July 2009 « www.tragnark.com

kuroshio sea, the 2nd largest aquarium in the world

July 26th, 2009 | Category: animal kingdom

This steady shot of an aquarium features small schools of fish, giant stingrays, and massive whale sharks swimming together.

The main tank called the “Kuroshio Sea” holds 7,500-cubic meters (1,981,290 gallons) of water and features the world’s second largest acrylic glass panel, measuring 8.2 meters by 22.5 meters with a thickness of 60 centimeters. Whale sharks [...]

swine flu: the biting pig bites back

July 23rd, 2009 | Category: personal

What it was, I’m not entirely sure, but starting about two weeks ago I heard some horrid coughs at work. “Holy crap..”, I thought. “Someone is hacking up a black lung in the other room.” By that evening I had light coughs, but I still thought nothing of it. By the [...]

life size gundam sculpture in odaiba tokyo

July 12th, 2009 | Category: architecture / sculpture, culture

Are you a fan of Gundam? I sure am, and wish I could see this guy in real-life.
Standing at 59 feet tall at a scale of 1:1, this is an actual sculpture that will be on display in Tokyo through July.

Check out video of the installation here.

12:34pm 56 seconds 07/08/09

July 8th, 2009 | Category: science

In case you missed it, today’s date can read from 1 to 9, if displayed a certain way.
Like this, for example. Neato.

sculpting in the eye of a needle

July 5th, 2009 | Category: television

Yes. You heard me right. This amazing artist Willard Wigan literally makes sculptures that fit into the eye of a needle.

It’s still a huge mystery to me how he controls his shaping tools on such a minuscule level and paints the characters. He describes losing a past work in progress by accidentally [...]

version 8 up and running, and burning robot breakers

July 5th, 2009 | Category: personal, website

For a while now I’ve been meaning to do a whole revision on the website. This will be the 8th major version. After getting back from the studio on friday, I had a quick dinner, then proceeded to put a good night’s work into getting it done. By 5am on Saturday I [...]