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A team of sociologists have planned an experiment in isolation. They send an Englishman, a Frenchman and a Japanese man to a deserted island and arrange to come back and…

NWA fans, believe me – this is the shit: Nina Gordon – SOC (thx G!)

There’s a recent Neal Stephenson interview over at Reason.

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A well-written introduction and shop guide pertaining mostly to the Tokyo area: Record Shopping in Japan In Osaka, I like browsing the Gorilla Records shop in the basement of the…

Last year I noted a fascinating article about US soldiers in Iraq passing the time by fishing the ponds at Saddam’s palatial estates: What to do when you’re bored in…

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Not like this guy. Whoa… That’s even more impressive than the parking cone collection I had in my college dorm room! I have a feeling that guy would feel at…