want :: MareNostrum

This is the MareNostrum - the 9th biggest supercomputer in the world-- and it belongs to the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. Its installed in a former chapel oodles of glass and steel.








(pictures from the navel of narcissus)






- 10,240 CPUs
- 20TB of RAM
- 280TB of disk storage
- runs on SUSE Linux.

just plain embarassing

Miss Teen South Carolina 2007 answering a question durig the interview portion of the 2007 Miss Teen USA pageant.

hot :: ladies

Padma Lakshmi
- actress
- writer
- model (Emanuel Ungaro, Ralph Lauren, and Alberta Ferretti and done ad campaigns for Roberto Cavalli and Versus - favorite of photographer Helmut Newton)
- Host - Top Chef (Bravo TV)
- formerly married (just until recently) to Salman Rushdie





Heidi Klum (aka "The Body")
- model
Victoria's Secret, Sports Illustrated,
- mother
- Host - Project Runway (Bravo TV)
- entrepreneur
jewelry designer (Mouawad), Birkenstock, sunglasses
- photo 1, photo 2, photo 3,





to be contiuned tomorrow...

hot :: dudes

Justin Timberlake
- musician
- entertainer
- fashion trend setter
- funny guy (see SNL hosts and Dick in a Box digital short)






Hugh Laurie
- Actor - Dr. Gregory House on House, Jeeves and Wooster, Blackadder, Friends (he was Emily's dad)
- musician (plays piano in scene with Dave Matthews on an episode of House), again plays during Inside the Actor's Studio
- author (The Gun Seller)
- all around funny guy (guest host on SNL - hilarious)




Adrian Pasdar
Actor - Nathan Petrelli - Heroes







Tom Ford
- Designer
former Director, House of Gucci and YSL, Tom Ford Designs
- Tom Ford's Style Rules
- The Man Behind the Brand




Tom Colicchio
master chef and restuaranteur:
- James Beard nominee
- Top Chef, head judge (Bravo TV)
- Craft restuarants





ladies to be posted tomorrow... :-)

just plain wrong

want :: mac+beer = G3 beer server

Genius.

x commercial

Ecstasy Commercial a la zoloft. pretty humorous.

How to: fix a stuck pixel

How to Fix a Stuck Pixel on an LCD Screen

I have a feeling this may come in handy. very soon.

holy rollerblade superhero

CRAZY. ASS. STUFF.

keep the little ones interested in reading

...or adults, too.


"The Cave"
would love to see this in the kid's section of my local library.

see Sakura Adachi for more cool designs.

pimpin'

obvious question: where does one buy sheets for this bed?

Draft Vader Crochet Helmet

sing with me, now...
"too much time on my hands...."

kitty to the rescue

How to stop a cat fight. I should use this method.

want :: new imacs+software

(picture from gizmodo - check it out for a hands on review of the new products)

I just got a new mac, but the shiny factor on the screen and keyboard is high enough to make me want to buy. Speculation is the new, glass screens mean TOUCHSCREEN coming soon?

i heart the japanese

OMG.

fastest car doesn't always win

I've been "racing" with other cars to and from work since I bought my new car. My car is only 200 HP and a 4 cylinder engine, so in the spectrum of cars, its not *that* impressive. But its not the speed and power that counts.

I like the feeling of acceleration and speeding down the freeway--but jammed packed during rush hour on the way to work doesn't really let me play. However, coming home at 8 (or 10) pm is a different game--lots of room. I haven't been actively seeking these speed challenges, it just happens. And I should say that I am not engaging in (or endorsing) any type of risky or careless behavior--its just a game, so to say.

Speeding down the freeway just doesn't work. You need to gauge the traffic flow, the freeway on/off ramps, anticipate people' s behavior. Its almost like a 2-way Tetris, where the other pieces also can move/change orientation, affecting how you move. So the boys in their Toyotas, Acuras, etc have no finesse--its purely about speed for them. But being able to move across the lanes, holding back until a space opens up and then speeding past the "opponent" who is stuck behind AND between cars is pure elation. Knowing when to slow down, down-shift, lay back and wait--then move. It pretty much is a game of cat and mouse that requires thinking ahead, being patient and knowing when to strike (and not get pulled over!).

12-sided cyber dice, anyone?

Duels - my latest waste of time. Can't seem to make my avatar a girl. Maybe no place for the weaker sex in Phyrra – City of Duels. heh.

more like me

GirlGeeks!

Homer for Science

Check out the file photo the Xinhua News Agency form China decided to use in it's article on
"Two new genes found for multiple sclerosis"

Click on the link to see the whole effect. Ridiculous.

stangest. video. EVAR.

Its Bjork, so no surprise, I guess.

bandwidth speed - fun with Mr. T

Determine Your Bandwidth Speed With Mr.T.

cat vs. helicopter

I hear you

icon hilarity

from songbirdnest.com - a desktop web player, a digital jukebox and web browser mash-up.

Pure GENIUS

I bought a new car this weekend, a VW Passat - Wolfsburg Edition (mine is metallic gray), and I was amazed by all of the nifty gadgets and features. Albeit, my last car purchase was 8 years ago, but I have been in enough new cars to know the latest and greatest features. However, my absolute FAVORITE feature is the grocery bag hook (see left). It is pure genius. It prevents your grocery bags from rolling around in the trunk, and it is so simple. My only gripe: there is only one hook--why not another one of the other side of the trunk?

selling my cat....

on zazzle :-)

Happy 25th, :-) (Smiley is Quarter Century Young)

The emoticon is 25 years old!

Scott Fahlman, a research professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon, created the emoticon while at CMU 25 years ago. "It has been fascinating to watch this phenomenon grow from a little message I tossed off in ten minutes to something that has spread all around the world," said Fahlman.

Read the original Bboard thread in which :-) was proposed.