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I still prefer Mirai Suenaga.

http://www.dannychoo.com/en/po...

Kawaii ^_^

When I first got a Playstation Vita (What? Why is everyone laughing?), I had a USB battery to charge it on the go - but it wouldn't work! Of course, Sony said that it would only charge from their own Vita power bricks, but that was obviously just PR - it was just a USB A connector on the business end, after all. After some investigating, I found out that the Vita checks for shorted data pins, and if it doesn't find them, it won't charge (unless it's connected to a PS3 or computer.) Other products use different methods, such as sets of resistors to put a certain constant voltage on the data pins; said voltage varies according to how much current the adapter can safely provide. Apple is a big one for this method. The solution I went with involved getting some USB swivel adapters, cutting open the female sides, and soldering the data pins together. This tricked the Vita into thinking it was connected to its own power brick, so it drew the full 1.5A from any USB source. This could be dangerous, if you have it on a cheap charger that can't safely provide that much. Since then, I've used these devices for charging other things that use the same method of identifying fast chargers, and even for data safeguarding, as this article suggests. If you don't want to do the work yourself, such things can easily be purchased (they weren't as prevalent at the time). -- As several other people have said, I'm curious what all the intermediate stuff in this USB Condom is for. Perhaps it's to do with negotiating higher power draw from host devices, and making your device think it can pull however much it wants, for safe, fast charging? -- Sources: http://www.dannychoo.com/en/post/26419/PS+Vita+USB+Mod.html http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007Y3L5RI

Heh, you should see a Japanese person waiting at a non-japanese train station for the first time.

They start getting anxious when it's 2 minutes and no train has showed up yet...

Related links:
http://www.japanechoweb.jp/economy/jew0210
http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/25405/Tokyo+Train+Timetable.html

Japan seems to be a really different country from the rest of the world.

Joke: when the Japanese went to watch football in a football stadium, the stadium ended up cleaner when they were done... :).

... if you've ever read Danny Choo. ( example )

Not robust enough? I think the people running this server farm might disagree.

http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/13019/Mac+Mini+Server+Farm.html

Sure, it may not be the right thing to rack-mount en mass

Tell that to these guys. Apple has been experimenting with the server potential of the Mini for quite some time now.

I do have to say that Danny Choo's photos from when the Japanese Telco did the install at his house better demonstrates just how packed the telephone poles are.

I like "wax ones dolphin" better:
http://www.dannychoo.com/adp/eng/1412/Flip+Hole.html

Take a look at this cross-section of one of the more complex models.

(warning deep linked image from a site which contains NSFW material)