If you’re anything like me, you spend a great deal of your free time wishing you could be more catlike. Day in, day out you zip up your furry jumper, wrestle with your whisker glue, and sculpt your nails to razor-sharp perfection. But it feels like something’s missing. Like you’re just not cat enough. You’re sad, but your ears don’t [...]
Leave it to the Japanese to come up with the brilliant idea of combining espresso and soda. Japan’s Suntory Beverage & Food recently launched Espressoda, the drink that mixes carbonated water with a strong and sweet coffee. Suntory is also promoting their new carbonated elixir with a secret game embedded in excel format, and hopes to target the “hard-working adult.” [...]
Big things are to come from Studio Ghibli, creators of the iconic Spirited Away and the Disney hit The Secret World of Arrietty, released earlier this year. Which brings us to our first matter of business. Since the late 90′s, Disney held the rights to distribute all of Hayoa Miyazaki‘s Studio Ghibli gems. Now the independent distributor GKIDS has acquired [...]
I loved my View-Master. I loved hearing the cha-chunk as the reel spun to the next picture. The 3D pics of Scooby Doo’s adventures were momentarily captivating. While perusing antique shops as a child, I spotted a stereoscope. My love of the View-Master piqued my curiosity. The wooden frame and sepia-toned scenes transported me to the world of the past. [...]
The city of Philadelphia was aglow as it welcomed 13 teens from across the globe, all winners in the National Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Digital Arts Contest.
When learning about a new fad from Asia, it’s easy to almost instinctively think, “Argh! What?! That’s so weird!” But a lot of these trends are pretty banal, when we take a step back and realize, for instance, that America actually has cat fashion shows. Take Japan’s foodie culture surrounding B-grade cuisine, which has been dubbed crazy by numerous articles [...]
Dark Horse Comics has announced a new three-parter, “Amala’s Blade,” from Steve Horton (DC Holiday Special, Superman 80-Page Giant) and Michael Dialynas (Popgun, Trinkets) that’ll be in Dark Horse Presents numbers 9, 10 and 11. In the announcement, Horton says, “Amala’s Blade is the steam punk-with-swords epic that I’ve been dying to tell. … This story has heart, sword fighting, [...]
Japan is again ahead in the game of technology. Asahi Soft Drinks have revealed a new type of vending machine that offers Wi-Fi. The vending machines will also dispense your standard soft drink, hamburgers, eggs, and underwear. As of 2012, Asahi hopes to set up 1,000 new vending machines throughout five regions of Japan. The Wi-Fi service will be free [...]
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