The Death Star encounters viral marketing - in Swabian
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thx to Anne!

psychotherapeutic session with our colleague, the wind
nice spot for Epuron, posted at ecology and art

are men that easy to get?
De Beer thinks so - diamonds will path the way to Superbowl
(thanks to Agenda Inc.)

New Mecha out here next week: Vexille
CG look good... in the trailer

got a shoe fetish - trying to stuff bodies into them. from Bela Borsodi. awesomely weird.
from a shooting for our beloved V Magazine

Instant Translation: The AHKY wrist worn translation device















(from Gizmag)
This is weird. Like in a Sfi-Fi
Speaking via an interpreter is difficult enough at the best of times, so you can imagine the difficulties soldiers in foreign lands have communicating with the population when there is a significant language barrier, no interpreter and lots of big guns in the near vicinity. The AHKY (Arabic for ‘speak’ ) is a new wrist worn translation device developed by Iraqi-born University of Derby student, Amin Ismail, will soon tackle the problem when it is deployed by British troops serving in Iraq. The AHKY currently has ten phrases which have been programmed in English, Arabic and Kurdish. Phrases such as ‘nothing will happen to you’; ‘turn around slowly’; and ‘come here’. Other languages and phrases specific for a user’s specific mission are uploaded prior to each use. Read full story...

Building Art -

finally to make something out of these multiple Berlin courtyards. When photographed against the sky from below, buildings form an alphabet.
(thx infosthetics!)

Wild Dance Practices - this made my day:
The Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in the Philippines makes its inmates practice dance choreographies - namely MJ's Thriller and a theme from Sister Act. A couple of crossdressers in nun attire involved.



(via Gawker)

Dance with me in this cozy Tokyo breeze, little trees:

How to not get hurt-
yourself in the closing train doors...

Here are some nice ones from both JR and Metro lines:

All about perfectionist Japanese housewives

Ok, feed me weird things! So I went to the Quilt Convention held at Tokyo Dome in Chiyoda. Amongst several thousands of eager women, sometimes accompanied by their husbands, I promenaded around - amazed by the utter perfectionism Japanese housewives show in every detail.
See for yourself:

Manhole Cover in Tokyo
Look at these lovely Sakura - cherry blossoms flowering the Tokyo grounds. These ones are from Shinagawa district.

Public Life / Public Ashtrays in Tokyo















What do we have here?
Well, as there is no such thing as a public ashtray Japanese people catake the matter in their own hands as they care for the smoking community: Put up some little cans, next to the non smoking sign, of course. Someone must empty them regularly - but I haven't seen that someone so far.

How-to learn English:
Adult speak for Japanese to enhance the cross-cultural delights

excerpt from an 80ies Japanese book titled
"Let's make the bed right away"

brought to you by the lovely Tokyo Damage Report guy

Wow: Speakers to public security cameras

"...People are shocked when they hear the cameras talk, but when they see everyone else looking at them, they feel a twinge of conscience and comply,' said Mike Clark, a spokesman for Middlesbrough Council who recounted the incident. The city has placed speakers in its cameras, allowing operators to chastise miscreants who drop coffee cups, ride bicycles too fast or fight outside bars..."

Bloomberg reports,
via Slashdot

the mounten-baiku situation
so this is how it goes here: no parking anywhere allowed



- else the police takes your bike and you pay 3000 yen to get it back.
and now this: got a ticket two times! For the baiku!

Learning Japanese the easy way - just ad an U and you'll be fine:

English - Japanese

Microphone - maiku
Desert - dezato
Receipt - risitto
Message - meseji
Bike- baiku
Nightingale - naichingeru
Gum - gamu
Cassette - mc kasettu-tepu
Celebrity - serebu
Festival - fesutibaru
television - terebi
Carnival - kanibaru

well, I forgot the romantic part:

kiss - kisu
couple - kappuru
love-letter - rabu-reta

Shoppee in Tokyo! So before you get your Nooka watch –



indulge in a short history of the calvulator watch from Watchismo.

oh, some flying bomb must have hit my car!
wait, it was D*Face`s work for his new gallery opening. Pretty neatly I have to admit.

(via lovely Vinylpulse)

There are things on this earth that are not easy to grasp. But at least they`re funny.

Watch this: Doing handcrafts with Tampon Art