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Oct 06
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Man v. Food (Vending Machine Edition) – Update #1

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Man v. Food (Vending Machine Edition)

Today is the big day… Prasanth is attempting to eat 1 of each item in the vending machine I posted the other day. The charts below indicate what he’s had so far:

As of 8:36am this morning:

Prasanth: “Feeling real hungry this morning. I think I got this.”

As of 11am this morning:

Prasanth: “Not gonna lie, I feel pretty awful. The time constraint is going to be brutal.”

As of 11:36am this morning:

Prasanth: “Ok, so I skipped to row 3 b/c I was craving something sweet. At this stage I’m having difficulty hearing and I feel sort of space-y. Where can I eat lunch that will help me digest and come back hungry for more?”
As of 12:02pm this afternoon:

Prasanth: “2080 calories and 1950mg of sodium. But, by comparison, a foot long Subway Melt on italian bread with mayo has 1200 calories and 4100mg of sodium. I’m taking a short break right now, but it’s not looking good for me. I had hoped to power through 3 rows in 2 hours…”
Oct 05
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Villa Ronde by Ciel Rouge Creation

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via designboom. More photos after the break.

Remarkably rotund and magnificently modern, the Villa Ronde by Ciel Rouge Creation and Henri Gyeundan Architects rises naturally from the sea on Japan’s coast.  This green-roofed, white walled and wooden lined residence harnesses the natural light and wind of the local environment to define its design.  A rounded, perforated white facade allows light to shine through to the interior while soft winds sweep the large central courtyard.  From a distance, one cannot tell if this home is built upon the cliff or was carved from its expanse, and this mystery multiplies the closer one gets.

Villa Ronde curls upon itself to provide a large protective wall, dotted with open sections for light coming in and views going out.  The center of the home drops in its topography into a private courtyard, accessible from floor-to-ceiling glass doors and curling staircases from above.  The rear of the home provides a grand view of the ocean below, while an open stone patio becomes a point of entertainment for occupants and guests alike.  The top of the home is nearly covered in foliage, from evergreens to grasses, separated visually from the sweeping white lines that define the home’s structure.

This home by Ciel Rouge Creation and Henri Gyeundan Architects is a wonderful achievement, a prime escape from the often over-paced, over-crowded life of Japan’s modern cities.

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Oct 05
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Skipark 360: Indoor Ski Resort

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via inhabitat. The Skipark 360° in Stockholm designed by C.F. Moller will be a “green” ski resort powered by renewable energy sources like geothermal, solar, wind, and hydropower. The man made ski hill will have a vertical drop of 160 meters (252 feet), a 3.5 km long skiing tunnel, an arena for ice hockey, figure skating, a snow park, a resort, and a spa. More pictures below.

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Oct 05
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The Black Sunn & 810 feat. King Mez – “Props”

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Here’s a new record entitled “Props” by The Black Sunn & 810 featuring King Mez off of their upcoming project, United Division, which dropped on August 30th. Very dope!

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Oct 05
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Would You Eat Everything In This Vending Machine for $750?

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My friend Prasanth is going to try… His co-workers bet him that he could not eat everything in this vending machine (pictured above) for $750 during the course of a normal workday (9am to 4pm). They agreed to give him incremental payments: $100 for the first two rows, and then $100 for each row after that. If he chews all of the gum and eats all of the mints, he gets $750. At first glance it seems easy enough, but he has to consume over 6,000 calories in 7 hours – approximately 1 item every 11.5 minutes. Oh yeh, there are some other rules: he can only throw up once, and he can use the bathroom as many times as he wants. Our other friend Kavitha said “Duuude, thats sooo easy. I can do it, no problem” – so Prasanth said he’d give her $750 if she could finish one of each item from 9:30am to 4pm (all or nothing). I’m going to be sick just thinking about it… Anyways, it all goes down today. I’ll let you know how it goes once I get the update. *Side Note*: I like how there are healthy choices in green… haha.

Oct 04
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Haunted Victorian Lego Houses

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Artist Mike Doyle constructed these amazingly detailed – and incredibly creepy – victorian houses entirely out of LEGO blocks for his Abandoned Houses series. The houses are titled “Victorian on Mud Heap” and “Three Story Victorian with Tree.” You can find more information about each piece by visiting his site.

Oct 04
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Only In Japan: Toilet Motorcycle Runs On… Ahem… Waste

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via spoon-tamago. Toto is Japan’s biggest toilet bowl making company… Now the company just released its first hybrid toilet-motorcycle that runs entirely on… poop. As the person drives, he can poop into a bowl, and that poop will be turned into fuel for the car. It is actually part of a campaign that Toto is running in an effort to reduce its CO2 emissions by 50% in the next 6 years. The motorcycle (and driver) will make its way from Kyushu to Tokyo over the next month. How ridiculous!? More photos below.

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Oct 03
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Trouble – “Flexxin” (Prod. Lex Luger)

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I first heard Trouble’s “Flexxin” via DJ Esco a few weeks ago… This song is crazy! It’s featured on Trouble’s new mixtape, Green Light, hosted by Don Cannon.

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