I just want to thank all of you otakutes for putting up with if not putting out for me. I was going to do a whole post toasting Mer-chan’s favorite crap from 2008, but honestly, I tried to stay in the (drunken) moment so I don’t remember that much right now. Let’s just hope 2009 is filled with many more beautiful memes like ball jointed dolls, Nerdcore, The Shiba Inu 6, Legobeesten, Nanjing Road and Girlbots. Oh damn. I just listed some of my favorite things. I’ve had regression therapy!
The interns will be sporadically blogging while I’m setting up the Dubai office. Look for me in Dubai in one hot week!
Now that New Year’s is rolling in, what do you do with that cheap bottle of wine that’s hiding in the basement? You serve it up for wining and dining. But first, you make your cheap wine taste like a fine vintage. Passing poor red wine through a field of high-voltage electrodes will quicken its aging and improve the quality. Perhaps we can produce a similar effect by simply storing wine next to a wireless router. Alternatively, you purchase a bottle directly from Suntime Winery. The Chinese company employs a series of electric fields for customizing wine to a variety of strengths and a variety of periods of time. Cheers!
Mariko Takahashi’s Fitness Video for Being Appraised as an Ex-fat Girl is a short film by Nagi Noda. In her artist’s statement, Noda said she arrived at the poodle concept after noticing that the dogs’ hair cuts resembled muscles. It might not go multi-platinum like the Doggie Bounce, but if you faithfully follow her workout routine, you’ll find yourself in puddles of poodles.
Helvetireader is a free add-on that pares down Google Reader to the bare essentials. Get all MCM with your RSS! Translation: go mid-century modern/minimalist with your Really Simple Syndication web feed.
In the Alps, Krampus was a sinister little critter that accompanied St. Nick around during the holidays. Krampus’ chief responsibility was stealing the gifts of bad folk and replacing them with coal. If children where bad enough, Krampus might even kidnap them away…
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