Russian masters makes delicious wedding pies (pics)!

These are the real pies made by Russian confectionery masters.


Cost ~ $500-3000+ per each.

Tasty stuff :)

Sex in Space: Getting a Grip on Gravity

While sex in space is now a front and center topic of talk in public space travel circles, it may be far more complex and foreboding than once thought.

More research is needed in the role of gravity and its impact on the human body, said James Logan, a veteran NASA space physician speaking at a NewSpace conference gathering - but voicing his personal views.

“Sex in micro-g might be a little underwhelming. That is, the fantasy might be vastly superior to the reality. It’s a pretty messy environment…for every action there’s an equal and opposite reaction,” Logan told an attentive audience over the weekend at the NewSpace 2006 meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, sponsored by the Space Frontier Foundation.

Sex in zero-g is going to have to be more or less choreographed, “otherwise it’s just going to be a wild fling,” Logan advised. But for those looking forward to space migration and setting up self-perpetuating civilizations off-Earth, the space physician raised several warning flags.

After the 26th gestational week of fetus development, lack of gravity delays skeletal development necessary for sitting, standing and walking, Logan said. Building adequate and proper neural connections after birth – requires movement under gravity, he added.

And after 3.8 billion years, everything on planet Earth has changed, Logan noted, except for one constant: gravity.

“In my opinion,” Logan continued, “the prospect of doing a single jump from 3.8 billion years of one-gravity into some kind of a weightless civilization is extremely naive.”

In the 45th year of human spaceflight “we still do not have an inkling of what the gravity prescription is,” Logan said. “Think of gravity as a medication. We don’t know the dose. We don’t the frequency. And we don’t know the side effects.”

For the long term, the tall pole in the tent is life sciences research, Logan observed, including more work on radiation protection, as well as space structures that produce artificial gravity. He advised that space “pioneering” should be replaced with “bioneering”.
livescience

Nice Retro Travel Posters (1930-1950) (11 PICS!)

via voffka.com

Hot Girls Get Away with Anything- funny commercal:) (VIDEO!)

The Future is here! Google vision gadget (PIC)

Designer Callum Peden has the idea of a device called “Google Vision”. Point the gadget towards any object in your surrounding, and based on image recognition and geolocation, Google will pull information about the object and display it on the transparent, retractable screen. This could be combined with the geographical coordinates initiative of Wikipedia... a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy made real.

FREE gadgets - Is it a Scam?

With so many links on the net for free stuff, i decided to take a look at a couple and see if they match the hype and deliver the goods...

Ever seen a site that promises free gear?

The two i choose work exactly the same way. The user signs up to the site and participates in one of the programmes.

For example an online video club which posts DVDs to your door for you to watch and return in the supplied envelope for a monthly fee.

The Video club then pays the 'Free gift' site per referrer. Your next task is to refer a number of friends so that your 'Free gift' can be despatched. When your friends sign up, they are added to your list as referees and can do the same themselves, participate in a programme and refer their friends and so on...

The catch? Well, sometimes the referral doesn't work. In our case, i had two friends that did sign up to (and complete) the programmes, but they were not credited to our account.

The site also recommends that you post your referral link on bulletin boards, Instant Messenger signatures and on as many websites as you can get. A great way to sign up your members in theory... Of course once you have earned your 'Free gift' your links will remain wherever you have posted them so in fact from that moment on they are getting free advertising.

Unfortunately there is only one free gift allowed per delivery address, so posting a huge banner ad on ScamGuard to try and get multiple gifts would be pointless.

Conclusion... Despite it's dodgy sounding promises, there really doesn't appear to be a loser. The programmes to participate in do seem a fair deal and i have heard of a few people that have had succes receiving their shiny new gadgets.

As of writing, i still haven't received mine, i will let you know when they turn up.

In zoos animal overeat ice-cream. Too hot for them(PICS!)

As large parts of Europe and North America once again bake in an exceptionally hot summer, many people are asking what has now become a perennial question: "Is this global warming?"

Very strange gadget: Talking Magic Mirror

The animatronics guru that produced the King Kong ride at Universal Studios Florida has channeled his creative powers to Themeaddicts, Inc., a startup company that makes it their business to turn wild fantasies into take-home products.

Developers description : Magic Message Mirror is a very unique product that adds fun, entertainment and functionality to your home automation / security system. As the name indicates this device not only looks and functions like a 16:9 (oriented in portrait mode), 30" diagonal decorative mirror it also has another concealed purpose. When your home automation / security system senses a change in your environment, the character within the mirror theatrically appears and notifies you of the change. Once notified you may choose to directly view a camera feed on the stealthy monitor. Note that you can update the mirror's frame so that it seamlessly matches your décor.

There's no pricing available, but one has to assume that a theme park-worthy magic mirror connected to a home security system isn't gonna be cheap.

Really i dont like this gadget :) I am afraid to assume, that this mirror in the morning after a good party can tell me :))

Useful device for office geeks

Do you spend a lot of time on internet ?
How often do you change your keyboard ?
Save time and money :)

5 weird and fun items on Ebay at this moment

Items I have seen today on ebay's auction site. And the strangest thing is that someone actually bought some of them.

Weird Things You Can Find On eBay now

NUMBER 5

Item: mystery box

Starting bid: US $5.00

Seller description: You are bidding on a mystery box. anything inside of it is my gifts to you . may include new and nearly new items to wear and use.

comment: good chance to buy old socks :)

NUMBER 4

Item: shock pen

Starting bid: US $0.99

Seller description: Great for that guy who is always borrowing your pen! Leave this harmless looking pen out on your desk and when they try to use it - ZAP! A harmless shock goes through their fingers - not enough to hurt, just enough to make 'em jump! (Shock pen a.k.a. shocking pen). Comes with battery.

comment: nice gift for your boss :)

NUMBER 3

Item: UFO Alien Spaceship Flying Saucer Prop U.F.O. Area 51

Starting bid: US $30.000 (OMG!)

Seller description: An amazing, over the top centerpiece designed to impress the media and crush the competition. The over 12 foot saucer descends and rises to a height of over 14 feet.
While it oscillates, smoke pours out, lights pulsate and engines rumble as this huge craft comes in for attack!

Comes with a very large bass amp to capture the sub-frequencies that give the effect of great weight descending. Comes with bass amp, CD player, control box, fog machine, mega-strobe and chase lights.

comment: Wheres Joda?

NUMBER 2

Item: 3 Player Chess Handmade Wooden Set Wood Game for Three

Starting bid: US $50.00

Seller description: This is a rare set. It was handmade out of European Poplar, a native wood of Poland and one of the best suited for carving. The board is beautifully decorated with a combination of carving, burning, and staining. The board folds in half and locks securely with two brass clasps and all of the pieces fit comfortably inside for travel or storage. The interior has a felt lining to protect the pieces from scratches and all of the pieces have felt bottoms to protect the board. Everything is in excellent condition.

comment: Who knows rules ?

NUMBER 1

Item: KISS from SWEDEN!

Starting bid: US $4.95 Seller description: That's right! Right NOW You can buy a KISS from Sweden! I mean, how many kisses from a Swedish (young) woman do you own???

>>> FREE SHIPPING! <<<>

comment: sweeeet babe :)


Update from comments :)



Item: Amazing mutant pretzel whale

Starting bid: US $5.00

Seller description: I am selling my amazing mutant Rold Gold pretzel, shaped like a spouting whale -- a one-of-a-kind collectible sure to astonish your friends and family. Be the talk of your block and the envy of coworkers by being the world's sole owner of this unique freak of nature.

But this wonder is much more than a baked representation of one of nature's most noble endangered species - and a very endangered species in it's own right. (Do not leave near dip at parties.) Turn the whale sideways and it bears an astonishing resemblance to a musical note. Some people see a mother and child. And others the marriage gift to Aphrodite from the smith god Hephaestus, who made her a girdle of finely wrought gold and wove magic into the filigree work. And some people just see a salty snack.

The mutant pretzel comes with the original Rold Gold pretzel bag and an authenticated certificate of authenticity!

Seller will ship insured and well-protected. Bid now and be the first to own this rare treasure!(LOL!!)

Friday pic , yeahh its friday

Google helps you download fullscreen movies

Have you ever seen or heard people talking about downloading movies off the Internet?
It may seem like a complicated thing to do, but because Google has millions of pages in their index it is now easy to find and download movies. By using some search operators you can refine your search to mainly show movies that can be downloaded.
inurl

The inurl operator you can include and exclude results from Google.

inurl:html

By searching with that query Google will return results that have html in the URL string.

-inurl:html

By placing a minus sign in front Google will remove results that have html in the URL string.

intitle

The intitle operator allows you to refine your results so that only results with that keyword in the title show up.

intitle:ice age

If you search for that on Google, documents with Ice age in the title should be the only ones that are displayed.

(avi)

Because movie files are mainly in avi or mpg format we can enter a search operator to try and limit the results to specific files.

(avi|mpg)

When using that string in the keyword box, only search results that are avi or mpg should show up. Ice age

By putting all the operators together we can now search for movies. I searched for Ice Age.

-inurl:htm -inurl:html -inurl:php intitle:ice age (mpg|avi)

just one click



Easily i found 5 fresh movies

Kickass SEO tool just realeased

SEOmoz has just recently released a new kick ass SEO tool:

Page Strength SEO Tool

How it works ?

The tool estimates using criteria from humans (del.icio.us tags, Alexa Rank, mentions at Wikipedia, etc.) and machine-assembled data (like pages indexed, internal link percent and even PageRank itself). It is by no means perfect or entirely accurate, but it is a significant upgrade from Google's often inaccurate and infrequently updated PageRank score (and it's fun to use).

I really like this tool and it is far better in measuring page strength than the crappy PR. Actually PageRank has just been updated and I checked my 12 sites … the values are more weird then ever. The start page of couple sites should not have 4 when it has it’s internal pages between 6 and 4 ….


One my site with PR 7 has strength 5.5
Any of you readers have more than 5.5?

Top 10 Luxury Gadgets. For those with just too much money

10. Mouse mat $490 Just how much are you prepared to pay for a mouse mat? According to Formula 1, the company behind the racing, you just might stretch to £250($490). The Mouse Mat Carbon is not your average mouse mat and at £250($490) it’s not going to appeal to vast majority of sane, PC users. Formula 1, which makes a wide range of upmarket trinkets, claim that the mouse was handmade in England by specialist composite technicians who make Formula One monocoques – the one-piece car chassis. Designed with 3D modelling software the mouse mat is composed of solid, 3mm-thick polished carbon fibre which was cured to 120º at 100psi. The carbon is embossed with the F1 logo and the mat is backed with Italian suede.


9. Lara Croft Crystal XBox 360 $11,000 The case was created to celebrate the Lara Croft game on Xbox 360. The Microsoft office in Germany is behind this masterpiece which contains 43,000 crystals. The case is worth about $11,000 and will be given away to a lucky gamer in Germany.


8. Hammacher Schlemmer Velocipede $13,995.95 The latest grown-up toy from Hammacher Schlemmer is the this human-powered vehicle. It's the first velocipede with a carbon fiber monocoque chassis which is the same material used in Formula 1 cars. The vehicle which was designed by Michael Goretzky and offers the exercise benefits of a recumbent bicycle. The three-wheeled vehicle weighs only 60 lbs. and the two forward 20" wheels are designed for tight turns without tipping over. The cockpit shape is designed to lessen drag and the velocipede can be custom designed to fit your measurements. It has a headlight, tail light and turn signals that are powered by a rechargeable battery. It sells for $13,995.95.


7. Jamo Reference R 909 Speakers $18,600 Jamo's new Reference R 909 Speakers are state-of-the-art electrodynamic dipolar speakers and high quality not only in terms of technological capabilities, but in design, as well. The speakers are floorstanding, weighing in at nearly 140-lbs each and measuring 50.2"h x 19.2"w x 21.3"d, and have two 15-in. woofers, a 5.5-in. Seas magnesium midrange driver and a customized 1-in. Scanspeak Revelator tweeter, all mounted in a thin baffle and intended to deliver optimum sound. The bass and midrange drivers use magnesium and paper cones to ensure dynamic, crystal-clear responses - so sounds will be as sharp and as powerful as if you were standing in front of the musicians. They are available in red, yellow and black. Price: $18,600.


6. Multi-function shower $22,587 This new Duravit multi-function shower is the latest creation of Berlin designer Jochen Schmiddem who designed the Hansgrohe-Pharo Cocoon shower for Tom Cruise's Minority Report film by Steven Spielberg. Only recently unveiled by Duravit, this luxury shower is actually a steam shower cabin. It can be easily converted into a steam shower by easily folding out the two seats to form a 170 cm bench and turning on the steam generator. The frame-less cabin is made of silicon-free safety glass and is available in either clear or tinted blue color. The spacious inside is white acrylic while the floor, seats and shelving are made from water-resistant Robinia wood, and the plumbing fixtures are in shiny chrome. This Duravit shower comes with many exiting features/options that are expected in today's modern luxury showers: the LED-enabled chromatherapy, the aromatherapy, the built-in sound and the touch-display and remote control. Not to mention the various shower heads and water hoses and adjustable massage nozzles and backrests. You can buy Duravit multifunctional shower for a price of 17,864 Euros or 22,587 US$.


5. Electrolux WoW Screenfridges $25,000 Electrolux has officially launched a "War on White" appliances, hence the name of their WoW Screenfridges. The refrigerators are only concepts right now, but they have a graphic panel than extends across the whole front of the fridge. For added interest, not to mention luxury and convenience, the design is based on the basic refrigerator equipped with an LCD screen in the door. The company plans to extend the concept to a whole series of appliances, and the senior VP said "it has become clear that now more than ever, people want unique products that allow them to express their individuality through their choices."


4. Mp3 Player $44,000 The iPod isn't blingtastic enough for you? Check out this eye-offending mp3 player from Douglas J. The say it is the most expensive mp3 player in the world, the Vertu of the phone world. Although at £25,000 (over $44,000) It's pricer than a Vertu. The Presidential is adorned with diamonds in the configuration you choose. It is covered in either white or yellow gold and after your Presidential is created they deliver it right to your door. It has a 1GB drive and plays videos and works with MP1, MP2, MP3, MPX, JPG, WMA, ASF, WAV, and AV formats. The D.J. Presidential is created by singer Xavier Aeon and purchasing the mp3 player gets you entrance into Class 85, a small group of clubs (one, the Soho Lounge, so far) that offer benefits to Class 85 members. If you need one of these to get into a club, is it really worth it?


3. Panasonic 103 inch Plasma TV $70,000 Panasonic's massive 103-inch plasma television will arrive in time for the holidays in the United States, but it won't come cheap: the TH-103PZ600U carries a retail price of just under $70,000 USD. With a contrast ratio of 4000:1, the display area measures 50.2 inches high and 89.3 inches wide. The plasma features full high-definition 1080p resolution, and will be available from select high-end retailers starting in December. Professional installation will be required due to the TV's weight and size. "Panasonic's 103-inch display represents the pinnacle of our achievement to date and truly redefines the level of ultimate home entertainment available for the most demanding video connoisseur," remarked Andrew Nelkin, Panasonic's Display Group Vice President.


2. $1.3 Million Mobile Phone A Moscow-based firm has launched production of what has been tagged as the world’s costliest mobile phone, the bornrich.org website reports. The Diamond Crypto Smartphone, designed by luxury accessories maker Peter Aloisson, is priced at a crisp $1.3 million and is tagged as the costliest in the world. It features a cover adorned with 50 diamonds, ten of which are the rare blue ones. Apart from this, it also features a few sections made in rose gold as well. Apart from the enticing looks, this phone manufactured by the Moscow-based JSC Ancort Company uses powerful encryption technology to provide special security. This technology is used with the aim of securing the user’s identity together with keeping intact info about kidnapping, technological blackmail, financial racketeers and corrupted state officials. Together with this, the phone is built on the lines of Windows CE operating system, and features a high-resolution color TFT display and stores up to 4000 numbers in it’s memory.


1. Floating Bed $1.53 million Every so often, we like to take a look at things whose functionality isn't measured in gigabytes or megabangs, but instead just look amazing. This magnetic floating bed, I submit, may be among the coolest things we've ever covered. Designed by Dutchman Janjaap Ruijssenaars, it's got enough magnets to keep 900 kilograms (1,984 pounds) floating in the air. To make sure that the bed doesn't float away should it become windy (or "interesting," wink wink), it's tethered to the walls by four cables. Technically, the magnetic floating bed is for sale, but at a price of 1.2 million euros ($1.53 million), you're not likely to find it in your local mattress store