Beijing 360

Nice 360 panorama of the Bird's Nest on Bejing Olympics.
Funny to see the press mosquitos close up!

http://www.karikuukka.com/peking2008/100m/

Vintage Posters

I recently met William Payne who introduced me to the magnificent world of vintage posters. I had no idea that there is such a big group of collectors worldwide for unique antique posters. William's gallery has a vast collection of fine art posters, mainly from Europe.

This is one of my personal favorites. Graphics that inspired generations of graphics designers.

William' s gallery is called Vintage Poster Art and can be found on:

http://www.vintage-poster-art.com

The living camera

Steven is autistic and has a very special gift...

A modern day Stone Henge

This guy is building his own Stone Henge, in his backyard... by himself. Pretty amazing job. This man can move anything!

Len10 action.

Some jawdropping Ruben Lenten action. The master of the kite loop.

Slim Cam

Superb new technology, lightning fast implemented by HP in a questionable way. The camera that makes you look slimmer.

Slimming photos with HP digital cameras:
http://www.hp.com/united-states/consumer/digital_photography/tours/slimming/index.html

And here is the original technology it was based on:

Why Sony Imageworks got an Oscar nod for 'Surf's Up'

Sony Pictures' animated surfing penguins documentary, 'Surf's Up,' was nominated for the best animated feature Oscar this year, certainly in large part because of its work on creating realistic waves...

more on:

www.news.com/8301-13772_3-9862945-52.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Freeze frame!

Amazing art installation...

Surf's Up nominated for Oscar.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences have announced the nominations for the 80th Academy Awards. For Outstanding Animated Feature, the nominees are PERSEPOLIS, RATATOUILLE and the surprise nominee SURF'S UP.

http://www.oscar.com/nominees/

The Rubens Tube

Better than CG! This rocks! Great tubes of fire.

Ads a new dimension to "singing around the campfire"!