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An open letter to the Japanese government
Let’s make a deal (Let’s Dealing!): I will concede to the popular belief that the shadows on the moon look like a rabbit pounding mochi as long as you wait…
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Shades of Cryptonomicon
“HavenCo Limited is exploiting a unique opportunity to set up the world’s first real data haven. The initial showcase datacenter is the Principality of Sealand, the world’s smallest sovereign territory.…
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Mediterrasse
(click to enlarge) A new love hotel shopping center (see comments) being put up in Kobe. I love my new camera.
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Times change…
From August, 1981: The story behind this ad can be found here. And as for the present day: Nihau, Lenovo.
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Fantasy E-mail Functions: Auto-Append
Description: This feature automatically appends the phrase “, you fucking idiot(s)” to every sentence you write. This feature is toggled ON by scowling or narrowing of eyes (as interpreted by…
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Losers, one and all
Now I got these losers posting spam for free iPods on my blog by hand. SarahAnderson@yahoo.com, you are a simple bitch. UPDATE: My blacklist let out a foul belch when…
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Fly on Flower
I hate flies, but this one was cooperative. Taken on a nature trail at the Awaji Highway Oasis last Sunday.
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Rules is rules…
From the Bangkok Post: An ancient Thai marriage rite in which wives prostrate before their husbands should be revived to bring back the disappearing happy family, Social Development and Human…
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Random Japanese Graffiti
Found this in Kobe between a stairwell and a hidden shotengai a couple weeks ago. The artwork is reminiscent of gishigishikun (an ultraviolent schoolboy manga) for some reason… Maybe that…
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Snow Crash the Movie
It seems like the rumors about a movie version of Snow Crash from a few years back have basically disappeared. If so, good. I have zero faith in Hollywood being…
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Feel Good, Inc.
The Gorillaz, live at the MTV Europe Music awards: LINK Plus, a background article on how it was done. (via mofi)
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Stephenson as Prophet
I just figured out why I loved Google Earth so much from the very first time I tried it. The concept and the interface were already planted in my brain:…
