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  • A group blog for an apartment building in Los Angeles. Apparently guys named Brian are fond of this Blogger template. (via boingboing)
  • BDSM of Japan. It is what it says it is, but it's more of a "hands across the world" approach of a Japanese guy to introduce the English speaking world to the joy of Japanese bondage. For heaven's sake, be wary of sketchy links that are not for the tame (or tasteful). Just enjoy the zen of the language:
    There is a wonderful smell in the female leg steamed in boots.
    Toes wrapped by the stocking of nylon is very attractive.
    Do you like female foot?
  • Production I.G. of Ghost in the Shell fame has an RSS feed for their project status/press releases. (thanks, M., for the link to the GitS PS2 game, which also lead to this cool site)

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