Don’t ask me how, but I just happened to find a little editorial about the prospects of expanding snooker worldwide. You know, Snooker — British billiards.
I lived in London for four months during the early part of this millenium. I mention this so you’ll understand how I came to spend four hours of a [...]

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Former Chicago White Sox closer and NPB all-times saves leader Shingo Takatsu has signed with the Woori Heroes of the Korean Baseball League. His contract is worth a reported $120,000 and he has already been installed as the closer of the team.
According to an article in My Daily, Takatsu is just the fourth Japanese-born player [...]

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Someone really loves both Astro Boy and the Tokyo Metro. This would be a 10 x 7 ft. piece of pixel art made from 138,000 recycled Tokyo Metro. It’s on temporary display at the Shinjuku Takashimaya Department Store (2nd floor) to mark the opening of Tokyo’s new Fukutoshin subway line.
These photos begin with finished product [...]

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I found another examination of in the Internet’s role in the current meat furor cum presidential protest currently happening in South Korea. This comes from the Korea IT Times  and uses the term flash mob, which has an entry on Wikipedia, to describe the gatherings. I’d call it something else, but more on that [...]

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