Saturday, August 30, 2008

Mountain Bike speed World record


Eric Barone, who broke the world speed record for mountain biking in Nov 4, 2001, tried to break it again by riding down Cerro Negro volcano in Nicaragua.

Seconds into his descent, Barone's bicycle snapped in two, hurtling the cyclist down the volcano.

"It looked as if there was a rock or something in the path that made the bicycle break in two," said one of Barone's assistants.

His first run was on a standard Mountain Bike and he smashed the previous world record (set by himself a couple of years earlier) by recording a speed of 101mph. His second run, on a specially modified bike ended in this spectacular crash. He broke several ribs and his sternum but was lucky to be alive.

He had crossed the speed sensor when the crash happened whcih recorded his speed at 107mph.

Friday, August 29, 2008

land HO!

Ok. That's disturbing.

A case of looking through a pair of naive-tinted glasses perhaps?

A billboard at Winchester Station promoting Portsmouth nautical museum/dockyard depicting a "brutally honest portrayal" of seafaring life. Surprisingly (not!), the dockyard's PR peeps told that the campaign had indeed raised a FEW(?) eyebrows and would not be gracing UK's billboards next year.

What do YOU think?

product endorsements..hehe


Photographer: Jessica, can you unsnap one more button for me?

Jessica: Like this?

P: Yea. Now put your left hand on the bale of hay...

J: What's a bale of hay?

P: Uh...it's that rectangular, straw-like thing...

J: Rectang...oh...like that square thing?

P: No, the rec...never mind. Yea, the square thing.

J: Like this?

P: Yea. Now lean left, sit up straight and stick your chest out.

J: You want to see my boobs?

P: Well, yes....uh...sorry...I mean no. I mean I...yea...no...just some cleavage.

J: Is this good?

P: Just a little bit more?

J: But the next button might pop open..wouldn't that be too much boob?

P: Girl, there's no such thing as too much boob...except this is an ad...not a Playboy shoot.

J: They're 34D, you know

P: Um, yes. We all know. Your father made that quite clear a while back

J: Hehe...he's weird like that

P: OK, now stare right at the lens..

J: The what?

P: Then lens...the camera!

J: Oh, the camera...sorry...OK. Like this?

P: Yea...now open your mouth a bit

J: ...ike...his...

P: and yea...now pretend you're about to fall asleep

J: You want me to fall asleep?

P: Not actually...just pretend

J: Um...how do I do that?

P: Just sort of close your eyes a bit...but not all the way...

J: Like this?

P: Yea. Now...Ooops...keep sticking out your chest.

J: Hehe...you like my boobs, don't you? I can tell.

P: Um. Hmm...let's just keep working...

J: But I can see...

P: Jessica....

J: Hehe...ok...sorry...stick my boobs out?

P: Yes

J: Like this?

P: Yes

J: Can you see enough of my boobs?

P: Yes, Jessica. Perfect. Now the look...

J: The look?

P: Jessica!

J: Oh right. Sorry. The falling asleep look. But what about the mouth?

P: OK, think of it like this. Ever see a baby sort of stare into space and drool?

J: Ew...yes.

P: Do that.

J: Huh?

P: Imagine you are a baby drooling.

J: Gross!

P: Believe me, the look will be great

J: But babies don't have boobs!

P: Well you do, girl. Big ones...according to your father. Now shut up, stick your tits out and drool!

Monday, August 18, 2008

the colour of your valour?

blood red is good...

The left sleeve of L/Kpl Zamri Md Soot’s uniform was drenched with blood after another soldier accidentally cut his arm with a bayonet during a marching ceremony.

Despite the pain and heat, L/Kpl Zamri, who sustained a deep cut, stayed in formation for almost two hours until the end of the Regimental Colours Replacement ceremony at Stadium Darul Aman here yesterday.

His blood-soaked sleeve caught the attention of Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah.

The Sultan of Kedah, who is the colonel-in-chief of the Royal Malay Army Regiment, greeted L/Kpl Zamri at the end of the function shortly before the 29-year-old soldier was rushed to the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital where he was warded for observation... More here


not pink..


nor baby blue..euh..

Godzilla not included

Some might call that false advertising

Kick Arse Chess Set

SOTA Toys is excited to present the Aliens VS Predator Collectors Chess Set. This limited edition of 5000 features prepainted resin and white metal pieces that are extremely detailed and accurate to the new film. The top of the playing surface is hinged and opens to allow storage of your pieces in felt covered cubicles.
Retail price is $299.99. Size is 19" L 19" W 5" H.

Release date is Late August 2004.
Also available is a pewter version in a limited edition of 500, Price TBD.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Urban Wars

Suckadelic, Graff-At, 2002

Customized Hasbro Star Wars vehicle customized by professional Graffiti artists EASE and JK5 under the direction of SUCKADELIC. All tags are written in the Aurebesh language, a fictional letter system created for the in-world use for the 6 Star Wars films. The largest tag on the side of the vehicle spells the word REBEL. 16x18in.

New Star Trek Posters

Undeniably, I'm overly excited after watching the trailer in cinema few days ago. Sylar = Spock, he's looking good but because of that fact it makes me giggles :P

Wii Aquarium


I really should suggest this to my bro hehe

Thursday, August 7, 2008

OMGWTFBBQ from Nike..


To call attention to Nike's sponsorship of the AST Dew Tour, Hub Strategy, which put together a concepting team consisting of an architect, an industrial designer, a planner, a graphic designer and a copywriter. The result? A tricked out extreme vehicle complete with skate ramp, wake board tower, sirk rack, skateboard rails, BMX racks, a camper and, of course, iPod goodness.

After looking at the vehicle, one would certainly have to admit to at least a tiny bit of OMG, WTF and, yes, Holy Crap.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Animals in love

Animals in love


Ok, this is cute..and somehow..made me squirm after a few seconds into the video..
Totally not U-rated (we're Malaysian after all)..but..im kinda liking it..kudos RhyZe..
what were you actually Googling for huh?

Gay-er than Gay

somewhat disturbing..
and yet cool enough to get on this page...more here..

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

My Drive Thru


"My Drive Thru" is a collaborative single by The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas, American singer-songwriter Santogold, and The Neptunes producer and N.E.R.D. member Pharrell Williams. The song was created for Converse's centennial and was released in June 2008.

Funky

Designs designs designs via Melbourne

I am in awe. Found a webpage of some designer by the name of Axel Peemoeller who designed these. A way-finding-system for the Eureka Tower Carpark in Melbourne. The distorted letters on the wall can be read perfectly when standing at the right position. This project won several international design awards.





oh yeah..don't forget to visit his website. He's got some trippy-surreal-psychedelia-user-interface shit going on there. Don't take my word for it, go see for yourself here.

Friday, August 1, 2008

The Best Of Us



The theme of the campaign is "The Best of Us" - a simple, powerful idea that transcends cultures and borders, motivating young people around the world to participate in sport by proving that sport can bring out the best of them.

Heroes - Legendary Olympic athletes including Roger Federer, Yao Ming, Laure Manaudou, Liu Xiang, Yelena Isinbayeva, Kenenisa Bekele, Haile Gebrselelassie, Vanessa Ferrari and Carolina Kluft who, star as superheroes seeking to achieve the seemingly impossible.