OK fine it won’t. But the Infinity Cocktail Table will provide a stellar optical illusion thanks to a clever use mirrors and LED lighting. Want to entertain your guests with it? That’ll be $880.
[Via Gizmodo]
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Kanye West’s “Power” single hits iTunes, severed head and all
We already know that “Power” is the first single off Kanye West’s forthcoming album Good Ass Job. What you didn’t know is what exactly ‘Ye was thinking when he wrote the song. Though it’s still up for interpretation, I think we can all deduce what was West takes away from his masterpiece single by looking at the George Condo album artwork that’s tagged with the track in iTunes. At the end of the song West says, “You got the power to let power go.” It appears as if this severed head belongs to Kanye, and the sword left in it plus the bloody residue represents the death of the old egotistic, power-hungry Kanye and the birth of a new man. What kind of man that is we still don’t know; but there was no Taylor Swift type incident at the BET Awards last week, where Kanye performed a fantastic rendition of “Power”, and that’s a good start.
Head over to iTunes to download the “21st Century Schizoid Man”-sampled track and start anticipating the rumored September release of Good Ass Job.
Look! It’s The Walking Dead’s Rick Grimes brought to life
Andrew Lincoln is ready to turn comic book hero Rick Grimes to life in AMC’s adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s fantastic comic book The Walking Dead. Says Kirkman: “Writing this book for the past seven years I’ve gotten very close to the character of Rick. Andrew Lincoln embodies every aspect of the character that fans know and love. After seeing this photo I don’t think that there will be a doubt in anyone’s mind that he’s perfect for the role.” The anticipation is killing me. The Walking Dead premieres in October on AMC.
[Via IGN]
Twisty bridge aims to connect separate lands, physically & culturally
Pearl River Necklace, designed by NL Architects.
This proposed bridge has two objectives: to act as a “crossing facility” by connecting Hong Kong with mainland China and to solve the driving-on-the-right-side-of-the-road problem:
Hong Kong has traffic on the left where china has traffic on the right In principle this has to be taken into consideration with the border crossing facilities. Within the proposed master layout plan this leads to fairly unarticulated intersections. It solves the switch, but does not communicate it ‘explicitly’.
The “flipper” aims to redirect traffic in an efficient safe way. Here’s the design under consideration:
[Via Designboom; Gizmodo]
iPad finds a home in Macintosh Classic & clamshell iBook
Let’s travel back in time, shall we? The year is 1984 and the Macintosh Classic is all the rage. 9” (512×342) display, 8 MHz Motorola 68000 processor, 1MB of memory, no HDD, $999. Flash forward to 2010 and you’ve got the $499 iPad. Leave it to a mac enthusiast and do-it-yourself guru to gut the Mac Classic and shove an iPad inside it. Which happens to fit almost perfectly where the original display would sit.
And let’s do it one last time. The year is 1999 and the iBook classic reinvents the laptop scene with a clamshell design. 12” (800×600) display, 300 MHz PowerPC G3 processor, 32 MB of memory, 3.2GB HDD, $1599. Now it’s 2010, so why not remove the display and place a brand new iPad inside. And while you’re at it, take out the janky old keyboard and install a current Apple keyboard in its place.
Ah, the awesome-ness that results when retro and modern unite. Hit up the source links for more images and peek after the break for a video tour of the Mac Classic + iPad.
[Via Hirac; AppleNoir] Continue reading iPad finds a home in Macintosh Classic & clamshell iBook
Here’s the first production still from AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead’
Oh, these zombies are gonna be goooooooood. Says executive producer Frank Darabont: “Greg Nicotero [makeup/special FX lead] is absolutely out-doing himself. The work he is doing is beyond what one could hope for. Our Zombies kick a**!” The Walking Dead premieres this October on AMC.
[Via /Film]
Entourage returns to HBO June 27 [Update]
The seventh season of Entourage is set to hit the airwaves this summer on June 27. It will air at 10:30PM on HBO, joining Hung (season 2), True Blood (season 3), and newcomer Treme on Sunday nights. The teaser trailer (embedded after the break) asks “Once you have it all…what’s next?” The poster answers, “Enjoy the ride.” Last time we saw the gang, Ari bought out Terrance’s agency, Vince, Drama, and Turtle were setting off for Rome to watch Vince start a new film, and E successfully proposed to Sloan. Looking forward to see where things go next.
Update: Look after the break for an extended trailer with season 7 footage included.
[Via Facebook] Continue reading Entourage returns to HBO June 27 [Update]
A zombie from AMC’s “The Walking Dead” [Update]
Look what we have here! It’s a makeup test photo from AMC’s “The Walking Dead“, a new TV series based on Robert Kirkman’s comic book that shares the same name. The upcoming series stars Andrew Lincoln as protagonist Rick Grimes, Sarah Waynes Callies as his wife Lori Grimes, and Jon Bernthal as Grimes’ partner. Together they will lead a resistance in the fight against a zombie-dominated world. “The Walking Dead” begins this October on AMC. That is one good looking zombie, if I may be so bold.
Update: Quint from Aint It Cool News sat down with The Walking Dead comic book creator Robert Kirkman to talk about the upcoming AMC series. Look after the break for some worthy takeaways. Continue reading A zombie from AMC’s “The Walking Dead” [Update]
Flash eats Apple
Rock Band 3 teases keytar peripheral
Those of you who downloaded the Green Day: Rock Band demo from Xbox Live Marketplace (which includes the two tracks “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” & “Welcome to Paradise”) were treated to a teaser banner when exiting the demo for Rock Band 3. Along with the usual suspects (guitar, drums, bass, and mic) sits an entirely new instrument, a keytar! At first glance gamers interpreted the new icon to represent the addition of a keyboard peripheral for the new Rock Band game, but ArsTechnica claims their “now-famous Mole” has reliable information that the new instrument is in fact a keytar. For those of you who are not familar with the instrument, a keytar essentially combines a guitar and keyboard into one, and it’s very ’80s. Look after the break for a sexy image of said instrument.
Along with this tease comes more news surrounding the upcoming music game. While the first two iterations of Rock Band were sold with instruments created by developer Harmonix, all peripherals for Rock Band 3 will be created and distributed by third-party game accessory company Mad Catz. Mad Catz will promote a myriad of bundles including guitars, drums, and mics. Information regarding the keytar will likely be detailed next month at E3.
And there’s one more morsel of news that comes from this same source. Rock Band 3 will feature a new “pro mode” “that will require proper technique, and may lead to actual skills on guitars and bass.” Again, expect more details about the game to be exposed at E3 in mid-June.
[Via Joystiq; ArsTechnica] Continue reading Rock Band 3 teases keytar peripheral
GH6 is Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
According to an Amazon listing, the next game in the Guitar Hero franchise will use a subtitle and not a number. Much like the third iteration of Guitar Hero stripped the number and added “World Tour” to its name, Guitar Hero 6 will be titled Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. Here’s what we know–GH: Warriors of Rock will release on Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii sometime this holiday season, it will be made available in three variations (Standard ($59.99), Guitar Bundle ($99.99), and Super Bundle ($179.99)), and publisher Activision claims the game will go back to its roots with this one. We’ll see if they carry out on this promise once the tracklist is revealed. But until then, all we have to stare at is the new logo sitting above. How exciting.