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A couple of interesting things from io9:

CO2-Absorbing Crystals
Project neuroArm

I can't believe it's not...

...plastic! (and no, not butter!) Just came across this - papercraft robots. Yup, neato :P

Know this, Shol'va, I will see to it that you suffer slowly.

Aries' Prime: Know this, Shol'va, I will see to it that you suffer slowly.
Teal'c: And I will see to it that you die quickly.

If there's any MMORPG that I'm looking forward to, other than WoS (I hope) is Stargate Worlds. The show was just hilarious, and given their universe, there should be many possibilities for the game. Here's some concept art from io9.

Also listed on io9 is a pretty neat landscape of san fran using various kitchen utensils/silverware.

Sooo purrrrrdy

I just found out about www.spaceweather.com from io9 and damn it's got some fantastic photos. They really help to put things into pespective, esp. the ISS pics.

Rat-a-tat-tat

I wonder how many titles I can make that uses the word "Rat" in honour of the year of the Rat? Anyway, As I've had enough of RPGs for a while and want something quick, I picked up Taiko Drum Master DS as I kinda like rhythm games. And wacow, I think it's so much harder than Osu >< Unlike when I first saw the gameplay vids for Osu, I'm not confident I can approach ANYWHERE near this level: Taiko no Tatsujin DS - Tenjiku 2000, Oni, 100% hit, non-auto. So. Damn. Hard. T_T

Rats!

Dang, Remy can cook better than me ^^ I finally got to see Ratatouille and I must admit, I was very pleasantly surprised! I was quite disappointed with Finding Nemo and the Incredibles after being spoiled with the awesomeness of TS1&2 and Monster's Inc, so I didn't really have high expectations for this (I didn't see cars though). All I can say is hooray for Pixar going back to making movies the way I like them :D I just gotta remember to pick up a copy next time I go to costco or something... Now dare I hope TS3 will be just as good and continue the rebound?

Got Snow Cont'd

In addition to the link to some pics of the Sapporo Snow Festival I recently posted, here's a cool one posted on kotaku: Space Invaders Invade Snow Festival. Oh, and Happy New Year :)

Boom boom boom

I'm really loving io9 now - just today I saw a few pics of explosive goodness:
The Navy's Explosive Super Weapon Crushes Speed Records
When Nano-Wires Explode
Massive Detonation Leaves A Permanent Scar

On a separate note, I just finished FFXII: Revenant Wings and I am quite disappointed. I usually like most game endings, but for some reason this one was unsatisfactory. And it doesn't help that the gameplay was kind of annoying as you're essentially playing RTS on a tiny TINY screen with dumb AI (pathing to be exact, and no HOLD - wtf is an rts with no hold? stupid units running around...) Ah well, I guess I expected a better ending due to the barely tolerable gameplay. Hit up their site for some gameplay footage if you want. They do also have some nice artwork on the site.