great for cutting out this DIY $10 Photo Studio i just read about in the Strobist (http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-diy-10-macro-photo-studio.html).

i was just thinking of where i can find a good, sharp, box cutter that won't make messy edges.

i've also encountered MMO ads on drinks, but it's World of Warcraft on Coke cans in this case. from taiwan.

my parents are chinese and my mom is also insistent on not sticking chopsticks into a bowl (even if it contains noodles and not rice) vertically because it's what's done during funerals. but many chinese people (outside of china) are probably not aware of this though.

i haven't heard of the mismatched chopsticks thing though. maybe it's a japanese-only thing.