Random Crap

Today’s Japanese phrase is 未来 (mirai) – (1) the future (usually distant); (2) future tense; (3) the world to come;

Ever want to leave a comment on a LiveJournal, but didn’t want to register an account. So you go and look up what exactly OpenID is, but find out that they don’t really provide you with an OpenID you can use. Wait no longer, VeriSign is providing a free and open OpenID server you can register and use at any site that supports OpenID: Personal Identity Provider (PIP) (from Ars Technica).

Ark. Mayor Accused in Sex-For-Water Case – Waldron’s mayor was released on a signature bond Wednesday after being accused of soliciting two women for sex after they fell behind on their water bills. Troy Anderson, 72, is accused of abusing the public trust and patronizing a prostitute. After hearing complaints about delinquent water bills, Anderson solicited sex from the women, authorities said.

California home for sale for $75 million – The 30,000-square-foot custom-built estate belongs to Frank Pritt, founder of software company Attachmate Corp. The estate features a car museum, entertainment complex, gymnasium and mini water park. Can you add the car museum into the price of the house? I mean if I stick the Mona Lisa into my house, can I include the price of the Mona Lisa as the house’s worth? I’m not saying you can’t add extra things to sell the house along with, but it shouldn’t really be considered part of the house’s worth.

A very strange sign of the times… – Exhausted Japanese workers in need of a pick-me-up will soon be able to get a hit of canned oxygen at their local convenience store. … “People are under a lot of stress and can’t get much exercise, so they aren’t getting enough oxygen,” said Minoru Matsumoto, a spokesman for Seven & I Holdings Co Ltd, Seven-Eleven’s parent company. O2… *drools*

iloveegg song – an old favorite, yet pretty cheesy (or should I say eggy). More ilovegg animations at: iloveegg.com. If you can’t stand cuteness, I’d advise against you clicking on the links.

K-1 Ernesto Hoost – gaki no tsukai (from lowjack) (also available at thatvideosite.com: Yet another Japanese variety show, this includes something titled “slapping machine”) – a hilarious video where Ernesto Hoost is hosting a Japanese TV show: ガキの使い. The setting appears to be in a library, but it’s pretty obvious it’s stated. They have rounds where one out of the group of 6 people get chosen for an unfortunately event including pulling out nose hair, eating wasabi sushi, smelling foul air, popping a giant balloon under your shirt, etc. For some reason, I think the cards were staged as 2 people got chosen the most. I believe the crew is the same as the video I posted several days ago: You DO NOT laugh when this Japanese man tries to speak English.

Looks like AOL’s another competitor that’s entering the online video market: UnCut Video

History of Console Prices (or: $500 ain’t the worst…) (from /.) – Is the $500 price tag for the crippled PlayStation 3 historically high or low? I did a bit of number crunching to try to put that number in perspective. These graphs tell the story. Pretty interesting graphs. It’s also interesting that Nintendo has never launched a console for over $200.