So I was poking around Bizarre’s site, and POW- there it was: body inflation. Wow. So… ok.. I’m REALLY afraid of needles, and this is… well, it freaks the hell out of me, but it’s also deuced fascinating! Anyway, read Bizarre’s post on it. There’s lots more info and also a bunch of more pictures, [...]
Have you seen these commercials? Oooooh, how they make me giggle! But they also made me think… just how preoccupied are we with… uh… intimate landscaping? Answer: really occupied. I mean, just looking at YouTube can tell you that. According to Nancy Etcoff in her book Survival of the Prettiest, “the Roman poet Ovid advised [...]
This touch, multi-user Touchwall is pretty sweet [Touchwall Demo from Joel on Vimeo via Video Exclusive: Schematic's multi-meter, multi-touch, multi-user Touchwall | Boing Boing Gadgets] But honestly, I’m waiting for this: At least we’re on our way!
[image from Wired Magazine's FOUND: Artifacts from the Future, by Chris Baker] Shucks howdy, Batman- Augmented Reality is AWESOME According to Yuko Uematsu and Hideo Saito, who wrote on the subject in their grad paper, “Augmented reality (AR) is a technique for overlaying virtual objects onto the real world. AR has recently been applied to [...]
I just finished reading Survival of the Prettiest by Nancy Etcoff, which is fantastic. Near the end of the book, Etcoff discusses conspicuous consumption. I was already familiar with the term (which basically refers to consumption of goods to flaunt one’s wealth or status), but what Etcoff did that was particularly interesting is describe how [...]
One of the most fascinating things about culture is the element of “cool.” I could spend a lifetime studying it. For today though, I’m going to order up a chronological list of “cool” words with a side of etymology. Yuuuum. COOL – (First used in the modern sense around 1933 by hip jazz aficionados) – [...]
[Photo from Look at this Fucking Hipster] Do you read Look At This Fucking Hipster? If you don’t, you might want to. Because it makes me smile. But it also makes me curious. If we’re so very adept at ridiculing hipsters, they must be worth looking into. Summary Hipsters have, and always will be, extremely [...]
Wow. Just found the COOLEST BLOG. It’s dedicated to explanations and demonstrations of various Asian poses, expressions, and gestures (in a Stuff White People Like kind of way). Amusement abounds. I wish someone did this for poses from other countries as well. Heck, maybe they do. I’ll have to start looking! CHECK OUT THE SITE!!! [...]
I’ve written about Kogals, Gyaru, Ganguro, and Yamanba before on other blogs, but not here, so I’ll keep it brief by posting my favorite explanations from other sources. These have been my favorite introductions (at least to the initial trends) for quite some time: And below is more information on (potentially) two subsequent developments: Hime [...]
Whenever I go to Japan, I inevitably glimpse small groups of girls- often in train stations, trendy neighborhoods, parks, and overpasses- dancing. I always wondered what kind of dance it was, because it seemed pretty regimented and involved more hand and arm movement than anything else. Check it out: Whilst attending Fanime the other weekend, [...]
