At Foshata.com, you can subtitle your own Japanese TV commercial. Just choose from a menu of ads 
for cell phones, soda, or tech companies and put in the words of your choice. Suddenly, jaded yuppie diners and their tuxedo clad waiter are saying the words to a commercial for cat food ("I want chicken, I want liver, only Meow Mix can deliver!").

In another clip, a handsome well-dressed man on a bench confesses to his winsome companion that he's hiding tentacles under his fedora. A traditionally garbed man pulls a cell phone out of his kimono, dials a trendy young woman eating Chinese food, and comments "My bologna has a first name." These commercial-ettes are extremely short, so fitting in a punch line takes a finesse that escapes some of the posters; and the humor is often sophomoric. But it's still funny to see Japanese businessmen drinking sake and arguing over the quality of their Bill Clinton impersonations.

Gawker for Geeks

Here at Spiegel International, our offices are packed with expatriates -- some from England, some from the West and East coasts of the United States. After paging through the Süddeutsche Zeitung and browsing NYTimes.com in the morning, our next stop is generally a blog or two from the Gawker Media empire -- usually Wonkette, Gawker or Defamer. But lately a few of us have grown addicted to ValleyWag , a newish blog that is attempting to become for the Silicon Valley what Gawker is for the New York media scene. You can follow the latest gossip on Sergey and Larry, Steve's strategy for world domination and even vote on the sexiest up-and-coming executives in " ValleyWag Hotties ." The site offers a glimpse at the human side of people who are better known for their programming than partying -- but this being the technorati and all, it's also a good place to follow the latest in Internet developments.

Streaming Memory Lane

In a joint project with Google, the United States National Archive has released over 100 historic films that can now be viewed for free  on the popular Internet search engine. The downloads include newsreels from the Cold War era as well as the footage of the world's first moon landing. The National Archive is hoping to find a broad audience for the previously unreleased films, which the archive's director, Allen Weinstein, described them as "rare and unusual." "Students and researchers whether in San Francisco or Bangladesh can watch remarkable video such as World War II newsreels and the story of Apollo 11 -- the historic first landing on the Moon," said Sergey Brin, Google's co-founder. The oldest film, "Carmencita -- Spanish Dance," stems from 1894. Currently 104 films are available, including 60 US government newsreels and a collection of NASA documentaries about the history of space flight.