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Japanese Windows 7 Commercial

Nils — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:58:54 +0000

Facepalm.

Mascot

Nils — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:02:16 +0000

I say “Photoshopped” but it’s cool either way.

Numa Numa is (not!) the new Choco Party

Nils — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:00:55 +0000

Okay, that headline was a bit inside, but I am sure my good buddy G. will appreciate the craziness of this one.

I sure hope this isn’t meant to be serious. The original was annoying enough, but had a certain unique style. This is… atrocious. If at least they had used the Choco Party girl as the lead singer…!

Japanese Man Petitions to Marry Cartoon Character

Nils — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:21:09 +0000

news.com.au reports that a Japanese man started a petition to enable him to get married to a Mangacharacter:

Taichi Takashita launched an online petition aiming for one million signatures to present to the government to establish a law on marriages with cartoon characters.

Within a week he has gathered more than 1000 signatures through.

“I am no longer interested in three dimensions. I would even like to become a resident of the two-dimensional world,” he wrote.

“However, that seems impossible with present-day technology. Therefore, at the very least, would it be possible to legally authorise marriage with a two-dimensional character?”

Reportedly, while it is not sure whether Takashita was serious, some of the people who signed the petition are.

Server Migration

Nils — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:56:25 +0000

I’ve moved this blog to a new server. Better, bigger, faster, newer. I also took the opportunity to finally update WordPress. I am sorry if anybody tried to reach the site today and hit a wall.

The good news is that the current version of WordPress makes posting images much easier, and that means it’ll be less annoying for me to post and that means … more weird stuff from Japan.

Have fun!

Beautiful Japanese Barcodes

Nils — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:09:32 +0000

There is a Japanese company called D-Barcode
which took on a mundane, boring, and unimaginative part of our consumer life and gave it a makeover: Barcodes. This is one of those ideas they are so simple, that it took a designer genius to come up with it. The result, I may say, is absolutely cool:

Beautiful Japanese Barcodes

If I had any kind of company that sold packaged products, I’d immediately steal this idea.

More Beautiful Japanese Barcodes

Nice, huh?

(Via Dark Roasted Blend.)

Hello Kitty Online – Trailer

Nils — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:54:51 +0000

Think my brain just imploded watching this.

Giga Pudding

Nils — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:24:35 +0000

Twenty servings of oozy goodness in one convenient plastic bucket. And when you are done with it, the bucket can serve another important function…

Breakdancing

Nils — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:42:42 +0000

Edit: “Embedding disabled by request”. Here’s the link.

The dancing isn’t even bad – it’s the audience that really cracks me up.

Hello Kitty Contacts

Nils — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:47:39 +0000

While we are on the subject of contact lenses, behold this atrocity:

Did you see it? It’s easy to miss at first glance. Here’s the closeup:

Yes, that’s right: It’s the Hello Kitty Contact Lens. I honestly do not know which I find dumber, the “eye enlargement” contact lenses or these; I guess I’ll have to wait for the day that someone combines the two.

(Via Kitty Hell.)