"Social Gallery" (Business Idea)

I had a lot of pink champagne last night (Moët & Chandon). Today, the mind is really thinking out of the box. Some cool business ideas now. But let's look at them tomorrow??

"Don't call us, we'll call you" (Business Idea)

Got another fab idea today, lovers. More here soon.

The Sphericles

Renault Megane

Danish TV show "den 11.time"

Expanded BlueGene/L supercomputer sets new mark and retains rank as world’s fastest machine

The National Nuclear Security Administration’s BlueGene/L retained its number one ranking on the new Top500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers, released today at the international Supercomputing 2007 conference in Reno, Nevada.

Housed in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Terascale Simulation Facility, BlueGene/L (BGL) clocked 478.2 trillion floating operations per second (teraFLOPS) on LINPACK, the industry standard of measure for high-performance computing. Built by IBM, BGL is a workhorse supercomputer used to make possible science simulation of unprecedented detail for NNSA’s tri-lab Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) Program, which leverages the computing expertise and resources of Sandia, Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories.

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Numark equips Ultimate Bachelor Pad for Esquire Magazine with state-of-the-art DJ Booth

Cumberland, RI (Oct. 17, 2007) – Numark, the world's leading manufacturer of products for the DJ market, is proud to announce participation in Esquire magazine's "Esquire North: The New View" penthouse. The "ultimate bachelor pad," created annually, is designed to showcase the finest in technology, décor and design. This is the first time in the five-year history of the project that a DJ booth has been included.

"This year, we've truly incorporated our brand and those of our partners into the ultimate modern digital home," says Kevin O'Malley, VP/publisher of Esquire.

The DJ booth, which is wired for sound throughout the 5,700 square-foot, three-story penthouse, is a compilation of Numark Industries' elite products including turntables, mixers, monitors, consoles and software. The MPC2500 from Akai Professional, the leading beat-making tool in the music industry, is an integral part of the booth, as is the Numark iDJ2, the first iPod mixing console that has the ability to scratch, control pitch and simultaneously play two songs from a single iPod. DJ's, hand-selected by Numark to perform at nearly a dozen signature Esquire North: The New View charity events, have the ability to hook up multiple mass storage devices including iPods, thumb drives and external USB hard drives and input additional audio sources including a microphone, CD player or turntable to keep the party jumping.

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New Hitachi Robot Rolls Around, Crashes

Hitachi's new toddler-like robot rolled around and waved for reporters Wednesday, only to crash into a desk and demonstrate the challenge of turning automatons into everyday helpers.

The red and white robot, designed to run errands in offices, wasn't prepared for the jam of lunch-break wireless network traffic at the company's research center. Unable to communicate with its handler's laptop, it smashed into the office furniture as reporters gasped.

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Japanese Nazi Girls

"Ironside: Trip To Hashbury" (1968)

What would a late-1960s detective series be without the obligatory "flower child" episode? After Detective Ed Brown (Don Galloway) busts a Haight-Ashbury drug house, he is accused of beating a hippie to death. To clear Ed's name, Ironside (Raymond Burr) follows a trail of clues to a group of outwardly clean-cut students in a private school--and runs up against a vast and sinister conspiracy of silence, involving not only "the kids" but also a few grownups.

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Please Save The Whale!

JVC-Victor SX-WD1KT Wood Cone Speaker Kit

This is not an ordinary Do It Yourself (DIY) product from any electronic store. Special designed from JVC-Victor Japan, SX-WD1KT is an all new audiophile's DIY assemble speaker, a dream-come-true for audiophile and DIY enthusiasts worldwide. Adopts all natural solid wood boxes and pure cherry wood cabinets that deliver beautiful sound and a smooth bass. The idea is to experience the joy of making the speakers, and at the end, the quality of the sound is much for meaningful and personal. Designed to adjust the sound field according to the environment. With a simple outfit, SX-WD1KT has a classic speaker look. Available only in Japan.

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John & Yoko: A New York Love Story

Michael Showalter

Android Demo

Sergey Brin and Steve Horowitz from Google discuss the availability of the SDK, that it will be open source in the future, and demo applications on the Android platform.

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Bowling in Shanghai

I have voted!

Swedish Soccer Fans

Election in Denmark Today

SE2 Labs

SE2 Labs announced today that its revolutionary new product, the ITC One (Integrated Theater Console), the world's first personalized, fully-integrated, one-box home entertainment solution, was selected as the winner of the Audioholics 2007 Consumer Excellence Award in the Media Server category. The Audioholics Consumer Excellence Awards recognize the most advanced and forward-thinking products in consumer electronics. Awards are given to products which serve consumers directly and also those products which serve to improve the business and success of the custom installer.

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Swedish Girls Insist on Being Topless Like Their Male Counterparts!

Snow in Denmark!

Pain Jerk @ Lygten Station

Pain Jerk (Japanese; ペイン・ジャーク) is a noise music unit run by Japanese musician Kohei Gomi. Pain Jerk was one of the more prolific and influential noise artists of the 1990s, and is one of the leading figures in the "dynamic" style of Japanese noise, alongside acts such as Merzbow and Kazumoto Endo. Gomi is also the owner of the noise label AMP, and a member, along with T. Mikawa and F. Kosakai of Incapacitants, of the noise supergroup Gomikawa Fumio.

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KEF MUON by Ross Lovegrove

KEF, renowned British manufacturer of audiophile-quality speakers, has unveiled MUON, a distinctively new loudspeaker that features audio innovation and a cutting-edge, ultra-modern design. The speakers are the direct result of the marriage between KEF’s engineering team and visionary designer Ross Lovegrove, one of the leading industrial designers of our time. These loudspeakers, standing nearly 7 feet tall, were recently unveiled during the famed Milan design fair, arguably the most prestigious design gathering in the world.

The central aim of the MUON project was to create the ultimate in sound technology and design innovation. These ultra-exclusive speakers will be limited in production to just 100 pairs and will be sold in only 10 cities worldwide, including New York and Los Angeles.

Rarely has such a sublime union of form, function and manufacturing integrity been realized in the commercial world. “We wanted to push our technology to new limits,” said Dr. Andrew Watson, KEF’s Senior Acoustic Engineer. The result is an unparalleled loudspeaker that will bring unbelievable sound quality to serious audiophiles as well as music lovers. MUON is an exquisite example of British engineering and design at its very best.”

The MUON loudspeaker is made from super-formed aluminum, which uses a similar molding process to vacuum forming. Malleable sheets of heated aluminum were used to achieve otherwise impossible shapes. The eventual form of the loudspeaker was the result of a careful convergence between Ross Lovegrove’s design aesthetics and the physics of sound. The process by which it was conceived meant that, in effect, Ross Lovegrove was sculpting the sound by ‘skinning’ the technology with purposeful form.

MUON’s four-way speaker system mounted into the front of the structure with its powerful bass drivers is one of the elements that make it so superior. But it is also the upper mid-range and treble where some of MUON’s key technology lies in the form of the Uni-Q® drive unit array, remarkable in its construction and delivering a seamless sonic picture throughout the listening environment.

KEF has also used its Acoustic Compliance Enhancement (ACE) technology, which enables them to effectively double the available volume through adsorption of air molecules by activated carbon, or ‘magic dust’. The two additional bass drivers mounted on the back of MUON help to produce a remarkably clean and open sound by dealing with room effects. Finally, the 6mm thick, heavily damped aluminum shell provides a totally rigid structure that minimizes any sound-distorting vibrations.

As a truly contemporary art form appropriate for 21st century living, MUON is unequivocally at the apex of speaker design and technology. Simply stated, MUON is the best you can get.

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Gettin' ready for X-Mas in Copenhagen

 

Aya Tsukioka

Charlotte Rampling by Juergen Teller (2004)

Catherine Bailey: 'I'm 46, fit, foxy, and the face of Agent Provacateur'

Model Catherine Bailey joins Kate Moss, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Daisy Lowe as the latest celebrity beauty to strip off for cult lingerie brand Agent Provocateur - but at age 46 years old - she might just be the oldest.

Catherine, who is married to celebrated photographer David Bailey, is seen in racy pictures which were shot in a country house outside Oxford, dressed as a scantily-clad lady of the manor, in charge of two naughty French maids - one of whom is Pearl Lowe's 18-year-old daughter, Daisy.

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Jean-Michel Basquiat

A promotional poster for Jean-Michel Basquiat's show at the Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, April 29th - June 11th, 1988, signed and inscribed in black felt pen For Herb, Jean-Michel Basquiat. 21 x 29 in. (53.3 x 73.7 cm.)

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Debbie Harry by Chris Stein

Elizabeth Taylor (New York City, 1970)

A pensive portrait of acting legend Elizabeth Taylor.

Photo by Charles Moore/Black Star Photography.

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MTV European Music Awards 2007 Pre-Show Party

Yes, I really am in Munch

"Einfarth"

"OSRAM - Hell Wie Der Lichte Tag"