Monday, September 3, 2007

Smallest Waist In The World - Cathie Jung




































Cathie Jung on "This Morning" Show.
Cathie is a beautiful woman born in 1937 who lives in Old Mystic, Conneticut, U.S.A. She is the mother of three children and married to Bob, an orthopedic surgeon. Cathie Jung has a tiny waist of 15 inches and she holds the Guinness World Record for the smallest waist of any currently living person. Several times Cathie and Bob flew to Tokyo in Japan for guest appearances on Japanese TV.

Of course Cathie is wearing her corset, as she has for virtually every hour of the day and night since 1983. The only time that she is not wearing the corset is probably the hour it takes her to shower and dry herself thoroughly.
Cathie is devoted to corset training, or what she also calls waist training.

Tightlacing (also called corset training and waist training) is the practice of wearing a tightly-laced corset to achieve extreme modifications to the figure and posture and experience the sensations of a very tight corset. Those who practice tightlacing are called tightlacers. Some tightlacers call the corsets they wear training corsets.

Cathie has suffered no ill effects from wearing a corset virtually 24 hours a day since 1983. In fact, it has bolstered her spinal support. Bob Jung says: "As for the ribs, you would be surprised by how much the chest is not impacted. Only the two lower ribs, but those are the so-called floating ribs, two on each side. Everything in the midriff is flexible. The bowels and the stomach are hollow.
One concern is dry skin and keeping the corset clean. The bidet is for Cathie a real blessing in the wintertime, when you don't need to shower every day. Showering all the time dries out the skin.

Cathie never has had surgery to help attain her waist. But it is not just about the waist size. It is the illusion that matters. The difference between the hips and the waist, the chest and the waist. It is all about accentuating the natural and beautiful curves of the female figure.
Source: cathiejung.com

Webcam Robot



Ever wanted your webcam to suddenly wander off in the middle of a live teleconference? Thinkgeek have come up with a cool little package...The Robot Webcam. It has a resolution of 640X480, the yes can light up to illuminate you in darkness and the bot comes with a microphone too. I really like this idea even though the specs aren't that great, the concept is still very cool and it only costs $20 USD!



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Retro Games Animation

Was searching for retro games on Youtube when I found this little gem! A film maker known as PES made this great minute and a half stop-frame animation of some classic arcade games of the past. Amazingly animated!

Conor Harrington



If you live in London, then you will definitely know about this artist, but if you don't, you do now! I first saw Conor Harrington's work about 2 years ago and have been a fan ever since. His skills at Realism are untouchable and the great thing is that he can do it with a tin of spraypaint just as easily as a brush. Mix it up with some abstract lines/shapes and you got a winning formula IMO.






Check his WEBSITE to see more amazing work, both on the street and in the galleries.
All images Copyright of Conor Harrington.

Sunday, September 2, 2007

$98,000,000 SOLD!!!



I can't believe it! Someone or something has gone and bought Davros Hirst's skull-turd from hell!

"The artist’s London gallery, WHITE CUBE, announced today that an unnamed “investment group” has purchased the bauble for the original asking price of $100 million, nearly a month after the unsold piece was removed from display. It has now officially become the most expensive piece of modern art ever sold. The gallery also noted that Hirst retained an ownership stake in the piece and that (surprise!) the gallery planned to re-sell the piece at a later date, at which point the skull will probably break its own sales record."

You can read the original post HERE.
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Marka 27 Minigod Previews Exclusive




The Previews Exclusive


The Suru Platinum Exclusive

Awesome toy design by the super cool Marka 27.

"August is coming to an end and time is running out to get your hands on the Midnight Edition Minigod Vinyl Figure by Marka27. The long-awaited 16" figure comes with a full range speaker and has an integrated amplifier for increased speaker power -- all the better to bump your music! A lone 9 volt battery will power the speaker and amp. The figure will has a minijack connector (seen on the bottom left-hand side) providing compatibility with any music device with a headphone jack such as an ipod, cd player, boombox, laptop or desktop. This Previews Exclusive is limited to 300 pieces worldwide."



You can read a great interview of Marka27 HERE.

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Saturday, September 1, 2007

"Teleport" Canvas by Dkoda



A new canvas by Dkoda using spray paint for background, and a mixture of acrylics and poster pens for the character.

Paper Bumblebee



An incredible paper rendition of the Bumblebee Transformer by a Chinese papercrafter. Using only KFC buckets and Orion custard boxes, he has done a pretty amazing job at making this robot poseable and stand upright.....




Thanks to Ninjascience for the link! A connoisseur of the Mecha-Arts.
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Beardy Man Radio Beatbox



Ok..so the harmonica below is pretty cool..but this guy is like the Optimus Prime of Vocal transformation. All Hail The Beardy Man..seriously...he should do a radio show..I'd tune in for real!!!

I thought that Rahzel was the illest of all beatbox cats..but this guy blows em all away..especially his melodies which seamlessly merge with his uptempo beats....a true genius...!

Original Vid on YouTube

Harmonica BeatBox



Check out the skills of this one man "duo", combining the melody of a harmonica whilst simultaneously beatboxing! Wild! It's great to see these niche forms of music continually developing with people such as Yuri Lane pushing the boundaries! He'd be great to have at a party!

Original Vid on YouTube