I Like Turtles
Do yourself a favor.
When the world is annoying you, go to Youtube and search the phrase I used on for the header of this post: “I like turtles” — that should be good for at least twenty minutes of fun.
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This is one of those little things I meant to install ages ago, but never got around to it. You can now subscribe to the comments section of a post when commenting, to receive notification when others comment or reply to you.
Good Grief!
Thanks to Boing-Boing, I know that:
Jimi Hendrix made a Sex Tape. And now someone else is releasing it.
Psychopaths are great correspondents. (Among others.)
Canadian copyright is about to go nuts. (Hardly a surprise: the USA is exported n even-more-draconian form of copyright law to Korea, and Canada’s much more of a USA-wannabe.)
As someone commented — who […]
What in the World?!?
So I was looking around for Hwang Sin Hae videos on Youtube, and found this bizarre Korean remake of that song Venus, by Shocking Blue. (I think of it as “by Bananarama” but that just shows my age and ignorance.) What the hell is this from?
Video pasted in below for you non-LJers.
Why Can’t Korean Pop Culture Be This Bizarre?
I like the guy, and his writing, but the_flea_king is evil. Not as evil as some people, but still evil, for having done this to me (LJers, just click here instead, and then, if you’re still note satisfied, here):
UPDATE: slightly less odd, but still bizarre, video for the same song:
Migration
My site will be moving in the night. It’ll still be here, same address, but it’s shifting from one server to another. This means some downtime. Not to worry. It’ll all be back to normal soon!
Popular Gusts Blow Through Salon
Matt at Gusts of Popular Feeling was mentioned in today’s installement of the column at Salon called How the World Works. I’ve long considered Matt one of the best bloggers on Korea, period, and would like to take a development history course from him if he were to offer one — I know I’d learn […]
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