by isaokato | Aug 17, 2009 | Post
Invincible taste, that is what they say about these two Mega-Mega-Macs. I am not sure about the taste, because it should be the same with any other burgers in Macdonald's (that's what fast-food is for), but I do think it it an innovative product. Inserting...
by isaokato | Aug 16, 2009 | Post
It is just a phone in a phonebooth, but it deserves to be part of permanent collections in any museum of modern technologies. First, it is inside a phone booth (rarity +1). Second, it has black, glossy, phone-like earpiece (rarity +2). Third, it has a modem port. THIS...
by isaokato | Aug 11, 2009 | Post
今日は久しぶりに日本語で。理髪店(とはもう言わないのか)はたいてい表通りに面した壁がすべてガラス張りになっていて、ドールハウスみたいに中の様子が見えるようになっています。ヘアーサロン(とも言わないのか)、マッサージ、それに台北名物、小龍包(ゼリー入りシュウマイ)の厨房はみなどこも透明です。これは要するにどこかが透明方式で売り出して繁盛すると、他も追随して、それがいつのまにか業界標準となる、といった例なんでしょうが、疑問は...
by isaokato | Aug 10, 2009 | Post
This is a typical scenery in Taipei – a shrine built into an ordinary building. At a glance it looks cheap. Some might even say it is a gimmick. But it is a shrine, in its true sense. Aesthetically it might not receive great attention. Maybe it won't be...
by isaokato | Aug 9, 2009 | Post
In theory, an advertisement should provide a consistent and persuading story which puts us into an imaginary world where everything just works. Therefore, at least inside that context, things always make sense. Wearing an OMEGA will suddenly make you as cool as James...
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