“If we look at good-quality 1 carat diamonds, we find that they are quite expensive compared to the industrial diamonds we saw earlier. Now, the diamond monopoly hasn’t kept prices quite as high as LSD, however they are doing a very impressive job of trying. LSD doses measure in the micrograms, which makes the per-pound “street value” of the stuff astronomically high.”

The monetary density of things

[From BoingBoing]

This is a great source for online flash inspiration showcasing sites you probably haven’t seen before. It hosts a large gallery of japanese and some non-japanese web design and even has lets you add the odd bookmark or two! A great alternative to FWA. Visit bm.straightline.jp

Don’t know if the designer of this site put this in on purpose (it is fun trying to get cheeky little immature things through sign-off) or if he was just as oblivious on site launch… But either way it’s gold.

As seen here http://www.orangelabel.com/icons.htm

A tidy little flash interface that displays a complete archive of the medal tallies for the modern summer games. Circles are sized by the number of medals that a country has won. Little NZ features proudly. Have a look here.

Apparently this is from the BBC documentary The Power of the Planet – Atmosphere.

The animation studio the brought to life the characters in GTA have been working on simulating a believable cg character and have done a very nice job so far.
Check out the video and article here

Watch Youtube Video Here.

This organisation will really get the conspiracy theorists ranting. Actually it is a very scary and powerful entity that is painfully real. Check out good old Wikipedia about them or even check out Project For The New American Century’s own website... which has been strangely taken down. Maybe Wubbya Bush or Cheney forgot to pay the hosting bill.

Scary when anybody’s fundamental proposition includes “accept responsibility for America’s unique role in preserving and extending an international order friendly to our security, our prosperity, and our principles.” Look at who is involved and you’ll see the benefits that their share options in arms manufacturing companies will take. Sneaky!

Ha! Word on the street is that this new site could be “the next big thing”. I mean come on! Who the hell is going to waste their time watching videos of other people doing pretty much nothing. Waste of money, thank god I’m not an investor in this MASSIVE flop.

Mixing weird things together can go so wrong, and more often than not it does. But sometimes it results in wicked-sick-awesome shit! Matching coloured tiles + army management + zombies = addictive well crafted gameplay.

– http://www.whirled.com/#world-game_l_827

Blender 2.46 ~24k faces.