Kei trucks, or kei-tora, are cute, stunted vehicles found only in Japan. So it’s natural that every year the the Japan Federation of Landscape Contractors would host a competition for the best kei truck mini-garden. View these stunningly cute kei truck gardens!
Author: Lee Wallender
Deception, influence, fakes, illusions, themed environments, simulations, secret places, secret infrastructure, imagined places, dreamscapes, movie sets and props, evasions, camouflage, studio backlots, miniatures.
27 Giant Props From Land of the Giants
The Land of the Giants television show from 1969 was pure visual candy. It had to be, since the plots were thin and often ridiculous, even by the standards of this outlandish world. Episodes each cost a reported $250,000 to produce. Giant props were built that simulated an oversized world that the travelers in the… Continue reading 27 Giant Props From Land of the Giants
Saving Computers: Death of US News Media, LA Times-Style
The Los Angeles Times continues its descent into tabloid world with the headline on this article about the conviction of e-waste recycler Eric Lundgren: “Electronics-recycling innovator is going to prison for trying to extend computers’ lives.” Really? That’s shocking. Because the Times pulled the article from the Washington Post due to some apparent content-sharing arrangement, I checked… Continue reading Saving Computers: Death of US News Media, LA Times-Style
Let’s All Check on Senator Mary Landrieu’s Fishing Camp
History doesn’t always cooperate with us. The narrative that we are continually constructing often runs at odds with reality. Our outrage culture has built a story around Hurricane Katrina that’s pretty much the accepted narrative. One off-shoot of this narrative is that FEMA and its Director at the time, Michael Brown, were bumbling idiots who failed… Continue reading Let’s All Check on Senator Mary Landrieu’s Fishing Camp
Big Sur Stabbing: Writer “Falls Onto” Knife 9 Times
Big Sur, California, hugging the Pacific coast, is wreathed in fog and mystery. It seems like if you’re going to die there, it’s not a bad place to be. Novelist Dennis Murphy did not die–though the Fresno Bee did erroneously report his death–but he was stabbed in a most unusual way in a parking lot fight… Continue reading Big Sur Stabbing: Writer “Falls Onto” Knife 9 Times