JapanTalk

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Opening Monologue

• Moorpark Oasis CD giveaway rules on YouTube
• Tokyo Joe Podcast
• Mr. Sysop to do call in session… Skype: mrsysop35
• Posting entire show on YouTube

Bird few outbreak in Japan

Miyazaki bird flu epidemic spreading

South Korean soccer player’s monkey face aimed at Japan?

Apple expected to expand iPhone to more carriers in Asia

Japan downgraded by S&P

Signs from Japanese economy hopeful, but…

Japan goes to space, but Japanese don’t

“You Only Live Twice” volcano in Japan lives again

Japanese to be numbered from 2010

Middle Song
Now That You’re Mine – Leslie DiNicola

Courts questioning vote validity

Japan seeking to curb the power of the farm vote

Tokyo High Court backs forcing teacher to stand and sing national anthem

Hentai-don school girl slipper-and-rice dish

Lindsay Hawker killer writes book about killing and his days on the lam

Self-administered cosmetic surgery

J-movie industry sets record in 2010

Gold vending machine

BBC apologizes for atomic bomb victim joke

Kiss my butt!

Secrets of Japanese students hoping to pass school entrance exams

Ending Song
Guitars And Shady Ladies – David Silva

Links of Interest

• David Silva website
• Moorpark Oasis on iTunes
• Discovery Sound
• JAPUNDIT YouTube Channel
• Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

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Theme Music

• Digital Bliss – Project Van
• “I am scanning all frequencies.” is from Scanning All Frequencies by Music Alley

Mr Sysop is in

• Skype Dial in address to mrsysop35
• Every Sunday afternoon in February from 1pm – 3pm Japan Time
• Call in with your tech questions. The annex will be open.

Links of Interest

• Tour of Google reader
• Gmail
• About RSS
• What are feeds
• Firefox
• Better g-reader
• Google reader shortcuts keys
• Facebook
• Windows Home server

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

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Opening Monologue

• Correct pronunciation of VERSACE
• Microphone question
• Zoom H4N
• Acoustica MixCraft 5
• Mr. Sysop to do call in session
• Update on Moorpark Oasis CD giveaway
• 15 Ghana chocolate candy bars
• Trying to post entire show on YouTube
• FAIL! Camera ran out of juice!!

LED tooth lights

Akihabara pedestrian zone reopens…. Kind of…..

BBC show bashed for “unluckiest man” segment

Asahi Glass reveals super glass

Shiseido looking for 15% annual China growth

Confession on interrogation tape coached

Sting wades into Taiji fray, urges talks to end cull

Hanshin Department Store starts annual whale sale

Tokyo may enable subway e-mail

Middle Song
Life Is Good – David Silva

‘It’s me’ frauds jump in 2010

Toshiba wins ¥30 billion in orders for U.S. train contracts

Backup system left unused during Shinkansen stoppage

Will Shinkansen outage turn away export customers?

Only 20% of English conversation teachers conduct classes in English

Korean English Class

Groupon learning in Japan

JAL to bring back classic crane logo

Angry man strips naked on Shinkansen

Can J-govt guide medical research?

Kara-bunga!

Ending Song
Seafood At The Holiday Inn – David Silva

Links of Interest

• David Silva website
• Moorpark Oasis on iTunes
• Discovery Sound
• GROUPON Japan
• KARA
• JAPUNDIT YouTube Channel
• Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

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Theme Music

• Digital Bliss – Project Van
• “I am scanning all frequencies.” is from Scanning All Frequencies by Music Alley

Mr Sysop is in

• Skype Dial in address to mrsysop35
• Every Sunday afternoon in February from 1pm – 3pm Japan Time
• Call in with your tech questions. The annex will be open.

Links of Interest

• Gigabyte Mini ITX motherboard
• Intel Core I3-530
• Cooler Master PSU
• SSD flash drive
• Extenders for Windows Media Center
• XBOX-360
• Streaming by Zumocast
• Embedded Windows 7
• Windows phone 7
• Zune

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

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Opening Monologue

• Ending another holiday shortened week in Japan
• Too busy to upload YouTube videos
• Upcoming giveaway of five signed Moorpark Oasis CDs
• 15 to 20 winners total
• Mr. Sysop Is In Skype call in event coming up

Japanese people work older

Facebook puzzled by limited success in Japan

Yoko Ono: Top J-Tweeter

Divorce cards

Video leaker charges dropped

Museum displaying rediscovered salmon species

Middle Song
Sayonara La, La, La, La – Chiemi Jones

25% rise in foreigners coming to Japan in 2010

New cabinet to prioritize TPP and consumption tax hike

Tokyo Station becoming a Japan gourmet destination

J-carmakers pushing hydrogen fuel cell cars

Versace to return to Japan

Flu season is back

More J-male teens, couples indifferent towards sex

U.S. company gets Japanese patent for premature ejaculation treatment

Sleep Doll iPhone app lets you sleep next to a virtual sleeping Japanese girl

Youth gang arrested for hunting old men

New math app is full of poo!

Ending Song
Garlic – David Silva

Links of Interest

• David Silva website
• Moorpark Oasis on iTunes
• Indie Music Digest
• Japundit YouTube Channel
• Chiemi Jones website
• Discovery Sound
• Divorce cards
• Gransta Dining (J)
• Ekiben
• NERUDOL (Sleep Doll) app on iTunes
• JAPUNDIT YouTube Channel
• Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

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Theme Music

• Digital Bliss – Project Van
• “I am scanning all frequencies.” is from Scanning All Frequencies by Music Alley

Links of Interest

• Hulu
• Netflix
• The Torproject
• Vudu
• What is a proxy
• Watch-Series TV
• The Green Button
• What are Torrents
• Utorrent
• The Cape
• Burn Notice
• Sons of Anarchy
• Myth TV
• Sage TV

Don’t forget to write in with your Media Center questions.

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

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Opening Monologue

• Slowly getting back to work
• A bunch of new videos at the JAPUNDIT Video Channel
• Bad Communication
• WanWan Video report about JAPUNDIT

Japan runs out of stop-smoking drug

Hospital accused of 135 unnecessary surgeries

Man cleared of flashing at public bath

Mac’s Big America Burgers are back

Giant tuna sells for $394,000

Middle Song
Sick As A Dog – Brad Sucks

Another dead Dad in the closet

Chinese investment firms buying shares of major J-firms

Good Samaritan retailer hands out free food to stranded motorists

J-suicides top 30,000 again

Toilet finder app for college students

Ending Song
Cosmos – Junko and Cheep

Links of Interest

• Bad Communication podcast/vidcast
• WanWan Video channel
• Brad Sucks Website
• Macdonald’s Japan
• Macdonald’s Japan menu info
• Music Alley
• JAPUNDIT YouTube Channel
• Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Sick As A Dog courtesy of Music Alley.

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

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Theme Music

• Digital Bliss – Project Van
• “I am scanning all frequencies.” is from Scanning All Frequencies by Music Alley

Links of Interest

• Media Browser
• My movies
• Yamm
• Windows Home Server
• MetaData
• Pandora
• LastFm
• What is Album-art
• Boxee

Don’t forget to write in with your Media Center questions.

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

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Opening Song
Happy New Year – Jelli

Opening Monologue

• Happy New Year!
• Why do Japanese people say “Congratulations?”
• My New Year
• Project Van on YouTube
• Year of the Rabbit
• Chinese Zodiac

J-population shrinks by record amount in 2010

J-town forces mayor to take salary

Sushi chain masters the art of sushi trains

Middle Song
Rabbit In The Log – The Stanley Brothers

J-insurer offers rain insurance

Business hotel for the dead opens in Tokyo

Man charged with attempted murder in fight over cats

Kim Yu Na upset over hidden camera NTV footage

Ending Song
Otoka-ha daredemo sukunakarazu – Junco and Cheep

Links of Interest

• Opening and middle songs courtesy of Music Alley
• Junco and Cheep Schedule
• Japan Talk in the iTunes Store

Contact: japantalker@gmail.com

Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2011!