Sealand

The Principality of Sealand

 

 

Location: English Channel

After WWII, several British gun platforms were abandoned in the English Channel. In 1967, a pirate radio broadcaster took up residence in one of them and declared the fort an independent nation, and after a run-in with the Royal Navy a court ruled that Sealand was outside British jurisdiction.

It’s been operating more or less as its own country ever since, issuing passports, currency, and tourist visas. There was even an attempted coup that involved helicopters, a shotgun, and several hostages, resulting in a German diplomat being sent to the nation. Freedom from legal restrictions has made Sealand an attractive base for online casinos and filesharers, so “custodianship” of the principality is currently on sale for the low, low price of 750 million euros.

 

Song of the week (1/12/09)

Wheels by foo fighters is a relatively  catchy new song. Listen to it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWQDHgrLRpI, its great!

7 of the coolest swimming pools in the world

Atlantis Resort in Paradise Island, Bahamas

The sheer size of the pool at the Atlantis Resort is enough to get it on the list.  But the pool features a number a slides, waterfalls, grottoes, and more.
>>Atlantis Resort in Paradise Island, Bahamas

Blue Lagoon Geothermal Resort in Grindavík, Iceland

Ok, technically this isn’t a pool in the typical sense of a hotel pool. But, it is a warm body of water that you have to pay a pretty penny to get into. Therefore it falls into the category of a luxury hotel pool.
>>Blue Lagoon Geothermal Resort in Grindavík, Iceland

Golden Nugget Las Vegas

While the pool might not seem too cool at first glance, notice the salt-water aquarium complete with sharks that is flush with the pool.  There is also a clear tube slide that goes through the aquarium and into the pool.

Crown Towers Hotel in Taipa Island Macau

This is a cool infinity pool that looks out over a breathtaking skyline from several stories up. This is definitely a great place to enjoy the sunset in Taipa Island.

 

luxurious swimming pools songjiang china quarry

 

(image via: coolpicking)

The future of swimming and sunning luxuries of the rich and famous: a Waterworld-concept swimming pool and hotel that would be craved directly in a quarry mine in Songjiang, China. The hotel plans to build luxury rooms beneath the water level and incorporate a huge waterfall, extreme sports recreation center and an underwater restaurant and specialty cafes.

 

luxurious swimming pools palms playboy bunny las vegas

 

(images via: leeodden, silentz and markj)

 

The brilliant architecture of the infinity swimming pool that is found in the Hugh Hefner Sky Villa at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas, exceed expectations and beauty. The Playboy Publishing empire entrenched at its very core in beauty and tasteful elegance through and through now takes a delicious dip into luxury swimming pools. No Playboy pool can be complete without its reknowned Playboy Bunny wearing a bowtie!

 

luxurious swimming pools begawan giri

 

(images via: amyjosmile, baliwww, xo and casa)

Soak up the blazing hot sun in the sweet salty ocean air laying out on the handsomely hardwood deck encroaching up to the Begawan Giri Hotel’s infinity swimming pool. Experience oneness with nature in a swimming pool that seems to fade into the tropical forest treetops of Bali, Indonesia. The lush emerald green and pearl white beaches of Bali only eclipse the aquamarine water that compliments the sheer beauty of this pool.

 

Song of the week (23/11/09)

 

Ok, so this week i havent had much inspiration for a ‘’song of the week”. But i came across one of fighstars songs (rather old) called ”Floods”. I think its a pretty awesome song. Just incase anyone reading has never heard of fighstar, the lead singer is from ”Busted” and a while after it split up he formed this band. whatch the music videoof the song at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTDmij0LlfY. Genre: Rock

Wearable Chair

Wearable Chair is the Ultimate Invention Seriously, how is it possible that the wearable chair isn’t the hottest accessory around today when it was patented 30 whole years ago? Look at it! You strap it to the backs of your legs and you can just sit back and rest easy whenever you want! I wouldn’t have to submit to the cruel tyranny of standing under my own volition any longer! It’d be perfect for concerts, the subway or the unemployment line, where you’d presumably run into the inventor of these things, Darcy Robert Bonner. Now that this thing has been rediscovered after being lost for so long, it’s time to make the dream a reality

Music for Relief

Linkin Park, along with other volunteers, are encouraging everyone who is able, to help raise money for music for relief, which does many things to help people all around the world, lately, its been focusing on natural disasters.

Do some of the activities and answer some of the fun questions to help raise. You can do so by clicking on the ´´music for relief´´ widget to the right hand side (www.22deep22.wordpress.com)

Thank you.

3 Original ideas

3 concept designs that are´nt alien to us, but we´ve never really thought about. I found these while on http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/04/100-amazing-futuristic-design-concepts-w-wish-were-real/

Tima

Tima is a watch concept by Julien Bergignat that allows you to have both a digital display and a classic view of the time. Both displays can be adjusted simultaneously to show the same hour or two different time zones. Thanks to ePaper technology, characters can be displayed on the curved surface of the watch.

 

Nokia Aeon Concept

The Nokia Aeon Concept Design features a touchscreen that stretches over the full surface area of the phone.

 

 

Amazing LampA simple and and beautiful lamp by Julien Bergignat. The lamp can be lifted out of the stand and used as a portable lighting solution when needed.

Farmville

FarmVille is a game available on Facebook. Since its release in June, nearly 60 million people have downloaded the application – a similar figure to the number of Wiis sold to date across the world.

The aim of the game is simple, to plant crops, and harvest them. Many users on the game’s Facebook page claim to find the process both satisfying and addictive. The secret of its success is that you can accessorise your farm, expand its size and the fact that all your hard work goes into buying pretty animals, trees, decorations and crap to put on your virtual farm. You must persuade other friends to join the community, and pay actual money if you want to receive the most exciting farm upgrades. After a bit of researching, i found that there are people, maybe even you who are sados who set they´re alarm to 4 a.m to harvest they´re strawberries, are constantly on facebook playing this farm game and who believe it to be even more important than they´re actual lives.

So just incase you are one of these people… STOP PLANTING VIRTUAL VEGETABLES AND ADOPTING LOST PINK COWS AND DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR LIVES!         Thanks for reading.

Song of the Week (14-11-09)

Whatcha Say

This new pop-R&B song is by Jason Derulo, not a very well known artist at the moment, but has plenty of talent. Its currently rated number 4 on itunes and is free to download for a limited time (itunes), and number 2 on Bilboard charts. Its a catchy, great song. Listen/ watch it at: tp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBI3lc18k8Q

Ondo Phone

The new ondo phone is a music editing phone with a detachable microphone. Jam with friends in other houses or countries if they have one aswell, you with your guitar, them with they’re bass, drums, voice…. Its a great new gadget.

User
The target user for “Ondo” is the music enthusiast who seeks to interactively capture and edit sounds. Going beyond software-based solutions of other products, it is specifically designed to effectively collect pure sounds and is specially constructed to create a tactile sound editing experience.

Jamming
An innovative feature of “Ondo” is the three removable display ”sticks”. In their normal state, the “sticks” act as a unified touch display for the mobile device. When removed, each can be separately clipped onto a musical instrument or person to capture live sound. Like a portable recording studio, “Ondo” makes mixing tracks easy, because each “stick” picks up isolated sounds from each individual instrument. The recordings can be immediately sent via MMS (Multimedia Messaging) around the globe allowing musicians at different geographical locations to jam together.

Music Editing
Made from form-sensitive flexible materials, the “Ondo” allows the user to modify recorded sounds by physically twisting and bending the device. Like a guitarist pulling on a whammy bar, the user can feel and hear the musical effects as they create them.

Mixing
In party mode, “Ondo” works as a digital mixer enabling the user to create seamless transitions between songs. This is made easy with interactive touch functions combined with integrated software support.

Market opportunities
The advantage of such a device is that a range of services and accessories can accompany it in order to enhance the sound capture and editing experience. From a business perspective, most of the players in the mobile world can benefit: for example, content creators – by providing sound libraries or musical games for download; operators – by facilitating increased user interaction; and device manufacturers – by producing accessories such as input devices, Bluetooth instruments, etc. Jamming
An innovative feature of “Ondo” is the three removable display ”sticks”. In their normal state, the “sticks” act as a unified touch display for the mobile device. When removed, each can be separately clipped onto a musical instrument or person to capture live sound. Like a portable recording studio, “Ondo” makes mixing tracks easy, because each “stick” picks up isolated sounds from each individual instrument. The recordings can be immediately sent via MMS (Multimedia Messaging) around the globe allowing musicians at different geographical locations to jam together.

 

So, if your the music enthusiast who likes to jam with friends and needs a new phone, then the ONDO is for you! Go to http://www.ondo-phone.eu/ondo.html to read more.