Taken on a third-class ultrasound machine in a first-rate clinic out in the countryside of a third-world country
The Yoshida name lives on!
Month: January 2008
Nick Denton is the Man
For publishing the best Tom Cruise movie since Top Gun.
Only one question: What’s that bubble-popping noise at 1:49? Ah, maybe it was just my mind exploding.
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*One of my proudest accomplishments ever was introducing Nick to masamania when he came to Japan a few years back and asked for a few good links.
Cows in My New Backyard
Well, more of the empty lot next door than our backyard, but hey, the important thing here is the cows, right?
If you’ve stuck around this blog since I made my move to Maha Sarakham, Thailand, you know that I’m somewhat obsessed with the flora and fauna surrounding me (whether I end up eating it or not), and I hope for the Cows in My Backyard series to become something of a time-honored tradition. So far, it’s only been a year or so. Here’s to more cows, and maybe even more backyards in the future.
Ocarina Otaku
saiko ja!
Imploded Teddies
This is one of the coolest ideas I’ve seen in a while:
“Bears, is a series of portraits of the most unusual sort: ordinary teddy bears that have been turned inside out and restuffed. Each animal’s appearance is determined by the necessities of the manufacturing process…”
Hisashiburi Guitar Vid
Look how many views this vid has now!
The Origins of Kaiten-zushi (Conveyor Belt Sushi)
Envisioned in 1933: Mechanical grocery store walks around the customer
Substitute raw fish and vinegared rice for the “groceries,” lose the wrapping option (mawarizushi is one of the few things the Japanese don’t wrap), and add self-pouring draft beer vending machines, and then you’ve got a recipe for a winner (that sounds a lot like Kura Zushi near KIX, but I digress)
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Hot coffee, comrade!
Holy crap, does this real life GTA show in Russia sound like fun or what?
I would totally kick ass at this.
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Pumpkin Top Security
I love companies that don’t take themselves too seriously; especially ones that should. Then again, maybe the Pumpkins are old money aristocrat types convinced that their family crest strikes fear in the hearts of would be wrongdoers (fuck thee not with the PUMPKINS, knave!).
Walt Whitman Freed the Slaves
Adam sent me this a while back. Click to open the full size page in a pop-up window.
