Posts from — December 2007

A new exhibition, Nature of Water, brings together art inspired by Bruce Lee and is to be shown at the Nucleus Art Gallery in California, from the 5th to the 21st January, 2008.

In his short lifetime, Bruce Lee has been an inspiration to to many people through his profound teachings, films, and philosophy. This art show will pay homage and draw inspiration from his legacy. Artists featured include the previously posted Luke Chueh.

Nucleus will also host the Nature of Water opening on Saturday 5th January (7 to 11 PM) with Shannon Lee, Bruce Lee’s Daughter, attending.

More on the Nucleus website

Via Vinyl Pulse

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In the Tokyo Traffic Control Centre, Tokyo’s traffic landscape is broadcast on a towering bank of integrated monitors, and is staffed by several officials working 24-hour shifts.

From left to right, the Expressway Display Board, Central Display Board, and Information Display Board paint a picture of the immediate traffic situation by compiling information from cameras, helicopters, police, citizen reports, and over 17,000 vehicle detectors all around the city.

The Central Display Board highlights 1,000 intersections, and has 15,154 traffic signals in the system. When traffic jams are detected or reported, the affected area turns from green to red. It also displays traffic accidents and closed streets.

Information is passed on to Tokyoites live through radio reports and 300 traffic information boards on the roadways. To directly influence traffic, it’s possible to manually adjust the signal intervals for 7,000 of the traffic lights, and communicate directly with traffic officers in the field.

See more insight on the CScout Japan site

Via Gizmodo

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What’s going on here? Brown bear cubs rocking karate?! Courtesy of Ron N.

Via Cute Overload

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This amazing fish dish comes courtesy of my friend Martyn U’ren, whilst on his travels in Vietnam. The presentation is pretty unique with serving the fish upright - I wouldn’t want to touch it for both destroying the beauty of it and collapsing the dish itself!

Update : Martyn has just informed me that this is an elephant ear fish which he ate in the Mekong Delta in South Western Vietnam.

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The Peninsula Suite in Hong Kong’s Peninsula hotel has been regarded as the most luxurious suite in Asia.

The 26th floor suite offers panoramic views of Victoria Harbor and Hong Kong Island. Some of the rooms include, two sitting areas, a conference room, a mini-gym, a private office, a master bathroom with a full view of the harbor, three private wash rooms and a guest washroom, a fully equipped kitchen and a Butler’s pantry.

Interestingly, the CIA and the M15 were consulted on the design since it is a common hotel choice for diplomats and heads of states. To guarantee maximum security the Peninsula Suite has direct access to a helipad and has a special room for security guards down the hall.

Some of the other suite amenities are a 24-hour Butler and a stand-by Rolls-Royce. All of this is available for merely $5,000 per night.

See another nine of the swankiest hotel suites ever on Celebrity Hotel Rooms

Via Neatorama

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If you’re into Crafts and Japan, you might like Modern Craft which is a site that sells lots of Japanese Craft books and some fabric. At this moment, they have 32 books listed and 41 fabric items!

Modern Craft

Via Craftzine

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Here’s another Japanese prank video for your viewing pleasure! A guy gets in a cab. Cab driver asks him if he should take the quicker route. Man says, yes please. You’ll see what happens next in this crazy prank video.

The cabbie doesn’t say much, but at the very end, he makes sure he asks for the fare: “660 yen.”

Via TokyoMango

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There’s a great Flickr set of photos from the Hihokan Erotic Museum in Japan. The museum seems to curate slightly kitschy but weird and surreal subject matter. All the better to gawk at I guess!

Judging from one of the comments, it seems the museum unfortunately closed in March 2007. You better click on over to the Flick set then before they’re removed!

Hihokan Erotic Museum photos

Via SexinArt

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