I don’t think all of these inventions can be considered useless . . . a bit redundant or strange, yes, but not useless. 101 Useless Japanese Inventions.
Monthly Archives: April 2004
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Moasaic . . . Bush . . . War
by Brian David Phillips •
On a much more serious note thant the Ashcroft image posted earlier this month, Photo Mat gives us a much more powerful image . . . Moving Image . . . a mosaic portrait of President Bush composed of photographs of soldiers killed in Iraq. He has the image archived in various sizes, the largest…
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Console Gaming Catch-Up
by Brian David Phillips •
According to the New York Times,
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High Definition DVDs . . . the war has begun
by Brian David Phillips •
The New York Times reports on the technology of high definition DVDs and the war between standards that will eventually decide which format wins or loses . .
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Cuddle Party?
by Brian David Phillips •
Just when you thought you’d seen everything, along comes the . . . cuddle party. This is not some new swingers party deal . . . rather it’s a bit like swinging for folks who don’t want to have sex with each other but instead crave human contact. It’s all consensual and there is a…
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Gaiman on Princess Mononoke
by Brian David Phillips •
At the The Script Analyst Archive, Neil Gaiman discusses the process he went through in adapting the wonderful Miyazaki film Princess Mononoke for British and American audiences. Unlike many such projects, he didn’t just translate the piece (well, someone else did the actual translations), he changed the story and direction to fit Western sensibilities. It…
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Learnin’ Something New Everyday . . . Ron Jeremy
by Brian David Phillips •
I was doing some random web hopping and a link from a discussion of the Neverwhere film project brought me to an online biography and mainstream filmography of porncomdian Ron Jeremy. I had no idea that Jeremy had a graduate degree (MA) and was working as a special education instructor when he first broke into…
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Shokushu High School
by Brian David Phillips •
This site is definately not work safe. Shokushu High School is one of the many hentai sites out there with graphic stories and images depicting Japanese high school girls being sexually abused by giant monster tentacles. Now, here’s the interesting part . . . as you navigate through the school there are classrooms with lectures…
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Question for Subscribers
by Brian David Phillips •
Here’s a quick question for the folks who subscribe to Life of Brian. . . do you prefer to receive daily notices as they are currently sent (with the first one hundred or so words of a post) or with the complete text but no graphics?
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Whatever happened to Dungeons and Dragons?
by Brian David Phillips •
The BBC news magazine has a nice enough article on the thirtieth anniversary of D&D . . . Whatever happened to Dungeons and Dragons? Unlike most popular press looks at the roleplaying game industry, this one is actually pretty fair-handed. I started playing back in 1978 with a bunch of buddies from high school. I…
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Crazy Stalker Chick
by Brian David Phillips •
What happens when you help a stranded stranger get gas for her car? Crazy Stalker Chick Recordings. Invasion of privacy, probably. In need of some help, definately. While posting stalker recordings to the internet is not the first best option, it is always a possibility in today’s age. So, if you have a penchant for…
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Invest In My Breasts . . . who would a thunk?
by Brian David Phillips •
I guess I’m slipping . . . I never imagined something like this could already be out there . . . a web site for women to post their profiles and photos in an effort to get donations to pay for breast implants . . . InvestInMyBreast. What an interesting way for a site to…
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Fashion Police
by Brian David Phillips •
Louisiana is considering adopting a law that will ban low-rider clothing or the wearing of jeans and the like in such a way to expose one’s underwear or partial backside. While I agree that baggy pants dropping past the hips with underwear up to one’s belly is a silly fashion statement and does look ridiculous,…
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Mark Ryden . . . creepiness galore
by Brian David Phillips •
Wow. These paintings are quite the creepy affair. Mark Ryden has managed to take childhood innocence and douse it in a big bucket of blood. Not quite a feeling of the uncanny, but definately getting there. Blood and Other Works.
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Love Trance
by Brian David Phillips •
What do you know? I just found out that Fox actually had a hypnosis-based reality television show in the lineup called Love Trance. Now, anyone who knows me knows I love hypnosis – in all it’s guises, therapy to entertainment to erotic to street to whatever – but even I think this may not be…
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Eggs, Eggs, Everywhere
by Brian David Phillips •
On Apr 11, 2004, Lorraine and Kaye went on a trip to the Golden Egg Museum and Ranch in Hsinchu with Kaye’s friend Gareth (with his father, Michael) and our next door neighbors Shen-Shen, Pipi, and Dandan (and their parents). They had a wonderful day . . . feeding the ostriches, picking and coloring eggs,…
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Rare Candor
by Brian David Phillips •
Corbett Wall posts a montage of photos in which White House folks display a moment of rare candor, discussing penis size.
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Geographic Distribution of Foreign English Teachers in Taiwan
by Brian David Phillips •
Scott Sommers has an interesting breakdown on the Geographic Distribution of Foreign English Teachers in Taiwan. There are some bits which may just surprise you. Well, I didn’t expect them. Thanks for doing that breakdown, Scott. Either you’re really fast at all this work you put into your blog or you’ve got waaaayyyyy too much…
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Thus Sayeth the Lord
by Brian David Phillips •
Noah at Ugly Expat reposts a nice list of items that demonstrate that one really shouldn’t rely too heavily upon Bible quotes when discussing issues of modern morality as those who stick to a literatl interpretation of the Bible are more than likely to run into sticky waters very quickly. While your faith and your…
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Pencil Carvings
by Brian David Phillips •
ThePencil Carving Gallery is rather interesting. I never would have thought of this . . . these guys have skills.
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Dragons in Banchiau
by Brian David Phillips •
We went to Banchiau last night for supper and had dinner at Tasty. As always, Kaye wanted to draw but this time – as often is the case – we forgot to bring some paper. So, as she often does, Kaye drew on the paper table cloth. She did a rather large piece showing scale…
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Anti-Terrorism Laws Applied to Regular Non-Terrorist Folks
by Brian David Phillips •
Neil Gaiman points out that one of the problems with anti-terrorism laws is that they can be used on folks for whom the laws were never intended with chilling consequences. He presents the example of a fellow who is definately guilty of a bit senselessness and perhaps stupidity who made a deadly poison. Prosecutors assumed…
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Office Hijinx
by Brian David Phillips •
These are silly and stupid and probably cruel but perhaps just a tad funny the better way to waste your day . . . don’t do any of this as it’s stupid and cruel, but the read is worth a laugh or three.
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The Reprint of Lynne Cheney’s Racy Novel Pulled . . . lesbian frontier, anyone?
by Brian David Phillips •
The publisher of a novel by Lynne Cheney has canceled the reissue as the Second Lady says it doesn’t represent her best work. Some are saying the lesbian theme and the racier bits might embarras the Bush-Cheney ticket as the continue to cater to conservative voters – particularly as homosexual marriage becomes an issue. See…
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Celebs Without Makeup
by Brian David Phillips •
One thing folks should keep in mind when looking at the