An interesting ad by Olympus.
This is the PEN Story in stop motion. We shot 60.000 pictures, developed 9.600 prints and shot over 1.800 pictures again. No post production! Thanks to all the stop motion artists who inspired us.
Taijin Takeuchi is singled out as one who inspired this work – Stop motion with wolf and pig. video
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
What happened to his wife and daughter?
He dumped them for the mid-life crisis?
Begin Pyrenees hike tomorrow
Rick will be hiking for a few days. Off-line.
Click through if you want to see a short video tutorial on how it works.
Twitter Search In Plain English
No need to have a Twitter account to search.
Should I rent?
Buy a USED vehicle?
A quick Google search did not illuminate the BEST way to get some wheels for hiking.
Leave a comment if you have advice.
The state of Queensland in Australia is offering, “The Best Job in the World,” a six-month stay on Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef with a salary of $105,000.
Job Duties: Stay rent-free in a three bedroom home with a plunge pool and golf buggie. Explore the island. Blog.
Qualifications: You must be able to speak and write in English, and…“They’ll also have to talk to media from time to time about what they’re doing so they can’t be too shy and they’ll have to love the sea, the sun, the outdoors,” said acting state Premier Paul Lucas.
You can apply at islandreefjob.com. (Though for some reason the site currently seems to be down.)
A great viral video publicity stunt.
Maybe I should finally replace my lost mobile phone …
Korea-based LG has introduced its latest mobile device, the LG-GD910 wrist-phone featuring support for both 3G and HSDPA technology. The user interface is presented through a 1.43-inch color LCD touchscreen, while a video camera has been integrated into the watch face for video recording or conferencing. The device also offers text-to-speech (TTS) capabilities, Bluetooth, MP3 playback and voice dialing with speech recognition. The company claims download speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps when using HSDPA.
The LG-GD910 is scheduled for an official debut at CES in January. European and Korean customers will have the first opportunity to purchase the new wrist phones, although pricing has not yet been announced.
(via Boing Boing)
Thanks to digital technology.
OLPC is an non-profit education project: http://laptop.org/
Thanks to support from Yoko Ono, this is our latest PSA: a message created from footage of John Lennon about the power each one of us has to change the world.
You can get involved at http://laptop.org/g1g1 …
The Adventure Blog linked to an amazing video.
… What’s “speed riding” you ask? That’s the insand activity of climbing up a mountain, then jumping off the summit with a pair of skis on your feet and a parachute on your back. The result is an adrenline fueled ride down the side of the mountain that is half-skiing, and half-flying …
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