Sulu played by john cho

So John Cho is going to play Sulu for the next Star Trek movie. It's supposed to be a prequel revolving around the early days of Kirk, Spock, and the good ole star trek crew.

Not sure what to think of it...

In the year 2000 (by 1910)

I love checking out Paleo-future. In it, it takes a look back into the future that never was. In today's posting, the website shows some French prints for the year 2000. From 1910, its amazing how widely off some of the projects were (like flying fireman) but also how close some of the basic themes are to modern day technology (cars of war).

French Prints Show the Year 2000 (1910)

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Slick deal - uranium ore

My cousin sent me a link to amazon.comwhere Image SI Inc.is selling some uranium ore.

Worried? Don't be, according to the posting:

We are always in compliance with Section 13 from part 40 of the NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission rules and regulations and Postal Service regulations specified in 49 CFR 173.421 for activity limits of low level radioactive materials. Item will be shipped in accordance with Postal Service activity limits specified in Publication 52.

Whew, that really solves everything. If only Doc from back to the future were alive, he wouldn't have to steal it from terrorists.

Permutations on the 4 Cs

Lauren Sherman identifies the top diamonds of the world. While we typically use the four Cs (carat, clarity, color, and cut) serve as a guidline, its the specific combination of those four that differentiates one diamond from another.

For example, Sotherby's and other auction houses have been heavily marketing pink diamonds to young women in Hong Kong and China.

World's Ultimate Jewels - Forbes.com

The 6 Most Terrifying Foods in the World

CRACKED.com lists the 6 most terrifying foods in the world. I couldn't not read it. It was like having to watch a train wreck...

Bravo! bravia

Sony Bravia does not disappoint with its third, and latest, advert. With a tagline of "color like.no.other" their commercials have been rich with color and full of creativity. I first heard of their commercial from a friend in advertising who, at the time, was working out of San Francisco. They had closed down a street and dropped thousands of bouncing balls down the steep hills of SF.

The final product can be seen here. Coincidentally, this is also how I discovered Jose Gonzalez.

The second ad, "paint" lived up all expectations. I can't imagine how many tons of paint they had to go through to pull it off.

This latest one lives up to my expectations. Taking over New York, artists painstakingly created a stop motion commercial. Revel in the quality of their work and check out their newest ad "Play-Doh".


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Neon Bible

Arcade Fire recently launched www.BeonlineB.com (an anagram for Neon Bible). Once the animation loads, visitors see a Butler's and two large hands. By clicking and dragging the hands and face, visitors can interact and manipulate the scene.

Definitely worth 3 minutes out of your day.

Creativity-online applauds Núfilms for turning what would've been a bland promotional site into an interactive music video.

Visual display of the internet

This is pretty cool. Chris Harrison has created maps of the Internet visualizing world connection density, and city-to-city connections.

Chris has taken data from the dimes project and has created a set of visualizations that display how cities across the globe are interconnected (by router configuration).

What is immediately apparent is the density in North American, Europe, and Japan.

Mobile 5 Stars

The Crave blog just posted about a mobile hotel.

it can convert to pretty much anything you want--"a mobile hospital, a portable film studio and even a school"--because it must be built to custom specs anyway. Yet its primary use is envisioned as a two-story, 11-bedroom "traveling" hotel that even has an outdoor terrace and is equipped with private bathrooms, flat-screen TVs, Wi-Fi networks and luxurious amenities that can qualify for a 5-star rating.

Talk about a "boutique" hotel. The $500,000 base price may be a bit off-putting, but a Hotel Movil can be rented for about $8,000 for a weekend. Remember, it's not too soon to start thinking about the next Super Bowl party.

mp3 by amazon

The long awaited amazon music service has finally launched. There is something refreshing about amazon's service. While it can't compare to the breadth and depth of apple's itunes, there is something reassuring about cheaper, drm-free music downloads.

Perhaps the most ironic part of it right now is that the number 1 downloaded song on amazonmp3 is 1234 by Feist -- made famous by the most recent ipod nano commercial.

P.O.V.

Just wanted to plug a passion project that I worked on over the summer. I and a couple friend put together a youth filmmakers workshop.

Read about the POV Youth Workshop here.