Word: bonsai
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...ateliers of Paris all the way to the cherry-blossom-filled gardens of Kyoto. One after another, models in geisha makeup and with orchids and ikebana arrangements caught up in their hair emerged in glorious confections that recalled hand-painted kimonos, origami folds and even the bark of a bonsai tree. Backstage, the designer described the show as Christian Dior meeting Puccini's Madama Butterfly...
...everything from "architecture" to "zoo." But the real fun is in Flickr's feisty online community: more than 650,000 people are already members, and everyone can add his own comments and tags to public pics, as well as start his own special-interest photo group (pictures of bonsai trees, anybody?). Sign-up is free and comes with 10 megabytes of photo-uploads per month; for $59.95 per year (or a special price of $41.77 until the site officially launches later this summer), a pro account gives a full 1 gigabyte. Why not get one for gramps...
...everything from "architecture" to "zoo." But the real fun is in Flickr's feisty online community: more than 650,000 people are already members, and everyone can add their own comments and tags to public pics, as well as start their own special-interest photo group (pictures of bonsai trees, anybody?). Sign-up is free and comes with 10 MB of photo uploads per month; for $59.95 per year (or a special price of $41.77 until the site officially launches later this summer), a pro account gives 1 GB. Why not get one for gramps...
From electronic gadgets to bonsai trees to dinner portions, the Japanese are famous for doing things small. But in sumo wrestling and banking, gigantism is the order of the day. At a press conference last week, officials at UFJ Holdings and Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (MTFG) announced they had agreed to begin negotiating a merger that could create the world's largest bank, a monster with $1.75 trillion in assets, overshadowing Japan's Mizuho Holdings and U.S.-based Citigroup, both with approximately $1.3 trillion in assets as of March...
...Japan's banks have been congratulating themselves for their recent turnaround, but critics say they should start concentrating on improving profit margins, not increasing their assets. As any bonsai artist will tell you, big is rarely beautiful...