http://www.metafilter.com/tags/matthewperry Posts tagged with 'matthewperry' at MetaFilter. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:07:03 -0800 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:07:03 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/74310/Sienfeld%2Dwants%2Dyou%2Dto%2Dbuy%2DVista%2DShatner%2Dwants%2Dyou%2Dto%2Dbuy%2Da%2DVic%2D20 <a href="http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/08/21/seinfeld-and-celebrity-computer-endorsements/">Celebrity computer endorsements throughout the ages.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.74310 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:07:03 -0800 advertising adverts apple BillCosby celebrity commodore computers endosement GeorgePlimpton HP Intel Intellivision JenniferAniston jerryseinfeld JohnCleese mac marketing MatthewPerry microsoft NASA seinfeld TI-99-4A TomBaker vic20 vista williamshatner windows Artw http://www.metafilter.com/62648/The%2DLife%2Dof%2DOtokichi The <a href="http://www.jmottoson.com/Otokichi-Story.htm">true story of Yamamoto Otokichi </a>(or John Matthew Ottoson, a transliteration of "Oto-san"): a Japanese seaman who in 1832 got caught in a storm off the coast of Japan and ended up floating all the way across the Pacific, becoming the first Japanese (documented, at least) in North America. And that's only the introduction to his story. To get back to Japan he traveled around the world, setting many firsts for a Japanese native, and played a part as the inspiration for <a href="http://historywired.si.edu/enlarge.cfm?ID=547&ShowEnlargement=2">Commodore </a><a href="http://www.history.navy.mil/library/special/perry_openjapan1.htm ">Matthew Perry </a>and his <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027j/black_ships_and_samurai/vis_blackships_west.html">"Black Ships."</a> Although barely a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_C._Perry#The_Opening_of_Japan:_1852-1854">footnote</a> in history, in 2005 half of his ashes were <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Cemetery_Park#Otokichi_-_First_Japanese_resident_of_Singapore">brought back to Japan </a>to rest in home soil. </> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.62648 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:17:51 -0800 blackships japan japanese matthewperry otokichi ottoson switchsonic