Category: Web

Seriously awesome.
You can find his earlier work on the same site, on this page.

They are retarded:
Korean Air bans in-flight use of Dell, Apple laptop computers over battery problem
Never mind that only certain models were affected, or that many people have already traded in their recalled batteries… That’s a deciding factor when buying tickets, bitches! (and not only because most of your seats don’t have an in-seat power supply system) Tasty in-flight bibimbap aside, KAL is now dead to me.
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In other news today, Korean Air (NASDAQ: KAL) is buying out a major Korean notebook PC manufacturer…

There comes a time to take a stand and tell people to fuck off: Wikipedia defies China’s censors
The fact of the matter is that Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft are either pussies or sellouts (or most likely, both!) with regard to China, and anyone trying to make it sound like they had no choice is obscuring the issue – there was a definite choice. It was between increased profits or morals, and those companies have made it clear which they place more value on. Well, fuck them – they have made their own beds.

Bravo, Wikipedia!

Oh, Tamade. To think we gave up the thrill of your streets for this retirement commune on Awaji…
Every Osaka lover owes it to him/herself to go visit the police stations around Nishinari/Sumiyoshi. I shit you not, the buildings are barricaded against attack from the outside. The area around the Sumiyoshi police station, especially, is what I imagine Japan looked like right after the war, complete with streets filled with mangy dogs, scary vagrants, and rusty piles of junk. OK, maybe the strays are a bit inauthentic (read: “four-legged protein source,” if they had even lasted that long, or even existed in the first place for that matter) for post-war Japan, but you get the picture.

Does Luc Besson read my blog?
A year ago: Luc Besson is a fucking sellout
Today: Luc Besson says he’s finished with filmmaking
Wow, that worked out pretty well! Luc will stop churning out turds for money, and I’ll stop calling him names! Next up: Lucas. George Lucas.
You will pay for Jar Jar, Georgie! YOU WILL PAY!

Here’s my nomination for Best New USB Peripheral, 2006:

USB Atataka Surippa (warmed slippers)
Other great products I found on that site:

• Vaccum tube Amplifier for iPod
• Spydisk SD/MMC Card Reader
• Morse Code Drive (which has nothing to do with morse code; it seems to be just a keypad enabled security system for USB drives)
• USB Ass-cooling cushion
• Foot pedal-type stealth switch (AKA “boss switch” used to quickly change from a game/pr0n/non work-related screen to a spreadsheet, etc. instantly)

A couple people have asked for Wordtank buying advice the past couple months. Here’s a handy link I just stumbled upon:
Compare Canon Wordtank Models
I’m thinking of picking up this one before I go to Thailand. There are certain instances when I’d take a Wordtank instead of a laptop, especially in situations when I didn’t have a net connection. Sounds like those situations will increase in frequency in Thailand, since I basically have a broadband implant here in J-land.

Bullshitr – The Web 2.0 Bullshit Generator
Weeeee gotawinner!

This post over at f*ckedgaijin reminded me that I hadn’t posted about Guy Gabaldon yet. You really should read that last link, some of his exploits were seriously amazing. My mom sent an e-mail informing us of his passing which I quote below:

“Sometimes, life is seemingly unfair and we don’t get what we want. Guy did not get his medal of honor while alive, however we shall see what happens in the near future. I called his family in Florida today and Aiko, his daughter, said that Guy will be cremated and half of his ashes interred in Saipan and the other in Arlington National Cemetary. They asked if I could attend his funeral and of course I said I’d be honored.
Steve Rubin, the war and history film maker and producer, said that he got permission from Universal to re-release “Hell to Eternity” so that it can be packaged with the new documentary on Guy’s life (amazing footage, including one of Guy lobbing a grenade into a cave on Saipan). When it comes out, I’ll be given a copy so that anyone of you may see it, if you’re interested.”

Of course, all of us kids saw Hell to Eternity several times because our mom was in it (both our mom and dad were in war films, mostly in minor “Japanese” roles), but I never got to meet Guy. I wish I had. And it goes without saying that I think he should have been awarded the MOH. 800 prisoners! How many lives did he save?

A deaf man with no eyes was arrested for driving in Smethwick, England.
His defense is quoted as stating, “the question is not whether his driving was dangerous, but whether being blind makes it dangerous.”
Sure it is.
Just like the question is not whether lawyers are crooks, but whether getting paid to rabidly felch each other in courts of law makes them crooks.
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In other news, this is funny: The Ultimate Blog Post