Your Daily Dose Of “…What The Crap?”

[With apologies to Scott Johnson, of My Extra Life fame, for his coinage of phrase.]

Dear President Obama, what the crap?
Obama Considers Zany Climate Engineering Gadgets to Fight ‘The Warming’.

Obama is apparently considering using a machine that would suck up smog and shoot it into the upper atmosphere—reflecting the sun’s rays—as a way to fight global [...]

Your Daily Dose Of Nihongo Desu Weirdness

Ahhh, Land of the Rising Sun, how I long to visit you and be wowed by your Don’t-Laugh-Or-A-Ninja-Will-Spank-You game shows:

Not to mention see your disturbingly cheery potty training videos:

Seriously, that’s one happy poo. Makes Mr. Hanky look like a piker by comparison…

What’s Japanese For “Doesn’t Translate Well Into English”?

It most likely starts with “Eego wa” and ends in, well, this:

See, the team behind the Firefox browser is trying to boost Japanese usage of the browser, so they held a little competition to make the mascot a bit more “Hello Kitty”-friendly. I sure hope it works well over in the Land of the [...]

Pinchy!

What will they think of next in the Land of the Rising Sun? Live lobster vending machines, that’s what!
Via Engadget.