Here is an example of the shuttle:

Here is my progress so far:

I will update with more renders as work progresses. I know thats the model is still pretty messy.

I created this in the first half hour (its based off a basic head template provided by Mudbox):

My first attempt

Where?	Monthly cost	Uplink (Mbps)	Downlink (Mbps)
Stockholm	$11	100	100
Seoul	$24	100	100
Hong Kong	$35	100	100
Tokyo	$61	100	100
Amsterdam	$127	100	100
Lafayette, LA, Municipal	$58	50	50
Lafayette, LA, Cox Cable	$140	5	50
US, where available, Verizon	$145	20	50

The post has some great insight into the differences and their causes. Check it out.

It seems EA learned their lesson, they toned down SecuROM in Red Alert 3 and announced in an interview with Eurogamer that the upcoming Sims 3 will not include DRM and will instead revert to the tried and true serial number authentication.  I’m glad the evil empire of gaming is coming to their senses, its a shame it took massive copyright infringement to communicate to them how much us gamers hate DRM. You would think gaming companies would be better at listening to gamers.

In a letter today to Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke, Blumenthal urged “every available action” to block the bonuses. An AIG document provided by the attorney general’s office indicates the $230 million is set to be paid to 407 people in March 2010.

Blumenthal is among a coalition of 19 state attorneys general investigating AIG for the possible misuse of federal bailout money and compensation policies that, he said, encouraged “financial gambling” in derivatives including credit-default swaps.

Blumethal does have special interest in the issue (AIG’s headquarters are in Hartford CT, where he works as Attorney General) but this still feels like a purely political move. Blumenthal can’t pass up an oppertunity to be seen fighting for the little guy, even if the whole country is fighting for him already.