Put the bloodhounds back in their kennels. Take my picture off the milk cartons.
I’m back.
Sorry…way too much “stuff” and way too little time, but I’ll rededicate for my “J-go peeps.”
Sony has new tech to show images on a thin film of plastic.
I can see the T-shirts with the […]

Another Mac CM starring Rahmens.

どうも、マックです。
Doumo, Makku desu.
Hi, I’m a Mac.
こんにちは、パソコンです。
Konnichi ha, Pasokon desu.
Hello, I’m a PC.
最近じゃ、色々共通点あるよね。
Saikin ja iroriro kyoutsuuten ga arimasu yo ne.
We have quite a few things in common now, don’t we?
iroiro = various
kyoutsuuten = commonalities, things in common
二人とも、マイクロソフト・オフイス使えるしね。
Futari to mo Maikurosofuto Ofuisu tsukaeru shi ne.
Both of us can use Microsoft Office (for […]

Steganography.
I did an interpreting project, a three-month deal in Tokyo a few years back, and one of the American software guys working there was big into “steganography.” Hiding information where everyone can see it, but only a few know what to look for to get it.
HERE’s the LINK.
BTW, since this is a Japanese language learning […]