There is more to Japan than just Tokyo you know, Osaka is home to a gold mine of a retro gaming store. Take a trip to Den Den town (Nipponbashi) and visit the Original Super Potato store.
The Gadget Gap
This is a good read:
ASIAN POP The Gadget Gap / Why does all the cool stuff come out in Asia first?
Electronics direct from Japan
Christmas is coming up, I’ll take anything from this site…
Dynamism.com – Catalog
Noodle Theme Park
Once again, another fine reason to visit the land of the rising sun. If your a big fan of ramen noodles like I am then you just gotta go. Itadakimasu!
Namco Plans Ramen-Noodle Theme Park
Firewire Bridge Boards
A little DIY, you have an old SCSI case collecting dust (or whatever that gunk that old computers get in them while in storage) why not turn it into a niftw IEEE1394 Firewire case?
Firewire Bridge Boards
Newton web server
Oh yeah, I can’t pass this up! An Apple Newton ppowered web server! You can even view a current screen grab to see what is on its tiny screen!
splorp . newton . server