Here is some stuff I've read/watched online recently:
Geekologie.com
- Move Over, Wonderbread: Superman Logo Sandwich Bread
- Animated GIF of All 151 Original Pokemon As Cats
HuffingtonPost.ca
- 25 Of the Most "Canadian" Words
- 10 Reasons Why Calgarians Love Nenshi (or, How to Be a Leader)
- Mitch Joel: Don't Turn Off Technology -- Turn Off Your Bad Habits
- Elizabeth May: 10 Reasons Why Harper Isn't Really Canadian
- Jeff Rose-Martland: Why the Governor General Should Remove Harper (actual petition to the GG to remove Harper at http://www.change.org/petitions/the-right-honourable-david-johnston-governor-general-of-canada-stop-harper-now#)
Kotaku.com
- This Is "Tank Sushi"
- Japan's Amazing Rice Paddy Art Continues to Dazzle (note: most of the pictures of rice fields using classical Western (Napoleon) or Japanese (samurai, etc.) imagery are from Inakadate, Aomori Prefecture!)
- Toronto Mayor's Crack Scandal Lands Him His Own Video Game
Uniqlo
- (Baskin Robbins) "31" Print Underwear for Women (Japanese)
YouTube.com
- Convos with my 2-year old (About this series: "Actual conversations with my 2 year old daughter, as re-enacted by me and another full-grown man." Particularly love episodes 2 & 3!)
- Extra Credits, Season 6, Episode 16 - Not a Babysitter (About this series: "
- Shut Up & Sit Down, Season 2, Episode 07 - 1812, The Invasion of Canada (About this series: ")
Friday, June 28, 2013
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Seriously, Japan?
I try not to post too much about how "weird" Japan is because every country has quirks/customs that might seem strange to others. But for a country with an image of having "healthy eating habits/diets," I found this really bizarre.
All-You-Can-Eat Kentucky Fried Chicken
You can pay 1200yen for 45min of all-you-can-eat (original) chicken, fries & soft drinks at KFC on July 3 & 4, 2013. One "child" (age 3-6) can eat free with each paying "adult" (i.e. elementary aged students and older). (You can also pay 600yen for each additional "child.")
Reservations required (limited to 2-hr periods in some locations).
You can pay 1200yen for 45min of all-you-can-eat (original) chicken, fries & soft drinks at KFC on July 3 & 4, 2013. One "child" (age 3-6) can eat free with each paying "adult" (i.e. elementary aged students and older). (You can also pay 600yen for each additional "child.")
Reservations required (limited to 2-hr periods in some locations).
More information (Japanese) here: http://www.kfc.co.jp/m/campaign/tabehodai2013/?utm_campaign=tabehodai2013&utm_source=line
Friday, June 7, 2013
Mastering the one-armed crane
How to get big prizes from one-armed crane machines!
(Updated Jun 15, 2013)
OK, so I always thought you had to know some crazy super trick in order to win big prizes from a crane/claw machine.
But then today at Shimoda Jusco I was able to get not one, but TWO of the big Nameko plushes.
^______^
Completely by fluke, I managed to figure out the trick to getting the prizes from the machines withthe prize two prizes, each hanging from a loop on a pole and a one-armed crane/claw.
I'd tried getting prizes from such machines before, but my strategy was completely wrong! I thought the aim was the get the claw to hook the bar part of the loop thing and lift it off the pole, but the claw is way too weak to lift it.
The trick is to get the claw to come straight down on the bar thing so it pushes it down and knocks it askew and eventually off the pole! (At first I was still trying to hook the prize but ended up knocking the bar accidentally and getting the prize really close to falling off.)
So all you need to do is line up the claw with the outer edge of the bar thing. (If the machine has two prizes to choose from, I recommend choosing the one further away from the claw since closer one might be too close, making it difficult get the crane in the proper position.)
Then when moving the claw backward, aim to have the "elbow" part line up with where you want the claw to hit the bar. The claw will move up and backward before scooping forward a little so if you aim for the front part (instead of the elbow) of the claw to hit the bar, it'll end up too far forward and you'll miss.
After the first hit it will probably take a couple more strategic hits before it falls off, but it's definitely doable! I really hope the 100 yen (per try) crane machine promotion at Shimoda Jusco continues for a while so I can practice/refine my technique!
(Edit: You may actually need to get the claw to hook and push the loop thing off for machines with just one prize hanging from the middle, or for other machines depending on the weight/balance of the prize and/or bar thing. I tried a machine with one Toy Story pig in the middle and the claw didn't go down as far or was just too weak to move the bar by pushing down. The push method seems to work best for the Nameko machines with two Namekos--maybe something to do with the weight/balance of the Namekos themselves? I don't know...)
(Updated Jun 15, 2013)
OK, so I always thought you had to know some crazy super trick in order to win big prizes from a crane/claw machine.
But then today at Shimoda Jusco I was able to get not one, but TWO of the big Nameko plushes.
^______^
Completely by fluke, I managed to figure out the trick to getting the prizes from the machines with
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| Bad drawing of what the machine looks like. ^^;; |
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| The (An) actual machine |
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| You can kind of see the loop thing |
I'd tried getting prizes from such machines before, but my strategy was completely wrong! I thought the aim was the get the claw to hook the bar part of the loop thing and lift it off the pole, but the claw is way too weak to lift it.
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| Even with perfect positioning this method doesn't work. |
The trick is to get the claw to come straight down on the bar thing so it pushes it down and knocks it askew and eventually off the pole! (At first I was still trying to hook the prize but ended up knocking the bar accidentally and getting the prize really close to falling off.)
So all you need to do is line up the claw with the outer edge of the bar thing. (If the machine has two prizes to choose from, I recommend choosing the one further away from the claw since closer one might be too close, making it difficult get the crane in the proper position.)
Then when moving the claw backward, aim to have the "elbow" part line up with where you want the claw to hit the bar. The claw will move up and backward before scooping forward a little so if you aim for the front part (instead of the elbow) of the claw to hit the bar, it'll end up too far forward and you'll miss.
After the first hit it will probably take a couple more strategic hits before it falls off, but it's definitely doable! I really hope the 100 yen (per try) crane machine promotion at Shimoda Jusco continues for a while so I can practice/refine my technique!
(Edit: You may actually need to get the claw to hook and push the loop thing off for machines with just one prize hanging from the middle, or for other machines depending on the weight/balance of the prize and/or bar thing. I tried a machine with one Toy Story pig in the middle and the claw didn't go down as far or was just too weak to move the bar by pushing down. The push method seems to work best for the Nameko machines with two Namekos--maybe something to do with the weight/balance of the Namekos themselves? I don't know...)
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