Sorry if there was any confusion about the site from last night to about five minutes ago!  I installed a new blog and accidentally uploaded the wrong configuration file to this one.  Sort of a rude introduction to my new blog, which isn’t at all ready yet, but will probably be my primary one starting […]

Bento making doesn’t have to be an elaborate process. You can make a quick bento with most anything you have in your food cupboard. Here are some things to consider when making bentos:
- Add color: The more variety of colors in your food, the healthier it will be and the more appetizing […]

It seems that men always have a knack for crushing cans.  Against their foreheads, against each other’s foreheads.  Now, they can showcase their masculinity in style with this frog can crusher that is being sold in an online Japanese “Men’s Select Shop” called Cataloger.
If you live in an area where you get refunds according to […]

According to this article from the New York Times, there is a chance that we are merely living in someone else’s simulated fantasy:
Dr. Bostrom assumes that technological advances could produce a computer with more processing power than all the brains in the world, and that advanced humans, or “posthumans,” could run “ancestor simulations” of their […]

While I stayed at my aunt’s house for the summer for an internship, I spent a lot of quality time with my Grandma–especially after I learned how to knit (don’t worry, it gets better.)  We would spend hours knitting and crocheting to the music that she grew up with.  But instead listening to a record […]

A while back I made a post on how to get mp3s off of your iPod for Windows.  Wired’s How To Wiki offers a tutorial on getting them for your Mac too!  It involves a little elbow grease, but it’s worth it to protect your sanity and mp3s.  Check out the instructions (which also include […]

Everyone (hopefully) by now should know not to take magazine models seriously.  The word “photoshopped” often comes to mind when being bombarded by ads featuring women and men with ridiculous features.  This article by Back in Skinny Jeans reinforces the impact this is having on young women, who are putting their health at stake in […]

Have you heard of the illustrious Club 33? Here is Wikipedia’s description on how much it costs to enter this all-exclusive, never advertised secret club:
The Corporate Membership fee is $25,000 plus $5,925 in annual fees. Up to nine associate members can be designated at an annual fee of $4,375 each. Members no longer in […]

Japanese Art with Chelsea, Part 4
Or, Buddhism Arrives! Japan’s Two Religions
THE ASUKA PERIOD

Ise Shrine Complex, Ise

Before we jump headfirst into the Asuka period, when Buddhism arrives and brings not only a new religion but new technologies — of writing and of craftsmanship — it’s important to understand Japan’s indigenous religion, Shintō. These two […]