Anybody who has followed some of the news of space ship one will be excited to hear about Virgin’s (megastore/atlantic etc) plans for Virgin Galactic. Here are some more sp1.

So for those (were there any of you) who thought it only a conspiracy that the US elections were a sham last time around, take a listen… The European OSCE, which monitors elections in third world, and ‘transition’ countries, where democracy is not a given, will be monitoring the US 2004 elections! They must be thinking, what the heck is going on over there? I don’t have an answer for them…

Sooo cool, check this out. Also some other interesting instruments here.

I call this lap steel guitar simple because it is basically just a plank with strings attached. However, that doesn’t mean that the instrument lacks anything a lap steel guitar needs, and it can be played just as well as any other lap steel instrument.

[MEFI]

This is so bizarre, it’s beautiful.

[Geisha Asobi]

This is so crazy, and somehow so subversive cool, I can’t pass it up. A guy is printing postal labels to look just like real USPS labels except one little detail. They say ‘USPS does not acknowledge the authority of the Bush administration.’ in small very subconscious print. Wow!

Hey, if Forbes says so it must be true. You’ll find among the advantages to regular sex, better teeth, healthier prostate, weight loss, getting sick less, reduction of depression, and of course less pain from PMS! And if you’re worried about too much, ladies, you don’t have to worry, and men, well lets just say, take it easy with the rough sex.

A related news, learn about Kegel Exercises.

Nice art, text + sound though I don’t recall where I got the link from.

This is incredible. You know that kryptonite lock you use to lock your bike? It can be opened with a bic pen. Don’t believe me, read here. There are two movies at the bottom. I was so dumbfounded by this I tried it. Took a little effort jamming the bic pen in there, but the damn thing opened after a few twists!

[boingboing]

As many of you know, I tend to avoid declaring a bias, and instead just post things I find ‘curious’. So in that vein, here’s an interesting chart which relates approval ratings of the president, and terror alerts. Interesting indeed. The raw data is not as flatering as the TV news…

[Joi ITO]

According to this Express India and this NYT article, China is becoming the next hotbed of innovation. Investment money, and exciting growth aside, wasn’t much of the Silicon Valley creativity the genesis of a lot of 60’s drug culture? So argues Douglas Rushkoff in Cyberia.

Aparently a band of weirdos have been hanging out in caves under paris, complete with their very own cinema. Yep, since Roman times, a maze of tunels have existed, and during past wars, cemetaries of bodies have been moved there. The caves remain, though they are offlimits to the public. At least the law-abiding public!

Zentai is a new Japanese-ism, a woman wrapped in some body stocking, tightly fitting clothing. A new fetish?