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I’ve watched this many times, I certainly would be interested in knowing the translation.

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25-03-08 04.22 Cool Websites (#16)

Once again we’ll begin in topical form. Here are a group of Tibetan monks having fun on a rollercoaster.

Meanwhile here is superhot Burlesque model Dayna Delux.

Nokia and Cambridge University teamed up last month to launch the Nokia Morph Concept phone,intended to show the benefits of using nanotechnology to create more dynamic stretchable displays. The video coming right up.

23-03-08 22.55 Good Music (#10)

Thats a pretty large button. Of similar stature is this run down of some of the best music out there. We’ll start with Roots Manuva and we’ll go back to his roots by showcasing his debut album the 2001 opus ‘Run Come Save Me’. There were two standout tracks, ‘Highest Grade’ and this classic tune ‘Witness.’

An artist I’m a long time fan of is Miss Kittin. I recently discovered her new album ‘Batbox’ and it certainly follows in the footsteps of its predecessors in terms of sheer quality. If this video for the track ‘Kittin is High’ is anything to go by the French DJ won’t be letting up anytime soon.

Just before the cut and this tune seems to be the one that will become dubstep anthem of 2008. Released a few weeks ago this is Caspa & Rusko. The tune is ‘Bread Get Bun’. Check it out.

Vilayanur Ramachandran

We spoke about psychophysics in a recent post and its certainly an emerging field. Here’s Vilayanur Ramachandran breaking it down in the guide to understanding the path to de(re?)composing consciousness at TED 2007.

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11-03-08 23.04 Top Anime (#6)

Today we’ll have a have a look at some of my favourites, some old, some new, all with what I perceive to be novel artistic styles within the genre. Start off with a new one this is Hakaba Kitarou. Here’s the beginning of the first episode.

When it comes to decent art style there’s not much that Mahiro Maeda of Animatrix notoriety doesn’t know. This is a 26 part series called Gankutsuou done at Gonzo. It is based on the classic book ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’. Here’s a 5 minute trailer – another cool one after the cut.

10-03-08 00.19 Online Chatter (#3)

Been checking out the SomethingAwful forums recently and have found a lot of interesting stuff… it appears one ‘goon’ found a notebook when moving into a new apartment and it contained a story called Peach’s cake. Here’s a small sample click over for the rest.

• This cake Peach was baking for Mario was the eighth in as many days. Her love was like insanity, repeating the same thing over and over, hoping for a different result. She would do the same with this one as with the others; a procession to Mario’s room where she would present it to him and then clumsily attempt to slip inside before Toad could stop her. He knew she wanted only a few moments alone and nothing could happen in that time, but he was King Toadstool’s chief advisor and wouldn’t let that happen. The Princess was an asset that needed to be preserved and couldn’t be wasted on a strange man from a strange land.

• From a window high in Mushroom Castle, Luigi watched Mario savagely spur the Yoshi into motion. His brother’s mood was the blackest he’d seen since the night before they’d come to the Mushroom Kingdom. The end of a personal affair for Mario had left him in a torrid state; aggressive and pent-up, but completely frustrated for a release. Luigi ran his fingers over his mustache. The indescribable dreams that night kept tugging at Luigi’s mind as he looked down on the stables. Mario had confirmed they’d shared those dreams but had always remained completely unwilling to talk about them.

Mistaken Identity

Cab driver gets more than he bargained for when he shows up at the BBC.

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09-03-08 02.59 Cool Websites (#15)

Today I think we’ll have a good run down of the best robots, their manufacturers and the new good websites to look at in a cornucopia of related fields. We’ll start with Paro the Seal Robot. See this robot as the Japanese perception of the Bhutanese mantra of Gross National Happiness as opposed to Gross National Product.

In the field of neuroscience there are a range of of contributing disciplines. One key discipline is the field of psychophysics – it is ‘based on the assumption that the human perceptual system is a measureing instrument yielding results (experiences, judgments, responses) that may be systematically analyzed.’ Apart from Paro there were a number of interesting new robots at the International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo which ran from November 28th – December 1st 2007.

08-03-08 21.04 Top Searches (#2)

Today we’ll look at some more terms that entice the readership to my blog. One of my biggest hitters is Fetus-in-fetu, I believe it was mentioned in Cool Websites #8. It is defined thus:

A fetus-in-fetu is an encapsulated, pedunculated vertebrate tumor. It represents a malformed monozygotic, monochorionic diamniotic parasitic twin included in a host (or autosite) twin. Characteristically the fetus-in-fetu complex will be composed of a fibrous membrane (equivalent to the chorioamniotic complex) that contains some fluid (equivalent to the amniotic fluid) and a fetus suspended by a cord or pedicle. The presence of a rudimentary spinal architecture is used to differentiate a fetus-in-fetu from a teratoma, since teratomas are not supposed to develop through the primitive streak stage (12-15 days).

Naturally a plethora of search terms abound for all terms related to gothic beauty. Here’s a burlesque star/model from the Ministry of Burlesque Gallery, its Kittie Klaw. Heels like that could kill a man.

Mass Games Finale

From the Mayday stadium in Pyongyang this is the kind of spectacle that simply would not be achievable in a capitalist country of the same size. Amazing!

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