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Hotel Klippen, Bornholm

Kongens Have

 

Club Mao, Shanghai

I got my first original Helmut Newton today!

Yes! I finally got my first original Helmut Newton photograph today. Faithful readers will know that I have missed out a couple of times and I am a big fan of the late meister's beautiful work. And the model isn't just anyone. It is the mighty Sophia Loren! It was shot in my favorite city Paris in 1977. More when I have picked up the item in Helsingborg, Sweden, where I bought it.

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Young girl with braces on the streets of Copenhagen

RIFF TONE

Ringtones are so 2006, get the RIFF TONE from Sick, Sick, Sick for your phone now!

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I am here!

Do you want to sell your company to Microsoft?

If you are in the digital business world, selling your company is always an interesting exit. To put it mildly. If you have a cool digital business a potential buyer may be Microsoft Corporation. Take a look at the list of aquisitions during the period of 1994-2007.

One acquisition stands out today.

Another one made history in my small country of Denmark.

It seems there are four areas of interest in Redmond right now: ad systems, mobile solutions, search technology, voice recognition. Good luck!

[Pictured: A happy Erik Damgaard, who was one one of the sellers of Navision to Microsoft in 2002].

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Toshiba Launches World's Thinnest Notebook with Integrated Optical Drive

The Ultimate Ultraportable

New Portégé® R500 Series Incorporates World’s First 7mm Optical Drive, World’s First Widescreen 12.1-inch Indoor/Outdoor Display and World’s Longest Battery Life in Ultraportable Form Factor.

With its ultralight design and stunning silhouette, the feather light 1.72 pound*† Portégé® R500 Series is the transcendent expression of executive mobility and style. Offering the world's lightest* widescreen 12.1" notebook PC in one configuration, and the world's thinnest widescreen 12.1" notebook PC with an integrated DVD-SuperMulti drive in another, the Portégé® R500 Series represents an uncompromising synthesis of portability and productivity that's meticulously engineered for the demands of executive computing.

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Marantz SR4001 Dolby Digital EX®/DTS ES® Surround Receiver

SunRed designs solar bike

Say goodbye to gas stations if this solar-powered motorbike from SunRed [PDF] ever makes it to the manufacturing line. It will soon be available as a prototype though, so realizing it probably won't be too far off. SunRed took the clamshell structure route, optimizing the solar panels' surface without making the motorbike look bulky. Whenever the bike remains stationary, the solar panels will surface, storing enough energy for another 20km at 30 mph. While those speeds certainly won't crack speed records anytime soon, at least you won't be contributing to the greenhouse effect. I'm certainly in favor of such vehicles to grace our roads in the near future.

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V8 Engine Computer Case

At first glance, this may look like a real engine, but in reality, it’s just a V8 block-inspired computer case.

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Andrzej Dragan (frame test)

Ymer @ Gaaseholm (my 'shared dog')

 

My Fridge

Mark Ryden

Tomas Scheckter - Vision Racing IndyCar driver

Kosuke Matsuura - Super Aguri IndyCar driver

Global Hawk

Tintin & Terry

Johnny Cash by Soren Svendsen

Justin Timberlake in Copenhagen last night

South Korea Food

Shunsuke Nakamura

Monaco Grand Prix on a budget

Monaco on race weekend means millionaires, rock stars and sky high prices, but Juliette Jowit reveals a way of seeing all the action for less than £300.

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Iggy Pop @ Glastonbury 2007

Leif Parsons

Ceramic paper bag vase

Cafe Japone, Washington DC

The lights are dim and the sushi chefs are laid-back at this combo restaurant and karaoke bar. Healthy portions of fresh sashimi and sushi are hand-rolled within minutes of ordering. Spicy tuna, crab and eel are some of the more delectable options and are served with generous amounts of ginger and wasabi. Diners can also choose from a selection of salads and rice entrees. On most nights, you can watch brave souls attempt to sing karaoke to tunes by Annie Lennox or the latest Japanese pop star.

Brad Paisley

Toby Keith

Tom Sanford v Jokeren zoom

Tom Sanford and me (I bought the gold works on the wall)

Tom Sanford @ Galleri Faurschou

Finland

PAMELAANDERSON.COM: Having so much fun performing the more dangerous illusions with Hans. No turning back now. Vegas forever. I'm completely in love. I left New York for Finland today. Just arrived with my father. Our heritage is here. We are both excited. We will be taking lots of saunas. Save my liver. Also I thought of a great way to celebrate my Finnish heritage at home. I'm going to look into opening a chain of strips club and ill call them LAPLAND!!! And of course no more fur farms. So old fashion. There are hundreds here. The demand is getting lower for fur coats and they breed foxes here just for fur. Awful. I've written the President a letter. Sweden, Austria and England have banned fur farms. Let's hope Finland will too. Other than that I'm very proud of my Finnish heritage. It is the most beautiful countryside. I'm going to try and convince some relatives to come visit me in Vegas.

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Is Horse Racing Inhumane?

PAMELAANDERSON.COM: A long time ago, Bo Derek made a movie called 10. She still catches your eye, so when Larry King included her on a panel Tuesday night, I gave the remote a rest.

Also on hand were the famously overexposed former Columbus Zoo director Jack Hanna and a spokeswoman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The topic: What to do about horse racing.

In the wake of Barbaro's death, some say the sport is inhumane, that maybe it's not such a good thing to saddle up these beautiful animals and send them galloping around for our wagering pleasure.

The whipping of the horses is what's always struck me, but Derek, who apparently has some expertise on the subject, said it doesn't really hurt ("only stings a little") and that it's mainly just for rhythm. Whatever else she said, it wasn't memorable enough to stick, especially after midnight.

Still, where exactly is the upside of this sport, especially for the horse? It can't spend its winnings. It can't go on Letterman. All it can hope for (can horses hope?) is that one of its spindly legs doesn't snap like a twig under the strain, as Barbaro's did, resulting in his demise.

Can't say I've ever been a big fan of horse racing. I don't want to watch a sport where the winner can't be interviewed. I'm not saying ban it, but Barbaro's tragic end is a fairly compelling reason not to support it.

As the panel discussion droned on, I tended to side with the woman from PETA.

Put it this way: Not that there's anything wrong with attending horse races, but after what happened to Barbaro, I sleep better knowing that I don't.

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