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Mmmmm, Leica. Here are the new M9 and X1 flavours. The new M9, which should be available this week, features the same body as the M8, but now rocks a 18MP full frame CCD sensor. Plus, it has new micro lens that should help with performance at the edges of the frame and further justify the £4,850 ($8,000) price. Bargain, if you ask me. Read more after the jump.
There are a ton of new “luxury” cases floating around, but hey, screw them. A cardboard case is a/ much cooler, b/ a boatload cheaper c/ recyclable d/ a great surface for writing people’s numbers on. That may sound like a stupid way of recording phone numbers, but I’m the kind of person who will go out of his way to find a piece of paper and a pen rather than putting it in my phone. Read more after the jump.
This thing first caught my eye because it’s a smart shoe shine kit, and if there’s anything that gets you ahead in this world kids, it’s well shined shoes. You know, it’s a neat product, and it’s got the brushes, saddle soap and cloth. But then I read that these products are assembled by a workforce of physically and mentally handicapped employees. Wait, what? No, I mean it’s a great idea, you know, if the product ends up being cheaper as a result. Win-win. Pics after the jump.
I never have occasion to go on Yahoo normally, but on my netbook it’s set as the default homepage. From the golden years of teh internets, I fondly remember Yahoo and AOL’s dominance, and their crushingly embarrassing news sections. It seems little has changed from those arresting headlines of “Kitten goes for a swim” and “WARNING: VIRUSES”, as Yahoo deals with the big issue of the day and reports that a millionaire in northern China has paid four million yuan (600,000 dollars) for a dog and ordered 30 luxury cars to come to the airport to greet her and the animal. Read more after the jump.
A Lancia Delta Integrale used to be one of my ultimate fantasy cars (times have changed a bit since then), and this Lancia..Lancia with it’s red and blue stripes brought me right back. Lancia have launched their own version of the Lancia (the name of the Venetian motor taxis) at the Venice Film Festival, of which they are the sponsor. So, given it’s a Lancia, I imagine it’ll be shit fast and then almost instantly break down. Then sink. Beautifully. Read more after the jump.
Man eBay are getting some scoops recently. MJ’s bejeweled white glove has gone for $49,000 at auction on the site. It was sold by an Aussie, and I’m trying desperately to remember the story behind it, because I really can’t be bothered to check, but in 1996 he married Debbie Rowe on tour in Australia and that day he threw the glove into the crowd. Some guy caught it and all thought it had been lost, but then it appeared again. Wow, I seriously overestimated how exciting that story would be. To be honest that has got to sit right at the bottom of the list of weird and wonderful Michael Jackson stories. For it to have stood even a chance of making an impact, Michael would have had to have thrown the glove as he rode into a crimson sky on a unicorn, only swooping down to touch the outsretched fingers of his fans, and maybe to pick up a sick latino boy. Read more after the jump.
You know when you’re bored/drunk/bored and drunk at a dinner party, and you ask your fellow diners who they’d invite to their fantasy dinner party (subtext: you are all shitty company), only the hickest, most brain damaged moron could ever think Sarah Palin would make a good guest. If you are that person, you actually can have dinner with the Republican former vice-presidential candidate and erstwhile governor of Alaska for $25,000 (about £15,250). It’s an auction (on eBay, of course) for a veterans charity, and here’s the best bit: you have to shlep all the way up to alaska for the privelege. Oh yea, and Todd Palin will be there. Be sure to use the journey up there to think of all the riveting questions you could ask him. Read more after the jump.
There are tons of probably very juicy details on this BMW concept, due to be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor show in about 10 days. But there’s too much information for me to handle; a real deluge of… what are they called again? Oh, yea “words”. You should be more-or-less under the impression by now that I’m only barely literate. It’s a good job I’m not a ranting schizophrenic too, because then I’d be only good for Fox news. So, in the spirit of keeping brain activity to a minimum, here are a collection of shots of this unbelievably good looking hybrid concept. Pics after the jump.
We already showed you the domino set, which would by all accounts be a worthwhile purchase, but now Vilac are bringing out chairs with the Keith Haring dancy coloured people on. All of a sudden, not so easy to casually toss into a room that you know other people are going to see. It’ll make your living room look like the play area of a children’s hospital. You know what? I’ve just read about them some more and it turns out they actually are for children. Ok, so if you want your kid’s bedroom to look like the play area of a children’s hospital, then go right ahead. Read more after the jump.
Bit of a random inclusion I know, but not only do I want one, but it also gives me the opportunity to sound off about the teppanyaki restaurant Benihana. I went for a meal there once and was amazed at how everyone dutifully cooed over a chef who banged the grill moderately fast, chucked rice everywhere, tried to toss a prawn into my mouth, and yet at the end of it all produced some of the blandest food I’ve ever tasted. This restaurant chain is internationally famous: they’ve got photos everywhere of celebs all over the place. Top of the pile is George W Bush gurning with a chef under his arm. What kind of endorsement is that? The man can’t even chew. Read more after the jump.
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