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Captured in Morning Dew

2009-11-18T08:49:00.000+07:00

Gazing into the future is a skill that few possess. The rest of us are left gazing at the present, which often reveals itself in most mysterious ways. One drop of rain, for example, can capture our world like a tiny crystal ball. Or for some, the following pictures may be reminders of the snow domes of childhood. Only that these cannot be shaken, only rotated.

Don’t we all live in a bubble? Water droplets on a CD reflecting a street lamp:

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Not just drops in the bucket but clover reflected in morning dew:

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The image caught in this droplet could be an artwork or maybe the hem of a pretty blouse?

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This image of a garden, caught in its miniature form, was flipped so that it looks like a garden snow globe:

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Raindrops, crystal balls and the world seen through them have inspired artists for centuries. Dutch graphic artist MC Escher’s works “Hand with Reflecting Sphere” (1935), “Three Spheres II” (1946) and “Dewdrop” (1948), for example, surely remind one of some of the images here.

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When the world seems upside down…

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… just turn it around:

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A colourful flower after the rain with drops reflecting what could be a balcony:

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Think pink – a flower is a flower is a flower:

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This leaf here caught a whole field of pretty yellow wild flowers:

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Window to the world – a yellow flower with the droplet reflecting it and its environment:

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Those who know Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte’s painting “Golconda” (1953), in which tiny men in suits and bowler hats seem to rain from the sky, will enjoy the next photograph.

A house’s reflections raining down:

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So the next time you get caught in a spring shower, watch for the beauty it brings along. This leaves us to end with the words of someone who brought beauty to the world, with his words:

“I to the world am like a drop of water
That in the ocean seeks another drop,
Who, falling there to find his fellow forth,
Unseen, inquisitive, confounds himself.”

– William Shakespeare

10 Amazing Art Pieces made by Smoke

2009-11-12T23:43:00.001+07:00

1. This mesmerizing image was created using smoke and is titled 'Jaws'.

2. Sublime, beautiful and sensual ... absolutely unique inspiration of smoke art.

3. By photographer Dave Barstow.

4. Check out Mehmet Ozgur's awe-inspiring "smoke works" photography.

5. Inspiration of digital art and illustration, by graphic designer Ruslan.

6. Irene Muller examines the inner wisps and curls of colored smoke, producing photographs worthy to be framed in the process. This is the smoke that's produced in explosive interaction with electricity.

7. This incredible piece was called Darklord.

8. Really very creative smoke art.

9. Nice smoke art fish.

10. The most basic combination of elements: fire and air (smoke) - make an endlessly thrilling and enchanting dance of evolving forms.

Postmodern Mobile Room-as-a-Museum!!!

2009-11-08T23:31:00.001+07:00

Each stay in Everland is a strange one-of-a-kind trip for the mind as there is only one room in this portable hotel – and it shifts from place to place over time. While it has ridden on the backs of museums and had views of monuments, a night in the bizarre hotel itself is much like a stay in a private art gallery. Each newly-framed artistic landscape allows urban travelers to reflect on their surroundings from unique perspectives previously unseen by other tourists.

This mobile hotel has been perched upon a ancient museum structure in a bustling German city, sat in center of Paris with an ideal elevated view of the Eiffel Tower and rested on an existing luxury hotel in Tokyo with views out over the surrounding city.

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Each of these settings has afforded guests – permitted to stay only one night each – amazing never-before-seen angles on familiar landmarks and historical locations.

Conceived of as an installation art project by Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann, the experience of this space is highly customized – each room has a bathroom, lounge and king-sized bed along with playful details including a set of golden bath towels begging to be stolen, a stocked and prepaid minibar, radical classic record collection a breakfast delivered right to the door.link

Worlds most amazing 10 real 3D Tattoos

2009-11-07T23:50:00.000+07:00

Tattoos can be cool when done properly,
Isn't it? 3D tattoos seem to be an
interesting trend in the tattoo world. Here are 10 of
the best we could find.

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World's 10 Coolest USB Flash Drives Part-01

2009-11-05T12:50:00.000+07:00

1. USB Flash Drive + Bottle Opener: The TrekStor SB-Stick with Bottle Opener ($43.71) will not only quench your storage thirst with its 25MB/s read speed and 12 MB/s write speed, but is also sure to have you sipping suds at your desk thanks to the bottle opener that’s built into the device’s brushed aluminium housing. A USB 2.0 connector port features at the sober end of the device and storage fans can pick the unit up in 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16 GB capacities.

2. Hamburger USB Flash Drive: Hungry? Get the Hamburger USB Flash Drive ($19.99) and eat up to 1GB of information. This "freshly baked" product will certainly be a conversation starter and a convenient reminder of what you'll be having for lunch.

3. USB Hidden Flash Drive Watch: Bond, James Bond. For wanna-be spies, the USB Hidden Flash Drive Watch ($49.99) features an ample 4GB capacity USB flash drive that slips neatly into the watch case. Simply remove, add data and then re-insert and you're ready to conduct secret missions to building B on the other side of campus. The watch itself has a Japanese movement, plastic case covered by stainless steel mask with brushed silver finish and convex mineral glass.

4. World's Tiniest USB Flash Drive: Barely bigger than the tip of your pinky, the Pico USB Flash Drive ($24.99) is less than 4mm thick. The polished chrome finish is certainly shiny, but at 8 gigabytes, it’s redonkulously teeny.

5. USB Flash Drive + Lighter: Electronics and fire have never been friends and you could even say they are essentially sworn enemies. But in the case of the USB Flash Drive Lighter ($50.00) they have decided to call a truce. Long standing differences have been put aside to create a product that is both practical and very unique. This flash drive has an ample 8GB capacity and the lighter is refillable. The USB connector slides out of the bottom of the metal case, using a small slider lever located on the side of the lighter. The lighter has a polished chrome finish and an adjustable flame. Baby, light my flash drive!

World's 10 Coolest USB Flash Drives Part-02

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6. Football USB Flash Drive: Touchdown some gigabytes with the Football USB Drive ($19.99). This Super Bowl must-have is 1GB and weights less than 6 ounces.

7. Pizza USB Flash Drive: More on food department: the Pizza Flash Drive ($19.99) makes for a great gift, or a quick dinner.

8. USB Flash Drive + Eraser: Want to make a flash drive that nobody in a modern office would even think about taking? Hide it in your Eraser USB Memory Stick ($10.99) and keep it forever on this digital age. After all, nobody uses erasers anymore.

9. USB Flash Drive Wrist band: No longer do you have to have a lanyard around your neck if you want to wear your flash drive around since this USB Flash Drive Wrist band ($13.99) disguises itself as a wristband that comes in six different colors of red, yellow, blue, green, orange and purple. The USB port doubles as the connector to hold the strap together when wearing it and it sounds fairly durable as the catalog page boasts that the drive is shockproof and moisture proof (we’re assuming moisture from sweat).

10. Light Bulb USB Drive: Attention Edison's Fans. The Light Bulb USB Drive ($19.99) has got 1GB to light up your info.

10 Coolest Computer Mice in the World Part-01

2009-10-29T14:56:00.001+07:00

1. Road Mice, in the Shape of Your Favorite Car: Attention car lovers, now you can "cruise" the web in style with officially licensed replica of your favorite car with the Road Wireless Mice ($44.95). These Road Mice have 800 dpi resolution for enhanced accuracy and precision, functioning headlights (with on/off switch to save battery life), and even individual VIN serial numbers so you can get personalized registration and title, just like a real car.

2. Sexy Body Mouse: How could work with a computer ever be a sensual experience? Well, with the Pat-Says-Now Body Optical Mouse ($29.90) you'll be touching and moving around a voluptuous body dressed in fancy lingerie... the whole day.

3. World of Warcraft Mouse: What's a World of Warcraft session without a dedicated WOC mouse? That was gaming peripheral makers SteelSeries' sentiments when they created the SteelSeries World of Warcraft Mouse ($99.99) for its 11 million devoted users. It would take three hands with all digits intact to match the number of buttons on SteelSeries' new World of Warcraft MMO mouse. That's right - 15 programmable buttons grace the rodent's funky cyborgish exterior, and each one of them was designed in conjunction with Blizzard specifically with WoW addicts in mind. The new mouse level's up its macros skillset by affording macros up to 160 characters long, with over 130 predefined commands for drag-and-drop macro creation in place. But you might find yourself spending the majority of your time grinding away at the light scheme. And get this: the world's first WoW mouse boasts no less than 16 million illumination choices with 3 intensity and pulsation levels. Not bad!

4. Germ-Free Mouse: The IOGear's Germ Free Wireless Laser Mouse ($11.99) is coated with a Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) and Silver (Ag) nano-particle compound, which uses two mechanisms to deactivate enzymes and proteins to prevent a wide spectrum of bacteria, virus, fungi, and algae from surviving on the surface of the mouse. It has been tested and proven effective against the settlement of harmful microbes on the insulated surface, an excellent tool for medical offices, libraries, schools and public computers in general.

5. Washable Mouse: If the Germ-free mouse doesn't make you feel clean enough, try the Belkin Washable Mouse ($17.69). With a water-resistant design, the washable mouse can endure spills and you can hand-wash it right under a running faucet. Dirt, food, liquids, germs, bacteria--all wash right off with some soap and water.

10 Coolest Computer Mice in the World Part-02

2009-10-29T14:52:00.000+07:00

6. Wearable Fingertip Mouse: Meet the Ring-Style Fingertip Mouse ($10.50). This Japanese finger-mouse straps onto your index finger and uses an optical sensor to track your pointing -- a thumb-wheel acts as a clicker as well. The mouse is super-compact and intended for use in cramped circumstances -- you can even use your thigh as a mousing surface, who cool is that?

7. Keypad Mouse: Meet the Adesso AKP-170 Keypad Mouse ($19.99). The 19 Key USB Numeric Keypad and Optical Mouse offers desktop and notebook users an instant benefit of a full-sized, external numeric keypad in a compact form. It functions as a numeric keypad and as an optical mouse it features a wide flip top transparent cover for the keypad and additional scroll wheel for easy web navigation. It is innovative and portable, definitely designed for mobile professionals.

8. Heart Mouse: Feel the love with every click of the Pat-Says-Now Red Heart Computer Mouse ($45.99). It may not be a heart shaped diamond, but for a computer geek it’s almost equivalent to one.

9. Hamburger Mouse: This is one burger at the deskop that won't drop any crumbs into your keyboard - the Hamburger Mouse ($19.95). Its deliciously ergonomic design has a guarantee of approximately three million clicks, probably one million more than you'll ever need in your lifetime, unless you're a sucker for point-and-click RPGs such as old school Diablo.

10. Bamboo Mouse: Get environmentally-friendly with the 3BTN Bamboo Eco-Friendly Mouse ($16.73). Elegant for the executive, practical for everyone. For right or left hand use, with optical sensing technology, PC and Mac compatible.

An Oil Rig Built from Matchsticks: A Man spends 15 years to Build it

2009-10-27T00:33:00.000+07:00

Finding your way round the Brent Bravo oil rig is a surprisingly bewildering business, even with a retired rig engineer called David Reynolds as your guide. 'I'm afraid it's a bit cluttered,' says David. 'But that's how oil rigs are.'

There's the main body of the rig itself, supported by three enormous circular buttresses, littered with cranes, lifeboats and a helipad marked with an 'H'. Then there's what's called the platform - almost as big as the rig itself and designed to bob about to one side on an enormous floating pontoon.

'So this is your drilling platform,' he continues. 'With the drill floor, pipes, crane housing... That's the derrick - where the oil comes in. And there's an oil tanker - look!'

It's impossible not to look. Not least because, rather than marching round a rain-lashed oil rig in the middle of the North Sea and shouting at the tops of our voices to be heard over the wind, David and I are several miles inland, in a very quiet museum in a little village called Bursledon, on the outskirts of Southampton.

Oh yes, and the entire oil rig - buttresses, cranes, derricks, even the oil tanker - is made out of matchsticks. A staggering 4,075,000 matchsticks, to be precise - all individually whittled to size and glued together by David over the past 15 years.

'It's not my finest work,' he says. 'I was pretty happy with the drilling platform, but the rest's pretty basic - though I suppose that's how rigs are. And it could do with a bit more sanding down. The ships in my "Matchstick Armada" are much better.'

But David's enormous model has caused quite a stir. Last week, it was recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's biggest matchstick model, trouncing the previous record-holder, a 3.5 million matchstick model of the Titanic, and throwing the international matchstick modelling community - yes, there really is one - into a frenzy of excitement.

It has also given David, 51, and his wife Julie, 49, a bit of a jolt. So far in the past week, they've been on television and the radio and their phone has been ringing off the hook with interview requests from all around the world.

'It's been very strange, all this fuss,' says David. 'And quite a change from our usual life, which tends to be rather quiet. But mostly I'm surprised that anyone wants to look at it at all.'

10 Strangest Body-Part Insurance Policies

2009-10-25T00:32:00.000+07:00

1. Cricket player Merv Hughes insured his moustache for $ 370,000: While playing on Australia's national cricket team from 1985 to 1994, Merv Hughes took out an estimated $370,000 policy on his trademark walrus mustache, which, combined with his 6'4" physique and outstanding playing ability, made him one of the most recognized cricketers in the world.

2. Three sisters insured their virginity for £1 million: An Essex insurance company has cancelled what may have been the most bizarre insurance policy in Britain. In the policy, three sisters in the Scottish highlands, who apparently were members of a "Christian group" of some sort, had insured their virginity for £1 million, against the event of any of them immaculately conceiving the second coming of Jesus Christ. Essex-based Britishinsurance.com confirmed it had provided the policy.

The burden of proof that it was Christ had rested with the women and any premium on the insurance was donated to charity, said Mr Burgess. The siblings had paid £100 annually since 2000. If they had secured a payout, they stood to receive £1m. The policy was apparently cancelled partly because of complaints from the Catholic Church, which doesn't look kindly on unauthorized immaculate conceptions.

3. Wine taster insured his nose for $8 million: After years spent worrying about losing his most valuable business asset, Ilja Gort doesn't have to worry anymore, his nose is insured to the teeth. The 47-year-old Dutch wine producer has had his nose and sense of smell insured for five million Euros (£4 million) by Lloyd's of London. The insurance policy states that he may not participate in winter sports, boxing or fire breathing. He may not work as a knife-thrower's assistant; he may not become pregnant and he may not commit suicide.

4. Food critic insured his taste buds for $ 300,000: In 1993, worldwide famous food critic Egon Ronay took out a £250,000 ($353,775) insurance policy on his taste buds.

5. Ronaldo's legs fetch for $144 million: It's normal that if you posses something valuable you insure it, right? Well, in some soccer news Real Madrid announced that they have insured their new star player Cristiano Ronaldo's legs, for an estimated $144 million.

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6. 13-year-old World Yo-Yo champion Harvey Lowe insured his hands for $ 150,000: Representing the Cheerio Yo-Yo Company of Canada, 13-year-old Harvey Lowe won the 1932 World Yo-Yo championships in London and toured Europe from 1932 to 1935. He even taught Edward VIII, the Prince of Wales, how to yo-yo. Lowe was so valuable to Cheerio that the company insured his hands for $150,000!

7. Coffee taster has a tongue insurance for $14 million: Costa Coffee's Coffee taster, Gennaro Pelliccia has a tongue insured for $14 million dollars. Pelliccia has tasted tens of thousands styles of coffee, and thru his tongue is able to discern the differences. “The taste buds of a Master of Coffee are as important as the vocal cords of a singer or the legs of a top model, and this is one of the biggest single insurance policies taken out for one person," said a spokesman for Lloyd's broker Glencairn Limited, which arranged the insurance cover.

8. Actress America Ferrera had her teeth insured for $10,000,000: Ugly Betty's leading lady America Ferrera has had her smile insured for $10 million by Lloyds of London insurance market. But the insurance wasn't taken out for pure vanity. The policy was taken out by Aquafresh White Trays, a teeth whitening manufacturer that is working with the actress on a charity campaign that gives jobless women free dental care.

9. Actress Bette Davis insured her waist for $28,000: In the '40s, actress Bette Davis bought a $28,000 policy buffering herself against losses due to gains - her own weight gain, that is. The insurance was issued by Lloyd's of London.

10. Keith Richards's middle finger – $1,600,000: Fearing that his foes would break his left middle finger he so often uses to flip them off, the 63 year-old guitarist for the Rolling Stones and poster boy for longevity through hard living had it insured. The Star article said he “recouped after an injury”. The actor is allegedly suffering from arthritis in his index finger.

10 Amazingly World's Smallest Sculptures (Part-01)

2009-10-23T00:12:00.004+07:00

1. "Little People" is a fantastic street art project by artist Slinkachu, where photos are taken of tiny figures that are placed in public locations throughout London. This one is called "Overpowered."

2. Willard Wigan is the creator of some of the world's smallest sculptures. The above scene is situated inside a sewing needle, it's a tribute to the Obama Family. Wigan takes months to complete a piece and works between heartbeats to avoid hand tremors. He uses a tiny surgical blade to carve his figures out of gold and grains of sand which are then mounted on pinheads. He uses a hair plucked from a dead fly to paint them (the fly has to have died from natural causes, as he refuses to kill them for his art).

3. Toothpick artist Steven Backman has carved this miniature replica of San Francisco's landmark, the Golden Gate Bridge. Measuring 1 7/8”(L) x 1/8”(W) x 3/4”(H), it was sculpted from one single toothpick and glue.

4. Online beauty site, FeelUnique commissioned artist Willard Wigan to create the world's first ever lipstick sculptures – of Brad and Angelina! The lippies, measuring 4mm by 9mm took over 50 hours to sculpt and will be auctioned off on the FeelUnique site, with all proceeds going to the Breast Cancer Campaign.

5. Who says you can't put a camel through the eye of a needle? Russian miniaturist Nikolai Aldunin has fit seven through this one. The artist works between the beats of his heart, in order to keep his hands perfectly still. He creates works of art so tiny that a microscope is needed to see them.