21st century crime - Jail time for a virtual murder

Impressive...  She will need a real lawyer.

A 43-year-old Japanese piano teacher, player in a virtual game world called "Maple Story" , became so angry about the sudden divorce from her online husband that she logged on with his

password and killed his digital character.

She  said to the police "I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry"

Players in "Maple Story"  create and manipulate "avatars" that represent themselves, while engaging in relationships, social activities and fighting monsters and other obstacles.

The woman used log-in information she got from the 33-year-old office worker when their characters were happily married, in order to kill the character. The man complained to police when he discovered his online avatar was dead.

The woman was arrested Wednesday and taken 1,000 km from her home in Miyazaki to be detained in Sapporo, where the man lives, the official said. She did no plot any "real world" revenge.

She has not yet been formally charged. If convicted, she could face up to five years in prison or a fine up to ¥500,000.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20081025a9.html

BookMooch - an update

I posted about BookMooch back in June. BookMooch is a book exchange site.

At the time I mentioned that I would give a try.

Well, I added 78 books and magazines I want to give away and my wishlist had 56 books that I would like to read. So far I received 3 books and sent 7, what is a good ratio.

I am happy and will continue to exchange books!

Blog de Mónica Colaço

Conheci um excelente blog sobre livros, o Leituras e Devaneios escrito por Mónica Colaço.

Vale a pena dar uma espiada!

Great video - The Dark Bailout

The Dark Bailout

US$200 Bill!

Amazing....

Check NC Wanted - in HALIFAX COUNTY, North Carolina a guy successfully passed a $200 bill with George W. Bush's portrait and a drawing of the White House with lawn signs reading "We like ice cream" and "USA deserves a tax cut."  He even got $50 change on the $150 purchase...

Makes you wonder the kind of cashier the shops are hiring nowadays....

Toyota's new Winglet

They device will directly compete with the Segaway (maybe....)

If they market outside Japan, it may catch....

Testing Ping.fm

Ping.fm lets me post to several places from one site... interesting at least.



http://ping.fm/

Mic and Mac

Mic and Mac
Video sent by helolo

Very nice video on PC and Mac love!

Never imagined this existed,,,,

Check on the blog "Um Rebordão no Japão" the incredible Masturbate-a-thon.

No one could describe it so well as Antonio!

This is entry from Wikipedia:

Masturbate-a-thon is an event where participants masturbate in order to raise money for charity and to increase awareness of, and dispel the shame and taboos that persist around, this form of sexual activity.^[1] During the past six years, the Masturbate-a-thon has raised over $25,000 for women’s health initiatives and HIV prevention, education and treatment organizations, and has contributed to debates about safer sex and alternative safe methods of sexual expression.

BookMooch - a community for exchanging used books

Found BookMooch site today in Japanzine magazine !

BookMooch lets us give away books we no longer need in exchange for books we want.

Every time you give someone a book, you earn a point and can get any book you want from anyone else at BookMooch. Once you've read a book, you can keep it forever or put it back into BookMooch for someone else, as you wish.

The only cost is mailing the books to others.

We receive a tenth-of-a-point for every book entered into the system, and one point each time we give a book away. In order to keep receiving books, you need to give away at least one book for every three we receive.

I will give a try. Added 14 books today.