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    Don’t Be Evil

    This is an interesting read: Scraping and ad-stripping Google’s results I liken it to a brave little ant picking a fight with an elephant. You applaud the little guy’s tenacity,…

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    “This is Method.”

    So you expect us to believe that a man used to get mistaken for O.D.B. all the time and didn’t fully take advantage of it? Seriously, if tricking “drunken admirers…

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    Woeful Branding

    Recent tragedy aside, “Typhoon” is just a horribly unimaginative name for an (albeit yuppified and second-rate) rice rocket. “The new wave of bold style,” indeed. (Note: I’d like to suggest…

  • Exploits

    Report: Beasties @ Osaka-jo Hall

    The concert staff on Thursday were absolutely Gestapo about the “no recording” policy and screened for cameras, etc. at the door; they wouldn’t let people use their cellphones inside the…

  • Chillin'

    What’s the time?

    Done with work. Called T and confirmed he got the tickets. Adam and Nam are eating pizza. Getting ready to go to Osaka-jo hall, and it’s definitely time to get…

  • Chillin'

    Tamago no wiener yaki

    The JP equivalent of a midnight Grand Slam. This gross monstrosity was served up at a local izakaya last weekend, and I was drunk enough to eat it. I don’t…

  • Exploits

    I’m screwed

    A very attractive…GIRLFRIEND I have. An attractive friend of the female persuasion is staying over as well. My girlfriend is reading as I write this over my shoulder. Fucking please,…

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    Buddhist HIV Awareness Campaign

    “Buddhist monks in Lao PDR have developed a series of posters aimed at spreading love and compassion for people living with HIV and AIDS, while addressing the stigma and discrimination…