“Two Star Wars pepper mills made of ABS plastic and measuring 11cm (4.33″) tall are on their way to the Japanese market on February 29, 2008. Both hold about 1 oz worth of peppercorns. To crush them, twist R2’s dome and flakes of pepper obediently drop from its bottom. Two variants are on offer – a blue and white R2-D2 and a black and gold R2-Q5.”
“Bacteria that became more dangerous in space may help scientists design better antibiotics on Earth, U.S. researchers said on Monday. They found that a type of Salmonella that causes food poisoning became more virulent after spending 12 days at near-zero gravity in the space shuttle, killing more mice than Earthbound bacteria and killing them more quickly.
Their findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, might help protect both astronauts and people infected on the ground, said Cheryl Nickerson of the Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology at Arizona State University.”
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 25, 2007 in Videogames
If this game was for sale I’d buy it! From what I can see this is an actual game mod, although the person who posted it has no idea where to get it from. In addition to characters from Lucky Star you can also spot Pikachu and Doraemon.
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 24, 2007 in Animation
The podcast crew of Anime Pulse has scored two amazing interviews with Hisahi Abe and Itagaki Shin of Madhouse Studios (they’ve worked on an amazing range of projects from Millennium Actress to Paprika). In the interviews, the Madhouse staffers discuss various projects that they have worked on as well as their latest one, the anime adaptation of Devil May Cry. You can check out the interviews here:
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 24, 2007 in Star Trek
I found the Star Trek themed LOL Cat photo here at icanhascheezburger.com. It got me thinking how much the original Star Trek series has had an impact on popular culture. Well that and how much we’ll miss seeing James Montgomery Doohan making a cameo on some future Star Trek movie or series.
Posted by Michael Pinto on Sep 23, 2007 in Animation
It’s only been a day or two (although it might as well be 100 years on the net) since the announcement of Death Note coming to Adult Swim. So you’d think that every anime fanboy would be setting up the DVR, but not everyone is pleased with the news:
“It looks like Adult Swim will be showing Death Note on October 20th. I thought Adult Swim was redeeming itself by showing Cowboy Bebop again but I guess not. Of course, Adult Swim has been going down the crap shoot for a few years now. Honestly, I only use Adult Swim at night to help me go to sleep. I’m so glad that I don’t get my anime from TV anymore.
Now, I’d like to point how I can see why Adult Swim picked this show. It’s due to the fact that for some odd reason Death Note is very popular and this would only bring more viewers to Adult Swim. But I really don’t see it as all the great. There are a ton of other series they could have chosen from but I guess they will continue to pick crappy series.”
…I have to admit that I’ve been following * cough * one or two shows on the net, but it is always nice to see stuff on my actual television. The fanboys of today are spoiled! Back when I first discovered anime we had to watch it on 12th generation VHS tapes and guess what was going on and then * maybe * if we were very lucky the darn show would come to America on TV years later but edited to death.
By the way the photo shown at the top is the Misa CraftLabel Statue from Death Note which is available here.
David Greenfield has an amzing collection of of rare 60’s and 70’s Asian pop singles. He mainly collect Singaporean titles, but also has records from Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, and Thailand. As a designer I find looking at this treasure trove quite an inspiration:
