Showing posts with label japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label japan. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

(uuu uuu uma uma)^100



Ok ok, I admit it shows nothing but a guy shaking his hips and flapping his hands to a wacky song for a whole 2.5 minutes, but I just can't stop being highly amused throughout.

Gimme a sec while I go watch it again ^^;

Original Link from dannychoo

Monday, January 28, 2008

godzilla sticky men

I'm sure anyone who has walked along Orchard Road recently has seen them - peddlers selling a basket full of 'sticky man' toys. Well, today I just found out they are actually called Wacky WallWalkers (the power of wikipedia ^^;), but thats besides the point. The thing is, some wacky Japanese actually recreated a live-sized sticky man and let it loose on a building. Unsurprisingly, the results are hilarious, even if they aren't too successful to begin with but who cares anyway? XD





To be perfectly honest, I much preferred the 1st clip where it made a hole in the roof ^^;

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

me, myself and I


I recently stumbled upon this really unique Japanese game while getting my usual dosage of gaming news from Gameaxis. Named Cursor * 10, this flash applet basically has you literally moving your mouse cursor from one level to the next while its life counts down to zero at the bottom right of the screen. When your cursor does 'die', you start all over from level 1 again - but this time you have a little help from your ghost which does exactly the same thing it did. Sounds downright bizarre but - well, you just have to try it for yourself ^^;;

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

ultra HD anybody?

Just when the world is looking on at the unfolding HD-DVD vs Blu-Ray drama, this rabbit gets pulled out of the hat :



Mon Jan 14, 12:53 AM ET

TOKYO (AFP) - The Japanese government will begin a joint project with private companies to develop technology for next-generation ultra high-definition video, a daily newspaper report said Monday. The communications ministry also aims to begin broadcasting with the system in 2015 and internationally standardised the Japanese technology, the Yomiuri Shimbun said without citing sources.

The technology, to be called "Super Hi-Vision", could show images of about 33 million pixels, 16 times more than the present Hi-Vision technology, a high-definition TV technology developed by public broadcaster NHK, it said.

The ministry was expected to spend 300 million yen (2.7 million dollars) on start-up research starting from the fiscal year in April, it said.

No comment on the report was available from the ministry on Monday, a public holiday in Japan.

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Looks good no? No, I meant the TV of course..

Monday, January 7, 2008

literally cool



Only found in Japan of course, but it's not as if it would have much use in hot-as-hell-all-year Singapore -_-"