Last January, the GeekStuff team decided to get the ball rolling on an eventual complete reboot of the website and services of GeekStuff4U. As part of that effort, two employees started a specialized community communications department – feature posts here on the blog, research into the social and community aspects of the Japan-fan demographic worldwide, [...]
Read more...Ben Mar 25, 2011 No Comments
The GeekStuff4U global dungeon headquarters/dollhouse happens to be located in Omori, Tokyo. What also happens to be located here is , one of Tokyo’s best fried chicken joint. Some people literally travel miles to get some food there. We just need to go downstairs… The place is run by a few old ladies who mastered [...]
Read more...Ben Mar 16, 2011 3 Comments
We received a whole lot of mail from people worrying about us and their orders so I decided to summarize everything here: First of all, thank you very much for your concern, everyone is safe here at GeekStuff4u. Tokyo was mostly spared by the disaster so no worries there. We had to relocate temporarily, because [...]
Read more...When we had a soft but long earthquake last Wednesday, we joked about it on Facebook – “I don’t know the rest of the team’s whereabouts” – but this time it’s something a little less to laugh about. Most of us were working at our desks at 2:46 (and I was eating my lunch at [...]
Read more...Terry Mar 8, 2011 No Comments
Today, March 8, is the 76th death anniversary of the famous Japanese dog, Hachiko.
Read more...Ben Feb 15, 2011 No Comments
We were at CP+ last week and despite what it looks like, we weren’t there just to check out the girls. While wandering around, scouting for new products for the store, we also had the time to go over a few non-work related goodies. The X5 piqued our interest because Terry and I both own [...]
Read more...Ben Feb 14, 2011 No Comments
In Japan one is defined not by his actions, but by his business card. Called “Meishi” (名刺) in Japanese, they are a fundamental part of social and professional interaction in Japan. They can replace a press card or possibly even your ID (I have yet to try that out) in almost any situation. With the [...]
Read more...The GeekStuff4U office got this year’s Yellow Pages in our mailbox last week – the mailbox was about to fall off its wall mount from the weight. The book is a millimeter shy of 3cm (1.18in) thick, and has 448 pages from cover to cover, including all the advertisements that make the tomes free for [...]
Read more...Ben Feb 11, 2011 4 Comments
CP+ is the kind of event that encourages people to become photographers, mainly because the more of us there is, the more clients there are for the exhibitors there. So we had the opportunity to test our and their cameras on various subjects, among which, of course, were the traditional lightly dressed models representing each [...]
Read more...Starting on Wednesday, February 9th and ending halfway through the three-day weekend is CP+,a convention for camera and photography nerds at Pacifico Yokohama in Minatomirai – the same venue as the Electronic Design Faire, incidentally. We got to sneak in with press credentials during the exclusive media-and-invited-guests block in the morning of the first day, [...]
Read more...Terry Feb 4, 2011 2 Comments
The 71st Tokyo International Gift Show happened this week at Tokyo Big Sight in Ariake, Tokyo. 200K buyers and other visitors from all over the world came to see over 2400 companies filling all ten convention halls at the expo center. We went to the event to see all the amazing gifts that gift manufacturers [...]
Read more...Terry Feb 3, 2011 No Comments
The GeekStuff staff are closet geeks and nerds, but we’re also all – albeit very secretly – very romantic at heart. So when we realized that Valentine’s Day is coming up, we decided to put some of our hopelessly cute heart-shaped products on sale at a 20% discount for your enjoyment! Head on over to [...]
Read more...If you like unconventional yet ergonomic keyboards, know that the Luxeed U5 is on sale at the store for a limited time! We got you a 50% discount, which means you will need to go to Korea yourself to find a better price on this one, and then again you might have to threaten the [...]
Read more...While it’s true that we were in Yokohama mostly for the free boat ride, we also had the time to check the EDSF that took place nearby. Well, to be perfectly honest, we were kind of invited; so Terry and I decided that we had to go and take a glance at the future of [...]
Read more...Terry Jan 27, 2011 4 Comments
Get off the station at Sakuragicho on the Keihin Tohoku line in northeastern Yokohama, and one of the first things you notice is a mass of vertical orange masts nestled cozily in the famous landmarks that make up the cityscape of Minatomirai. The Nippon-Maru, a 2,278-tonne 4-masted training vessel nicknamed The Pacific Swan, traveled 1.14 [...]
Read more...You know how so many shows have great pilots but turn out to be a disappointment come the second episode, well this is exactly what’s happening! The fact is, Mathieu and Shinpei are fine gourmets who enjoy refined cuisine, while Terry and I are junk food lovers to whom the quality of a meal is [...]
Read more...Today, it is often true that before making a purchase, one always wonders how safe it is. Especially when it comes to ordering on specialized sites like GeekStuff4U, and located very far from home. Because, like you, we are also web customers and we like to receive our packages in excellent condition,we strive every day [...]
Read more...Mathieu Dec 15, 2010 One Comment
Honestly this item is so japanese. And that may be the reason we love it so much. This a warming blanket powered by your common car cigarette lighter receptacle (24V). There are almost 3 french guys in our team and we’ve heard from them that last week, snow was terrible around Paris. People were sleeping [...]
Read more...Kei Dec 14, 2010 No Comments
Omori is a business place not far from Shinagawa. Today before going to lunch we decided to shoot some pictures of the place where we are working. This is a spot mainly known for being the home to the headquarters of the automotive company Isuzu. Actually there’s nothing really special about this neighborhood apart from [...]
Read more...Mathieu Dec 14, 2010 3 Comments
Here’s the idea: we’ll try to share some pictures of our everyday lunch with you folks so that you can have a look at the usual/typical GS4U rest time. Maybe once a week, we’ll see. Oh and, note to myself, I’ll have to take some pictures of all the strange food Kei’s eating all day [...]
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