Herro Flom Japan

Maybe there are better places to put your photos online, but Flickr has always worked for me so I've stuck with it.

Yahoo bought Flickr a year or two ago and has been weaving its tentacles through it ever since. A recently added feature is the ability to put your photos on a Yahoo Map, like this. Nearby photos taken by other users will also be displayed. If not, zoom out a bit.

The developers did the best with what they had to work with, but Yahoo's coverage of Japan pales in comparison to Google's. You can't zoom in far enough to place a photo exactly to the inch where it was taken, and well, in this day and age, that simply won't do.

1. Use Firefox.
2. Install Greasemonkey.
3. Restart
4. Install the Greasemonkey script "Google Maps in Flickr" (GMiF)
5. Marvel at the new link above a photo on its Flickr page that will open a Google map right then and there so you can geotag the photo the way God wants you to.

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…anyone want a Mixi account? I'll send you an invite.

I don't plan on using Mixi any more than I use MySpace. I just didn't feel complete without an account.

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Originally uploaded by TokyoNowadays.

I've been meaning to mention how there always seems to be a line for buying donuts at the Krispy Kreme store outside of Shinjuku station. I wonder if they're as sickingly sugary sweet as in the US. (My taste buds aren't what they used to be.)

Bloggin' at you from the Yahoo Flickr widget…

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I met with Kana (I's CUBE's manager) yesterday at a Starbuck's in Hiroo. I brought my laptop intending to show her music.podshow.com and hopefully convince her to upload some tracks to it. But Starbucks here don't have wireless access (campers aren't profitable) and I couldn't siphon off enough bandwidth from an nearby unsecured access point. One of these days I'm going to have to buy myself a card with an external antenna jack that I can plug into a Pringle's can.

We talked about the legal issues that come with playing and recording music. She's far more familiar with the details than most artists are about their own music and warned me to be very careful. On of the things I want to do is help indy artists sell their music online, either by setting up a Zen Cart store or by helping them take advantage of iTunes, CD Baby, etc. by helping them getting set up with TuneCore. The question for me right now is, how do I find the time? I barely have enough time to even blog.

She also sent me a song from I's CUBE that I'll play on my next podcast–the one I recorded last night but need to edit.

Kana is someone I feel lucky to know. Her drive to achieve her goals is greater than her sense of fear–something I'm working on, so it's good to have a role model. She president of her own record label to promote the bands she loves the most. This is no small feat, considering that the music industry is rife with organized crime and profits are small unless you have a runaway hit. But I have a strong feeling that she has what it takes to be successful. I doubt she's the kind of person who looks at herself in the mirror every morning and repeats affirmation mantras. She seems to just naturally have confidence. (For the record, I force myself to fake it, kicking and screaming all the way.)

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