Evelien's paper notebook turns into a notebook pc, plays YouTube!



Watch how a paper notebook turns into a notebook PC in this award winning short film (video above) by Dutch animator Evelien Lohbeck. Check out all her films here.

Amazing Photo Manipulations by Russian Photoshop Master

LiveJournal user tebe_interesno is a talented Russian artist from Moscow, famous for his creative photo manipulations such as this giant man catching a space shuttle during its launch.

(Thanks primus)

Star Wars in Classic Art

Worth1000's Star Wars photoshop contest: "I went to an art gallery the other day. The artworks were all right, I guess, but you know what they were missing? Wookiees... Also no Jedis, no Storm Troopers ... in fact none of the artworks had any Star Wars elements at all! In this contest we're going to rectify the art world's mistake by placing Star Wars character, items, vehicles and scenes into classic art works."

Types of Beard Chart

Guys (those of you with facial hair), if you’re looking for some ideas on how to shape your beard to fit your style, check this expanded chart of facial hair types. All the old favorites are there, as well as some more modern styles. I'm thinking of going Napoleon. LOL.

(Thanks Mr Big)

Anatomy of a Fairy Tale

Anatomy of a Fairy Tale is an art installation by Julia Murakami. I don't have much info about this but I think it looks like some clay sculptures of famous fairy tale personalities gone awfully wrong. This one looks like Little Red Riding Hood having a bad day, no thanks to the Big Bad Wolf.

(Thanks Bel)

Quicksnap: A better ice block tray

Finally someone has come up with a better way to get ice cubes out of the tray! Graeme Davies invented Quicksnap so that single ice cubes can be popped out without the normal problems associated with twisting an ice tray. Brilliant, Graeme!

(via Ektopia)

Anakin's Lightsaber Torchlight

Every aspiring Jedi knight needs a torchlight in the dark so here's Anakin's Lightsaber Full Size Torch, a lifesize replica of Anakin Skywalker's Lightsaber which makes authentic Lightsaber sounds when turned on and off, and emits a cool blue light.

(via Nerdcore)

Google Maps Street View Car hits a deer. Ouch!

Accidents do happen even for the Google Maps Street View car! Apparently, the driver knocked down a deer while the car was taking photos for the Street View feature on Google Maps. The picture was spotted on Google Maps but Google later took it down.

Amazing Paper Airplanes

Kyong Lee teaches you how to build some really kick ass paper airplanes. Check out his folding instructions for the Harrier jet, F-15 Eagle, Nighthawk, F-16 Fighting Falcon and many more amazing planes! I'm going to try fold the F-15 because it looks so damn cool.

Pictures of Science: 700 Years of Scientific and Medical Illustration

NYPL Digital Gallery has hundreds of images from the thirteenth through the early twentieth century, in the fields of astronomy, chemistry, geology, mathematics, medicine, and physics, as represented by manuscript illuminations, engravings, lithographs, and photographs.

1940's Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin face masks

From a 1940's Johnson Smith & Co. mail order-catalog comes this advertisement of face masks of famous personalities like Gandhi, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin and Hirohito: "Looks very realistic when worn. You see through eye slits and talk through mouth opening. Covers face fully from ear to ear." The Gandhi and Hirohito masks are ugly like hell!

The greatest snack food stadium ever built

The folks at HolyTaco made a stadium out of lots of sausages, nachos, tortillas, cheetos, cheese, guacamole and more, in honour of the Super Bowl! The stadium is edible of course but watch out for all those calories and fats before you munch into it.

(Thanks GeekGod)

3D Star Wars Starfighter Kites

I'm not a fan of kites but I may just want to start flying one of these X-Wing, Tie Fighter and Millennium Falcon 3D Star Wars Starfighter Kites. They have to be one of the coolest kites ever made! I just hope that they can really fly in the wind.

(Thanks venda65)

Steampunk Exploding iPhone T-Shirt

Artist Kevin Tong captures the invention of Leonardo da Vinci, the imagination of H.G. Wells and the brilliance of Jonathan Ive in his iSteamPhone drawing. And the best thing, it is now printed on a t-shirt! I want one!

Starcom: The U.S. Space Force

Nemesisworld has a nice Starcom fansite listing all the figures, playsets and vehicles in the Starcom toyline. I had some of them when I was a kid! Starcom is one of my favourite cartoons and toys from the 80's era. The plot of the animated series was based on the adventures of an American astronaut brigade as they fought off invasions by a group of aliens and robots known as the Shadow Force.

Sony Vaio P is in da house!

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This just in! I just received the new Sony Vaio P pocket style PC in beautiful Crystal White!! You can watch a video demo of the Sony Vaio P here and read about its launch here. I'll be posting a review soon.

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Pics of the unboxing here.

Meet the real Morrie



Renowned journalist Ted Koppel conducted a series of interviews with former sochology professor Morrie Schwartz during the last year of his life after being diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). The interviews were shown on ABC's Nightline and inspired Mitch Albom to write the best-selling book Tuesdays With Morrie. Watch Morrie: Lessons On Living here (part 1 above). A must watch for those of you who read and love the book.

Today's Singapore News

The following are stories that are making the headlines over at Topix Singapore News today, edited by yours truly.

-Fewer than 10 bodies donated every year: Fewer than 10 bodies are donated to medical research in Singapore each year. One cancer victim who died on Tuesday decided to pledge her body under the Medical Therapy Education and Research Act.
-Retrenchments likely to surge after Lunar New Year festivities: The Lunar New Year period could be the calm before the storm in terms of the employment situation in Singapore. NTUC Deputy Secretary-General Halimah Yacob expects retrenchments to surge after Chap Goh Meh, the 15th day of the Lunar New Year.
-Primary schools to go single-session by 2016: All primary schools should be single-session by 2016. That is one of the recommendations put forth by the Primary Education Review and Implementation (Peri) Committee.
-Singapore torn over cat rights: Cat lovers in Singapore are campaigning for felines to have the same rights as dogs -- a roof over their heads and a safe home. For decades cats have been banned from Singapore's high-density Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats, which house more than 80 percent of the 4.6 million population.
-Watch what you eat, price-wise: As Singaporeans start to watch their spending more closely, here’s interesting news: In the last half-year or so, cooked food prices have dropped in 10 per cent in some instances, but gone up in 20 per cent of cases, according to a Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) study.
-S'pore airport's passenger growth slows: Passenger traffic at Singapore's Changi Airport grew 2.7 percent last year, its slowest growth in five years as the economic slowdown begins to hurt travel and aviation.
-Jobs Credit scheme may help lessen impact of job cuts: The Jobs Credit scheme is designed to help employers with their cash flow, while providing an incentive to retain workers.
-The lost films of Singapore: An increasing number Singaporeans, it seems, are now beginning to appreciate home-made films. And it's a pity that the reels of some older local movies have gone missing - believed to be lost forever.
-Prince cinemas shut down: Singapore's largest cinema has gone dark, possibly for good. Prince 1 cinema showed its last movie, the Disney animated feature Bolt, on Dec 10 last year. Now, its fate is uncertain.
-Heroin arrests spike again: Heroin arrests rose again last year, making the white powder the most commonly abused drug in Singapore.
-Flyer's spinning again & look what's on board: It's spinning at last and the crowds are back. At 11.18pm on Sunday, the last night of the Year of the Rat, the Singapore Flyer got the green light from the authorities to 'fly' again.

Zombie Hello Kitty Birthday Cake

For her birthday, lucky Kristin got a zombie Hello Kitty birthday cake complete with blood, goo, worms, maggots and a tombstone. Brilliant but don't think the folks from Sanrio will be too pleased with it.

(via Boing Boing)

John Lennon and Yoko Ono spotted at Holland Village

"John Lennon" and "Yoko Ono" made a surprise appearance at Singapore's Holland Village on Saturday night. They took off their clothes at a staircase in a block of flats there and then coolly walked in their flip-flops towards the market. Yes, naked! How exciting.

(Thanks Mr Big, xXx, Lord Kimbo)

Relive your childhood with this huge toy collection on eBay

For US$29,999, you can be the proud owner of this vintage to modern toy collection which was purchased in Ohio from a retired collector/dealer. The collection with 9,185 different toys, games, etc has a retail value of way over $100,0000. Check out the pics!

New Classmate PC Laptop From Intel

At the 2009 Consumer Electronic Show (CES) expo - Las Vegas, Intel introduce an updated version of its Classmate PC reference design that adds several new capabilities. This version of the Classmate PC laptop features with a convertible tablet and touch-screen system and allow Intel and its OEM partners to offer two different types of low-cost laptops for school children.


The latest incarnation of the Intel Classmate PC now gives Intel and its OEM partners a choice of two different laptop designs for school children, in order to improve the learning experience for students, parents, teachers, and schools by new technology.

Like the previous clam shell design (mini laptop the 8.9-inch display), the convertible Classmate is based on the Intel Atom processor, the near-ubiquitous netbook platform. Specifically, the convertible Classmate PC Laptop uses an Atom N270 processor at 1.6GHz and a 945GSE chipset, and Intel claims about 30% longer battery life and 50% higher system performance for the new model.


The new Classmate PC Laptop is traditional laptop mode – adjusts with changing needs in the classroom, the screen swivels 180 degrees for sharing with peers and teachers. The convertible Classmate PC will also support a version of Microsoft Windows XP software that had been specifically designed for this type of laptop.

The new Classmate PC Laptop designed for a low-cost laptop for school children that a local OEM could manufacture and sell. While a laptop based on the Classmate PC design retails from $200 to $500 in the United States, Intel does not offer a specific price for these laptop.


There are two purpose why the Intel company released this model. One is to help school children connect to the Internet and expand their educational opportunities. Second reason is they want to introduce them self and Classmate PC Laptop to potentially millions of new customers in emerging markets.

Others specification of new Classmate PC Laptop 2009 are display 1024x600 color LCD (resolution), Storage comes in the form of a 60GB, 4,200-RPM Samsung hard drive, and the whole system weighs in at just 2.8 lbs. in the default configuration.


Do you have problem with viruses in your laptop?it cannot be removed with traditional antivirus programs. Instead, you need to use special methods or tools to get rid of it, which have remained a mystery until now.

FixRedirectVirus.org is a working solution to get rid of the search redirect virus from your PC

New Classmate PC Laptop From Intel

At the 2009 Consumer Electronic Show (CES) expo - Las Vegas, Intel introduce an updated version of its Classmate PC reference design that adds several new capabilities. This version of the Classmate PC laptop features with a convertible tablet and touch-screen system and allow Intel and its OEM partners to offer two different types of low-cost laptops for school children.


The latest incarnation of the Intel Classmate PC now gives Intel and its OEM partners a choice of two different laptop designs for school children, in order to improve the learning experience for students, parents, teachers, and schools by new technology.

Like the previous clam shell design (mini laptop the 8.9-inch display), the convertible Classmate is based on the Intel Atom processor, the near-ubiquitous netbook platform. Specifically, the convertible Classmate PC Laptop uses an Atom N270 processor at 1.6GHz and a 945GSE chipset, and Intel claims about 30% longer battery life and 50% higher system performance for the new model.


The new Classmate PC Laptop is traditional laptop mode – adjusts with changing needs in the classroom, the screen swivels 180 degrees for sharing with peers and teachers. The convertible Classmate PC will also support a version of Microsoft Windows XP software that had been specifically designed for this type of laptop.

The new Classmate PC Laptop designed for a low-cost laptop for school children that a local OEM could manufacture and sell. While a laptop based on the Classmate PC design retails from $200 to $500 in the United States, Intel does not offer a specific price for these laptop.


There are two purpose why the Intel company released this model. One is to help school children connect to the Internet and expand their educational opportunities. Second reason is they want to introduce them self and Classmate PC Laptop to potentially millions of new customers in emerging markets.

Others specification of new Classmate PC Laptop 2009 are display 1024x600 color LCD (resolution), Storage comes in the form of a 60GB, 4,200-RPM Samsung hard drive, and the whole system weighs in at just 2.8 lbs. in the default configuration.


Do you have problem with viruses in your laptop?it cannot be removed with traditional antivirus programs. Instead, you need to use special methods or tools to get rid of it, which have remained a mystery until now.

FixRedirectVirus.org is a working solution to get rid of the search redirect virus from your PC

New Notebook HP Mini 1000

The notebook HP Mini 1000 is a convenient alternative to carrying your primary notebook PC everywhere you go. The size is Smaller and more portable than the normal notebook, it supports your mobile that always-on - lifestyle.


The notebook HP Mini 1000 is the perfect on-the-go companion for the ultra-mobile consumer. This is HP's second-generation foray into the mini-laptop space, also known as netbooks. HP Mini 1000 is available with an 8.9" or 10.1" diagonal display, weighs only 2.25 lb., and has a nearly full sized keyboard.

Notebook HP Mini 1000

The notebook HP Mini 1000 has futures some interesting programs, entertainment in a protected environment with genuine Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 3. This new consumer version has a nearly identical design, but in lightweight plastic (its body is also slightly thinner). Thickness of the Mini 1000 is 1" and therefore thinner than the Acer Aspire One.


As small notebook, HP Mini 1000 coming with 10-inches screen display. The notebook Mini 1000 build in an Intel Atom processor (Dual-Core standard) as opposed to the VIA processor in the Mini-Note 2133, Operating system using Windows XP Home Edition.


The biggest selling point for the notebook HP Mini 1000 is its fantastic keyboard, which HP claims is 92 percent of the size of a full-size laptop keyboard. And probably the flashiest mini-note to date, set to arrive by mid-December, is a customized red take on the Mini designed by Vivienne Tam.


The user can be easy to operate the notebook HP Mini 1000, Surf the Internet without eye strain on the spacious 8.9" diagonal widescreen, or upgrade to a 10.1" diagonal, edge-to-edge BrightView Infinity display. Easily transfer data to and from other devices via two USB ports.

The notebook HP Mini 1000 provided some good quality software such as Microsoft Works 9, Windows Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Media Player 11. For the hardware, HP Mini 1000 offer scalability and flexibility via hard drive options—8GB or 16GB SSD, or 60GB HDD.


Do you want to learn how to make animation 3D, click here.

New Notebook HP Mini 1000

The notebook HP Mini 1000 is a convenient alternative to carrying your primary notebook PC everywhere you go. The size is Smaller and more portable than the normal notebook, it supports your mobile that always-on - lifestyle.


The notebook HP Mini 1000 is the perfect on-the-go companion for the ultra-mobile consumer. This is HP's second-generation foray into the mini-laptop space, also known as netbooks. HP Mini 1000 is available with an 8.9" or 10.1" diagonal display, weighs only 2.25 lb., and has a nearly full sized keyboard.

Notebook HP Mini 1000

The notebook HP Mini 1000 has futures some interesting programs, entertainment in a protected environment with genuine Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 3. This new consumer version has a nearly identical design, but in lightweight plastic (its body is also slightly thinner). Thickness of the Mini 1000 is 1" and therefore thinner than the Acer Aspire One.


As small notebook, HP Mini 1000 coming with 10-inches screen display. The notebook Mini 1000 build in an Intel Atom processor (Dual-Core standard) as opposed to the VIA processor in the Mini-Note 2133, Operating system using Windows XP Home Edition.


The biggest selling point for the notebook HP Mini 1000 is its fantastic keyboard, which HP claims is 92 percent of the size of a full-size laptop keyboard. And probably the flashiest mini-note to date, set to arrive by mid-December, is a customized red take on the Mini designed by Vivienne Tam.


The user can be easy to operate the notebook HP Mini 1000, Surf the Internet without eye strain on the spacious 8.9" diagonal widescreen, or upgrade to a 10.1" diagonal, edge-to-edge BrightView Infinity display. Easily transfer data to and from other devices via two USB ports.

The notebook HP Mini 1000 provided some good quality software such as Microsoft Works 9, Windows Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Media Player 11. For the hardware, HP Mini 1000 offer scalability and flexibility via hard drive options—8GB or 16GB SSD, or 60GB HDD.


Do you want to learn how to make animation 3D, click here.