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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?


Taking it to MOON! - Space Race 2.0

By Todd • Sep 19th, 2007 • Category: Japan, Technology, history, news2 comments

Quite a bit has happened so far this month dealing with the Space Race 2.0 or whatever you want to call the recent surge of interest.
First off is the most exciting, Google and the X Foundation just teamed up. They are offering $30 million in rewards for the first privately funded rover to get [...]


Meteor crashes into Peru, mystery illness insue

By Todd • Sep 18th, 2007 • Category: Snippets3 comments

Meteor crashes into Peru! Everyone gathers around a freshly crashed meteorite only to find that it makes them all sick. What exactly was it that caused the illness?


Japanese Prime Minister Resignation and Hospitalization

By Todd • Sep 13th, 2007 • Category: Japan, news4 comments

The Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, just announced his plans to resign, with less than 1 year in office. He stated political reasons; however, Abe was hospitalized shortly afterwards. How much of it was based on his health vs his political career remains to be seen.
His popularity as of recent has taken a [...]


Serious Comfort for only ¥56,000!!

By Todd • Sep 4th, 2007 • Category: Snippets4 comments

An expensive hotel with Rolls-Royce shuttles and more!? Sign us up — but first, we need some money. The Tokyo Peninsula hotel.


Matsuri Japanese Festival… in Vegas?

By Todd • Aug 22nd, 2007 • Category: Japan, More, art8 comments

What do you get when you cross world class athletes and acrobats with crazy Japanese humor? You get an event so weird that it can only be known as a ‘muscle musical’ and can definitely be found in a weird little town known as Las Vegas.
I recently went to Vegas during the summer. While selling [...]


PIKAPIKA 2007

By Todd • Jul 27th, 2007 • Category: Snippets1 comment

Drawing with light is a very neat thing to do with an extended shutter length. A Japanese art crew called OCHKA! has taken it a step further.


Pacman Fever Humor Tumor

By Todd • Feb 1st, 2007 • Category: TV, Technology, Videos, humor15 comments

I don’t understand a lot of things about other cultures. And one of these things that I don’t understand is humor. I have never understood British humor, and I don’t know if anyone has. I don’t understand whow our humor here in the the States is funny either.
Apparently there is [...]


Watch out!!

By Todd • Jan 2nd, 2007 • Category: Japan, Technology, humor2 comments

Like many college kids, I went back to my hometown to my parent’s house for the Christmas break. Sadly though, I forgot to bring home my watch with me. Without it I am a lost soul.
After a couple of days of stumbling through time without any idea of time whatsoever, I found another [...]


Storm of the cent… year?

By Todd • Dec 22nd, 2006 • Category: Japan5 comments

As I’m sure most of you SparkPlugged readers know, our hero Shay, is off to Japan. I’m not quite sure if he made it out or not thanks to this big snowstorm blizzard covering up roughly the entire state of Colorado.
All of the flights from the Denver Airport have been canceled or postponed until [...]