Dual Maps is a mashup combining Google Street View and Live Maps Bird’s eye view.

Go ahead, try in fullscreen mode, you know you want to.

“Otaku Power – Trivia, Desire, and Transformation” is the title of a lecture given by Patrick Macias at Temple University Japan Campus (in Tokyo).

- Download (via blogs.com)

It covers 50 years of otaku history in 40 minutes. From the original 60’s science fiction/space battle otaku to the 00’s maid café/Moe otaku.

All the radios and music sources listed on this page more or less fall in one of the following genres of electronic music : Electro, Italo disco, Minimal Wave and 8bit/chip music.
 
24/7 Net Radios

Intergalactic FM
Intergalactic FM is actually four radio stations:
IFM1 – 100% Electro – Tune in
IFM2 – Classics: Italo disco, disco, pre-1989 music, also features non electronic music, the place where Drexciya meets Johnny Cash – Tune in
IFM3 – Dream machine: space and soundtracks – Tune in
IFM4 – CBS: The Cybernetic Broadcasting System – Tune in

Kohina – Tune in
Chip music, old school game and demo music.

Micomusic.net – Tune in
Micomusic.net is a community of people making chip tunes and living the low tech dream. They actually got some money from Migros kulturprozent. How cool is that? Everytime you buy toilet paper, you actually support people making music with game boys.

Radio Stad Den Haag – Tune in
100% Italo disco & Hi-NRG. All day. Everyday. Also features funny sounding dutch ads (if you don’t speak dutch that is).

 
Music you can download : Radio shows, mixes, podcasts

Welt-am-draht – Downloads – Podcast feed
This German-based radio station is run by Mondmod (aka C. Kent), they feature all kinds of electronic music. They are live on Tuesday nights, twice per month. Teep and AratkiLo are regular contributors.

Minimal Wave
Weekly radio show on East Village Radio. The show is entirely dedicated to 80’s wave music. Run by the same guys & gals that are behind the Minimal Wave label.
*Update: Bright minds at East Village Radio have decided not to offer dowloads/podcasts anymore. From now on, shows can only be streamed – which is a pain in the ass. Can we please get downloads back?

Kône records – Downloads
Mixes from the Kône crew.

Voice of Space : Rob ‘n’ Zoopsie radio blog – RSS feed
Rob ‘n’ Zoopsie’s blog. They post their mixes there.

EDMX Radio Show – RSS feed
DMX Krew radio show/podcast thingy.

Diepslog – RSS feed
Mixes and random tracks from the guys (guy?) behind flexx records.

Aquabahn – Podcast feed
Mixes and radio shows from Teep. Very eclectic stuff. Though most of it tends to be pretty dark… not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Dmp’s italo disco mixage – Downloads
All-out energetic italo disco mixes from dmp.

Robots for Robots “Mixes” forum
Mixes by the Robots for Robots community members (it’s not a cult because it’s free!).

IFM Shows
The IntergalacticFM archive: Radio shows that were broadcast on IFM. My favorites (in no particular order) are:

Rundfunkmuziek
Astro Unicorn Radio
IFMX (IFM live shows)
Wunschklangradio
Urbi et Orbi
Heart2Heart

Magic Waves – Downloads
Electro, italo disco, synthesizer and all that good stuff – plus palm trees and a perpetual purple sunset. Magic Waves is now a part of IntergalacticFM.

Robotdj.net
Robotdj.net is this gynormous mix archive. It was started by the CBS team and is the essential companion to IntergalacticFM: Mixes posted by Djs from all around and

Here are a few of them that I follow regularly.

Gabbo – Podcast feed
AratkiLo – Podcast feed
X-Bobo – Podcast feed
Rob’n'Zoopsie – Podcast feed
Legowelt – Podcast feed
Stan Snackson – Podcast feed
Mr. Pauli – Podcast feed

This is what happens when Germans try to write love songs:
- Wunschklangradio 5 – The love session (via robotdj.net)

Just so that you have a little bit of context here: Wunschklangradio is Berlin-based label Das Drehmoment radio show on IntergalacticFM. (I know it makes so much more sense to you now…)

Goodbye darkness. Hello disco happiness.

- Casionova – Fantasy Island Mix (divshare.com)

New mix by aratkiLo celebrating German internet radio welt-am-draht’s 4 years of existence.

This is so good I’m crying hot tears of joy!

- aratkiLo – B/W miX (via welt-am-draht.de)