If you are a regular reader of Entertainment Weekly, then you might have seen the first photo of the upcoming Iron Man film they published last week. The picture got such a huge fan reaction in the blogosphere that Paramount decided to release a high resolution version of the photo.

Jon Favreau (Swingers) will direct Iron Man. Robert Downey Jr. (Less Than Zero) has the lead role of Tony Stark/Iron Man. Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeff Bridges have also been cast in the film. Iron Man is slated to hit theaters on May 2nd 2008.

The high rez photos are definitely worth checking out.

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Brian Bergeron of Brian Bergeron designs has a sweet new ring set out. They’re rings with tire treads on them.

I’m not much for man-jewelry, (just the wedding ring, and yes, it’s titanium) but these are really sweet!

Perfect for the dude (or lady) that loves to roll.

They come in:

• mountain bike tread
• motorcycle (road racing)
• car tyre
• truck tyre

(see Al I wrote it your way!).

You can order them in Silver (standard), Gold and Platinum are available on request. They start around $100USD for silver (and go up from there). Read the rest of this entry »

I was not aware of this fact, but it seems that in the Netherlands you can buy MP3 players preloaded with songs in shops. The Dutch company Disky is selling four different players with two hours of music in each for 19.90 Euros. Of course with this cheap price tag there had to be a catch: The tracks cannot be removed or replaced, which in my opinion takes all the fun out of the equation.
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As cameras keep pushing for great resolution and high capacity secure digital cards reach to provide larger and larger storage capacity, a new milestone has been reached by Microdia … 16GB. Building on the 32GB capacity of their compact flash cards, their 16 gig SDHC card comes with a Class 6 speed of 160x.

Not a lot of details are out yet, but here’s hoping that they’ve improved on the 8 GB SDHC model they are currently offering which uses SD™ Specifications Version 2.00 standard, but is still chained to the FAT32 File format.
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We reported on the very amusing talking wine butler earlier in the year. As my girlfriend loves the odd bottle glass of Merlot or 3 I was going to get her one for her birthday. That was until I priced up the cost of getting it delivered from the States to the UK. The cost of the butler was $66 but when postage and taxes were added on it came to something like $130 which was a bit for what was essentially a joke present.

I was happy to see today that Firebox are selling the same cool talking, hiccuping butler for £14.99, so present sorted .

As if the spork and other ridiculous pieces of cutlery weren’t enough, here comes the one to crown’em all: the Trinacria Cutlery. Apparently inspired by the Sicilian Flag , this device was designed by Kazuyo Komoda.
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Spider-Man 3 made a record breaking $148 million this past weekend. The film now holds the top spot for the most successful movie opening of all time. Sony Pictures, the studio who produced the film, was so happy with the North American box office results they announced that Spider-Man will return for at least three more movies.

Sony Pictures chief executive Michael Lynton had this to say to the BBC on Sunday night:

“Everybody has every intention of making a fourth, a fifth and a sixth and on and on.” There would be “as many as we can make good stories for…”

According to BoxOfficeMojo.com, Spider-Man 3 now holds the record for the most successful opening weekend in history, making $148m (£74m).
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Now this is just going to be the best thing that has ever been invented for the garden, forget fancy mowers, easy fill swimming pools and even trampolines, this entertainment system is for the adults and kids alike, who like to spend a bit of spare time in the garden, get a few friends round, chill the beer or other drinks and watch the live game or movie on the giant screen TV. What on earth could possibly ever be better than that?
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