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The Road Warrior would be really happy in post-apocalyptic Japan (because he wouldn’t have to worry about tolls/gas/speeding tickets)
There’s an excellent article up at the Japan Times that explains some of the reasons why even though the government used to subsidize half of the toll for the bridge to the mainland I used every weekend when living on Awajishima, I still had to pay 2600 yen (one way!): Japan’s many roads to ruin “The results have been a disaster. Certainly, Japan has a lot of roads: four to five times the number of any other Group of Seven country when measured by kilometers of road to usable land. The trouble is, a lot of these roads are in places where they are not needed. The country has an…
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Some Mother Frakking Group – OMFG with an “S”
OK it’s time to go on a Japan kick for a couple posts. Is it just me, or is SMFG the worst named financial institution, ever? As in, “SMFG agrees deal with Citi to buy Nikko Cordial.” They might as well call themselves the Stealing Fuckers or Nipponese Moneylending Urchins of Doom (NMUD).
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2A
They fell asleep on him.
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Better Place
I’ve been through a lot of the archives, and Shai Agassi probably gave the single most important talk at TED this year:
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vhc tabehodai
Max loves the very hungry caterpillar. We read it to him almost everyday. I found this pic over at B3ta.
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near wild heaven
An old woman came by my table at an outdoor restaurant, selling this (plus another similarly-sized chunk) out of a basket. It was the last of her merchandise so she let me have it for 50 Baht ($1.50 US); about 30% off the going rate. There is nothing more delicious than wild honey, even just a very small amount (It’s the reason Pooh bear is such a fat ass, after all.).
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Deeper Murasaki (chorus FAIL)
This is what happens when you depend on an audience not familiar with the lyrics. Other than that, awesome performance. Doesn’t hold much to the original Deep Murasaki I linked to last year though (JASRAC keeps taking it down but it sprouts up again every time):
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Intergalactic Power Punch
NES otaku headline: There was an unreleased sequel developed for Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! It was never officially released due to licensing and quality problems. It contained super-strong aliens and Don King… AND THE ROM HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE TO DOWNLOAD!!! /////////////////////////////////// In other news, all hail Bald Bull:
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The Twitter Defense
“Banal is good.” That’s like, deep, dude. For fucks sake.
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a fragile world held together by zip ties
