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Man Bra? Yes! A Japan company Wish Room has released the bras for man! I can not read the Japanese from its website, I don’t know what’s benefit for men? The new style for men? For big breast men?

Solace yourself with the limited edition Tom Ford James Bond 007 TF108 Sunglasses ($360). As worn by Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace , these modern aviators, made in Italy, will have you ordering martinis and stirring up the ladies in no time.

Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Only a very small percentage of these images have ever been published. The rest have been sitting in dusty archives in the form of negatives, slides, glass plates, etchings, and prints.

Google is digitizing them so that everyone can easily experience these fascinating moments in time. Today about 20 percent of the collection is online; during the next few months, Google will be adding the entire LIFE photo archive — about 10 million photos.

The path to modern-day computing is longer than many suspect, and strewn with interesting nuggets of information. These include:

The inventor of e-mail can’t remember when he got it working.
Pac-Man was modelled on a pizza and called Puck-Man until vandals forced a name change.
The first hard drive had a 5MB capacity and could only be moved by a fork-lift truck.
Deep Blue’s chess victory over Garry Kasparov was described as a ‘psychological triumph’.

Full details of these milestones, and other gems of computing history.

What A Lovely Name is a website for helping you find the perfect name for your baby. You can browse by tradition, or personality trait, or even check out what celebrities are naming their children.

American artist Jason Nelson created Uncontrollable Semantics. Use your mouse to pull together over fifty different sound, image and interactive environments.

Within your mouse flows all directions. Create from your wrist, your hand, a tense and sleepy world. And their shapes arrived missing and rideless in the snow. Play, oh play.

The Kata 3N1 bags designed for the photographers, with three carrying options in one bag: right-handed sling, left-handed sling and backpack. Quick access to a camera has never been faster with a sling that offers a quick release and one-handed bag opening for camera access. It features Thermal Shield Technology to ensure camera protection, and also includes a rain cover into an integrated pocket. When not in a situation that requires quick camera access, convert the 3N1 into an ergonomic and comfortable backpack. You can also check out from Amazon for $100.

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“A DSMC is a camera that shoots stills and motion. Configure that camera any way you want. Select a brain. Configure your body.” Red may have just changed the digital imaging game with the new Scarlet and EPIC cameras, which include options for full-frame 35mm size sensors. The Scarlet is available in 4.9MP, 13.8MP and 24MP. The EPIC is available in 13.8MP, 24MP, 65MP and 261MP. Here’s the big one though - they are available in Nikon and Canon mounts. And even you can select the other add-on includes a 1080p monitoring, flash storage, frames, mounts and more. [ link ]

You may have see many rumors of the USB 3.0 pictures before, today the USB 3.0 Specification is officially announced. It is rate of 4.8 Gbit/s (600 MB/s), it’ll dump a 25GB HD file in about 70 seconds. The bad news, you old USB cables won’t deliver SuperSpeeds, you have to buy the new USB 3.0 gear because the cables have extra pins. It seems different from USB 2.0 at the below pic. You may can see the gadgets with USB 3.0 sometime in 2010…[ link ]

Hu Ming. She is a pioneer in her field being diverse in combining both modem and classical styles. There is a blend of exotic, strange, humorous and above all mysterious in her art. She merges a conscious sense of post modernism and element of sub-culturalism.

Discover the great work of… Jean-Baptiste Mondino

Generatus is a social networking status generator. How many hours have
you wasted trying to think of something suitably witty, funny and
original for your status on Facebook or Twitter? Let’s face it, a
status like ‘Dave is mowing the lawn’ or ‘Kate is asleep’ is not going
to impress that huge entourage of friends you’ve amassed.

Never fear! With Generatus
your days of boring status updates are over! Simply type your name,
indicate whether you are a boy or a girl, then hit Generate. You will
be served up a brand new, sparkly status all ready to be copied and
pasted into Facebook, Twitter or whichever social networking site you
like best.

What is an Otaku, a Jukensei, a Narikin or an Obatarian? Where does the name Yakuza come from, and what is special about Fugu? What exactly is Shintoism and what is Kabuki.

Japanese society is full of special expressions for certain strange, cute or funny characters. 51 Japanese Characters is an insightful collection of figurines showcasing several typical members and cultural phenomena of Japanese society.

Part racer, part streetbike, all Ducati. The Ducati Streetfighter ($TBA) offers riders an upright riding position, with plenty of power coming from its 1099cc, L-Twin cylinder, 155hp engine. Other features include twin stainless mufflers stacked on the right side for added effect, a slightly-exposed tubular steel Trellis frame, 10-spoke wheels, Brembo front disc brakes, and minimalist controls, instrumentation, and headlights. Ryu would approve.

Hey, Have You Heard?

Obama Grabs Headlines.

Hey, Men! Tired of wearing the same torn, dirty underwear day after day? Now you don’t have to, thanks to the Men’s Underwear Repair Kit! This handy, inexpensive kit provides everything you need to get your unsightly undershorts back into presentable shape.

You also get an fully-illustrated 32-page Instruction Manual, containing everything you need to know about Underwear Repair and Maintenance.

Barack Obama made history by becoming the first African-American to win the US presidency.

Barack Obama, who launched an admittedly improbable campaign for the presidency 21 months ago with a remarkably focused appeal to a widespread hunger for change in a distressed nation, has claimed an insurmountable majority of the electoral votes required to name him the 44th president.

The Pyramid lunch box by Li Jianye : Categorizes your lunch according to the food groups.