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source: BBC A team of scientists at the MIT has developed a robotic insect which walks on water. This is done by mimicking how a water strider (Gerridae) uses the surface tension and rapid rowing feet movement of propelling them forward. So now what ? We can build an army of them to what ? Transport grains of sand ? Say it with me… (B*ll$h1T)^2.

The cradle is empty. Trust me on that one. Everything coming from Jan de Bont since 1996 has essentially been, nicely put, crap. One of course does not dare to be so harsh, but three strikes, and yerrrr out (this one with The Haunting, and Speed 2). Lara Croft still is the same one dimensional character, and the old and new characters surrounding her are half dimensional at best. Having a huge budget, somehow that must have disappeared somewhere else than the movie. There are second rank background replacements, running at a different framerate, besides the already choppy integration with the foreground. There are also the closed set action scenes that are too obviously set in a … well, closed set. And blue screen sequences have never been easier to spot. An uninteresting story with and some chases to yawn at, leaves you two hours shorter a life. A third part, with an even longer title, would be a mistake better buried deeper than the Cradle of Life itself.5+.

First birthday present for today. 25 bucks from my best client. Actually, I just repaired his son’s laptop, for the second time (after I was asked to undo the first repair for some dark reason). After I checked the bills with my counterfeit detector, I accepted it.
I still expect a truckload of presents tho, so I’ll keep ya posted.

Well, the most interesting I could find what happened exactly on my birthday, is that Elton John featuring Kiki Dee topped the US Billboard with their luvly “Don’t Go Breaking my Heart” single.
So, here it is, from the One Night Only CD, download it, listen to, and think of me when you do.

On the chick side, the closest I could get was Charlize Theron. (starred most notably in The Yards, The Cider House Rules and The Astronaut’s Wife. Most recent release was The Italian Job (opens here 4th Sept)). She’s exactly one year older than me. More pictures here.

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I’m telling ya, the heat is creating a fatamorgana on my table !

As my brains are still dysfunctional, I’ll talk about an official heatwave for now. Before you can declare it, the following criteria must be met: A series of five Summer days (above 25 C) of which at least three are Tropical (above 30C).

So, besides the usual discomfort, what else does it mean, as the extreme heat is covering whole Europe ?

Well, the sun has fried my set of brains. That means I’m not capable of putting anything creative here, so let me just talk about sweat for a while:

Human sweat consists of a mixture of fatty acids, ammonia and lactic acid.

Freakin’ mosquitoes can smell us from over hundred metres. Not only that, it can detect heat too. I sometimes sleep with open balcony doors, which means I basically have a big bullseye painted on my forehead.

Breathable fabric to make clothes have tiny holes about 700-800 times as big as our sweat molecule. As a result, the human sweat can easily penetrate the fabric and be released.

Excessive amounts of sweat and the salt contained in human sweat have been considered a major contributing factor to Dermatitis.

If this heat continues, I’ll write about the criteria needed before you have an official heat wave.

American Wedding, the third part of the raunchy teenster Pie movie series, led the box office with 34.3 million (opens here 18th Sept). This is the tenth sequel this summer already (2 Fast 2 Furious, Bad Boys II, Tomb Raider, Spy Kids, Legally Blonde, Terminator, Charlie’s Angels just to name a few), so people obviously aren’t tired yet. Spy Kids hang on the second place as young kids are still in for the weirdo green/red 3D glasses, while the parents take their medicine for their headache, worth 20.1 million. And proving really hard to kill are the Pirates on the third place with 19.1 million, totalling an amazing 210 million. How does that money ever fit in a standard pirate’s treasure chest ?

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Yipz, one of those days where ya just hang around in front of the TV. “Inventing the Abotts” was on, about the Abott family with three daughers. First was Liv Tyler, especially graceful on a horseback in the upcoming ending of Lord of the Rings series. Second was Jennifer Connely, last seen besides the mean green Hulk. And last but not least, is the lesser known Joanna Going. Having no real blockbuster on her schedule, she’ll probably never have one, as she’s nearing the age limit to be considered a chick. More pics here.

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Update: At 15:30 exactly, they retaliated. I’ve got bitten by one of them in my armpit ! I guess they can really hold a grudge, those crazy antz.

After many 80- and 90-ties blockbusters, you might think Eddie Murphy could carry a movie. Obviously, with a bad script and worse direction, you can’t carry anything, short of a dirty diaper. The most funny thing of this whole experience is that I didn’t laugh AT ALL during the whole run. Granted, it’s a kiddy movie, but the All Ages certificate should definitely be changed to Kids till 12, all female humanoids and 30+ parents. Final grade is with this in mind.3.