This won't be a new one for many of you, as it's been everywhere, but here's the link for those of you who haven't seen it: how to survive a mugging (includes hankerchiefs, aerobic dancers and a member of the Village People)

Chinese classics, The Water Margin and Journey to the West (aka Monkey), are probably best known in the UK through the TV adaptations made by Japanese broadcaster NTV (having been dubbed into English by the BBC). This would be like the Chinese only knowing of Robin Hood and his Merry Men through a German TV production (who would we cast in this ( Read more... )

Here's a bunch of links for you. For those of you who are interested, Sunday Lunchtime in the recursived household today will consist of falafel and pittas. I have also decided that if I were to ever become a tailor, retro-futuristic silver suits made out of space blankets would be my niche.( Read more... )

...those Transformers fans out there (via qwghlm).

All snaffled from Bifurcated Rivets:

1. Weird Japanese dancing contest (mpg file).

2. A bunch of demolition videos (requires Flash).

3. The 1971 Sears Catalog.

Finally, Bifurcated Rivets rather dismissively mentions Boing Boing, which got me to thinking as to why I never read it anymore. Back in the day, it was one of the first "look at these ( Read more... )