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Review: Olympus E-PL3

My first digital camera was an Olympus – a 1.3 megapixel brick! I have spent the last couple of weeks playing with the Olympus E-PL3, giving my DSLR camera gear a break for a little while. Its my first time trying out this new category of micro mirrorless digital camera so I really had no idea what to expect. The first thing you notice is the form factor. Its small. Smaller than it looked in photos for sure....

Review: Just Dance 3

Just Dance has just made its debut on the Xbox 360 with Just Dance 3. It not surprisingly features kinect support and one you try it out you’ll wonder how the game existed without it. It just makes so much sense and feels like such a natural fit. The natural feel is of increased importance in such a game too, since its all about dancing and having a good time, without inhibition. Any clumbsy interface or...

I heard you like football…

This Columbian white gold, silver or platinum  ring encrusted with Andean Emeralds is the official ring of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It’s a bargain, costing between $2500 and $250 000 a piecem featuring miniature bejeweled stadiums and soccer balls.  The platinum rings are selling for a quarter million, featuring 220 emeralds. Theres only seven of these being made. Theres thirty three white gold versions for...

Pantone Wedding 2010

If  you’re planning a wedding and arbitrarily picking out ugly colours for your bridesmaids’ dresses is too inaccurate and random for you, fret not. Pantone has released a wedding colour guide (specifically for 2010) to help you through this process. These aren’t your normal colours either. These are wedding colours so you know you’re on the right track. Don’t you dare try using them...

Architectural fashion

This stuff by Joshua DeMonte is suprisingly not black, charcoal, or even ebony. It’s white. Go figure. Other than that it’s pretty architecturally inspired. It’s like if you had tiny elves build clothing for you and they reinforced it with arches, columns and masonry. Its a shame he used such anachronistic and dates architectural inspiration though – What would Calatrava think? [Joshua...
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