Eclectic junk from the four corners of the ‘Net. And pictures too!
I happened across this site while looking for info on the TV show UFO, man if you want to see the wholesale coonless that was UFO this is it. Gobs of screen grabs for everything from the Interceptors to SID. It even has photos of people drinking coffee, smoking, and fighting. A little obsessive but for a good cause.
(BTW, the site is in Japanese but you can figure it out.)
OK, the translation is a bit off… But here you can build a paper display of the Honda Asimo robot. Build it, stick it on your desk at the office and I bet everyone will want to know what it is. (Or just think your weird and keep their distance.)
“TRM press” that delivers twin linking popular information on held event and race. ..cover.. papercraft of ASIMO
A 3.8-inch translucent screen of the diagonal length of 10 cm seems to exist 50 cm ahead of the user. Personal impression when actually worn is that things can be seen through the display and it never hinders the sight, giving almost no annoyance.
Olympus Prototypes Head Mount Display Wearable Any Time
Very nice, I have a small collection of manhole covers that I have taken on my trips, nothing as large as this collection but it is interesting to see the different styles. So far the Japanese ones are the best looking.
Manholes of Japan
I bet you thought the recycle and no-recycle bins were hard to figure out! Trash in Tokyo is a complex thing, not only do you have to cover the trash up so the monster crows don’t strew it all over the place (see my photo above), but you must sort it according to a complex scheme of colored bags. When I was there I remember seeing notices about putting your PET bottles in clear bags and when to put them out for pick up but nothing about the colored bags. It’s also worth noting that the Japanese people are insane about over packaging things. If you were to buy a package a taro chips (very yummy by the way) you can expect an outer bag with the name of the item on it and an inner ‘tray’ to keep the bags shape and protect the chips from damage. Or if you buy a box of candy its not uncommon for the box to have smaller boxes in them each with a celo wraped candy on it’s own little plastic sled. It’s as if there is some law that states that ‘like food shall not touch like food’. It’s crazy. No wonder they have such a huge trash problem.
Most of cities in Tokyo have strict rules for disposal. It often drives me crazy so, those rules must drive most of non-Japanese freak out.
In my district Fussa, I have to buy certain garbage bags. Blue bags for burnable waste, yellow ones for unburnable waste. If I use other bag, they don’t take my bag. I usually buy M-size bags. 10bags for 300yen.
Metroblogging Tokyo: Disposal Rules
Darn, and I’ve always wanted a phone with a cow catcher…
This phone includes an electronic compass, clock, stop watch, and an external screen. Available in three delightful colors, the G’zOne isn’t available here and never will be.
Casio G’zOne Type-R Outdoor Phone