An Industry of Cool… or not.

The belly bump camera wipe near the beginning had me on the floor laughing. This is too good. Someone call em up and book em for a party in Austin.

People, please do not blindly trust a tattoo artst to write something in any language.  Verify, double check, call it to commitee, do whatever you can to ensure that iit is exactly what you want.  Meaning, spelling, etc.  I have latin tattoo’d on my body, and I spent days checking and double checking that it was correct prior to having it drawn up.  I know some really smart tattoo artists, but when it comes to foreign languages that you don’t speak fluently, check your work.

Tattoo horror story…can I sue?

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I went to a tattoo studio and asked for Chinese characters that say “courage, strength and unity”; the tattoo artist assured me he was a native speaker and would translate the sentence accurately.

I thought the tattoo looked great, but when I showed it to my Chinese friend he said it meant “he who loves men”. There’s also a character that’s not even a Chinese character at all, but resembles a dancing phallus.

I got really upset, to say the least, and several other people have confirmed the meaning…

What am I supposed to do now? Can I sue the artist? The shop? My girlfriend if she was in on it (she referred me to the artist, and I think she may be cheating on me with him)?

Go here to see the original with some of the answers.  I am still amazed that people get characters from other languages that have such dubious translations, or multiple translations, depending on region.  It blows the mind, it does.

[via woot]

From Woot’s regular Woot Weads The Wire column:

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP)—Firefighters have put out a blaze that burned for more than three hours at the headquarters of computer maker Apple.

Apple spokespersons said that the fire was a normal event and that their groundbreaking management techniques were simply designed to run hot. Firefighters were not allowed to open the doors themselves and were instead instructed to make an appointment at the Genius Bar.

[via woot]

This is horrible if it is real.  I am skeptical as to if this happened during the actual ceremonies…maybe a rehearsal.  I didn’t see the opening, though.

Windows BSoD takes the Gold at the Beijing Olympics

August 11th | Posted by Dr. Macenstein

Faithful Macenstein reader Adam Davie sent us these shots he found on the River Cool forums showing that once again, Windows’ Blue Screen of Death has crashed another event, this time the Opening Ceremony of Beijing 2008 Olympics Games.

Above: hmm… maybe no one will notice…

Perhaps this is simply Microsoft’s idea of “product placement”, as the BSOD is one of the more recognizable features of Windows, and perhaps transcends all language barriers.

[via Macenstein]

I still think this idea has a lot of merit. I think the concept looks pretty cool, but might be a little too free flowing. Either way, the concept looks impressive, and I am down to give it a shot if it ever sees the light of day.

Aurora (Part 3) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

Aurora (Part 4) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

This is a pretty neat concept, if it can ever take off.

You can see the full HD versions from the Vimeo site. Click the link for part 1.

Here’s part 1:

Aurora (Part 1) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

…and Part 2:

Aurora (Part 2) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

I held off on putting this up yesterday, but it has been cracking me up all day today, too.

Or are these alerts contradictory?