In 1988, I worked in a toy store and quickly became annoyed by all the requests for the Snuggle bear. But this I can tolerate. For a moment anyway.
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Sep 5, 2019
Japanese fabric softener commercial from 1988 is kawaii AF
Watch: "Godspeed You! Black Emperor," a short 1976 documentary about a Japanese motorcycle youth subculture
In the 1970s, a youth subculture of anti-establishment motorcycle clubs emerged in Japan called bōsōzoku that’s still raging to this day, albeit in smaller numbers. Mitsuo Yanagimachi’s short 16mm documentary “God Speed You! Black Emperor” is a fascinating and fun look into this tribe through the story of a member of the Black Emperors club. […]
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FaceTime some eels -- because they are "forgetting about people"
The Sumida Aquarium in Tokyo is pleading with the public to video-chat their garden eels starting on Sunday, because they are forgetting that humans exist. BBC: “Could you show your face to our garden eels from your home?” Yes, they’re asking people to call in for a sub-aqua video chat and remind the eels that […]
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Tokyo's busy Shibuya area before and during the pandemic
The Tokyoite who creates videos for the Nippon Wandering TV YouTube channel took a bike ride around Shibuya and shot video of the streets, then spliced in pre-pandemic video of the same area. Image: YouTube
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Arcadia could help you save on your monthly power bill, while doing good for the planet
The world is holding its collective breath. As states begin cautiously reopening, no one is sure exactly what to expect. But one thing is clear: most Americans are worried about their bank accounts. By the end of March, the average American household was spending 40 percent less on their credit cards than they were one […]
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Learn how you can effectively sell your stuff on eBay with this blueprint guide
Over 25 years, eBay has carved out its space as the commerce hub of choice online. With 182 million users worldwide, that works out to about 35 percent of all US mobile users who shop those eBay storefronts. But did you know there are usually around 1.3 billion — with a B — active for-sale […]
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The bundle of 11 award-winning apps will straighten out your Mac in minutes.
Software apps are a dime a dozen. Well, if you’re going by their actual monetary cost, maybe not really. But considering how useless some poorly conceived, poorly executed apps are at doing the job you actually downloaded them to accomplish, it isn’t a stretch to think that many apps aren’t even worth a free download. […]
