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• Favorited Bizarre coincidence: front-page photos help capture thief on Boing Boing
• Commented on Why URL shorteners suck
  I used to think that shortened URLs suck before I checked out bit.ly . bit.ly keeps a stats page that shows you how many people clicked on your URL over time and where the clicks are coming from. From this,...
• Commented on Annie Leibovitz's new book, At Work
  I have to agree. Most Japanese have not and do not intend to climb mount Fuji. Also, many people don't stay overnight but start late to time their arrival at top with the sunrise. Climbing Fuji is a big leveller....
• Commented on Black q-tips
  Pretty much everyone in Japan uses q-tips and ear picks to clean their ears. The black ones show up the wax better so you can see what came out. c.f. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_pick Ear picks are sold at just about every tourist...
• Commented on Six-word memoirs by writers famous and obscure
  Went to Japan, never came back....
• Commented on Thermochromic toilet seat
  This problem does not exist in Japan. Here almost all homes and places with public toilets have heated seats. It's just one feature of the washlet toilets which are the norm. When I first came to Japan I thought it...