Top Japanese jewellery maker, Ginza Tanka, unveils his latest creation - a statue of Mickey Mouse made of pure gold.
The one kilogram gold Mickey is worth about $31,000 US dollars.
However, the statue will not go on sale, but instead be presented to one lucky purchaser of Disney’s latest DVD in a lucky-draw in May.
The way to grow poor. The way to grow rich. Lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1875 from Pictorial Americana.
This blog is inspired by the recent cable cut on SEA-ME-WE submarine cable system which affects Internet and long-distant voice communications to various Middle-East countries, India and Pakistan.
No Google. No YouTube. No MSN/ICQ/AIM. No Email (including GMail). No online shopping. No Amazon. No E-Bay. No MMORPGs. No sports results. I know there’s more, but these are bad enough….
Can’t google. Can’t do research online. Can’t e-commerce. Can’t check bank account. Can’t wire money. Can’t buy/sell/monitor foreign stock markets over Internet. Can’t video-conferencing. Can’t skype. Can’t receive/send emails to foreign clients. Basically, work ceases, and the only person getting worked up is your boss… hahaha
No work. Find supper. Go to bed. 
For your reading pleasure, visit InternetIsShit.org
I have resumed playing on KGS again under the nick "Gaftonoshu". When I stopped playing a few years ago, I believed I was around 12k. I’m now very rusty in this game and hope to regain my level soon.
From crap.teurasporsaat.org,
we have an interesting overview of the learning curves of some common editors out there.
