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The four reactors from Daiichi already in a game?! It’s just art in the end and look how great they look compared to how beat to crap they really are. Although there’s some negative feedback about it, this is so raw and inaccurate that perhaps that’s the travesty of it all. Bound to happen, I hope it’s done one day really well perhaps not just as a game, but as an “alternate reality” just so someone can understand what it’s like there. Here’s the link for it if you want to play it.
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Remember the post about the mayor who needed break. His town is near the nuclear danger zone, many evacuated, but many are still there. He needed supplies and help but was cut off and in danger of not having anything for his people. He made a YouTube video and lo and behold, he got 200,000 views and is getting calls of help and much needed supplies. As reported in The New York Times, some Katsunobu Sakurai remarks, “Suddenly, the world was extending its hand to us,” said Mr. Sakurai, 55, an energetic man who still wears the same beige uniform as in the video, but now smiles and seems more relaxed. “We learned we’re not alone.” The idea of using social networking, in this case a plea via YouTube worked well for a town who probably never thought of using this type of technology. I’d like to think that because this worked here, perhaps more could will use it where they see fit. This is just another small reason to have free wifi everywhere which will then hopefully get people more involved in using technology instead of waiting for media and bureaucracies to catch up with their work – which may never come through. NY Times
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When I take time off from work, I give back to the community, which is to say, the community of homeless dogs. There is a great no-kill shelter called Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition (BARC) and they always need people to walk their dogs (and curb them). This fine guy right here is Hunter, a puggle. This dude is low to the ground and has a pull-force like you wouldn’t believe for a guy his size. Whew, after having a run-around with Hunter, it was off for quality time with other dogs. The kind with chili! Hey, wait, what is this under the table top? It’s Moon Patrol! You know, from 29 years ago! I gotta play this! Fifty cents (!) later and I’m off! The controller and buttons are all greasy and shit from those hot-dog-eating moon patrollers afore me but I don’t care. Now I get to leave my double-dog scum, too.
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Kobe Bryant does a commercial for Smart Car China. This is a new one, but I realize that Kobe’s made tons of commercials. So many that I can’t find some of them and so many that I can’t really keep up. If I can’t, then most of your can’t either. Most of you might not care, but for those of you who do, here’s 11 commercials that I like. I’m sure there’s plenty of others from other countries that I haven’t ever seen. I added some comments to each one.
Art thief in downtown LA. Kobe throws ball, guy falls, and doesn’t ruin the art. This is one of those fun action packed running around CMs.
Jokey reality based CM that got Kobe into some hot water with Turkish folks. It’s for a Turkish Airlines. It’s placing a dude into weird situations and him failing genre.
Reality based, viral style. It worked for a second.
Do you know Adrian Leung? If you are involved with writing or making film in the Asian community you’ve probably met him. Adrian is one of these glue-type of people who knows nearly everybody in some way. I knew him back when he was working at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop in the early 2000s. He drove me, and two other writers, Bushra Rehman and Helen Yum, to a college in Ohio from New York City. We almost all died. Although it was April, it was snowing in Ohio and our car spun on the road like a teacup ride. We came to a rest in a ditch and had to pay a tow truck to get us out. I can’t help but feel that in an alternate universe, my ghost is haunting a certain stretch of the road in the midwest on snowy nights. Adrian has been living in Tokyo for more than a year now (I think) but when he comes to visit the U.S., he has to make that triangular run (L.A., S.F. and New York City) to see everyone he knows. I’ve taken the liberty of taking photos of his iPhone photos with my iPhone. Shit knocked all over the place, all the way in Tokyo, right after the earthquake. Prepackaged goods gone in a flash, so if you want Twinkies 24 hours after the quake, you are S.O.L. It’s rush hour, but Jackie Chan and everybody else is skipping the train. These are not dunce caps. They are soft like thick quilted blankets but they supposedly protect your head as well as hardhats from shit falling.
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