Open Buddha

Noisebridge in San Francisco has been doing a regular event in the hackerspace of a night of five minute presentations called, “Five Minutes of Fame.” For the last set, we actually recorded the presentations and have put them up on YouTube on the Noisebridge Channel.
I encourage people to go take a look at them if [...]

In the appalling/weird/Japanese department, this was found on CNET UK today:
“You read correctly. The Odin 99 has landed on the streets of Japan, and a single tap of the phone’s dedicated lotus-leaf button will load a private, customisable, animated altar.
The idea is to allow Buddhists to perform their dedications and rituals conveniently when away from [...]