Giant Spider invades Yokohama Japan. This is probably someone’s second to worst nightmare in mechanical form. The first being this.

The 12-meter (40-ft) tall, 37-ton mechanical spider was observed in the red brick warehouse area of Yokohama — far from its natural habitat of Nantes, France.

The massive arachnid was designed and built by French art performance group La Machine.

Reblog from Pink Tentacle.

Venn diagram showing Japan’s relationship to karaoke.

Reblog from Tokyo Mango.

someday, i will be able to achieve this kind of speed in the morning!

I had this really apocolyptic, sci-fi-esque dream last night. I dreamt that I was crowded into a spaceship with thousands of other people, being transported to a mining planet to be used as slaves. It was as if the end of human kind had been reached. We were not becoming slaves to other beings but to a mysterious artificial entity. On board the spaceship, I remember seeing a woman my age. She did not seem as scared as I was. I remember talking to her about something and being comforted. As soon as we arrived to the planet though, she was gone, lost in the crowd. I felt like I had to search her out.

I stepped out of the spaceship. I was overwhelmed by what I saw. Everything on the planet was so gigantic, I felt like an ant crawling around a jungle. There was all this technological waste scattered everywhere and there were these monstrous cranes lifting people by the thousands and scattering them around. It was as if whoever was controlling those cranes was toying with them. Some of the people fell to their death, they seemed to fall forever. As much as I wanted to escape, I knew that this was the end. But at the same time, I felt like I had to go search for the woman I had met earlier. Then I saw that one of the cranes was coming right toward me to pick me up…

Real life seems so much more tame after I wake up from my sleep.

The WEEE Man sculpture, made from discarded electronics parts and appliances, stands at over 23 feet tall. This and more can be seen on the web urbanist blog of obsolete tech art.

it’s official. the hellokiel tumblog is up and running! and to kick things off, a nicely designed japanese website, featuring a product you wouldn’t necessarily think of at first (or at least, i didn’t). thanks ry for sharing this one.