I have to admit, I liked Stoyn.com a whole lot better when I thought there were actually booze-flavored popsicles shaped like Marxist revolutionaries and Disney characters and the like. Still a fun site put together by an “ambient advertising agency.”
Archive for the ‘fun’ Category
Microbrew event in Tokyo
On Monday, March 14, the DIJ (German Institute for Japanese Studies) Business and Economics Study Group is hosting a presentation titled “Putting the ji in ji-bīru: Policy, deregulation and entrepreneurship in the Japanese microbrewery industry.” Sounds like it might be a good one if you’re interested in government policy and its impact on our favorite [...]
The surgical mask in the universe
A helpful graphic to explain why all those masks people wear on the train won’t keep them safe from all the airborne diseases in that Chūō Line car: Screen capture taken from this cool Flash exploration of the sizes of things in the universe.
2010/12 lunar eclipse, Tokyo version
The cool forecast for tomorrow evening: The much less cool forecast: A shame. We got the same sort of view of the solar eclipse that took place last year.
The PYC Manifesto
About PYC A good friend and college housemate brought us many tales of Sacramento and the Central Valley. But our absolute favorite was the tale of PYC. (I’m using initials to refer to him and his kids, rather than the full names, since there are other PYCs with web presences, and I’d rather not be [...]
