It looks like the Zooomr we knew is pretty much done for. A few months ago, I wrote that I was taking a break from Zooomr. The more I stayed away, the more clearly I could think about it, and the more I realized what a colossal waste of my time it was to get [...]
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If I’d taken some sociology classes in college, I might have gotten this point sooner: humor is driven, by and large, by societal norms. Furthermore, it is usually in contrast (marked or absurd) to those same norms. Allow me to illustrate.
Japan: most of us know that public conduct there has been driven by very strict [...]
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From CNET News: “Video: Earthquake safety testing. Japan’s Hyogo Earthquake Engineering Research Center tests real houses under earthquake conditions. This video shows the difference between two actual wooden houses, the one on the right retrofitted to limit damage.” Very cool! Here is the link.
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