Japan

9/2/10 Gil's LotD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Surrender_of_Japan_-_USS_Missouri.jpg A picture of the ceremony where Japan formally surrendered at the end of World War II.

8/13/10 Gil's LotD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKVwUvdSnU4 Domestic violence simulator from Japan.

6/26/10 Gil's LotD

http://nonjatta.blogspot.com/ A very comprehensive blog of reviews of Japanese Whisky.

6/19/10 Gil's LotD

http://ishi.blog2.fc2.com/blog-entry-211.html?new Flash game where you shoot a bow and arrow with a cat attached and aim for the target.

5/26/07 Gil's LotD

5/26/07 Gil's LotD
http://www.livescience.com/health/070510_facial_culture.html News story about the difference between the way Japanese and Americans look at faces. ^_____^
http://www.topoware.org/concept.html This designer made an entire dining set with a topo map theme.

5/19/07 Gil's LotD

5/19/07 Gil's LotD
http://www.opentopia.com/showcam.php?camid=4239 Stalker time: live webcam of a dental office in Japan.
http://80.126.134.185:8085/cgi-bin/guestimage.html More webcams: watch a pool in what looks like a school.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Friends_of_gays_should_not_be_allowed_to_edit_articles Wikipedia policy on editors who are friends of gay men/women.

5/16/07 Gil's LotD

5/16/07 Gil's LotD
http://hitotoki.org/ Short stories from Tokyo tagged on a Google map.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_oCZsJbl7A Dog vs baby!
http://springs1.0catch.com/goodbye.html Generate an angry, parting rant!

5/11/07 Gil's LotD

5/11/07 Gil's LotD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAUXdDO_NgM An interview with Pikachu's voice actor. Be sure to see this video.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_PipeOrgan Know anything about pipe organs? Join in!
http://everybody.who.opposes.me.willbedefeated.com/ Replace the text before .willbedefated.com to have the video talk about your enemy!

5/3/07 Gil's LotD

5/3/07 Gil's LotD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOvq3-oG5BM A preview video of Sumotori Dreams, a tiny and funny game. The link for the download is in the description and be sure to see the video.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=263297 The latest scam in Japan is selling people sheep and calling them poodles?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHi-ZcvFV_0 A parody Facebook infomercial.

4/26/07 Gil's LotD

4/26/07 Gil's LotD
http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/a-nations-youth-all-thumbs-with-pcs/2007/04/13/1175971346787.html A story about the extensive use of cellphones with the latest generation in Japan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-u9SzVdVGI A very funny mix of the soundtrack of the 300 trailer with footage from Anchorman. Be sure to watch this video.
http://www.bbspot.com/News/BBloopers/2007/04/2650.php A website typo printed Hustler as for kids ages 5-10.

4/13/07 Gil's LotD

4/13/07 Gil's LotD
http://www.kilian-nakamura.com/blog-english/index.php/deep-fry-diving-for-goldfish-in-japan/
A video about the latest in fryer technology, a fryer that has a layer of
water.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67389022@N00/
Cool photos from Italy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHYznAb9D9I
Horrible special effects in this clip.

3/24/07 Gil's LotD

http://www.geocities.co.jp/AnimalPark-Pochi/9726/ The links on the left go to ASCII art of the lovable Kuma.
http://www.pigdog.org/auto/mr_bads_list/shortcolumn/1914.html One liners to stump your opponent in a technical argument.

3/16/07 Gil's LotD

http://www.austinkleon.com/newspaper-blackout-poems/ Poems made by blacking out sentences in newspaper articles.
http://pingmag.jp/2006/10/20/twilight-zone-dr-nakamats-inventions/ An interview with the Japanese Edison, Dr. NakaMats. A really interesting interview.
http://www.fogonazos.es/2007/02/weirdest-drive-thrus.html A list of the strangest drive through businesses.

2/27/07 Gil's LotD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakitate A Japanese manga about bread and baking.
http://thisisindexed.com/2007/01/were-all-going-to-hell/ The diagram connecting the seven deadly sins to create the secondary sins.
http://www.blog.ni9e.com/archives/2007/02/skymall_liberat.html This person tore all the faces out of the Sky Mall ads during a flight and sorted them from black to white.

2/14/07 Gil's LotD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikikomori Hikikomori is a recent Japanese phenomenon where teens and young adults completely shelter themselves from the outside world and live with their parents.
http://midnightsnacks.8chan.net/ Midnight Snacks is a podcast by W.T. Snacks which plays electronic music of all genres.
http://www.meriweather.com/777/deck-777.html Learn what everything is on the flight deck of a 777.

2/13/07 Gil's LotD

http://tanasinn.web.infoseek.co.jp/ Click on the first few letters of the "tanasinn" spiral in the middle to discover Tanasinn.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aokigahara Aokigahara is the national park and forest below Mt. Fuji.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dEfYODztF0 Another wedding dance!

2/8/07 Gil's LotD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouoKps0MzFw An interview with Synthesizer Patel! Check it out. Synthesizers can reproduce the sound of any instrument, except the bassoon.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2965796623140821861# Footage from a field day in Japan.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9176189767300009436# Another video from the same school of another crazy race.

1/26/07 Gil's LotD

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2204572510 Aww, look at him go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkJTGk_YGGE I don't know what this is, but it is Japanese and quite possibly the greatest LotD ever. Warning, toilet humor.

12/27/06 Gil's LotD

http://supersafe.ytmnd.com/ Crazy pictures from the manual from the Nintendo Wii.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_County,_Virginia Lee County is the little county at the far tip of Virginia.

12/16/06 Gil's LotD

http://www.tug.org/texshowcase/cheat.pdf A cram sheet of algorithms and identities for computer science majors.
http://spluch.blogspot.com/2006/11/japanese-do-it-yourself-cars.html A Japanese company is selling do it yourself car kits.
http://aelinik.free.fr/c/index.html A tutorial to C.

12/7/06 Gil's LotD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-fTHGdnauw This show is supposed to be about the daily lives of typical Japanese schoolgirls.
http://www.sushifaq.com/sushi-items/sushi-items-wasabi.htm All about wasabi.
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/albuquerque Flash music video for the Weird Al song Albuquerque, warning 10 MB size.

11/28/06 Gil's LotD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumihito,_Prince_Akishino Wikipedia's page on Prince Akishhino of Japan.

9/6/06 Gil's LotD

http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/gallery/survival/food/2006/08/make-survival-kit-out-altoids-tin-and-two-more-life-saving-diy-?# A very useful survival kit that fits in an altoids can (but be sure you know how to start a fire if you're going to pack firestarter).
http://www.i-mockery.com/shorts/mitsuwa-marketplace/ A story about a trip to a Japanese grocery called the Mitsuwa Marketplace.

8/18/06 Gil's LotD

http://www.flickr.com/photos/art_treyu/sets/72157594227666274/ Engrish pictures.
http://cre.ations.net/creation/the-time-fountain This is a video of water dripping in a strobe light. The result is water that looks like it's frozen in time.

8/15/06 Gil's LotD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2-LeBK17EY A Japanese diver who can blow bubbles in rings.
http://www.lockergnome.com/diy/how-to-open-a-beer-bottle-with-a-piece-of-paper/ How to open a beer bottle with paper (if you don't have a bottle opener on hand, of course).

6/8/06 Gil's LotD

Gil's LotD
http://asame2.web.infoseek.co.jp/mariof.html I'm not sure what this is, but it looks Japanese fanart of Nintendo characters.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9ZBcapxGHjE At the end of this story is video footage of ice tea being poured on a plane doing a barrel roll and not a drop is spilled.
http://artdent.homelinux.net/evolve/vote/ Users vote on pictures to help create better looking pictures.
http://www.electricsheep.org/ Electric sheep is similar to the above website. It's a screensaver that connects with other users to download interesting patterns to show, and they are voted on to make better ones.

5/22/06 Gil's LotD

http://www.ninjanewyork.com/ A restaurant in New York where you are served by ninjas.
http://www.channelchooser.com/ Free TV channels streamed over the Internet!

4/30/06 Gil's LotD

http://www.langorigami.com/art/gallery/gallery.php4?name=mt_diablo_tarantula Amazing origami of insects.
http://www.lasikathome.com/ Laser eye surgery at home: what could possibly go wrong!
http://www.hometheaterblog.com/hometheater/2006/03/what-about-bose-part-1/ An audiophile's view of Bose stereos.
http://proxy.org/cgi_proxies.shtml A list of tons of free web proxies, as well as an option to choose a random one.

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