Emily (koenji calling)

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• Commented on Japanese Festivals: a snapshot gallery (and an odd "Sesame Street" knockoff)
  yeah, that clip is a parody from a comedy show (it's even called Banana Street if you look). I always hoped Sesame Street was somehow different here but it's the same thing with dubbing in Japanese, sad to say....
• Commented on An illustrated guide to making t-shirts with the Yudu machine
  They make a much cheaper version of this in Japan. I can't remember the name of it, but it's something like Mr. Print or Mr. Screen or Mr. Screeny Print. I bought the Jr version some years back when I...
• Commented on Adobe: Once you license software in France, you can only use it in French
  Years ago I worked for Adobe and I entirely admit bias on what I'm going to say because they're an excellent company to work for and compared to other CSR positions I've had actually do have a lot of consumer...
• Commented on A Young Person's Guide to the Pathological Sublime
  Oh Mr. Dery, as though your essays weren't beautiful enough in print now you have to go and spread joy to my reader too. Thank you :)...
• Commented on Walt Disney and Salvador Dalí's Destino film
  #12 -- no, I totally agree. there are definitely overtones of Peter Chung's work in it. Either in the ways Chung himself was influenced by the surrealist movement or by the people who completed this piece being influenced by Aeon...
• Commented on Review: Platypus CleanStream Gravity Filter
  The really obvious convenience of the gravity system is the size and weight. $90 is a small price to pay if you`re a frequent backpacker looking for a system that will save you both of those. I used hand pumps...
• Commented on Japan's "Herbivore Men"
  What is so bad about not seeking sexual conquests and anti-materialist leanings? Absolutely nothing. The problem is that when they say "herbivore" what they`re really meaning is passive aggressive, fashion obsessed, overly sensitive, shy flowers of men who instead of...
• Commented on Manga collector faces 15 years in jail because some of his comics included sexual images of children
  clemoh - not that I can say with surety on this matter, but the kind of very pornographic images of young girls that runs rampant through a lot of very common, very everyday manga magazines in Japan is really different...
• Commented on A short chat with a programmer who is dabbling with the Palm webOS SDK
  Is there some sort of sinister Palm mind warping afoot, or is it just a philip k dick homage that the programmer's name is Palmer Eldritch?? :P...
• Commented on The glistening ecstacy of Namco's WiiWare <em>Muscle March</em>
  This really just seems like they're trying too hard to be WTF and tap into that Nico Nico otaku style. Since this stuff really hasn't been oversaturated in the states the way it has in Japan it would probably be...
• Commented on How To: Garden What's Not Yours
  very lovely post. thank you...
• Commented on Texas state government bans Vista
  Thank god....
• Commented on People live in tiny cubicles in Japanese cyber-cafe
  'cyber drifter' is definitely a bbc creation. . Second, this is not an isolated phenomenon. Manga cafe's all over Japan have these small dark rooms where people squat. Third, I've lived at dorm-like situations before in Tokyo for $250/month so...
• Commented on Monster mummies in Japan's Buddhist temples
  I love this article because it confirms the craziness of the life we lead here. My best friend's husband is from a temple family and he would tell her these stories of digging through the treasure rooms of the temple...
• Commented on What powdered mineral would you keep in your PVC bracelet?
  #11 ditto. But it looks like these come as a pre-filled set and not where you can insert or select your own minerals...? pretty weak, especially considering the design looks like something you'd see at a dollar store. :/...
• Commented on Tim Biskup in Tokyo
  huh, wait, where did the PBR come from and why weren't there tons of Japanese kids complaining it tastes like tomato juice?...
• Commented on Amazon Sells Rape Simulation Game
  You forgot "pathetic" in the poll. Though it's often been my experience that losers who play these games in Japan don't actually have the balls to go rape someone. Instead they'll collect your trash or try to sneak gropes on...
• Commented on Suburban Japan: 2
  Aomori is in no way a suburb. It's a prefecture full of small towns and is considered rather hick-ish by Japanese standards. So it's not shocking that a pachinko parlour out in the sticks would be tawdry -- basically, it's...
• Commented on Memory tips from autistic savant
  The way he talks about memory reminds me a lot of very early systems of memorization. In the book the Art of Memory there's a lot of great information about them. Especially I always loved the city of the mind...
• Commented on Why Japanese cell phones suck
  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA REALLY? japanese cell phones suck? Well, I'm glad to take my 'sucky' Japanese cell phone over anything the US has yet released. The fact that my cell phone has a very good camera, excellent TV, MP3 player and can...
• Commented on The world's greatest greasy hair pomade
  Fiber Grease is amazing stuff. Not a rockabilly, but I first started using it because it's what half the punk scene uses here to style their hair. The giant tubs are cheap in Japan relatively and a little bit goes...
• Commented on Japan's badass new prime minister
  This guy is also the women are baby-making machines guy. I hope he resigns soon like the rest of them. This guy can't keep his foot out of his mouth long enough to eat dinner, let alone survive a prime...
• Commented on Guy with Chinese landscape tattoo in exhibition of Chinese contemporary art
  There's no way that's a tattoo. White ink does not cover that well or that consistently over fingernails....
• Commented on Dumping a sex doll is still littering
  Yeah, this is something that's pretty fucking offensive. I don't come on and read BoingBoing to hear misogynistic assholes spew off jokes that are meant to humiliate and insult women. I get enough of that shit in my daily life....
• Commented on Dumping a sex doll is still littering
  Someone sounds a bit pissy because dead girls are the only ones he can get. Really fucking inappropriate. Keep /b/ humour where it belongs....
• Commented on "America's financial system was shaken to its core on Sunday."
  @BruceHoult Well said. Anticipating Japanese news coverage, chickenhead style, in 5....4.......
• Commented on Who buys gadgets from vending machines?
  I had to buy my mom an ipod for a Christmas present and it was way cheaper in a US vending machine than anywhere in Japan :P...
• Commented on Analyst: Nintendo DS Lite Lite... coming soon!
  I'm fairly skeptical they're going to release anything more drastically different than the DS. They're still heavily advertising DS products here and while they might not be flying off the shelfs the way they were, people still buy them up...
• Commented on For the most emo of holes: Black Q-Tips
  More info on this trend can be found here: http://www.kilian-nakamura.com/blog-english/index.php/japanese-products-go-back-to-black honestly, I use the black one's all the time and there's no difference. if you got crud in your ears you can still see it....
• Commented on Guerilla gardening in Tokyo
  Agree with #9. The story was in the Japanese news for weeks when a salaryman went on an eco rampage. It wasn't even that severe, but people really took offense to the whole thing. I really don't consider this guerilla...