New York

Nice picture of New York and two apples, hehe.

New York

Mysterious Night

This picture has a nice lighting contrast – green sky and orange tentpole. Take a look.

Mysterious Night

Olympics Fireworks Faked

I found this on InformationWeek (http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/TV_theater/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210002310) and it turns out that the fireworks for Beijing Olympics opening ceremony were faked. Well, not all of it. Part of the fireworks for the opening ceremony were computer generated in order to avoid, well, putting a helicopter on fire. It’s possible though. Seeing the whole fireworks went up on the sky and if the pilot wasn’t careful enough, that pilot could have been killed. Still, my overall feeling of the entire opening ceremony was spectacular. Aside from the fireworks, the whole ceremony still blew everybody away anyway.

To the Beach

I just love this painting. Very dream-like. I wish I could hang this in my apartment. Take a look.

To the Beach

Company Logo Smackdown

I think this picture is very funny and interesting. Check it out.

Company Logo Smackdown

FlowerPot Garden Lamp

I found this product design on Artcatchr. Honestly I’m no green-thumb guy so I don’t know if a garden lamp like this would have any effect on the plants themselves. But I’d say this is a nice garden lamp to have around the house.

FlowerPot Garden Lamp

Mirror Television

Remember the movie “The Sixth Day”? They had a lot of futuristic gadget including a television embedded on a bathroom mirror. I thought it was a little farfetched but I guess I was wrong. The design company in South Korea designs this embedded television in the mirror. And I would say the end products look very nice and chic. Aside from saving space, it makes your houses or offices look very cool. Take a look.

Mirror Television

Chinese’s Male Gymnastics Gold Medal

I got to hand it to the Chinese male gymnastics team. I watched them compete with the American team last night and the competition was really close and intense. Finally the Chinese team won the Gold medal. In my opinion, they really deserve it because they performed very well in almost every element. This year’s Olympic, the Chinese are aiming for Gold.

Also, as usual, click on the link for more details on the New York Times.

Chinese Male Gymnastics Team

Asterisk-Shape USB Hub

I found this interesting product on Artcatchr. A very nice looking asterisk-shape USB hub for your lovely laptop or desktop. You would have four extra USB slots (because one needs to be connected to the laptop or desktop). I hope they come in different color. Looks cool.

Asterisk-Shape USB Hub

Olympics Balladeer’s Voice Dubbed

Actually I’m not surprised by this news. I found this article on the New York Times saying that the young balladeer, Lin Miaoke, who performed for Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, didn’t actually sing. Her voice was dubbed by a seven-year old Yang Peiyi. The music designer for the opening ceremony explained that it’s for the national interest. I would say it was also for the showmanship. People on camera need to look good, right? Well, it might hurt people’s feeling when they know this fact but I’m okay with that. After all, the opening ceremony was a blast and blew everybody all around the world away.

Anyhow, check out the article on the New York Times for more details.

Olympic Balladeer