Posted on November 3, 2009 by q8life
Facts
Weight – 220,000 gross tons
Capacity – 5400 passengers (double occupancy)
Rooms – 2700 staterooms
Crew – 2000 crewmembers
Speed – 22 knot cruising speed
Decks – 16 passenger decks
Staff – Norwegian officers and international crew
Registry – Bahamas registry
Entering service: December 2009
The layout itself is unique. The ship will be divided into seven neighborhoods, each with its own distinct theme.
- Youth Zone, for the tots;
- Boardwalk, with its Coney Island vibe;
- Royal Promenade, a bigger, bolder version of Royal Caribbean’s traditional indoor shopping mall; Entertainment Place, for the nighttime activities;
- Vitality at Sea Spa and Fitness Center;
- Pool and Sports Zone;
- Central Park, an indoor/outdoor space with real grass and trees.
- Dining-wise, there are over 20 options
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Posted on November 3, 2009 by q8life
A Spanish company plans to open the first hotel in space. It says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and time frame for the multibillion dollar project.
The Barcelona-based architects of The Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost $4.4 million for a three-night stay at the hotel, with this price including an eight-week training course on a tropical island.
During their stay, guests would see the sun rise 15 times a day and travel around the world every 80 minutes. They would wear velcro suits so they can crawl around their pod rooms by sticking themselves to the walls like Spiderman.
Galactic Suite Ltds CEO Xavier Claramunt, a former aerospace engineer, said the project will put his company at the forefront of an infant industry with a huge future ahead of it, and forecast space travel will become common in the future. Its normal to think that your children, possibly within 15 years, could spend a weekend in space, he said.
Galactic Suite Ltd, set up in 2007, hopes to start its project with a single pod in orbit 450km above the earth,with the capacity to hold four guests and two astronaut-pilots .
It will take a day and a half to reach the pod which Claramunt compared to a mountain retreat, with no staff to greet the traveller. When the passengers arrive in the rocket, they will join it for 3 days, rocket and capsule. After that the passenger returns to earth, he said.
Nice place for a Honeymoon – whether First or Second. Book now.
Don’t u worry about the budget.
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Posted on October 27, 2009 by q8life
Damn! Can it be really this simple to make thousands of dollars by wearing a t-shirt? Yes, if only one could have been as innovative as Jason Sadler. Jason started a unique social media drive known as “I Wear Your Shirt” this year. In this campaign, he is wearing one shirt from one company per day and will be posting his image on YouTube, Twitter, Ustream etc. and at one go the brands would have a poster cum social media campaign through Jason. Interesting, but more interesting is his pricing strategy which varies upon the day of the calendar. For the 1st day of year, he would be charging $1 and for the last day $365. Ustream.tv gave him 1 dollar to wear its shirt on 1st Jan & on Jan 29th he was paid 29 dollars to wear Zappos.com shirt. And this is no joke, his 2009 calendar is already sold out and this means that he has made $66,795 this year by just wearing these shirts. To add to that he charges extra for contests & deals etc.
His idea has been so successful that he has extended it for another year and that too with twice the earlier price, as quoted on his website:
I’ve had so much fun wearing shirts this year that I’m going to keep wearing them in 2010, but with a twist… 2 guys in your shirt, 2 time zones, 2x the exposure and January 1 starts at $2! Reserve your day now on the 2010 calendar and meet the person who will also be wearing your shirt next year.
As I’m writing this post, his 2010 calendar is already sold out up till May’10! Now this definitely speaks for the popularity of the idea clearly! I don’t remember any media property in recent times being booked so well in advance by any brand. And the way in just one year there are already takers for this property with double exposure at double rates, I’m wondering if Jason will soon make this a full-fledged promotion company where he will have promoters across the globe working for him as walking-talking media properties and he can offer clients customized exposure at customized rates! How about Jason or likes of Jason doing this in Kuwait? Well, I think this idea is expandable & undoubtedly one of the most innovative utilization of social media to promote a brand.
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Posted on October 26, 2009 by q8life
The global crisis has affected us all. Even the dollar is affected (also the US presidents gracing them are not spared.)
Do you recognize them? Something fishy?
Only the creativity has to taken seriously. No bad feelings.
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Posted on October 26, 2009 by q8life
Life’s gonna change soon.
Introducing the Nokia CLIPit Mobile Phone.
Brushed steel and Persian turquoise stone encrusted, this phone proposes a bevy of features like finger print as your SIM, Touch pad-Dot matrix screen, hands free clip on design, and a combo of Philips Lumalive and conceptual “Smart fabrics” to blend out a 12”screen!
Design features of Nokia CLIPit:
- Finger print as your SIM.
- CLIPit has all the cell phone’s data web based and you can reach not only by CLIPit but from multiple devices like other cell phones, disposable cell phones, your car kit, your home phone and so on. The key is your finger print.
- On top of the CLIPit you have a steel touch screen made by a group of small Light Emitting Diodes installed in the steel touch pad. So you have dynamic buttons and can dial, send and receive SMS and navigate your music easily.
- You don’t need to hold the phone in your hand or use any other device like Bluetooth hands free. When you have a call, just pull down the clip and CLIPit becomes a hands free.
- The ear phones of CLIPit have two sockets. You can hang your CLIPit around your neck with them when listening to the music. Like a beautiful necklace made by turquoise and steel.
- The way to connect with other devices for CLIPit is to Clip it to them. You can clip it to so many things to have connection with them. For example back panel of public bus seats.
- You can clip the phone to any part of your clothes or your bag. You can hang it around your neck with its earphones. You can wear it like a Bluetooth hands free. And also it is enough small to put it in your pocket.
- PHILIPS has developed a new technology called “Lumalive”. They have fabricated some kind of cloth that has internal OLEDs and is quite a color fabric screen. The design team used a developed form of that technology in the CLIPit and has two fabric screens. The 3- inch screen is just a formable, flexible cloth that has a “Lumalive” screen as the upper layer. You can clip your CLIPit to this 3-inch screen and have a mobile phone with a 3-inch color screen. It is quite BIG for a mobile phone. But the 12-inch screen is a combination of “Lumalive” and a concept fabric called “Smart fabrics”. “Smart fabrics” are cloths with a net of sensors between its layers for touch sense. The net is cut able and the fabric can be cut or sewed. In fact smart fabrics are touching sensitive cloths. This fabric is combined with “Lumalive” and to become a multi-touch color screen. Clip your CLIPit to it and you have a folding pocket 12-inch laptop.
- The 12inch touch screen is also a medium for CLIPits to share their data with each other. Quite easy.
Book soon, if you want it.


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Posted on October 26, 2009 by q8life

Just to drive the Swine Flu- H1N1 phobia away and bring cheers to the patients.
Somebody just asked, so ‘When are they coming?”
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Posted on October 19, 2009 by q8life
i.e. besides talking on the mobile; Drinking a cup of coffee, smoking, fondling somebody (maybe your baby, naughty).
Well now you use your laptop as well. Check out this sweet lass.

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Posted on October 19, 2009 by q8life
These creative hair hats were designed by Nagi Noda, a brilliant Japanese artist and director from Tokyo. Each hat looks like an animal made from hair.
Any pretty ladies out there interested in sporting these designs may contact.
More here
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Posted on October 18, 2009 by q8life
To all the folks who celebrate the festival of Diwali, A VERY HAPPY DIWALI to you all.
May this Diwali be as bright as ever.
May this Diwali bring joy, health and wealth to you.
May the festival of lights brighten up you and your near and dear ones lives.
May this Diwali bring in u the most brightest and choicest happiness and love you have ever wished for.
May this Diwali bring you the utmost in peace and prosperity.
May lights triumph over darkness.
May peace transcend the earth.
May the spirit of light illuminate the world.
May the light that we celebrate at Diwali show us the way and lead us together on the path of peace and social harmony
“WISH U A VERY HAPPY DIWALI”
I hate the folks who reply to a greeting or a message, with the standard reply “I wish you the same”. At least consider the feelings of the sender and give him a heartful thankful reply, rather than those terse words. Be creative.
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