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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…
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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…
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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…