Random things that catch my eye from life in Japan and online…Tumblr (3.0; @ebenbolter)http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kspjxuRpUp1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32639971@N06/3984510890/">Vin Dieselgram</a>” by J. Thornburg.</p> <blockquote> <p>[<a href="http://superpunch.blogspot.com/2009/11/vin-diagram-link-roundup.html">via</a>.]</p> </blockquote>http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/235419463http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/235419463Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:24:50 +0900<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpng8kD1q61qz7kyuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Big Picture is THE awesome.</p>http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/182751994http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/182751994Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:07:32 +0900<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp4hucbRnp1qz7kyuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Very interesting nuclear war diagram</p>http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/174488601http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/174488601Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:27:48 +0900<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_koytacYSAz1qz9d6lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New Snow Leopard wallpapers are pretty. Installing it now…</p>http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/172077040http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/172077040Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:11:49 +0900<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kosksklbQk1qzpwi0o1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thedw.us/post/169168840/like-a-boss-via">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Like a boss.</p> <p>[<a href="http://twitter.com/inspiredmag/status/3476531528">via</a>.]</p> </blockquote>http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/169318256http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/169318256Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:57:09 +0900<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_koqexwCmzC1qz9d6lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://applearts.tumblr.com/post/168446185/close-encounters-under-the-sea-marco-querals">applearts</a>:</p> <blockquote><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/6055034/Close-encounters-under-the-sea-Marco-Querals-photographs-of-whales.html">Close encounters under the sea: Marco Queral’s photographs of whales - Telegraph</a></blockquote>http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/168674960http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/168674960Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:05:57 +0900<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9A-MfPfLy80&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9A-MfPfLy80&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thedw.us/post/168353594/ad-campaign-of-the-day-the-playface-ps3-slim">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>Ad Campaign of the Day:</b> “<a href="http://www.playface.jp/">The Playface</a>” — PS3 Slim spot by <a title="Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo" href="http://www.wktokyo.jp/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.wktokyo.jp');">Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo</a>.</p> <p>Terrific concept, if not <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfOUhwhdUV0&fmt=18">terribly original</a>.</p> <p>[<a href="http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2009/08/21/the-playface/">via</a>.]</p> </blockquote>http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/168581500http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/168581500Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:46:11 +0900<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_koporyq83f1qz9d6lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://applearts.tumblr.com/post/168093883/the-moment-suicidal-man-tried-to-hurl-his">applearts</a>:</p> <blockquote><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1198271/The-moment-suicidal-man-tried-hurl-daughter-eighth-floor-window.html?ITO=1490">The moment suicidal man tried to hurl his daughter, two, out of eighth-floor window | Mail Online</a></blockquote>http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/168140403http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/168140403Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:06:30 +0900<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aAMYudPgQKc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aAMYudPgQKc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Tarantino’s ‘Sunshine’ review. Couldn’t agree more.</p>http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/165721043http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/165721043Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:50:25 +0900<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1rp5NjLRRyw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1rp5NjLRRyw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Tarantino on ‘There Will Be Blood’. Makes me want to watch it again right now…</p>http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/165711778http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/165711778Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:32:43 +0900<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wz4K-Rxx2Bk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wz4K-Rxx2Bk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Tarantino’s top 20 movies in the last 17 years. I’ve seen 15 of them, the other 5 will have been consumed by the weekend!</p>http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/165709612http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/165709612Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:28:31 +0900<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x6cZLfK4Zjk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x6cZLfK4Zjk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>James May from Top Gear flies to the brink of space, seeing the world from 70,000 feet.</p>http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/158310804http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/158310804Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:51:59 +0900<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZOkNIUw0c2s&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZOkNIUw0c2s&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>RIP John Hughes, your movies made Sunday afternoons fun as a child</p>http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/157475677http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/157475677Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:06:08 +0900<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/6IJqSzvZpqr5yqy2Iy1cCABAo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://applearts.tumblr.com/post/156238365/paddy-art-farmers-create-colourful-rice-murals-in">applearts</a>:</p> <blockquote><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/5965421/Paddy-art-farmers-create-colourful-rice-murals-in-Japan.html">Paddy art: farmers create colourful rice murals in Japan - Telegraph</a></blockquote>http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/156317262http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/156317262Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:10:50 +0900<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1-la6JcNdcI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1-la6JcNdcI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Mocking Maria Carey gets extra points when it’s by カエラ on Saku Saku</p>http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/153997811http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/153997811Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:33:47 +0900<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EyYt_m26M4Y&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EyYt_m26M4Y&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><h1>This advert for Hot Pepper featuring 木村カエラ and Snoopy has been in my head for the last 24hrs<br/> </h1></p>http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/153989310http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/153989310Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:17:13 +0900<p>The 2nd Disney dubbed Ponyo trailer is a disgrace. Spoilers, terrible narration, awful sounding voicecast, and inferior soundtrack make me want to throw things. And is it me or have they played with the colour pallete? Awful.</p>http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/153434247http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/153434247Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:13:47 +0900<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Qd_IsxgAf8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Qd_IsxgAf8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Thundercats are go</p>http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/153381084http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/153381084Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:35:25 +0900<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/TL2Z0GFE6qlc0dgnao1Q6BUuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Thunder, thunder, thunder, thunderrr, CATS!</p>http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/153379077http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/153379077Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:31:42 +0900<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/TL2Z0GFE6qj1uljfIJ9jGhDgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ever since I saw the movie Twister as a kid in the cinema, I’ve always wanted to take a perfect photo of lightning striking. Strange for a movie about tornados I guess, but <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/07/lightning.html">The Big Picture</a> just sparked that feeling again. Incredible.</p>http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/152245220http://ebenbolter.tumblr.com/post/152245220Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:11:45 +0900