shoutbox’s posterous

Today Microsoft has announced a new technology that will rival Wii, also using motion-sensing to play video games but with no controllers. At least without the use of controllers, there will be less object orientated injuries in the emergency ward… Look, I’m not a video game console kind of gal, but I have been witness to it on many occasions and will make it clear that I have won by a mile against my lawyer friend on Wii bowling… hey, I thought that was worth a statement, it’s something to be proud of! ;) But in all seriousness it may just be better than the Wii, in fact an article I read today on TIME.com stated, ‘it may just kill the Wii’.

Project Natal: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/projectnatal/

Of course as always, the success of Microsoft’s new baby depends on whether developers take it on board and write some decent games for it. Can I make a suggestion? Include a bowling game and I may just buy one…

Intelligent and interesting project on what the world’s population would look like if it were reduced to 100 people: www.miniature-earth.com

Great t-shirt ideas too, made without the use of chemicals. Green and ecologically sound :)

www.teepay.com is a simple and nifty website where you can buy, design and make money from t-shirts.

Basically you submit your t-shirt design, they make, it then becomes available for purchase to other t-shirt lovers of the world and you make a percentage of profits if it sells well, everyone’s a winner!

The UFO type design of this website is kinda cool, but that’s about as far as I would go in giving it my stamp of design website approval… HOWEVER, I think the exterior and interior of this venue is all pretty amazing. I went there on the weekend and although the drinks were on the pricy side, try $18 cocktails, the interior of this place was something out of Peter Pan with a mix of Björk for good measure. Take a look, it’s different www.cloudland.tv

Josh “The Man” Willis, I would hire you…

Josh Willis, a US resident, is applying to be the first ever Island Caretaker in The Great Barrier Reef but more impressive (for me anyways) is the length this guy has gone to to get the job. With 4 days out of final selection, I recon Josh “The Man” Willis should win base on his website design merit and the fact that he shares the same last name with one of my all time favourite actors.

The website is simple, to the point, very illustrative and is based on a one page scrollable concept. There’s no need for loading unnecessary pages when one page does the trick! The website has taken on a life of its own in a very beardy kind of illustrative way which just adds to this guy’s obvious quirky character.

 www.thegreatbeardedreef.com

Hahahaha – I love Pac-Man! Whatever happened to him? Or that Game? Or Mrs Pac-Man? Was there ever a Mrs Pac-Man??

I have fond childhood memories of playing this game, at Sydney Airport - International Terminal, waiting for family to return from overseas, I was there a lot it seems.

It was one of those old flat top game stations with the mega big brown and red buttons. They also had Space Invaders, it was cool and, oh, I may be showing my age now…

Check out the rest of the geeky outfits on show: http://www.news.com.au/technology/gallery/0,23607,5037894-5014321,00.html

Strange and yet very pretty-pink and pretty-purry…

A hospital in Yuanlin in central Taiwan, claims to be the only institution of its kind authorised by the popular cartoon cat’s parent company Sanrio Co Ltd.

Newborns get everything Hello Kitty including pink or blue blankets, nurses dressed in pink uniforms with cat-themed aprons, cot linen and room décor and even the birth certificate covers portray the cat’s likeness. In the lobby, a Hello Kitty statue in a doctor’s uniform greets patients, and twice a year people in feline costumes visit mothers and children. I don’t know about you but this place would creep me out AND I’d be asking for the epidural quick smart.

God I love Japan!