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Anyone for a solid-gold iPad?

If so, you'll need £130,000 ($192,000) for the privilege. Oh, and of course it's a 3G model :-)

Designer/jeweler Stuart Hughes (wife Katherine did this one, BTW) sends out a lot of these press releases about ridiculously high-bling phones, computers and other gadgets, usually stating that only ten or so will be made.

They're undeniably impressive, but it's hard to believe that many are actually built as people buy the things. If Stuart is listening, I'd love to know more...

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Go postal retentive with Thanko’s Mailbox Sentry

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Lo-fi, old-skool, craziness from Thanko...

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Avatards: DVD release marked with world’s worst cosplay in Tokyo

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At least one of them seems to have had some fun...

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Plenty of Tweeple down on CNNGo story on Japanese convenience stores, but the authors are spot on

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For once, instead of the 'breathless fawning' they mention themselves in the subhead here, or priapic babble about 'hipsters,' whatever that means, the authors have said something of substance - an impressive feat when clearly just aiming for linkbait.

Convenience stores may be handy once in a while, but they're a blight on the landscape for the most part, not to mention the stomach. Just try eating konbini food a few days in a row and it's Supersize Me writ large. Ghastly stuff - try your locally grown shops instead.

With so many small retail units empty over the last 18 months, it's alway positive to see a new business pick up the keys and start refitting, but when it turns out to be yet another konbini, the heart just sinks. Am I alone in that?

For years, I fought the same battle for hearts and minds over the inflated view of Japanese cell phones, so could this do the same for these street-corner neon palaces?

via cnngo.com

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Sony's live music 3D extravaganza: enough J-Pop to make your eyes bleed...

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via winternet.jp

It happened yesterday, apparently, and featured acts like Azu, Scandal and One Draft. I bet they looked marvelous in 3D...

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Rusty trombone, dirty sanchez, donkey punch and now muddy bear?

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Seriously, is it just me thought that? They're pretty tasty, actually...

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Does Avatar have the highest names-per-inch density in post-roll credits history?

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I know it was expensive, but this is ridiculous...

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Web 2.0 suicide machine: meet your real neighbours again, sign out forever!

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Shibuya Pee Wine Bar: shurely shum mishtake?

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They say Japanese attempts at (grape-based) wine taste like piss, but this is surely a micturation too far...

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Awesome in its being a solution for which there is no matching problem - the Genkan Hanko

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via kaden.watch.impress.co.jp

Having a Japanese surname (and, thus, being treated a few steps differently than a talking dog) I use my hanko (name stamp) a lot, particularly in the doorway when a delivery arrives, just as in the pack illustration.

I've never had any problems using my opposable thumbs to pick up said hanko and apply it to any proffered delivery note, however the 'Genkan Hanko - Standing Name' seem to be made for folk who find that tough.

The shiny little thing just sits there waiting to be grabbed ahead of some serious doorway hanko action, so go the heck ahead and splash out ¥1,260 on the thing. You know you want to.

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Anyone for a solid-gold iPad?

Go postal retentive with Thanko’s Mailbox Sentry

Avatards: DVD release marked with world’s worst cosplay in Tokyo

Plenty of Tweeple down on CNNGo story on Japanese convenience stores, but the authors are spot on

Sony's live music 3D extravaganza: enough J-Pop to make your eyes bleed...

Rusty trombone, dirty sanchez, donkey punch and now muddy bear?

Does Avatar have the highest names-per-inch density in post-roll credits history?

Web 2.0 suicide machine: meet your real neighbours again, sign out forever!

Shibuya Pee Wine Bar: shurely shum mishtake?

Awesome in its being a solution for which there is no matching problem - the Genkan Hanko

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