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Japan: It's Not Funny Anymore - tim rogers - Kotaku
Extremely long, detailed essay on Japanese culture, and the aspects of it that the author can no longer stomach.
loca london: meta reviews
nice page showing what's on at major art galleries and museums, with links to reviews
Making Light: AT&T pokes a beehive with a stick
"4chan’s most famous and harmless accomplishments were the invention of LOLcats and Rickrolling. More dubious exploits include hacking the Time 100 List, making the hashtag #gorillapenis a Trending Topic on Twitter, hacking Sarah Palin’s Yahoo Mail account, declaring Porn Day on YouTube, and hacking the MacRumors coverage of the 2009 Macworld keynote presentation. They’re also the central site of Anonymous, a group whose best move has been going after Scientology, though they’ve been real jerks on other occasions"
Pose | Asian Poses
"I was told that this pose was the classic anime/manga cat girl pose, where they put their paws up to their cheeks. The word “nyan nyan” is sometimes used to describe the noise a cat makes. The pose is quite simple, using one or two hands, make a fist and put it up to your cheek with palms facing outwards. Optionally, you can wear cat ears and a collar with a bell on it, if you want to make sure no one misinterprets this pose."
Pixelninja
wow, some people go to a lot of effort to make costumes.
Sorting it all Out : What's in a name?
not everyone has <firstname> <lastname>: some of the complexities of names across the world
PRINT Magazine - The Law of the Letter
the surprisingly deep politics of type
Moserware: Does Your Code Pass The Turkey Test?
lots of examples of what you need to do to get your code to work in different regions via the example of Turkey
James Clark's Random Thoughts: Thai personal names
JoelKotkin.com - The Myth of 'Superstar Cities'
Wired 14.11: The Perfect Thing