SPIEGEL Surfs the Web Goofing Off in Japanese
If you're worried about your on-the-job productivity you may want to skip today's link. SPIEGEL ONLINE has found a quirky Web site that might possibly distract you from filing those all-important TPS reports this afternoon. A Japanese blogger has put together some fascinating browser-based games that you can tell yourself will give you a better understanding of physics while improving your Japanese language skills. The coolest games involve manipulating various elements such as fire, oil and water simply to see how they react with one another. Don't be put off by the strange looking graphics. Pretty soon you'll be addicted and you'll be huddling down in your cubicle hoping your boss doesn't see you. Of course, if he does walk by, you can always just tell him you're brushing up on your Japanese for that important upcoming workshop with the Tokyo office.
The Lego Suicides
What happens when you take hundreds of tiny interlocking plastic pieces to create a Lego gun, a Lego knife, a Lego rope, a Lego hand-grenade, a bottle of Lego sleeping pills, self-timed Lego explosives or a Lego fork? Lego suicides and lots and lots of Lego blood , of course. We can't imagine Lego's image control executives in Denmark are happy about the latest incarnation of the popular toys, which follows artists co-opting Legos to produce renditions of the Holocaust and porno scenes. But if you enjoy gallows humor and the subversion of a favorite pasttime, then you'll certainly have a laugh over the Lego suicides.
Beating the Jew Haters at their own Game
Can't we all just get along? Cultural insensitivity and overblown, knee-jerk reactions seem to be the flavor of the day -- . Might some bad cartoons actually be hurtling us all toward a ridiculous clash of civilizations? There are, of course, different ways to deal with such situations. If storming an embassy isn't your cup of tea and you can't bring yourself just to ignore offensive cartoons like the planned Holocaust satire in Iran, there's always the option of going on the offensive. A group of enterprising Israeli comic artists are doing just that. They've started their very own anti-Semitic cartoon contest . Well show the world we can do the best, sharpest, most offensive Jew hating cartoons ever published! says Amitai Sandy from Dimona Comix . No Iranian will beat us on our home turf!
