NxtUp...Aloha

Off the Net

Back in two weeks. Visit some of my favorite links listed to the left.

NxtUp...Aloha

Flowers

My BFF, Zina, sent me these as an aloha gift. Nice.

NxtUp...Stress

USB Panic Button

People suffer lot of stress from working, studying or else...So, now you have a chance to relieve your stress. Press the big red button!

http://usb.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00306

NxtUp...Cinema

Title Sequences

"Forget the film, watch the great title sequences."

http://www.submarinechannel.com/titlesequences/index.jsp

Via Neatorama

NxtUp...Biking

Graphic Tires

These are "tight". See other styles at the link.

http://sweetskinz.com

NxtUp...InterWeb

What Next 2007+

How awesome is this Trend Chart? The original .pdf is on the link below or click image to enlarge.

http://www.nowandnext.com/

NxtUp...Accessories

Chartreuse Bag

"Refined and spacious, the Marina Computer Handbag features extra-thick padding, rubberized bottom and unique no-slip shoulder handles, you'll love the way this bag clings to your shoulder and protects your computer at all times. The Marina's main compartment accommodates the Apple 15-inch PowerBook or standard-sized PC laptops; a 12" or sub-notebook computer will tuck neatly into the plush-lined pocket inside. With ample room for files, cords and additional essentials, the interior features a zippered pocket with a key tether. An easy-access exterior zip pocket has a cell phone pocket and pen holders. You might just retire your favorite briefcase for this stylish handbag." Also in plum, rose & peacock blue.

http://www.timbuk2.com

NxtUp...Gay Pride

Parade Apparecchiatura

Geared up to walk the parade:
At top is my titantium iBook that is near death (oh, the worry) On my laptop, my cards. Beneath counterclockwise (cuz that's how I roll) my wallet from H&M in Paris, my orange G-Shock watch that replaced the orange one I bought in Rome. One Lance Armstrong yellow bracelet. My mini bag from a pal that went to Belgium, breath freshner, an orange "doll" case, my glasses,
a flashlight and extra batteries and my camo Razr cellphone. Can you say, 'Boyscout"!

I am out and proud everyday, but to support my domestic partner I walked the parade and handed out condom packs.

NxtUp...Gay Pride

Legacy Community Health Services

Shown are a few pix from the Legacy Crew.

http://www.legacycommunityhealth.org

NxtUp...Artist

Jonatan Lopez

Evolved metal? I'll say. When you are done checking out the sculptured sculpture...take a look at his metal work.

http://www.evolvedmetal.com

NxtUp...Recipes

Chopped Salad

My galpal, Klinka, sent this recipe to me. It looks delicious.

NxtUp...Independent Film

Gay Bomb

Gay Bomb will take us into the future and the year 2012. George the Second has refused to step down as leader of the “free world,” and the nations of Europe have banded together to fight the new American military dictatorship. Desperate to fend off its attackers, the US launches the experimental “gay bomb,” designed to make the enemy forces drop their guns and turn fag.

http://www.darkalleydirt.com/?p=191

Via Neratorama

NxtUp...Photography

NY Times

This is a fantastic photo to me. There is so much unsaid in a photo about two people on a subway in the UK.

http://www.nytimes.com/

NxtUp...Swimwear

Islamic Swimsuit

Ahiida® is an Australian owned company that designs and produces quality swim and sportswear. The garments are designed with the respect of Islamic values and aimed to enhance the lifestyle of the active Muslim female.

http://www.ahiida.com/

NxtUp...Travel

$265,000 a Ticket

The Astrium leisure spacecraft is outfitted with jet engines which will take its pilot and four passengers to 49,000 feet, where its rocket engine will kick in to take the craft up to 190,000 feet and then to zero gravity at 320,000 feet. It's set to launch in 2012, for the bargain basement price of $265,000 a seat.


http://www.astrium.eads.net/company

NxtUp...Travel

Spaceplane

The spaceplane was unveiled in Paris last week by its manufacturer, Astrium, part of the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company, as the latest challenger in the space tourism market. Like its archrival Virgin Galactic (where the French designer, Philippe Starck, is cast in Newson's role) Astrium plans to take people into space and straight back again. It expects to charge up to €200,000, or about $265,000, for a ticket when commercial flights start in 2012.

"Marc Newson worked with Sogerma, a French company owned by EADS, to develop a new seat. Their solution was what Newson described as "a very, very high-tech hammock" mounted at two points to pivot on an axis whenever the spaceplane changes angle. "You're letting gravity work for you, rather than against you," he explained. "Whatever the angle of the aircraft, the passengers face upwards and their position relative to the Earth remains the same, until they reach zero gravity and undo their seat belts."

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/15/arts/design18.php?page=1

Via Core77

NxtUp...Emo

Emo Crayolas

44 new colors....Dull Gray to Light Sux.

http://emostudent.com

Via Digg

NxtUp...Eye Candy

Megan Fox

Dayum! This young thang is hot. Once Transformers the Movie is released she will be everywhere in the media.

I think I will invest in her career in the Hollywood Stock Exchange.

http://hsx.com/

NxtUp...Cinema

Transformers

The movie can't open soon enough.See a few Transformers from way back and see a image of them now. See link below.

http://www.revproject.com/transformers/default.html

Via Stumbleupon

NxtUp...Illustrations

Victorian Sci-Fi

OMG! I love this. Paleo-future has a couple of desktop wallpapers besides these. Shown is my favorite. It would make an awesome bookcover.

http://paleo-future.blogspot.com

NxtUp...Music

Who is Ebony Bones?

The female Brit invasion continues. Is she the next big thing?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hPc-5o8fBwA

NxtUp...Artificial Intelligence

"Electric Sheep"

Electric Sheep is a free, open source screen saver run by thousands of people all over the world. It can be installed on any ordinary PC or Mac. When these computers "sleep", the screen saver comes on and the computers communicate with each other by the internet to share the work of creating morphing abstract animations known as "sheep". The result is a collective "android dream", an homage to Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.

http://electricsheep.org/tour/

NxtUp...Cinema

Transformers

Another reason to see Transformers the Movie...Josh Duhamel!

http://www.transformersmovie.com/

NxtUp...Eye Candy

Wendy

In Australia! I think she likes that merlot color because I ran into her at Tafia Restaurant and she was wearing a cute merlot color dress. Wendy looks great! Always.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=36913030&MyToken=5f6bab16-227f-4e74-b282-f6fb53760f96

NxtUp...Fashion

Inspired by Mahogany

One of my all time favorite movies is finally making it back around into vogue.

http://www.elle.com/

NxtUp...Music

Amy Winehouse

My favorite song from this future Grammy winner.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=r6I1dUkWd9M

NxtUp...Beaunanza®

Under My Umbrella

Takes on a whole new meaning.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=99UV8RFEkdM

NxtUp...Music

Eve

An August release of of 'Here I Am" all the while working the 80s look.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HTwOyEPh3Uw

NxtUp...InterWeb

Word Games

See for yourself below.

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/6427

NxtUp...Egypt

Explore Giza

Check out the site below.

http://www.gizapyramids.org/code/emuseum.asp?newpage=interactive

NxtUp...Books

Word It!

Gawd! I love books.
The assignment: Graphically interpret a single word.
The rule: Do it in a five-inch by five-inch square.
The results: A visual smorgasbord of inspiration.

http://www.amazon.com/

NxtUp...Design

Guilt into Reply

Finally, a legal U-turn...a hip collection of cards that feature a two-sided, double-use card, which encourages, and in some cases demands, a reply! It may be the only way I could get my little sister to write me back.

http://www.notepolish.com

NxtUp...Design

ABCs

Head Injury Theater presents the Spiritual Alphabet and a few others.

http://www.headinjurytheater.com/abcspiritual.htm

NxtUp...Sports

Hot Pants!

Washington Redskin's David Cooley in some short shorts. Please let this be a trend. Please!

http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?t=201013

Via Towerload

NxtUp...London

Lights Out!

Lights Out London aims to prove that we can all make a difference to the future of our planet. On Thursday 21st June - Midsummer's Night - we are inviting the whole of London to turn off all lights and non-essential appliances between 9 and 10pm.

http://www.lightsoutlondon.com

NxtUp...Snarky

Jesus & the Dinosaur

I do not the origin of this. The image was posted on boingboing.net. I wonder if the Creationist Museum has the poster in it lobby?

http://www.creationmuseum.org/

NxtUp...Travel

Bee Toothbrush Holder

Awh, this would be cute for travel.

http://www.kaidomain.com/

NxtUp...Work

Office Etiquette

This helpful article was in the NY Times this past Sunday. It applies to my office for sure.

http://www.nytimes.com/

NxtUp...InterWeb

Avatars

This past Sunday this article was in the New York Times & I had planned to post it. It seems a lot of other people were struck by the photo shown. The web is literally a "Second Life" for this kid. It is great that he is able to escape on the web as another person when he is so imobile. There are other "flesh bags" and avatars in the slideshow fro the NY Times below.

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/06/15/magazine/20070617_AVATAR_SLIDESHOW_1.html

NxtUp...Nature

The Deep

So very cool.

http://www.thedeepbook.org/

NxtUp...Travel

Antwerp

My Belgian BFF, his & beautiful baby went to Belgium to see his family. I am posting this pic because it was taken with me in mind. The tile of the pic is "Orange Men". I also got a "very practical" orange bag from Celio.

http://www.visitbelgium.com

NxtUp...Mars Flag

New Glory

PopSci published Will Snyder's article on terraforming Mars, they opinioned that the Mars Society's colonial flag could use some sprucing up, so they asked readers to submit their own designs. The week the article appeared, 42 Martian-flag mockups turned up in our inbox. Some featured elaborate designs and detailed explanations, while others simply included a name.

See the Popular Science site for slideshow.

http://www.popsci.com

NxtUp...Jewlery

Adjektives +Modifiers®

"Wearable grammar in the future sense."

This pendant is a clear shaft containing geometric elements, such as steel or glass spheres, coils or smaller steel shafts. The band is made of clear nylon coated steel. The form is a metaphor for the upward burst of energy refered to as ‘kundalini’. The eastern term describing the attainment of perfect balance within, life and breath, connection between body and mind.

The marketing alone has sold me on this.

http://splace.bigcartel.com/product/kontinium-classic

NxtUp...InterWeb

The Center of the Web

"The Internet may be referred to as the "information superhighway," but a better analogy might be an enormous, hulking Tootsie Roll pop. Check out this colorful new Internet map (click the image to enlarge) from physicists at Tel-Aviv University in Israel and you’ll see what we mean. It’s a mathematical representation of the pipes, routers and other bits of hardware that ferry data across the Web. At the map’s red gooey center is a cluster of 100 networks operated by massive corporations like ATT Worldnet and Google. Its purple crunchy outer shell consists mostly of small ISPs. The trouble with being on the periphery is that your data must travel through the congested center, which is sort of like flying through O’Hare on your way from New York to Los Angeles. Basically, it’s really inefficient. The researchers don’t offer much in the way of solutions but say their model will help scientists better track the evolution of the Web, which in turn will help people innovate ways to make it less like a lollipop and more like, well, a superhighway."

http://popsci.typepad.com/popsci/nerdery/index.html

Via Wired & Popular Science.

NxtUp...Twins

Ana & Keira

My BFF, Maura, has a pair of beautiful baby girls and they are 9 months now. I used to work with Maura, but for years she has had an awesome job at NASA in the Information Resources Directorate. How super-cool does that sound?!

http://vanillalatte140.blogspot.com/

NxtUp...Nasa

The Galaxy

Galaxies discovered about 10.8 billion light-years away in the direction of the southern constellation Grus (the Crane). Astronomers believe these galaxies are members of a much larger structure at least 300 million light-years long and 50 million light-years wide. Since light took 10.8 billion years to traverse the distance between the galaxy structure and Earth, we see the structure as it appeared when the Universe was young, just a fifth of its current age. Although they don't yet know how many galaxies were forming in the structure 10.8 billion years ago, the astronomers believe it will eventually evolve into a giant galaxy string resembling the "Great Wall" of galaxies relatively nearby. When this happens, the newly-discovered galaxy string will contain many thousands of galaxies.

See link for larger view.

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/images/content/96664main_galaxy_string_4.jpg