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We were lucky enough to get to the Tokyo International Quilt Show on Saturday – the last day. The quilts were fantastic. It’s always delightful to see all the creativity, design, and hard work that goes into creating these works of art.
Click on the image to the left to see our photo album with all the photos we took at the quilt festival.
Shadow of St. Louis Arch
Originally uploaded by James C. C..
This great photo, uploaded to flickr.com by "James C. C.", is titled "Shadow of St. Louis Arch".
Consider, for a moment, how it would look with, and without the shadow.
In my case, I get a strong feeling of vertigo from it, but wouldn't have the same reaction at all if I was viewing exactly the same image minus the shadow.
Bob Sapp’s football career may be long since over, but he’s still somewhat of a cult hero in Japan. His image regularly appears touting all types of products, and he shows up pretty often on Japanese television shows (see video below). Bob’s a good sport about it all, and always keeps smiling.
Continue reading "Bob Sapp Takes On Morning Musume in Japan" »
McDonalds used to be the #1 fast food chain in Japan – a role model for all the other companies to look up to and emulate. Then sales fell off, and kept falling off. The McDonalds management started to try everything they could to turn things around, including some really interesting, almost bizarre, television commercials like the one below. . .
We listen to a lot of podcasts, frequently several podcasts a day, but there are very few that we feel we just couldn't live without. One of our favorite "Can't live without it" podcasts is ArtaGoGo, an absolutely delightful podcast subtitled "Art Over Easy". So, it was wonderful to discover today that ArtaGoGo featured is the first page of Yahoo's beta Podcast directory.
We grew up loving mustard. As children we slathered it shamelessly on bologna sandwiches, hamburgers, and even dropped big dollups of it into our thick bean soup. The bean soup, by itself, was a special treat - thick, rich, steaming and if we were particularly lucky, it had small bits of incredibly tasty ham. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water.
"First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination."
- Napoleon Hill
Timothy N. Hornyak: Loving the Machine: The Art and Science of Japanese Robots
Hornyak offers a detailed overview of Japanese robot development tracing the history of robotics all the way from the 1600's through today's modern, state-of-the-art wonders like Asimo.
Jennifer Ouellette
'Black Bodies and Quantum Cats' is the type of book that inspired me to study physics as a child and enabled me to develop a life long love of science and technology.
Synthetic Worlds : The Business and Culture of Online Games
Who would have guessed that the modal demographic for online gamers is 40+ year old women? Or that billions of real dollars change hands between gamers as they buy and sell virtual items?
Lawrence Lessig: Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity
The Search
How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture
Satisfaction
The Science of Finding True Fulfillment - Listened to the author being interviewed on the NPR Science Friday show via podcast. Very impressive.
Do You Speak American?
A great and often insightful exploration of the 'American' language
Podcasting Hacks
Podcasting is revolutionizing the way we communicate and even the way we think
The Man Behind the Microchip
Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley - An excellent and extremely well written exploration into Robert Noyce and the industry he created that changed the world
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