Posts Tagged ‘news’
How to instantly chill and cool down a soda or beer can
Adam Savage (MythBuster) who did an awesome mold making article in MAKE 08 chimed in on an Ask Mefi coke cooling question, here’s how to cool down that soda, fast. 1. Put the can in a freezer ( time : 20 -25 minutes ) 2. Put the can in a bucket of ice ( time to freeze: 10 – 15 minutes) 3. Put the can in a bucket of ice [...]
Shinjuku Halloween Protest 2009
Let me first point out that I am not the original source for this picture. If you would like to see more of the original sources pictures or read the story please go here. Well, others may have experienced this but it's a first for me. I have never participated in the annual Yamanote line Halloween party and after what happened this [...]
Remember when you …
Remember when you were younger and you used to do all sorts of wild and crazy shit? Perhaps I've been hit by a wave of nostalgia, but I suddenly miss the good ol' days when up was down, down was up and I didn't know in which direction my ass was headed. Last night I went to a sayonara party for my mate, Stef, who is leaving Japan to go [...]
Killer Fluffy White Clouds
Supertyphoons to Strike Japan Due to Global Warming Increasingly powerful "supertyphoons" will strike Japan if global warming continues to affect weather patterns in the western Pacific Ocean, scientists say. Supercomputer simulations show there will be more typhoons with winds of 179 miles (288 kilometers) per hour—considered an F3 on the [...]
Teacher deserves “Old School” punishment
Junior high school teacher arrested for molesting student during Hokkaido getaway (original Mainichi Daily News) SAPPORO -- A junior high school teacher has been arrested for molesting a junior high school girl while on a trip together, police said. Naoya Tashiro, 51, a teacher at a Sendai municipal junior high school, stands accused of [...]
Dumb & Dumber
Some of you will recall my earlier blog post about the DPJ defeating the LDP in the recent election. In that post I said something to the effect of "we will have to wait and see if the DPJ ends up being any better than the LDP." Well if the past few days are any indication that question is still very much up in the air. On the one-hand, [...]
A Vote in the Right Direction
Ozawa positive about granting local voting rights to non-Japanese. see original article here . I'd say that, if true, this would certainly be a move in the right direction. However, the article goes on to state that "bringing to the Diet may not be easy because Kokumin Shinto (People's New Party), one of two junior ruling coalition [...]
