Tetsuro Tamba died at the age of 84 on Sept 25th.
He was the star of over 300 films including
HARAKIRI, KWAIDAN, YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, and HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS.

The Anti-Matter Equation

It might be…it could be…it is!!! from PhysOrg.com

Scientists of the CDF collaboration at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced today that they have met the exacting standard to claim discovery of astonishingly rapid transitions between matter and antimatter: 3 trillion oscillations per second.

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Outlaw Nation to be collected.

Jamie Delano's epic series Outlaw Nation is being collected into a single volume by Image books in November.

The 2007 challenge

Justin has thrown down the gauntlet over at his blog and decided to list his favorite 2007 songs. I having no life to speak of have decided to pick up that dueling glove of love and list my own and so I shall. I will only list songs that I have a copy of and I will relisten to every song before adding it to the list. I figure this will last way into October as my mp3s from "a" artist alone is 3 days constant listening. Well I'll start tomorrow, see you then.

It's Grime Time

O.K. after I heard Dizzie Rascals "Boy in da Corner" I instantly classified and blew off Grime (Garage) music. First off I hate The Streets, but his music may be dubstep or 8bar or eskibeat, whatever. When I first heard Dizzie I thought, "huh, every rapper from Britain sounds the same, just like The Streets." Now I realize how hurtful my attitude really was. Grime, I didn't realize the rich history and the diversity you represent. Your connection to D&B and glitch. I'm sorry, and I'm willing to give you another chance. Will you do the same for me...

To help rectify my past error I ask you, my friends to lend me music from such artist as...
Wiley
Crazy Tich
Shystie
Lady Fury
Lethal B
Lady Sovereign

And yes I'm also willing to give dizzy Rascal another listen, if that's what it takes to make it up to you.

Robots who need ironic moustaches...

Megatron
Optimus Prime
Thundercracker
Skywarp
Jazz
Bumble-bee
Gort (Day The Earth Stood Still)
Robby the Robot (Forbiden Planet)
Robot Monster
Tranzor Z
Twiggy (Buck Rogers)
Cylons
R2-D2
C3P0
Daleks
Herbie (Fantastic 4)
The Red Tornado
Maria
Jet Jaguar

StarScream

Update

The Jonah Hex book was just O.K. till I got to the Bat-Lash story, now it's good old fashion fun. It's a return to the joy of the story that those old western comics had, a thing of beauty for shore. If only mainstream American comics understood that you can be gritty without being grimey, funny with being idiotic.

New Acquisition to the Belasco Library

Jonah Hex: Face Full of Violence
by Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti, Luke Ross

So far a good read, Palmiotti has a handle of the character the stories just need to be a bit more meatier.

"Om mani padme hum

World's biggest Buddhist mantra made of stones on Tuvan mountain


Tuva, Russia -- Gyudmed Tantric Monastery monks, who are on a visit in Tuva, have finished their work at the world's biggest Buddhist mantra. In the opinion of all the participants of the unique project, the mantra is to hasten the visit of His Holiness Dalai Lama to the republic.

Jim Hanley's to the rescue!

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Science Friday

From Bubbles to Capsules from PhysOrg.com

Nanocapsules are vessels with diameters in the nanometer range and very thin shells. They can store a tiny volume of liquid and can protect their cargo while transporting it through a foreign medium — such as a human blood vessel — without any loss. Further applications for nanocapsules include the encapsulation of scents, printer ink, and adhesives. Once at their destinations, the payloads are released by pressure or friction.

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Physicists trap, map tiny magnetic vortex from PhysOrg.com

In a research first that could lead to a new generation of hard drives capable of storing thousands of movies per square inch, physicists at Rice University have decoded the three-dimensional structure of a tornado-like magnetic vortex no larger than a red blood cell.

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Spinning new theory on particle spin brings science closer to quantum computing from PhysOrg.com

Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have devised a potentially groundbreaking theory demonstrating how to control the spin of particles without using superconducting magnets — a development that could advance the field of spintronics and bring scientists a step closer to quantum computing.

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McDuffie to write Firestorm

In January Dwayne McDuffie creator of Static and the Milestone Universe will be taking over the reins as writer of Firestorm: The Nuclear Man. Sounds good, just wait, his three issue run will involve the New Gods!
Need I say more? [...]

New Links

Look under "Entertain Me".

Robots put snooty connoisseur out of business

New Robot Can Identify Wines, Cheeses from PhysOrg.com

(AP) -- The ability to discern good wine from bad, name the specific brand from a tiny sip and recommend a complementary cheese would seem to be about as human a skill as there is. In Japan, robots are doing it.

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Saw the new Fantastic Four Cartoon, pretty pedestrian except for two points...
The Thing in a TUX JUGGLING CHILDREN!
RONAN THE ACCUSER!