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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."

Greg Rutter's Definitive List of The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet Unless You're a Loser or Old or Something

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

More Than a Consumer Fad, It's the Art of Finding Savvy in the Mundane : Japan's Zakka:What's in a Word? - International Herald Tribune

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'

Firefly in Japan

Wired 14.11: The Perfect Thing

Angleterre, je t’aime - Review - Times Online

Japan Probe

The Kippah Debate