Francesco Fondi

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• Commented on Man to marry his video game girlfriend this Sunday
  @Xeni Jardin please check my second comment. Basically its a viral stunt that uses Konami and NicoNico organized by a Japanese media/technology student (apparently not officially supported by these companies) so I feel this is something that should be "handled"...
• Commented on Man to marry his video game girlfriend this Sunday
  Yestreday I went to Tokyo MAKE 04 and it seems that SAL9000 is a MAKER too... http://jp.makezine.com/blog/2009/11/mtm04_setuei.html He even rented a wedding dress for his 2D wife! ^_^...
• Commented on Man to marry his video game girlfriend this Sunday
  This time its clearly not a fake story but a viral marketing stunt by Konami and NicoNico (let's not forget that few months ago Konami sent young girls around Tokyo handing out fake love letters to random people to promote...
• Commented on Police officer tasers a 10-year-girl who resisted being taken to a youth center
  U$$R...
• Commented on Taste Test: Persimmon
  Persimmon means kaki? In Italy we call Kaki as in Japan. We use to eat when the fruits got really soft and sometimes we eat kaki with Williams liqueur (I love it)!!!...
• Commented on Science fiction as a predictor of the present
  RADICAL PRESENTISM = wow!...
• Commented on 20-year old Iraqi woman dies; father ran her over for being too Westernized
  @Joe In the last 6 months we had 2 similar homicides committed by psychotic Arab integralist "fathers" in Italy so, even not being Christian, I think the difference between monotheistic superstitions is quite strong (even tough all are in some...
• Commented on Feature documentary film about psychedelics
  This DVD makes me think that 2012 is approaching and Terence is not among us anymore... almost not in the same spacetime......
• Commented on Electric chair haunted house prop
  Few days ago on BB there was a strong discussion about dancers @ Yahoo event in Taiwan not good for kids so this post makes me think that what is supposed to be OK for kids depends a lot of...
• Commented on Advisor: My husband has a virtual girlfriend
  "Yurie: If there was a boy version, I think most women would be able to clearly distinguish between real life and in-game life. I have celebrities I like, too, but then I also have a husband. And they're totally separate."...
• Commented on Ultraminiature model train
  Even tough there is no credit on their page (they don't even link David Smith page!) I got the feeling that the Telegraph got some kind of "inspiration" from the one month old post about this micro train model on...
• Commented on Makers launch in London next THU, OCT 29 (CORRECTED!) at Forbidden Planet
  WOW!! Omedetou gozaimasu!!! Are you planning a book-tour date in Tokyo too?...
• Commented on 86-year-old WWII vet on gay marriage: "What do you think I fought for in Omaha Beach?"
  WOW!! Dif-tor heh smusma!!! (trans. "Live long and prosper")...
• Commented on Yahoo hires lap-dancers to entertain at its open, inclusive Hack Day event
  My tip to all GEEK DADs: If you are American Do NOT travel to Taiwan with you daughters and do not travel from India, or a Muslim country, to USA for a tech event (as your kids would be shocked...
• Commented on Yahoo hires lap-dancers to entertain at its open, inclusive Hack Day event
  I totally support YAHOO for being a multinational that respect local business customs! I'm really puzzled by how some people judge other countries/cultures/economies thinking that their very own monotheistic culture/education should be enforced on the other side of the World......
• Commented on Wild Mook: Japanese '80s fanzine devoted to American cops
  Even these days magazines dedicated to Air Soft guns (like ARMS) keep celebrating and idolatrizing the American COPs (but the covers are way less interesting than this old Mook!). Small note on the post title: a MOOK is not...
• Commented on Homemade R2D2 steampunk junkbot
  @ ZADAZ Nakano better than Akiba?! You shouldn't believe to the so called "otaku" experts. I love Nakano, but the magnitude of Akiba is (still) on a totally diferrent level... just take a look at Mandarake (Nakano's geek's temple) new...
• Commented on Olympic Committee Member to Chicago bid team: US Customs is "harrowing experience"
  This reminds me of the flights from Europe to Tokyo that made a stop over in Moscow duirng the 90s. It sucked so much that I stopped using flights with stop over in Russia... What travellers really hate is being...
• Commented on Wisconsin Tourism Federation loses to WTF, changes name
  This is the post of the century!!...
• Commented on Make your own $1 million vomit-inducing flashlight for $250
  Sounds like fun......
• Commented on G20 protesters blasted by sonic cannon
  @ROB Beschizza Yes! Black and gold are perfect (actually the first time I saw green avatars I tough it was a MARVEL Comics promotional stunt for HULK)....
• Commented on G20 protesters blasted by sonic cannon
  Now aren't we supposed to switch our Twitter location in Pittsburgh and make our avatars green?!...
• Commented on KONG vs. New York reincarnated in flash
  Rob... I hope you don't mean that Game & Watches sucked......
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  This was the G20 weekend and we are discussing esotic "fashion"?! I see that Muslim customs recently got torrents of comments on BB so I think it's important to remember that: It's meaningless to try to be logical when talking...
• Commented on Signing off.
  お疲れ様です!...
• Commented on The American Burqini, and modesty throughout the ages.
  Something that really impresses me in this kind of discussion (burquini was a huge news in EU few months ago) is that people from both sides are integralists and basically got a monotheistic background so you can only be with...
• Commented on Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Burqini
  "I don't think any government has a right to tell people how to dress". I'm a nudist... do you think I got the right to walk in a park or swim in a public pool like (put your preferred religion...
• Commented on Brain wave specs made from kit
  Great job Gspeex!! Damn you made me feel unbox my old BM from Mondo 2000 era......
• Commented on Brain wave specs made from kit
  I wonder if he knows that he must keep his eyes closed when using the BM......
• Commented on An oral history of Over the Edge, "The greatest teen rebellion movie of all time"
  Great movie and superb Matt Dillon. Damn these kids really needed a "Guardian Angel"!!...