Boomerang and Space Underware
Takao Doi will probably enter the history books as the astronaut with the weirdest missions. His first mission was to throw a boomerang in space to see what will happen. His second mission was to try a special underwear made with a high tech fabric that is expected to provide better protection and hygiene for astronauts. The same fabric is used to make his socks and uniform. I hope that scientists have done a good job otherwise I feel sorry for those that will welcome Takao after his 2 week break from bathing while in space.
Hmm, I just remembered my classmates from school that wanted to become astronauts when they grew up. If only they knew!
See a video with Takao.
Venus de Milo is now digital
Konica Minolta used special 3D scanners and tried to analyze the history behind the statue of Venus de Milo. The result is very nice and you can see it at http://museumofbeauty.biz/
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Buy your own number from 1 to 1000
Well this is a once chance in a life time, your chance to buy your own number from 1 to 1000. Simply pick the number you want (if it is still available) and few days later receive it through post!
Onethousandpaintings is the company behind this and what they offer is simple:
“One thousand numbers = one thousand paintings. All beautifully painted on canvas (approx. 12 x 12 x 1.5 inches). Each number is unique - the number and the demand define the price. A piece of Internet art history“.
Calculating the price for the number you want is a bit tricky they do not have all the same price. Here is the price calculator as stated from the official site:
“Price = 1000 - number.
Initial discount: 90%.
Current discount: 20%.
The discount will decrease by an absolute 10% for every 100 paintings sold.
Min. price: $40″.
i.e. number 316 will set you back $547.20, but what the heck you will have something that none else in the world will have! From this calculation I assume that number 1000 must have been free or something!!
If you are interested hurry up because they already have sold 762 numbers. Do have in mind that they ship the numbers only to:
Paintings have been sold to the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, China, Singapore, Mexico, Brasil, South Africa, Germany, France, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Kyrgyzstan, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Portugal, and Israel.
Good luck!
The Sequel to Frank Miller’s 300
There are a lot of talks in various places on the Internet such as cinematical about a sequel to the 300. It is said that Frank Miller is working on creating a follow-up to the 300 based on some other event/battle from the Greek history. Of course let us not forget that since all the 300 heroes in the first film died, it would be a bit difficult to resurrect them, so the story will probably have completely new characters, unless they decide to do a prequel to the 300.
The habit in Hollywood is to take a blockbuster and add sequels and prequels and in other words make money!. So do not be surprised if Warner Bros. aims to produce a Greek history trilogy. If its as good as the 300 then I am looking forward for it!
So…Spartans out there….prepare for…. more!
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