Archives for the ‘Bonus Happy Fun Time’ Category

LEGO mecha: from bricks to battle

By Shay • Jun 28th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time0 comments

The world of LEGO is a delightful place where you can build anything you want. Where the only limit is how many bricks you have. Mecha are some of the coolest and most popular custom LEGO creations.



“Dark Smoke”: a mural with a message

By Shay • Jun 19th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time0 comments

Here is an excellent use of a wall, an air vent, and some paint to drive home a point. It’s a wonderfully done mural with a the serious ‘pollution’ message.



See your ‘fortune’ at The Future Photo Museum

By Shay • May 30th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time2 comments

Want to see what you’ll look like and where you’ll be in the future? Then head on over to the Future Photo Museum and find out. The Museum keeps a “photograph” of your “future”.



A Kei truck drifting with the big boys

By Shay • May 21st, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time3 comments

Here’s a pretty cool video of some drifters having at it. Better yet, one of the vehicles is a miniature ‘Kei Truck’ that could give Fujiwara a run. It’s pretty cool to see this little truck blaze around the track.



PlayTalk’s take on the microblog

By Shay • May 18th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time2 comments

PlayTalk and Me2day are like the Korean cousins of Jaiku and Twitter, but one attempts to go beyond the confines of Wikipedia-defined microblogging.



Read Murakami’s Norwegian Wood online

By Shay • Apr 23rd, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time, Features2 comments

Haruki Murakami’s novel Norwegian Wood is readable online in its entirety. Reading the novel online could serve as a great introduction to Murakami’s work or a “try before you buy” for Norwegian Wood itself.



A feast fit for a musician

By Shay • Apr 11th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time4 comments

Waiting for or done with dinner? No need to bang on glasses to make a clangy rhythm surely to make your tablemates yell “stop!”. Instead put down the fork and strike the table.



The world’s smallest 8GB flash drive

By Shay • Apr 8th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time5 comments

Standing tall…er short, the Pico-C fits 8GB of flash memory onto the size of a quarter. A mere 31.3mm long, the flash drive can pack a whole lot of files inside. It’s also water resistant.



ApriPoko - the robot remote control

By Shay • Mar 29th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time, Features4 comments

If you thought the remote was a cool invention, Toshiba’s ApriPoko takes things to a new level. The smart robo will learn how you use the remote so it can perform the same actions later.



Why are anime eyes so big?

By Shay • Mar 26th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time8 comments

So why do anime characters often have such large eyes or corneas? Some cute and pretty fun Acuvue contact lense advertisements suggest a good reason.