Last Saturday, Mitsuwa in Arlington Heights held their annual Bon Dance Festival. With the promise of festival food, and some interesting entertainment acts, how could I not go? 
So if you've been an NBA fan, Thursday July 8th finally marked an end of sorts. As soon as the 2010 season had started, there was endless and breathless reporting regarding where the major free agents would potentially go. The culmination of all of this gave us an ESPN special named "The Decision". The Heat get these guys:
But hey, what do you really think about the whole thing? I think we've been witness to one of the most illogical series of events that we've ever seen during free agency in any sport.
I decided to take the trusty ol' Trek out for a spin, and on the way to find some grub I came across quite the unexpected sight.
Art project gone crazy? Science project gone awry? Marketing initiative gone haywire?
Feel free to leave a comment if you have any ideas.
So, I went pretty quickly from not thinking about the HTC Evo 4G, to standing in line at 6 this morning.Life does move pretty fast...Enjoy some pics from the new camera! Sent from my HTC on the Now Network from Sprint!
Has it really only been a year since Palm released the Pre?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sprintnextel/3545303017/ Yesterday, HP's CEO Mark Hurd essentially validated what many suspected could be a distinct reality once Palm started looking for buyers: the reality that Palm's buyer would be looking to buy it, not to save Palm and WebOS in its current form and form factor, but to take one compelling part (WebOS), and discard the rest. Here's the quote, via ZDNet: "We didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business. And I tell people that, but it doesn’t seem to resonate well. We bought it for the IP. The WebOS is one of the two ground-up pieces of software that is built as a web operating environment…We have tens of millions of HP small form factor web-connected devices…Now imagine that being a web-connected environment where now you can get a common look and feel and a common set of services laid against that environment. That is a very value proposition."Quite a journey from the excitement of CES 2009, the thrill of launch day (which I was a part of), to yet another painful nail in the "WebOS on a Palm/HP smartphone" coffin. But, I'm not here to play Monday morning quarterback on what could have been, or what should have been different. Instead, let's just reminisce on some of the good and bad of the Palm through the my experiences with the Pre.Most of the drama of my travel home was covered here.This post will just fill in stuff I didn't cover there. If it wasn't obvious before, I had waited pretty late to seriously do any souvenir shopping. Today was my absolute last chance to get souvenirs literally from Japan. I mostly tried to pre-pack as best as I could so that I could leave straight for Tokyo Station and to the events described above. Today's last minute neighborhoods included Shijuku/Kabuki-cho and Akiba (Akihabara). I don't know what this movie is about, but it looks like it could be interesting!
And just like that, the trip was practically over. Today was the last full day that I would be in Tokyo, and with it came the realization that all the souvenirs that I thought I could find, I really didn't find as easily as I thought I would. To be honest, I didn't really spend a lot of time window shopping either.
Well off to Akasaka-Mitsuke station.
I made a quick trip back to the hotel to take a short break, and regroup.In the process, I ran into one of the visiting pro baseball teams checking into the hotel after their game.
Even more amusing was that on my way out, I saw the wall of photographers and journalists waiting for players to come back out.
Even more amusing was that on my way out, I saw the wall of photographers and journalists waiting for players to come back out.
One of the first things that I bought when I started finalizing my trip was a ticket to the Ghibli Museum. Needless to say, I couldn't wait to go for the first time.
