Posts Tagged ‘Korea’

“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.



Make your own robots with RoboBuilder

By Shay • May 23rd, 2008 • Category: Features3 comments

Have you ever wanted to build your own robot? Even if you had the how-to knowledge, developing one from scratch could be very costly. Well, thanks to RoboBuilder, your wish may just come true.



Isu’s first solo album reviewed

By Shiny McTwinkle • May 19th, 2008 • Category: Check it Out, Reviews, Top Story1 comment

MC the Max frontman Isu’s first solo album is here. So, how good is it? A new contributor here at SparkPlugged gives us an in-depth review of Isu’s debut, I AM.



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.



Have a nice weekend and some Korean oldies

By Shay • May 10th, 2008 • Category: More0 comments

With a few days away from a computer, I thought I’d share some recent finds. Here’s a few gems of older Korean pop music…reminds me how much I love the classics.



Incheon Int’l Airport ranked #1

By Shay • Mar 11th, 2008 • Category: news3 comments

Incheon International Airport was ranked the “Best Airport Worldwide” by the Airports Council International (ACI). It’s worth noting that all the top 5 best airports were in Asia.



Yoon Band to play at SXSW

By Shay • Mar 7th, 2008 • Category: news0 comments

YB (Yoon Band, Yoon Do Hyun Band) will rock out at this year’s SXSW (South by Southwest). This is the quartet’s second year playing at the American music festival and they are the lone Korean band there. YB is yet another of the dozens of reasons to go to SXSW…



The fastest autofocus indeed

By Shay • Feb 25th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time1 comment

Does the Olympus E-3 really have the fastest autofocus? Who cares, one of their ads do. Here’s a Korean advertisement for the Olympus E-3 camera.



SG Wannabe to sing for Japanese film

By Shay • Feb 21st, 2008 • Category: news0 comments

The popular Korean R&B trio SG Wannabe is set to sing the theme song to the upcoming Japanese movie, Hanakage. This comes as much-needed good news for many SG Wannabe fans.



45RPM - Hit-Pop

By Shay • Feb 16th, 2008 • Category: Reviews0 comments

I obviously went into 45RPM’s Hit-Pop with some skepticism. After watching their MBC comeback performance, how couldn’t I? Well, how did it turn out? Did my biases get the best of me or did the trio prove me wrong?