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Sat 2008/11/29 21:28
今月のMac Fanには僕の特集が載っています。4ページも独り占めです^^;
表紙はこれ。
クリックで拡大で読めます。dannychoo.comやトルーパーやマイクロソフト、アマゾンの経歴、Mirai株式会社やわれのフラグシッププロダクト「ミライガイア」について話す。
さて、ミライガイアはどれだけすばらしい商品なのか教えましょう。長門 有希をyahoo Japanで検索すると、360万件の検索結果中、グッドスマイルの結果が一位。ご存知だと思いますが、GSCのサイトはミライガイア上で動いています。GSCさんはSEOを意識しなくてもいい。コンテンツの用意だけに集中し、ミライガイアはSEOを全部やってくれます。
昔はマックきらいだったけどね。
僕の髪の毛はかなりダサイ。
でもオフィスは自慢している。
Mac FanはMacなニュース満載。
アプリニュース。
かわいいコも。
CNNの次はMac Fan。その次は何だろう。楽しみだ。
iPhone発売日に撮ったソフトバンク表参道の行列の様子だ。せっかくだったので、踊ってみた。
もしこのビデオを共有する場合は http://yo...(もっと見る)
Sun 07/13 17:42 comments (66)
Unemployed, boooo
Nice job on getting in such a great magazine article! Must be a nice 'pick me up' after yesterday's article fiasco.
(ID #391319) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:14
hi everyone! i know this is really illrelevent, but can someone who uses email with @softbank.ne.jp tell me rather this email can recieve emails from hotmails? its really urgent please help me!
(ID #397371) Posted on 2008/12/03 22:14
very well done! no doubt dude!
(ID #417475) Posted on 2008/12/19 06:34
Danny is getting on media after media, it's hard to keep up~ Maybe Danny will get so popular that he can't keep up with buying all the media stuffs that features him one day ^^; Keep it up!
(ID #391324) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:23
The best and most successful successful otaku ever... I aspired to be like you one day, Danny... ^^ Keep rockin'!
(ID #391325) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:24
Wow... first time i'm posting a comment that not stranded on the bottom... =p
(ID #391333) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:32
Sexy School Boy (College)
What he said! Rock you! (And I'll be using you to keep my own comment afloat, thank you. I have the same things to say anyways. (Don't we all?))
(ID #396310) Posted on 2008/12/03 03:07
lol the last time i touched a mac was more than five years ago. didnt like it coz i couldnt figure out which button was close and minimize XD maybe i should give them another chance
(ID #391327) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:26
It's not that hard. Red is stop or close window. Amber (or yellow) is warning, or hiding (the window will hide in the dock). Green is go, which will make the window really big. This isn't a tricky part of using OSX. In fact I can't really tell any tricky parts in the OS itself. Do tell me if you find one XD
(ID #391813) Posted on 2008/11/30 07:07
Mechanical Engineering student
I would love to buy magazines... if only I have the extra moolah -_-
(ID #391328) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:26
Student and full-time otaku
Nice for you to make it into such a mag Danny! Personally, I don't buy computer mags, but just check some sites daily to keep up with the news. BTW really wondered who that is on your mouse pad ^^
(ID #391331) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:28
Wasn't it a character from Platonic Heart... could be wrong though.
(ID #391332) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:31
http://www.hlj.com/product/CAD01264 - review soon ^^ Her oppai are very soft ^^;
(ID #391340) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:44
Whoa Danny i did not know The Straits Times published such a poo-crap article about you. I did not read the article but i hope that does not deter you from coming to Singapore again. As a Singaporean myself i am quite ashamed of my own country's main newspaper. Anyway we cannot always believe what is published in the newspaper anyway, there is more to the newpaper's content then just pure "raw" news, if you know what i mean. Anyway i am sorry it caused you some unneccessary brow frowning, and come back to Singapore soon. We will always welcome you :)
(ID #391336) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:37
Congratulations! Looks like an awesome article! I used to buy PC (and related) magazines, but not recently as they get more expensive =(
(ID #391337) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:39
TK-8316 / 宅男 Otaku / 工程师 Engineer
danny, i'm sorry about the straits times incident. hope this doesn't leave u with a bad impression of Singapore. well there's always the good food to remember. ^^; congrats on being featured on the magazine.
(ID #391338) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:41
nice job danny ! you deserve it have a nice weekend
(ID #391339) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:43
Professional Bum
Haaa, I been reflecting a lot on life lately too about the time my Grandpa past away last month. Got into a big depression about death and getting older (27), while I haven't done anything with myself or really socialized. I think a lot of this also stemmed from a few months of unemployment. Still kinda mopey, but I have a lot of things I am working on and some goals that I have set and am pushing myself hard for. This would be things like going to an anime club to make friends and socialize, as well as my decision to take a new whack at college and make something of myself. My end goal is to get a bachelors in linguistics with japanese and english, hoping that will make me a perfect shoe in for Jet and English Teaching. Hopefully I will also pick up other skills along the way in case teaching sucks =p. (but i like the idea of it, at least for high school/Uni. Gives me some baseball teams to cheer for =D ) But yea, I to had been anti mac for a long time, mostly because of video game support =( But it seems it's not much of a problem anymore with most pc games ported onto consoles, which I kind of like more, since I don't have to worry about upgrading hardware to play it! Also I think theres a number of mmo's that have mac support too ( well not like I care, I quit MMO's as those were part of the problems holding me back from life). At least WoW can be played on Mac. My only issue with Mac's now, is that they are freaking expensive, and it's hard to buy expensive things on unemployment. I am the ultra budget shopper guy. And onto the issues of magazines. I love magazines. Always great reading material for things like lobbies as you mentioned, and most importantly the "Man's throne room"
(ID #391341) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:44
Sorry to hear about your loss. Its always hard when you first encounter death. But after your encounter, you look at life differently. Agree - mac stuff is too costly.
(ID #391352) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:58
Professional Bum
Ahh thanks, I wasn't really close with him though, and I have dealt with the deaths of friends and other family before. But this definitely did help me get that new perspective. A reminder that mortality is there and that there is soooo much more in life to enjoy than just World of Warcraft or whatever the MMO of the month is.
(ID #391377) Posted on 2008/11/29 22:33
I read an article about price of macs. They made a comparison between different brands of computers and made benchmarks to compare performance vs price. It turned out that mac (we are talking about just the computers here) is actually in the lower end of the middle pricerange when you look at performance. The expensive feeling comes from the fact that Apple isn't making a low performance budget computer, but it's quality hardware. Quality hardware from other brands isn't cheap either.
(ID #391833) Posted on 2008/11/30 08:03
Software Developer / Programmer
Seconded! You can buy a PC for cheaper, but dont expect it to last that long. A close friend of mine bought an ultra budget pc, decent specs, but really cheap parts. Over the past year, he has had to return just about ever part imaginable. Everything from mobo to hdd to psu has died, and needed replacement. I bought a PC with high quality parts, cost me about the same as an IMac, and I havent had any hardware failure or data corruption in over a year. Though, MS OS are getting stupidly expensive these days!
(ID #396222) Posted on 2008/12/03 01:54
Software Developer / Programmer
Whoops, meant to say, that I would love a Mac, all the ones I have worked on have been superb, but I had to buy PC for work reasons, we develop on Windows platform.
(ID #396225) Posted on 2008/12/03 01:56
sorry to hear about the state of matters you're in. as the Chinese like to say, "there's always a mountain higher than this one you see in front of you" and it kinda can be applied here. i'm unemployed, about to propose and job prospects in the banking line aren't great where i stand but still, i'm happy to be alive, having a loving family and gf and able to visit DC.com everything. that's gotta count for something. so chin up soulfringe, we're both bummers but it doesn't mean we'll stay that way forever by choice. interesting goal regarding JET actually. i was of the opinion that i'm probably too far beyond it because of age as well as the desire to settle down into a career and a family soon but you go for it mate! as for mac.... well, definitely interested to try it but cost is very prohibitive. coming from an engineering background mindset, i don't see the need to spend so much when i can achieve the same with less. but still, would give it a go some day when i have too much $$$ on hand without someplace to spend. (not sure when's that gonna be) btw Danny-san, disappointing to hear about such a biased article published by a Singapore paper. did you attempt to rebuke them by writing a response to correct their points of interpretation? you really should because they're putting your image across wrongly. Straits Time, particularly, has been rather crap of late because their editors/publishers are mud-slinging with a rival publisher so i'm none too surprised in the drop of their editorial comment but such a badly-worded article makes me puke my guts. GRRRR!!!
(ID #391544) Posted on 2008/11/30 01:14
Troubleshooter, Universal Exports
No doubt you have lots of good memories of your grandpa to make you smile for many years to come. Best of luck with the linguistics. I had an basic level class in it this term and found it to be very difficult. I think that had something to do with the professor as well...
(ID #391741) Posted on 2008/11/30 04:26
I'm sorry to hear how your situation in life is right now. It reminds me of myself when my grandma died. She was perfectly healthy but got ill and died 3 months later. This was the first person I knew who died so even though I was 20 at the time, it took me by surprise what it was like. I didn't feel like doing anything so I stopped showing up at uni and just sad in front of the computer all day. My mom didn't want that so she wanted me to see a counselor or priest and talk about death so I could move on. Somehow I thought that was not right to me so I didn't do anything. Then she just wanted me to go see people or at least go outside so she more or less forced me to go visit the local vintage railroad. I learned that it was actually possible to try my luck as a fireman (I wrote about this a few days ago in the left/right hand thing) and somehow it didn't really matter that I couldn't handle the heat. I experienced something I was really good at and I had talked to "real men" so the depression was all over. I started at uni again and started to get higher grades than ever before (like getting max grade in math). This year is a valid candidate for being the most important year in my life. It's likely that no future years will have such an influence on the rest of my life. I would like to say that just copying this concept to you would make life a whole lot easier for you. However I'm pretty sure it's not that simple. I would really like to give you some advice but I feel like I can't do that without knowing you personally, which sadly, I don't :( I do know one thing. Just sitting and waiting for something to happen is no good because then nothing will happen and you will stay depressed forever. I think you will need to figure out some way of moving on. Do something you want to do. Maybe you don't know what you want to do, but try to figure it out. I don't think joining anime clubs or other otaku related activites are the right for you right now. I think you need to get something real to do. Get a nice job (easier said than done, I know) or do volenteer work. I think the important thing is that you have to have something to do and that it actually matters what you do. I think that's the best advice I can give you without knowing you.
(ID #391832) Posted on 2008/11/30 07:56
Nice article. I wish I knew how to read enough Japanese to understand the content. .. I'm getting there. hehe. I have a subscription to a technology magazine, WIRED. While the contents are mostly online, magazines are handy at other times: eating, on transportation, internet died. I'm just wondering how much are these kinds of magazines in Japan? Since I'm in Canada, my subscription was marked-up 4x ($10 vs $40) compared to the price for American subscribers.
(ID #391342) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:46
Around 800 yen-ish.
(ID #391348) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:55
Policy & Research Officer
Oh wow another magazine feature. How many features on magazine do you have to date? Too bad the interview by Strait Times didn't go well for you. I never read them because their reporting are not accurate anyway. I always prefer to read multiple online news sources so I can get a better overview and get my facts right.
(ID #391345) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:53
A list of all magazine/tv appearances here > http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/ ^^;
(ID #391347) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:55
Due to the more competitive nature of newspapers today (who reads them anymore?), more reporters are taking the easy road and writing sensationalist poo. I only read news articles from a few old school reporters. Those who still believe in news ethics. Keep it up Danny! As you said, no point in worrying about haters
(ID #391778) Posted on 2008/11/30 05:48
I read newspapers. I like to keep me informed and the TV news can really suck. I read one that is actually competing on quality of articles rather than adding sensationalist poo. Looks like enough people want that to make a whole newspaper live :)
(ID #391834) Posted on 2008/11/30 08:07
Congradulations on another feature Danny! Will go out and take a look for the magazine tomorrow to get a good read... maybe it'll drag me into trying a mac one day... :P
(ID #391346) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:54
Looks like a great article on yourself, when my Japanese is more advanced i'll certainly come back and read it :D I used to buy PC mags many years ago but stopped. Since i got my Mac i haven't got a single mag relating to it, but after reading this article i think it may be worth going out and seeing whats on offer.
(ID #391349) Posted on 2008/11/29 21:55
Meimi132 in Leicester of Leicestershire of England of Europe of THE WORLD!!(in Canada) (登録日: 2007/12/04 05:05)
(University)Student
That looks like a cool review. Wish I could read it... one day.... one day.... Sucks that the newspaper was mean..... bath-stuards....
(ID #391353) Posted on 2008/11/29 22:01
Student, Slave to the Education System ~(For Video Reviews of Figures and more, click 'Actar's Reviews ' on my Blog Roll)
Yup. I hate the papers as well. Press freedom is way, way, low. But anyways, back to the topic at hand. I'm thinking about switching to a Mac in about a year or so. Can anyone advise me? Is this a wise decision?
(ID #391370) Posted on 2008/11/29 22:25
time to take a trip down to the local bookstore and browse. ^^
(ID #391375) Posted on 2008/11/29 22:32
Nice censoring of your oppai mousepad Danny ^^; Sorry to hear what the Singapore ST did to u... now I will never think of working at Singapore media ever again... :P
(ID #391378) Posted on 2008/11/29 22:33
Just don't hate Singapore for what the paper wrote about you. Cheers :D
(ID #391379) Posted on 2008/11/29 22:36
ColdFusion Developer
Although I have a mac myself, I haven't actually used it in my line of work. Although CF is used on both Windows and Linux, its more Linux focused from the projects I have seen so far. Also a lot of tools I use in Windows aren't available for Mac, or I haven't found them yet, so for the time being my mac remains my music and web browsing machine at work. Very awesome how you got featured in Mac Fan magazine, what else is coming up?
(ID #391380) Posted on 2008/11/29 22:37
Student - CCNA
Bah, newspapers nowadays rarely has 'news' in it anymore - regardless of country i'm not a fan or user Mac systems yet, but slowly warming up to it. But one word: VMWare
(ID #391383) Posted on 2008/11/29 22:41
Actually Parallels used to be faster and more compatiple than VMWare, but then VMWare added 3D and stuff. Now Parallels released a new version containing DirectX 9 support so now I don't know which one is best. I can only recommend a free trial of both and test your favorite software if you want windows on Apple hardware. Bootcamp (dualboot) is easy to set up and use too and it just works 100% (full 3D support and so on).
(ID #391836) Posted on 2008/11/30 08:12
Student, Newbie Blogger, Aspiring Writer
Danny is getting famous every day! ^_^ I loved the oppai covers, nyahaha!
(ID #391386) Posted on 2008/11/29 22:46
former Emperor of Britannia
Since i'm a comsci student and dig tech stuff so ever so often i tend to pick up tech mags. Although here in the philippines. Local computer magazines that reviews tech stuff are rare. Currently reading Hardware Mag (local PCMag). But for mac related items.. None except the net X_X So Danny, Mirai Gaia is like a booster to a website to gain huge and valid traffic if i'm not mistaken. (But i have a hunch that i don't quite get it right) Talk about awesome workz you did on Mirai Gaia XD You're insipiring me more to pursue the net and visual arts world with your achievements.
(ID #391390) Posted on 2008/11/29 22:52
Schoolkid
Congrats! ^_^ As for PC/Mac mags... occasionally, but not really regularly.
(ID #391400) Posted on 2008/11/29 22:59
Student, part-time Haruhi wannabe (that bit about godhood etc)
Whoa- a four page article? That's something to brag about- congrats^^ As for the Straits Times article, here's some consolation: most people here (both sides of the straits) have learned not to take our newspapers seriously. Especially when they're govt linked=.=
(ID #391406) Posted on 2008/11/29 23:07
Maybe I'll get a Mac when i start to work. I heard that people can't play games on Mac.. True? And also, I thought it'd be troublesome to look for Mac version of applications.. This is probably why I'm still a Windows user. Correct me if I'm wrong. Lead me to the path of Mac LOL.
(ID #391411) Posted on 2008/11/29 23:10
1st year Civil Engineering Student
Boot camp is the way to go if you wanna play Windows games on a Mac. If only Windows had a similar boot camp to allow us to install a Mac OSX...
(ID #391416) Posted on 2008/11/29 23:12
Boot camp is awesome. I never encountered driver problems when I used the drivers provided from the boot camp installer. I always encountered something bad with windows drivers on all other systems, but not with bootcamp :) Now I'm going to crush a popular myth and tell that it's actually possible to get games for OSX. The unix core makes it fairly simple to port linux games to OSX (I know, I tried with good results) which means access to a lot of open source games. It's not the ones in the stores, but still good ones and they are legally free. Also Apple made a piece of software called Cider. Basically it takes an application compiled for windows and and fools it to think it's running on windows while it's actually running on OSX (this only works on intel processors). If you see a game that only works on intel OSX, then this is likely the reason. End users will not see this but game companies started to use this since they can make windows games work on mac in no time. Sadly they haven't made as many games available for mac as expected but that might chance. :) Also virtulization and boot camp will always be valid gaming solutions.
(ID #391842) Posted on 2008/11/30 08:23
1st year Civil Engineering Student
Sad to hear about the Straits Times incident... hope that doesn't deter you from coming back to this part of the world! ^^ As for PC mags, PC hardware mags are what I usually pick up, just to keep myself updated with this fast moving PC hardware world.
(ID #391412) Posted on 2008/11/29 23:10
I've read the article on the Straits times (it was on the Urban section) and i certainly felt that they were putting their own words and feelings in danny's mouth. This is an example of what happens when they get a writer who hasn't done his homework to write an article, as well as an Editor who is clumsy/ inexperienced enough to overlook the fact that private details were published. Though im neither an advocate nor hater of the Singaporean news industry, this was definitely a slip up and i hope the DC community can understand that and not generalize about the Singaporean media industry. I also hope Danny doesnt end up hating Singapore and decides never to come back here again D:
(ID #391425) Posted on 2008/11/29 23:17
And out of all day to miss a newspaper, i have to choose today... How bad is that article?? And i used to think that Strait Times is the most reliable in Singapore... how disappointing. It's the paper for today (November 29th), right? Of course i stand on Danny's side, but i just curious on how far did they go with their article.. My father was once victim of defamation by a newspaper too... and not only in 1 article, it was for 2-3 months!! Not by all paper (means my dad is innocent), just that one stinking paper... their reason, they just want my dad to inject them with money to shut them up... They had the gall to actually come to my dad and ask that on his face, which of course my dad replied by kicking them out of his office... So yeah, Danny, i feel for you... Should we file a complaint? not to Strait Times of course... they'll just ignore us, We send a mail to another Singaporean Newspaper, explaining the situation and what Strait Times had done... Competitor newspaper would usually jump at the chance to flame others in the same business. Any Singaporean would like to give a hand on writing these mails?? If we write lot enough, i think it would be noticed..
(ID #391461) Posted on 2008/11/29 23:50
the problem is.... the strait times is the only mainstream media... which explains why they can get away with stuff like this...
(ID #391531) Posted on 2008/11/30 00:57
The article it appeared a few days ago. It certainly wasnt as bad as the defamation your father recieved (sorry to hear how they can be so ruthless), but it certainly seemed to, as danny said, insinuate many things that weren't true or wasnt said from danny himself.
(ID #392276) Posted on 2008/11/30 13:56
Dyslexic Social Studies student, struggling gundam modeler and gamer
Nice work Danny! All of your efforts are paying off now. Once again you have inspired me to work harder and go on with my studies! "Moeru-ze!!!" Goes off to resuming work on his thesis....
(ID #391426) Posted on 2008/11/29 23:18
燃えてください！
(ID #391436) Posted on 2008/11/29 23:24
Dyslexic Social Studies student, struggling gundam modeler and gamer
I'm sorry Danny, our PC can't read Japanese ^^:
(ID #391443) Posted on 2008/11/29 23:33
OT: whats the first kanji? (sorry, i can only read the hiragana and katakana yet)
(ID #391699) Posted on 2008/11/30 03:24
i think it means "moe-te-kudasai", ie, keep that passion burning please.
(ID #392017) Posted on 2008/11/30 11:08
Sexy School Boy (College)
Can also mean "go on ahead and get turned on." Even though Moe is part of "burning", it is also a slang adjective in itself.
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