February 2008
105 posts
“Tom Gallant creates hand-cut floral prints out of archived pornographic magazines. Using a surgical blade, he cuts into the imagery, layering extremely delicate cut-outs on top of one another to assemble a dramatic visual experience that almost blurs your vision.”
—Link to video @ Cool Hunting
“BEIJING (Reuters) - China has banned “sexually provocative sounds” on television and pulled the plug on a show reconstructing infamous crimes by women ahead of a major Communist Party meeting next month.”
—China bans sexual sounds on airwaves | Oddly Enough | Reuters
“Emirati businessman Saeed Abdul Ghaffar Khouri, shattered the record for most money spent on a number plate, by paying 52.2 million dirhams, roughly $14.5 million, for plate number “1” at an Abu Dhabi auction this weekend.”
—Winding Road » Archive » License Plate Number ‘1’ Sells for $14.5 Million
“Despite Red’s inability to make any real public statement, Japanese publication Nikkei has it that Toshiba president Atsutoshi Nishida will be announcing the final discontinuation of HD DVD tomorrow, as well as halted sales of hardware and media by March (as in days from now)”
—Toshiba expected to announce death of HD DVD tomorrow, stop sales by March - Engadget
“The threat from Russian state monopoly Gazprom to cut off the gas flow to one of its neighbours, Ukraine, has again raised questions about the security of Europe’s energy supply.”
—BBC NEWS | Europe | Q&A: Why Europe needs Russian gas
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In everyday circumstances, we almost never perceive a product from an orthogonal viewpoint. In other words, we always see products from an angle other than normal to the perfectly horizontal or vertical.
This means a taper can be used to good effect to hide the true thickness of an object.
” —Making things look thinner
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“It’s no secret that recent moves by airlines to impose new fees on checked-in luggage, which I discussed at length in yesterday’s MSNBC column, will hit working families the hardest. But should families hit back?”
—Is it time to boycott air travel? | elliott.org
