Siliconchef by Brian Richardson
From the monthly archives: April 2002
Friday, April 19, 2002. 11:52AM
Odawara Station, JR Line.
I look up from my laptop as the train makes a sudden shift to the left. I wasn’t expecting our train to move, considering we’re stopped at a station taking on passengers. The bullet train passing us on the right doesn’t have to stop. The [...]
Thursday, April 18, 2002. 12:38PM.
Akihabara district, Tokyo, Japan.
They had asked me what I wanted for lunch. My answer was simple.
“No western food.”
Wednesday, April 17, 2002. 10:05PM.
Planet Hollywood at Ikspiari, Tokyo Disney Resort.
This isn’t where I was expecting to eat dinner. I’ve spent too many trips to the orient in western style restaurants. I promised myself that I would spend more time eating in local establishments on this trip. However, there is no such [...]
Tuesday, April 16, 2002. 6:06PM.
Intel Developer Forum, Hilton Tokyo Bay.
Imagine talking in front of a room filled with engineers and foreign businessmen eagerly watching your presentation and hanging on your every translated word …
That’s what I’m doing right now … imagining it. It sure as hell didn’t happen.
Since Suzan was so wonderful in letting me buy a video camera, I decided to put it to use while in Tokyo. Did I put it to good use? Time for you to decide!
Now the readers of siliconchef.com can become viewers … Brian in Tokyo: Chapter One (DiVX format, about 17MB). Just [...]
Monday, April 15, 2002. 4:17PM.
Tokyo Narita International Airport.
If my flight had landed on time, I might not be making this journal entry. I’d be on a bus to the Hilton Tokyo Bay hotel. Since my flight was placed in a holding pattern, I just missed the 4:00PM airport shuttle. The next one [...]
Light Reading
Monday, April 15, 2002.
United Airlines Flight #881. Seat 34H.
Slightly to the left of the International Date Line.
Thank god Oceans 11 was part of the in flight movie package … I needed a good movie. I still have some DiVX stashed on my hard drive, but I’d like to [...]
