WordCamp Seoul 2012 Report

Last Saturday, I attended WordCamp Seoul 2012 in South Korea. Recently Matt was featured in a business section article on their major newspaper and I ‘ve been coordinating Korean translation of WordPress.com in the past few month. I had been talking with Chris (@longtag), the event organizer, on Skype for a while and had learned that he came to WordCamp Tokyo 2009. That also made me want to visit their event in return.

WordCamp Seoul 2012 Banner

WordCamp Seoul 2012 banner at the venue

Though my trip was short, I got to meet many Korean WordPress users and enjoyed it a lot. Here’s a quick report on the event day: Continue reading

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Handpresso @ Shimokitazawa Open Source Cafe

Yesterday at Shimokitazawa Open Source Cafe, there was a new gadget in house… Handpresso Outdoor Espresso Kit! As the name indicates, it’s a handy espresso machine that operates without any electricity or heating device. You’ll need some hot water but the kit includes a thermos bottle so you can take the whole thing out for a picnic and other non-traditional locations to brew your own shot.

Handpresso Outdoor Set

Handpresso Outdoor Espresso Kit

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Tokyo Sky Tree: Soramachi Pre-Opening Night

The  ”New Tokyo Tower”, Tokyo Skytree will be opening tomorrow today (May 22nd JST). It’s the tallest tower in the world now, standing at 634 metres (2,080 ft) high.

I went to the pre-opening party at the neighboring Tokyo Soramachi mall and had a quick look around. Although I didn’t get to go into the tower it was great to visit the new structures on a day before the opening day.

Tokyo Soramachi on the left, and the Skytree on the right.

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Annular Eclipse 2012 in Tokyo

I got to experience the annular eclipse this morning and it was amazing.

Annular Eclipse 2012, Tokyo

Taken at 7:33:05 a.m.

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