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Welcome to the future

By Todd • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Lead, Site News, Top Story2 comments

Sparkplugged 7.0 is here! Or are we on 3.2b? Regardless of what arbitrary version number we are on, we’ve got some great new features to release with it. Check it out and enjoy!!



Open your eyes, but don’t glue them open!

By Todd • Apr 3rd, 2008 • Category: fashion3 comments

Ever had the urge to glue your eyelids open? Me neither, but apparently it’s a pretty popular thing to try and get a ‘western style’ crease.



Old Man and the Mountain

By Todd • Mar 20th, 2008 • Category: More, sports5 comments

Yuichiro Miura once again left Japan heading towards Everest. The difference between him and all other adventurers heading towards Everest is…



Longest Paper Airplane Flights Ever!

By Todd • Mar 12th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time4 comments

Right now Japan is gearing up to create the longest flight of any paper airplane ever, about 400km long. This of course makes my record of 6 meters look like child’s play.



Awful Japanese Disguises

By Todd • Mar 4th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time, fashion6 comments

I don’t know how you used to deal with bullies and hoodlums, but apparently in Japan now you can avoid them by dressing up like a soda machine.



Special Others - QUEST

By Todd • Feb 25th, 2008 • Category: Reviews2 comments

It’s something new but nothing special from Special Others. The latest release from Special Others, ‘Quest’ is now available. While they do create some great music, don’t expect anything revolutionary this time around.



Japanese film festival to be the smallest ever

By Todd • Feb 20th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time1 comment

400 films entered, 48 will be shown. Many on a screen smaller than a matchbook. The world’s first cell phone film festival.



PingMag makes PingMag MAKE

By Todd • Feb 11th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time1 comment

Pingmag has recently released their new sistersite, PingMag Make. The site is basically all about making things. In particular it’s about interviewing people who make things.



A Whale of an Expedition

By Todd • Feb 6th, 2008 • Category: news2 comments

The hunt is on! Japan’s annual whale hunting expedition is back in action in the waters off Antarctica. They are able to hunt the whales citing ‘Scientific Research’. Although I’m not sure how scientific it is when the whale meat seems to be appearing at restaurants across Japan.



9999 Great Songs, and then the last!

By Todd • Oct 22nd, 2007 • Category: Snippets6 comments

music1000.jpgI have been fast approaching a landmark number of songs. About a month ago this number grew easily within reach and I began to ponder… what would be that ten thousandth song?