g.ban's world: September 2011

CL: Arsenal vs Olympiacos 2-1

By Richard Clarke

Arsenal secured their first win in Champions League Group F with a tense 2-1 victory over Olympiacos at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain fired home the first in the eighth minute - a goal that made him the Club’s youngest-ever English scorer in the competition. Andre Santos added a second midway through the half.

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EPL: Arsenal vs Bolton Wanderers 3-0

By Richard Clarke at Emirates Stadium

Robin van Persie hit the 100th goal of his Asrenal career as Arsène Wenger’s side hit form with a 3-0 win over Bolton on Saturday.

The Dutchman squeezed home the opener a minute after the break to relieve the tension after an uneasy first half.

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Apocaplyptic Playhouse: Mushroom Cloud Fort

The structure is about twenty feet tall, and the artist intended for it to show "two conflicting ideas," which one can only assume is "play" and "doom," though it's supposedly representative of the contradiction between what our eyes enjoy and what our mind knows...

geekosystem.com

1/8-Scale Lamborghini Selling For $4.7 Million, Actual Car Only $380K

You might want to check out this model Lamborghini Aventador that’s priced at at a cool $4.7 million. That’s no typo; this model car retails millions more than what the actual car will cost you (FYI, the real Lamborghini Aventador just costs $379,700.)

This is a series of (mostly) dinosaur LED drawings by artist Darren Pearson.

Obviously Darren has a superhuman sense of spatial awareness because one time at a rave I tried swinging two glowsticks around on shoe strings and ended up putting some dude's eye out and strangling myself.

Then I chewed on one until it accidentally started leaking and my mouth was glowing.

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Beamer Blasters: BMW's Laser Headlights

At a mere ten microns in size, laser diodes are potentially a hundred times smaller than LED diodes. Lasers can also be upwards of 1,000 times brighter (and even purer white), which is just what you want flashing through your rear-view mirror at night.

And if you're not sold yet, at 170 lumens per watt, lasers are nearly twice as efficient as LEDs, which will likely save you pennies every time you fill up your tank.

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Nike's Back To The Future Shoes Are Here

So Nike released their Back To The Future shoes (The 2011 Nike MAG) last night during a special event here in LA that I was rudely not invited to despite 1. being right up the street and 2. Nike knowing good and well I'm down to one shitty pair of flip-flops.

The bad news: they're not as cool as I was hoping, don't auto-lace, and are limited to 1,500 pairs total which will only be sold on eBay (150 pairs/day through September 18th) and already passing $5,000/pair.

The good news: all net proceeds will go to the Michael J. Fox Foundation to fight Parkinson's, and all donations to the foundation through the end of the year will be matched (up to $50 million) by Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki. Now that -- that's cool.

nicekicks.com

In Much More Affordable Shoe News: Limited Edition Kermit The Frog Adidas Superstars

In 'shoes that won't cost thousands of dollars' news, here's a limited edition release of Adidas Kermit the Frog Superstar II's coming out late October/early November.

They're green, have Kermit's iconic collar at the tongue, and read 'The Original Hip Hop' on the side in gold print. No word if the soles are made of Flubber so you can leap like a frog, but if Nike's 'Back to the Future' shoes are any indication of shoes including the features you were hoping for, no.

This is a homemade Ghostbusters pillow proton pack lovingly crafted by Etsy seller JezebelRose. It is not to be confused with those functional Ghostbusters proton pack backpacks.

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EPL: Blackburn Rovers vs Arsenal 4-3

By Richard Clarke at Ewood Park 

Blackburn staged a second-half comeback to consign Arsenal to a 4-3 defeat at Ewood Park on Saturday. 

At the break, Arsène Wenger’s side seemed set to record a confidence-boosting victory. Gervinho and Mikel Arteta both notched their first goals for the Club; inbetween Yakubu briefly equalised with a cute finish. 

Arsenal.com

EPL: Arsenal vs Swansea 1-0

By Richard Clarke at Emirates Stadium

Arsenal registered their first victory of the Premier League campaign with a 1-0 success over Swansea on Saturday.

In the build-up to this fixture, Arsène Wenger had suggested that - after arrivals, departures and a couple of disappointing defeats - this was the start of the season for his side.

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Mikel Arteta in his new colours

Mikel Arteta became Arsenal's final signing of a busy summer after putting pen to paper on a move from Everton just before the transfer window closed.

Arsenal.com

Babe Of The Month 09/11: Katy Perry

Katy Perry (born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson; October 25, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a career in music.

As Katy Hudson, she released a self-titled gospel album in 2001, which was unsuccessful. She later recorded an album with production team The Matrix and completed the majority of a solo album from 2004–05, neither of which were released.

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