Karaoke in Japan 0
Hilarious: apparently, some droll individuals consider that it is actually rude to fall asleepwhile others are singing karaoke! whowoulddathunk it?!
[look how far down on the list it appears! LOL.]
Leading surveillance societies in the World 2007 0
Compare last year’s ranking of country privacy protections with this year’s. Specifically, look at Canada’s ranking. Then look at America. Then Russia. Then China. Uh…do you see a connection?
Certainly, Canada’s ranking is being impacted by our inability to resist American surveillance. And isn’t that a perfect picture: America = Russia = China. lol.
For kicks check out Japan too. Better but I love the “euphemism” — ‘failure to uphold standards’. As in, we got’em…we just don’t know what to do with ‘em.
Japanese bikini-jeans 0
ah, japan is such a beautiful place sometimes. take this VERY sexy fashion: part jean, part bikini. wowzers! (also this link)
waiting for a party 0
guaranteed to make you laugh: an englishman in osaka
Who is MAILER-DAEMON and why is he mailing me? 0
research group surveyed japanese familiarity with mailer-daemon.
One response in particular made me laugh:
% japanese who thought mailer-daemon was a message from a foreigner: 14.1%
they must have forgot to add a question survey percent of folks who think anything daemon (mailer-daemon, microsoft daemon, whateva) means a demon is taking over the computer