Early this month, I have heard on the news about a gigantic mechanical spider clinging to a derelict building in Liverpool, England. According to its performance artists at La Machine the story about the spider goes something like this…It appears to be female, around 13 metres tall and has been dubbed ‘La Princesse’ by the specialist researchers. The scientists believe the creature may be about to hibernate, and are attempting to prevent it falling into an inert state, as they are concerned with the potentially catastrophic results of the spider laying up to 1000 eggs. Scientists have therefore removed the spider from the building and taken it to a research base established at the ACC, at Albert Dock in Liverpool. The end.

La Princesse has been commissioned by the creative arts company and charitable trust Artichoke as one of the highlights at the 2008 Capital of Culture celebrations. One thing is for sure, it will attract thousands of visitors who just want to get a glimpse of the mechanical beast. The spider is made out of steel and poplar wood and will be operated by 12 people strapped to its frame. A attempt to wake La Princesses was done on Friday September 5th.  It was a success and the spider was moving around and spraying the public with water. Thousands of people have braved the wet weather to watch La Princesse being woken to an accompaniment of music from airborne musicians.

La Machine was also the designer of the mechanical elephant and the giant girl for Royal de Luxe’s performance of the The Sultan’s Elephant which brought the people of London in May 2006 to a standstill with amazement. Brilliant engineering!

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Lego is proud to announce that they have designed the largest set of LEGO collection. With over 5,900 pieces, they have recreate the breathtaking Taj Mahal. The famous Taj Mahal jewel of India is known all over the globe for its incredible beauty and elegance. The LEGO set comes with the detailed model including the base, minarets, domes, finials, arches, and stairs in the front. The palace is over 20″ (51cm) wide and 16″ (41cm) tall. You can own this modern wonder of the world for yourself for approximately $300US. The Taj Mahal will only be available on September 15th 2008 but you can preorder now on LEGO website.

This a great as a gift for any occasion. I think it’s time for me to start a LEGO collection for my little brother.

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Ismet Dural is a circumciser who owns a clinic in Istanbul, Turkey. To spread the words on his specialize business he needed an easy and economical advertising solution. Healthy People by Grey, an advertising agency hired by Ismet came up with a very simple yet creative idea. They created a long poster with perforated edges so that if you rip a piece off you will get his contact info just like a business card along with the circumcised part of the penis. Very well executed and suitable ad for the purpose of the business. I can’t think of a better idea for advertising a circumcision clinic! Can you?

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It has been FOREVER that I couldn’t watch one of my favorite drama “Heroes” because of the Writers Strike.  Well that is over because there will soon be (still too long for me) the third volume of Heroes, “Villains”. It will air during the second half of Heroes Season 2 that was incomplete. There will be a preview of the previous season at 8 p.m on September 22th 2008 then the two-hour premiere will start at 9 p.m with revelations that will redefine familiar characters and shake the series to its core.

According to Tim Kring, the main creative force behind Heroes, new villains are on the way that may make you forget Sylar. I will book this date to be sure not to miss the premiere, so no blogging for me that day. Below are few sneak peek videos. Enjoy!

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It seems like the only way to watch the Olympic games live on television this summer was on NBC website. Of the 3,600 hours of coverage planned 2,200 hours of live television from the Beijing Summer Olympic Games were broadcast online on NBCOlympics.com. All for free and of course with advertising on the site which is the main source of revenue for the company. NBC reportedly paid $894 millions for the rights to broadcast this year’s Olympic games. The network sold more than $1 billion worth of advertising on NBC, Telemundo and other NBC Universal networks.

That means for the non-rights holders like ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports, the coverage rights for the Olympic games is very limited. Each day, ESPN can only air event highlights after NBC’s prime-time coverage ended and no more than six minutes on other news channels. NBC would have 2,900 workers on hand, including 106 announcers and 1,000 local hires while everybody else is locked out and have no choice but to work in Beijing’s backstreets. They cannot bring on the competition sites any recording devices including cameras in the mixed zones where the media members interview the athletes.  That’s why ESPN only deployed eight staffers in Beijing.

Below is ‘kinda’ the advertising campaign sent to the Olympic organizers to thank (not really!) them for their limited coverage.

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