RESTART MYSELF..KEEP GOING!!!

As I didn't put much attempt into building the personal blog. I feel that there is something missing during my time as the blog is the record of our whole work. So, restarting myself will be the beginning of this semester. Will putting all my attempt again and consentrating back on the design.......

..........keep going ............

...... Write to myself.......

RESTART MYSELF..KEEP GOING!!!

As I didn't put much attempt into building the personal blog. I feel that there is something missing during my time as the blog is the record of our whole work. So, restarting myself will be the beginning of this semester. Will putting all my attempt again and consentrating back on the design.......

..........keep going ............

...... Write to myself.......

Giveaway! "Directive 51" by John Barnes

Sorry I don't have a 'real' post up today. I had to replace the keyboard on my laptop today and lost some computer time. But I do have a nice giveaway up featuring a copy of "Directive 51" by John Barnes. Be sure to CHECK IT OUT

DVD Review: "The Princess and the Frog"

Prince Naveen: You know, waitress, I finally figured out what is wrong with you.
Princess Tiana: Have you, now?
Prince Naveen: You do not know how to have FUN. There. Somebody had to say it.
Princess Tiana: Thank you, 'cause I figured out what your problem is too.
Prince Naveen: I am... too wonderful?
[the branch Tiana was holding smacks him backwards]
Princess Tiana: No, you're a no-count, philandering, lazy bump on a log.
Prince Naveen: Ahaha...
[fakes a cough]
Prince Naveen: KILLJOY.
Princess Tiana: What'd you say?
Prince Naveen: Ah, nothing.
[fakes another cough]
Prince Naveen: STICK IN THE MUD.
Princess Tiana: Listen here, mister. This stick in the mud has had to work two jobs her whole life while you've been sucking on a silver spoon chasing chamber maids around your - your ivory tower!
Prince Naveen: [glances away] Actually, it's polished marble.

~From Disney's The Princess and the Frog

I'll admit it; I'm a sucker for Disney princess movies.

I tried to take my kids to see "The Princess and the Frog" a few months ago but it was sold out. We ended up having to see "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakel;" which will likely go down as one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I'm still embarrassed for Wendie Malick, but I digress as usual.

Disney released "The Princess and the Frog" last year to surprisingly little fanfare; especially considering that the movie features the first black princess. Based loosely on the novel The Frog Princess, the movie follows the story of a young waitress named Tiana who dreams of opening her own restaurant; a dream she inherited from her father. But achieving that dream isn't easy in 1920's New Orleans no matter how many job Tiana works or how many jars of pennies she saves and her dream is in danger of slipping through her fingers.

Naveen, a handsome prince from Maldonia, arrives in New Orleans looking for a wealthy bride. Charming, but lazy, Naveen has been cut off from his inheritance and he's looking for a woman to fund his extravagant lifestyle. And the perfect woman appears in the form of Tiana's best friend Charlotte, a wealthy heiress who has been dreaming of marrying a prince since childhood.

It doesn't take long for Dr. Facilier, a voodoo master, to eye Naveen and his put-upon servant Lawrence as a means to use them both to get at Charlotte's money. By casting a voodoo spell on Naveen and Lawrence, Dr. Facilier turns Naveen into a frog and gives Lawrence the appearance of the young prince and promises of wealth and importance if he'll cooperate with his devious plot.

A series of misunderstands brings Naveen and Tiana together and Naveen convinces Tiana to kiss him in hopes of breaking the spell. But the kiss, rather than turn Naveen back into a human, turns Tiana into a frog.

"The Princess and the Frog" is very old-school Disney. The plot is something of a boiler-plate with the spunky female lead, the slightly clueless male lead and a host of talking creatures, but it still works. Stylistically it reminded me a lot of "Hercules," (the musical numbers featuring the Muses comes to mind) and it seemed like Disney remembered what made it's previous films so enjoyable.

Tiana is a great character for little girls; right up there with Belle and Mulan (my personal favories). Determined to succeed through hard work, Tiana faces challenges head on and never looks to anyone else to make her feel complete. And while it wouldn't be a Disney princess film without the romance, Tiana never has to sacrifice a part of herself to get her prince and I like that. Like all Disney films it'll make you laugh and maybe even jerk a few tears out of you and it's a genuinely sweet story. This will definitely end up on my list of favorites.

"ecocoon" relax and free from the disorder

The social nowadays, be the social likes to hasten more and more everyday, many persons have will the requirement to will relax and are free from urgency this.

Overstimulation in public space can nevertheless be contained: our concept to do that is called "ecocoon". It is a hearing aid that shuts out exterior stimulation and instead refocuses the user on internal signals from the body. with the choices of high, middle or low range frequencies, users can choose to mildly turn down or completely shut off all background noise: in this latter mode

"ecocoon" makes audible to the bearer his own pulse and breathing. Focus is led from the outside to the inside. Successively slowed down respiration and pulse-beating make it possible to calm down and temporarily retreat into a kind of virtual cocoon to be "offline" for a while.

Designers: designaffairs studio

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Short Story Giveaway!

It's short story time! I've got a new collection up for grabs--featuring well-armed women, time travel and the Old Ones. Be sure to CHECK IT OUT.

"Hornet" Superbike sphere wheel

The superbike with sphere wheel still can run one wheel. How is it will possible? At sphere wheel will can control get easy for run go to straight. Already, how is it will keep one's balance?

This is a one-wheel superbike, call that "Hornet" which, bike this present a perfect example of a machine that will bridge the gap between current motorbikes and the promise of hover cars. Generating power from dual 74 hp (55 kW) in-wheel hydrogen fuel-cell six-phase Neodymium-Iron (Nd-Fe) electric motors and touches the maximum speed of 235 km/h.

The Hornet integrates two side-by-side small wheels to balance it gyroscopically when parked. However, as soon as the rider accelerates the motorbike, it tilts forward to lifts its rear stabilizer wheels off the ground to run on the central wheel.

The electric bike integrates a series of computers that examines both the Hornet’s attitude and the rider’s inputs to correct the stance according to the weight and momentum of the vehicle. Weighing at 176 kilograms, the single wheel motorbike looks too bulky and difficult to maneuver, especially at slow speeds, but it touts an amazing turning circle of zero meters, thanks to the dual-wheel system underneath, to let it turn even on a five-cent coin.

Designers: Liam Ferguson

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