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Just awesome.

Judging by those figures, that’s one way of putting it. What a joke.

Never mind my earlier post; if you want to get rich, don’t live in Britain!

Who will win? Watch and find out.

Can you get past the great (fire)wall of China?

Why oh why did I not know about these when I was at Uni! This is one of those products you wish you had thought of yourself, and is so obvious looking back. Simplicity always wins over, although as we all know, the simplest solutions are the hardest to design.

The key it would seem, is to stop being so frightened of the consequences and get on with it.

I think this video just about covers it.

Feelings, Mistakes, and Butts. These are things we dare not bare in public.

Quite True.

Why bother bringing out several devices which we have all been waiting for with much anticipation when you can chuck all those features in one device? It’s not April 1, is it?

To quote the website:

Please understand that this is an extremely special piece of furniture, of exceptional quality and design, it is not for everyone by a very very long way and can only be afforded by the lucky few of us with exceptional wealth.

You need to watch the videos to truly appreciate the fantastic design of the Capstan Table.

Time has an interesting article on two restaurants that are starting a bit of a trend where instead of having fixed price menus, diners are invited to pay what they think their meal is worth or what they can afford, and believe it or not, the concept appears to be working!

This great video from Nau discusses the process they go through to create their fantastic apparel, and the issues that are important to them. Nau is a one of a kind company, making being green not only cool, but practical to boot.

The Russo-Baltique ‘Impression’ is sure to make an impression on your bank balance, but if you have the cash sitting around, and like to be different, then this is one car that will definitely make you stand out.

A really interesting article on the Casino Royale title sequence from Digit. When I first saw them, I have to say I was a bit disappointed, but after reading the article and seeing them again, I have to say the work of Framestore CFC has won me over.

The Furoshiki Laptop ‘Wrap’ borrows from the principles of Furoshiki and is a fantastic alternative to the simple laptop sleeve that every man and his dog has these days. I wouldn’t mind one for the times when my Wack-O-Phone is too much.

Well this is different.

Okay so it’s not magic but this is most definitely one of the best videos I have ever seen on You Tube!

Sexual Navigation.

Literally. I thought “so what, thousands have tagged the streets of NYC, but none quite in the same way as Momo.

If you missed the Web 2.0 special in the Guardian’s Weekend magazine here’s a chance to read the interviews with the founders of the of the key Web 2.0 / Social App sites on the net.

Look at the truck, then look at the picture of the truck in the mine. Just insane.

Lasse Gjertsen has some top notch video editing skills and a rather unconventional method of making music.

Whilst this thing costs more than a good second hand small car, and is slightly ridiculous in its ‘push cart’ guise, the trioBike is aimed at the design savvy, environmentally concious young families who understand looking cool and being green comes at a price.  The ingenious unit can be easily converted from a carrier bike to just a bike or push-cart with no tools necessary. The trioBike is a realistic green alternative to driving for short-distance trips.

Check out the preview for the new Open Source Papervision 3D engine for flash, which will be released this December.

You take lots of pictures and you’d like to have a simple way to share them with family and friends. You’d like to have a website to post these images on. You need a way to sort the photos in sets or portfolios… maybe even tag them with keywords? Flickr is great, but you’d like to customize the look and presentation?

If you say yes to the above, then Satellite is for you.

They are everywhere and anywhere, but just how well do you know your logos?

Well, Microsoft must have taken heed of the chatter surrounding the comical iPod packaging video, as ‘the kid’s done good’ with the new Vista packaging.

Despite earlier false-start postings on the net announcing the arrival of the next version of Firefox and linking to various FTP mirrors, Firefox 2.0 has now been officially released.

If you haven’t been lucky enough to catch the new Sony Bravia advert on TV, it’s now available on a Special Sony mini-site which was launched alongside the first Bravia advert, in which 250,000 power balls cascaded through the streets of San Francisco.