[PICS] The Fun Never Ends: Another Dell up in Flames www.engadget.com — Every time we think we've had our fill of these, somebody goes and one-ups the competition with a Dell-fueled inferno of doom. Apparently this one is coming at us from Shanghai, and while we're not sure what anyone is saying on the forum to which these pictures are posted, we're guessing a chorus of "sucks to be you!" and "recalled for a reason"More... (Tech Industry News) |
flickr.com — Certainly not as colorful as normal peacocks, but it still looks pretty damn coolMore... (Environment) |
Keep your coins, I want change. [PIC] www.flickr.com — Taken at Pitzer College in Claremont, California 9/07. Students are encouraged to use their campus as a canvas. This powerful piece is especially appropriate as it is painted on a wall of the soon to be destroyed Sanborn dorms.More... (Offbeat News) |
Spice Up Your 50K Ton Carbon Footprint (with the Spice Girls Reunion Tour) www.treehugger.com — "Now that the erstwhile Spice GirlsâPosh, Sporty, Ginger, Baby, and Scaryâhave announced plans for their globe-trotting reunion tour, we find out that Virgin Records is donating one Lear Jet for each spicy mama and her entourage ... all five jets will generate a whopping 47,500 tons of carbon dioxide."More... (Environment) |
How to freak out other drivers [pic] www.attuworld.com — It would be mean but pretty funny!More... (Offbeat News) |
Muslims get pissed when man pisses in their mosque [PICS] www.thesun.co.uk — They had sneaked into the hallway of the city centre mosque during evening prayers and urinated on shoes and other belongings, which worshippers had taken off before the service.More... (Offbeat News) |
An Open Letter To Our Garbage Collectors' (Guy just wants decent service.) www.burbia.com — Funny, clever, "gentle" letter to a guy's garbage collectors (who don't seem to be fully committed to doing their best in picking up the garbage). Tongue-in-cheek, wry...guy doing his "best" not to offend.More... (Offbeat News) |
Dumpsters Filled to the Top with Fortune Cookies (PIC) www.flickr.com — My roommate Megan and I were driving around, exploring the seedy part of Downtown LA looking for interesting things to point our cameras at (she was borrowing an XL-2 from work), and stumbled across three huge dumpsters filled to the top with fortune cookies.More... (Offbeat News) |
Strange Urban Gatherings: From Subway Parties to Pillow Fights [PICS] weburbanist.com — What is urban life without a little excitement, spontaneity and strangeness? Instead of your usual routine, try rounding up people to go pole dancing in a crowded subway car. Alternatively, send mass emails to get your friends to dress like Santa and wage urban guerilla warfare with feather pillows! [images and video included]More... (Offbeat News) |
www.reuters.com — A suburb in China models itself after Paris, complete with a huge replica of the Eiffel Tower.More... (Offbeat News) |
A Picture is Worth... Being Nice to Cyclists in Toronto (PIC) www.treehugger.com — A thank you letter from a cyclist in Toronto who was helped by some strangers. Great ending: "You give me faith in humanity".More... (Offbeat News) |
A century of helicopters [Pictures] news.com.com — In 1907, only a few years had passed since the Wright brothers' first flight, and automobiles had yet to make much headway against horse-drawn carriages. In France, a number of tinkerers were trying out another novel mode of mechanical locomotion: the helicopter.More... (General Sciences) |
www.flickr.com — Don't leave your children unattended in coffee shops!More... (Offbeat News) |