Archive for August, 2009

• 1August 29, 2009

  Occasional Photo of the Day: Torihada Minoru

  We aren’t going to do this every day, but I have thousands of photos that I always thought I would …

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• 1August 28, 2009

  Color Coordinated Coffee and Cigarettes

  Interesting. First Philip Morris sells its products along with a Georgia coffee (from Coca-Cola), and now BAT does it. This …

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• 2August 27, 2009

  Yay, Politics!

  We don’t usually get into politics here, mostly because, as Murray Rothbard observed, the State is nothing more than “bandit …

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• 3August 27, 2009

  Third Spaces in Japan: N STAR AKIBA Train Cafe

  This is the first in a series of examples of “third spaces” in Japan, locations that act as living/relaxation/work areas …

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• 2August 25, 2009

  Premium Cornflakes, Minimalist Packaging

  I was walking through the cereal aisle in a nice big suburban Tokyo supermarket (Machida I think) and something caught …

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