http://www.metafilter.com/67194/My-humble-efforts-to-assist-in-the-elucidation-of-the-social-condition-of-a-distant-and-comparatively-unknown-race/ Comments on MetaFilter post "My humble efforts to assist in the elucidation of the social condition of a distant and comparatively unknown race." Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:04:34 -0800 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:04:34 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/67194/My-humble-efforts-to-assist-in-the-elucidation-of-the-social-condition-of-a-distant-and-comparatively-unknown-race <a href="http://elib.doshisha.ac.jp/denshika/sketches/163/imgidx163.html">Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs</a> (1867). post:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67194 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:34:54 -0800 goodnewsfortheinsane japan japanese 19thcentury customs manners rituals culture travel uk book history silver jmwsilver http://www.metafilter.com/67194/My-humble-efforts-to-assist-in-the-elucidation-of-the-social-condition-of-a-distant-and-comparatively-unknown-race#1937022 Nifty, thanks. comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67194-1937022 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:04:34 -0800 solipsophistocracy http://www.metafilter.com/67194/My-humble-efforts-to-assist-in-the-elucidation-of-the-social-condition-of-a-distant-and-comparatively-unknown-race#1937036 Oh wow, those pictures are great. I demand higher resolution scans! comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67194-1937036 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:15:31 -0800 CitrusFreak12 http://www.metafilter.com/67194/My-humble-efforts-to-assist-in-the-elucidation-of-the-social-condition-of-a-distant-and-comparatively-unknown-race#1937066 Would have been much cooler if the pictures were actually aligned the way that you're supposed to view them instead of 90 degrees off. comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67194-1937066 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:37:00 -0800 Flunkie http://www.metafilter.com/67194/My-humble-efforts-to-assist-in-the-elucidation-of-the-social-condition-of-a-distant-and-comparatively-unknown-race#1937121 Thanks. The images are beautiful and the text, well, something else. I was involved in <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/53049/The-role-of-sniper-particularly-suits-the-mentality-of-the-Jap-soldier">digitizing a much different take on Japanese behavior</a>. Illustrated by Sam Cobean. comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67194-1937121 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:14:54 -0800 fake http://www.metafilter.com/67194/My-humble-efforts-to-assist-in-the-elucidation-of-the-social-condition-of-a-distant-and-comparatively-unknown-race#1937204 <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/05/victorian-book-on-ja.html">Sketches of Boing Boing</a> comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67194-1937204 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:17:39 -0800 benATthelocust http://www.metafilter.com/67194/My-humble-efforts-to-assist-in-the-elucidation-of-the-social-condition-of-a-distant-and-comparatively-unknown-race#1937292 Yeah, I've ripped off library books that should have been better left to the public because I thought those people didn't appreciate,<a href="http://elib.doshisha.ac.jp/denshika/sketches/163/imgidx163.html">too.</a> I'll probably scan my first edition Robin Hood someday. comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67194-1937292 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:03:32 -0800 Balisong http://www.metafilter.com/67194/My-humble-efforts-to-assist-in-the-elucidation-of-the-social-condition-of-a-distant-and-comparatively-unknown-race#1937331 Lovely. Thanks for this, goodnews. comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67194-1937331 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:39:50 -0800 flapjax at midnite http://www.metafilter.com/67194/My-humble-efforts-to-assist-in-the-elucidation-of-the-social-condition-of-a-distant-and-comparatively-unknown-race#1937551 benATthelocust, that's about the most lamest and pointless contribution that could have been made. I've had that digital repository <a href="http://del.icio.us/url/480887442eb62804272adf58f5bf30a1">bookmarked</a> since August, but that also, means nothing. It's not that you should be embarrassed for admitting you read BB exactly, but perhaps you ought to be for thinking that admitting it in <em>this</em> forum with the implied "been there, done that" dismissiveness, gains you any webcred. Thanks for the reminder gnfti! comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67194-1937551 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:00:50 -0800 peacay http://www.metafilter.com/67194/My-humble-efforts-to-assist-in-the-elucidation-of-the-social-condition-of-a-distant-and-comparatively-unknown-race#1937552 <small><small><em>most</em> lamest?! oy</small></small> comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67194-1937552 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:01:35 -0800 peacay http://www.metafilter.com/67194/My-humble-efforts-to-assist-in-the-elucidation-of-the-social-condition-of-a-distant-and-comparatively-unknown-race#1937605 Whew.. I thought my post was lame... comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67194-1937605 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:53:50 -0800 Balisong http://www.metafilter.com/67194/My-humble-efforts-to-assist-in-the-elucidation-of-the-social-condition-of-a-distant-and-comparatively-unknown-race#1937615 What peacay said. I've got MetaFilter and BoingBoing right next to each other on my toolbar and check one as often as the other, but I totally missed it on BoingBoing. Thanks for pointing this out gnfti. I've also got plans to use Vector Magic to turn the pictures into some sweet desktop images. comment:www.metafilter.com,2007:site.67194-1937615 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:04:21 -0800 CitrusFreak12