Enjoyed this trailer just because of the tune. (Yeah, the aspect ratio of the embed is wrong. Get the HD version from here)
The official, but unpublished YAPC::Asia ending movie is here. We planned to play this at the closing ceremony but we couldn't because of Takesako-san's hard drive trouble.
Japanese PM wants to enable DST, starting as soon as 2009.
I personally like Daylight Saving Time (I know most people hate it!) because it's great that it's still sunny when you leave your office.
But I'm sure it doesn't work that way in Japan, because they usually work from 9am to 10pm. It doesn't matter if your clock goes 1 hour earlier in that situation.
All you get with the daylight saving time is that you'll be in the office more hours under the sun, which means more air conditioning is necessary. Hence more energy consumption. Obvious.
In addition, that'll make the whole software industory in panic.Most software in Japan just assume that the UTC offset is +9, probably hard-coded. So, I'd say bury the idea.
This time with the great night view in Hakodate. Original photo is on Flickr.
Was a bit cold (but not too cold) and had awesome 3 days with full of beer, sushi, ramen, crab, hotspring, soft ice cream, great night view and historical buildings. I really enjoyed it! The full set of photos are available on Flickr.
