Dustin Hoffman on Success

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"One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed."

- Dustin Hoffman

Bunny Machine

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Bunny

Machine

One of my

favorites.

It's sunny in Vancouver but do not look directly into the sun. We need to be reminded of this because we see it so seldom see it. Also, ask your druggist about something called sunscreen. This has been a public service message by another fairweather (sunny weather) Canucks fan.

Forecast: Sky to turn "Canucks blue" tonight.

Quotables from Marshall Johnson:

This town ain't big enough for the both of me.

I'm on the patch. Sort of. (Bad Photoshop.)

More of Graham's stuff @ reach360.ca

My "can-u-hear-me-now?" i-phone app works great! Breadmaker app in development.

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Mobile phone technology has wowed us with its many wonders. Mine serves as my appointment calendar, calculator and file folder. There are "apps" that will allow your phone to do everything except bake bread. (I understand they're still working on that one.) Problem" they've failed us in doing what mobile phones were initially intended to do. That is, make and receive phone calls.

My suburban neighbourhood is full of basement suites. Combine basement suites with cell phones and "Houston (aka Telus, Bell, Rogers, Fido, Wind), we have a problem." There is little or no cell phone signal, at least enough of a signal to send and receive actual voice calls.

We can still download our favourite apps, text, surf the web on our fancy, schmancy "smart phones." But when we want to have an old-fashioned voice conversation we must ascend from our bunkers, to find a spot to converse: the lawn, the sidewalk, the driveway, the middle of the road. (Those old-fashioned voice conversations are still better left to those old-fashioned landlines that many of us, maybe prematurely, have given up.)

At peak times, the whole neighbourhood becomes kind of an outdoor "party line." And we seem to take it all in stride. (Well, more of a zig-zag football-type move, actually.) Those who have parked their cars in spots with a good signal can even grab a little privacy. (But it's going to be a long, hot summer.)

Ain't technology wonderful? "Houston (aka Telus, Bell, Rogers, Fido, Wind), can you hear me now?

My i-phone takes pretty good photos, no? (Semiahmoo Bay, looking North to White Rock)

Sometimes it even makes and takes calls!

reach360.ca

The Ramones Wanna, The Misfits Want...

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The Ramones Wanna, The Misfits Want

Hrystia Kaminska: Photos

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hrystia kaminska

LOVE THE Vairty OF PHOTOS, CHECK HER FLICKR. ENDLESS AMOUNTS OF PHOTOS.

Via: Hrystia Kaminska

Vault of Horror # 39 (Before Print) Original Comic Strip

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JOE ORLANDO - TALES FROM THE CRYPT #39 COMPLETE 7-PG STORY ORIGINAL ART

Enjoy this original horror comic in it's purest form before it hit the presses in the 1950's. I added this whole comic book story for you to check out.

Via: Lewis Wayne Gallery

Marilyn Monroe - Beach Day

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marilyn monroe

beach day

Ashley Smith - Vogue Turkey

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Ashley Smith

by Ellen von Unwerth for Vogue Turkey

British intel hack Al-Qaeda with Cupcakes

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Make Cupcakes, Not War!

British intelligence agency MI6 hacked an Al-Qaeda online magazine, replacing bomb-making instructions with a recipe for cupcakes, The Telegraph reports.

The joint action by MI6 and the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters had agents insert into the magazine an encrypted version of “The Best Cupcakes in America,” published by the Ellen DeGeneres talk show.

Originally, the magazine had instructions on how to make lethal pipe bombs, as well as articles by Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri.

According to The Telegraph, a similar Pentagon operation was blocked by the CIA, who claimed the magazine is more valuable as a source of intelligence. The attack was launched from Britain instead.

Al-Qaeda reissued the magazine (bomb-making instructions included) two weeks later and issued four more editions. According to one of The Telegraph‘s sources, British intelligence “was continuing to target online outlets publishing the magazine because it is viewed as such a powerful propaganda tool.”

As amusing as the story may sound, one has to question whether changing the magazine’s content in such an obvious way was the best course of action. It gave Al-Qaeda a clear warning its website had been hacked, probably making the organization a lot more cautious.

British Intel agency hacks Al-Qaeda website, attacks by replacing bomb making instuctions with Cupcake Recipes

Via: Mashable

British Cupcake Image: Perfectionist Confectionist

Secrets - Ibribe Design Studio

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In its latest collection " Secrets..." Ibride Design Studio teases our senses and plays with our judgements. The series of bookcases connect us to a make-believe world. Hidden beneath portraits of Dandy - Rastignac, Edmond Dantes and Bel Ami - are small shelves designed to store our favorite books.

In this collection inspired by the imaginary world of Balzac, Dumas, Maupassant, de Vigny and Flaubert, Rachel and Benoit Convers, the design team pay tribute to the theme of Secrecy. The Ibride design collection infuses a secret life to its objects, thus instilling a fairy tale atmosphere to our homes.

SECRETS

IBRIDE DESIGN STUDIO

Bel Ami

Chatterton

Edmond Dantes

Rastignac

Via: Trouvaillesdujour

Penelope Cruz on being Crazy

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“you cant trust somebody who thinks you're crazy”

- Penelope Cruz

Liv Tyler does nude scene in The Ledge

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Liv Tyler finds the thought of appearing nude on screen "terrifying".

The 33-year-old star appeared topless in 1996's critically acclaimed drama Stealing Beauty.

But she hasn't appeared nude on screen again until her new film The Ledge, which is out in American later this month.

The steamy thriller features Liv in a series of clinches alongside Patrick Wilson and Charlie Hunnam.

Liv, daughter of Aerosmith rocker Steven Tyler, plays a former drug addict who befriends Charlie's suicidal atheist.

Liv's decision to disrobe once more may surprise some after she admitted she bitterly fought against appearing topless in Stealing Beauty.

"I was like, 'No way, sorry,'" she is quoted as saying by Fox News. "Of course the thought of showing your body parts is a terrifying thought - I find it terrifying. Let alone the whole world. And I fought it until the very end."

While she eventually lost her argument, her performance in Bernardo Bertolucci 's film earned her rave reviews and shot her to stardom.

Liv Tyler Does Nude Scene in New Film

Actress Liv Tyler hasn't done a nude scene since 1996. She goes forward and drops some clothes in the new film "The Ledge. "

Via: Stuff

Hardy Harr Harr

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Hardy Harr Harr

The Surface Merchants

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The Surface Merchants are Alex Yanes, Daniel Fila & Raymond Adrian working as a collective.

the surface merchants:

post-graffism

Popularity or not, the newly formed Surface Merchants are one of most crafted, imaginative collective art groups from Miami, point blank. My favorite collective group is Gurrea de la Paz but The Merchants are a close second! If you disagree, you might be on a bandwagon of some sort and need a new pair of glasses. They don’t hire people to build their work. This trio have a certain rhythm that works very well and should be exciting to see what the future holds for them.