Prediction: Within five years, Japan will have a robot theme park. (Then we’ll see what a Jurassic Park and Terminator mash up looks like!)

thedailywhat:

Photo of the Day: To commemorate the 30th anniversay of pioneering anime series Mobile Suit Gundam, an 18-meter, 35-ton full-scale statue of the RX-78 Gundam is being erected in Odaiba, Tokyo.

Construction is expected to wrap up in mid-July.

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Wikipedia — now available in analog format! (via)

Modern immortality.

LA Times story on an interesting proposal to balance the City of Los Angeles budget and save 4,000 jobs.

Seems like an obvious idea. Unless your budget is already stretched, I don’t know many people who wouldn’t do this to save a co-worker from the street. But any cut in pay should come with an equivalent cutback in hours. What you’d lose in salary, you’d gain in quality of life.

I love vintage postcards. Who wouldn’t want to visit the Friendship Inn Space Age Motel? (much more here)

Raffi: out. Craig Finn: in.

One-sided cell phone conversations overheard in Minneapolis. In other words, comedy gold.

These shoes are the jam. Gotta love Nike’s experimental culture, particularly how it permeates its offices around the globe.