Paprika – Satoshi Kon – Film – New York Times New York times on Satoshi Kon’s new anime movie, Paprika. The piece is a bit dry, but it’s good to see it’s getting an English-language release, and Kon-san himself has some interesting stuff to say about Shinto and animism (tags: anime japan todo nytimes) TimeContinue reading “links for 2007-05-24”
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“Fighting off Ninjas is easy” – Microsoft does have a sense of humour
Everyone knows Ninjas are awesome – indeed, after Godzilla, they’re Japan’s number #2 cause of unexpected, unexplained death – but they take skill to deploy. You can’t just plonk them down anywhere, so all the more kudos to Microsoft and its well written ad campaign for Forefont (click the image to see it full size).Continue reading ““Fighting off Ninjas is easy” – Microsoft does have a sense of humour”
links for 2007-05-23
Taipei renames plaza in jab at president – Yahoo! News UK I’m off to Taiwan in a couple of weeks for a trade show – nice to see there’s some robust democracy in action! (tags: taiwan politics)
links for 2007-05-22
How I Failed the Turing Test One man’s nightmare: online, no-one believes he’s a real person (tags: ai robots turing humour persistence) Hothead: 1902 | Shorpy Today’s pic of the day: a burning juggler from 1902 (tags: photos shorpy dailypic) 10 scrummy retreats | Travel | The Guardian Now I could do with a holiday…Continue reading “links for 2007-05-22”
links for 2007-05-21
Darth People – a photoset on Flickr Fun Flickr set of Darth Vader trying on some different outfits. (tags: flickr darthvader starwars photos)
Help! How long can a normal, healthy 8 week old kitten survive inside an adult python? URGENT!
🙂 Check out community wisdom site Ask MetaFilter’s excellent April Fool’s day post – click on the pic for an enlargement, or here for the full list of foolish questions.
A Good Weekend
This is a good weekend, because I’m not going to be spending it house hunting – put in an offer and it’s been accepted! So I’m off out 🙂
Preparing for F1 2007
The new Formula One season starts properly tomorrow ; I’ve been a fan for a very long time, partly, I think, because it’s the sport that so neatly dovetails with my love of games and interest in technology: the first website I ever made supported a Fantasy F1 game; I remember being blown away whenContinue reading “Preparing for F1 2007”
Fun with feeds
The wildly, slightly implausibly successful Custom PC podcast (I say this because at one point, we were higher in the iTunes chart than Jamie Oliver) introduced me to the rather awesome Feedburner. It’s an absolutely excellent service, and TypePad, which hosts The Wired Jester, allows you to use Feedburner for your blog’s RSS feed. SoContinue reading “Fun with feeds”
Chart: Top 10 Worries
As a new way of presenting some pertinent links, here is a list of my top 10 worries at the moment: 1 (-) George W. Bush2 (-) North Korea3 (NEW) How common it is for collossal squid to be found these days – are they about to make their move?4 (UP) My teeth 5 (UP)Continue reading “Chart: Top 10 Worries”
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