Happy Halloween, everyone, from Japan, which is 16 hours ahead of California (which is why my updates may always seem a day ahead if you’re in the States). There is understandably not much Halloween spirit around here, being as we are in a country that doesn’t care about Halloween. I was watching late-night Japanese TV with my wife last night, and a model named Hayami Yu was on TV making pumpkin pudding in commemoration of the American event. She mentioned that it was originally a day when spirits of the dead return home, and said that it was similar to the Japanese Obon holiday — which caused my wife to nod our heads, as we had not thought of the two as being similar at all.
Some nice new items for you tonight on the magazines page. The new JoMag and Momo Creams are in, and they look very spiffing. Also, some new items have popped up on the videos pages (5) and elsewhere on the magazines/shashinshu pages. I see that I had the wrong picture for one of the Final Fantasy action figures on the anime page — this error has been corrected, if you’re interested in these toys.
I have closed the calendar orders because our distributor told us that the end of October would be the end of orders. If you’re still interested in seeing some of our great calendars, don’t worry — we bought some extras, many of which are on the calendars page right now, as “b” calendars. These are in stock now and can be sent off right away, so let me know if you want one of then. I have updated the calendars example page with pictures of Akira Fubuki and others, since, well, they looked good.
I have updated my Newton Pre-Buyers’ Guide again with some more screenshots of the Newton’s web browser, and more. You can find a lot of information about the Newton portable computers at my site, so drop by if you have time. Thanks.
Well, that’s all for now. Until next month, I’ll see you later.
