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Female Sumo Wrestlers

2008-11-04T09:41:00.001-08:00

At the age of 14 and weighing in at 20 stone, Samantha-Jane Stacey is born to be a sumo wrestler.
She will be aiming for sporting glory as the youngest Australian to participate in the world wrestling sumo championships this month in Estonia.
Much focus will be on the championships after the sport, plagued with recent scandals, was hit with yet another controversy as three wrestlers admitted beating up a junior trainee who later died.

Predator made with junk

2008-11-01T06:43:00.000-07:00

Officially we are sick to death of steampunk, but we are willing to make an exception for a Predator with the skull of his alien adversary stuck to his spear. Currently the 8-foot statue stands guard outside of a London junk shop as a means of luring customers in to buy useless old crap. Whether it is successful in that endeavor is unclear, but the owners of the junk shop are not so attached that they are unwilling to sell it off to the highest bidder. Unfortunately, that bidder will have to pony up at least 5000 British pounds to take it home. That's about $9200 to us Yanks.

Oregon Man Wins Contest with 1,528 Pound Pumpkin

2008-10-15T06:20:00.000-07:00

Thad Starr stands next to his pumpkin as it weighs in at 1528 pounds at the 35th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off October 13, 2008 in Half Moon Bay, California. Thad Starr of Pleasant Hill, Oregon took the top honor at tihis years pumpkin weigh-off with his pumpkin coming in at 1528 pounds, earning his $6 per pound in prize money for a total of $9168. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America)

EU Eiffel Tower Lighshow

2008-06-30T23:22:00.000-07:00

EU Eiffel Tower Lighshowwatch the eiffel tower decorated like the EU and then have a seizure at 12AM on june 1 2008It was because of some eu confrence… the parliment had a cooler lightshow. anyways, go usa

Ford Kuga 20TDCi 4WD

2008-06-26T11:52:00.001-07:00

Ford Kuga 20TDCi 4WD
The Ford Kuga is available from 25,500 to 31,215 € €. Price, tab and the full range of equipment. It is available only with a turbo engine of 136 hp and two equipment levels: “Trend” and “Titanium”.

Floating Ecopolis - Architecture of the Future (Year 2100)

2008-06-13T12:12:00.000-07:00

According to the less alarming forecasts of the GIEC (Intergovernmental group on the evolution of the climate), the ocean level should rise from 20 to 90 cm during the 21st Century with a status quo by 50 cm (versus 10 cm in the 20th Century). As a solution to this alarming problem architect Vincent Callebaut came up with this ecotectural marvel that could serve as a luxurious future retreat for 50,000 inhabitants seeking refuge from rising waters due to global warming. He believes the world will be desperately seeking shelter from the devastations of climate change, and hopes the auto-sufficient amphibious city will serve as a luxurious solution. To bad that right now we are close to 7 billion people and this luxurious future retreat is just for 50,000 inhabitants ( just for rich people ).

Vincent Callebaut called this project “Lilypad“, but this ecotectural marvel is also called as “Floating Ecopolis for Climate Refugees”. The whole structure is covered in green walls and roofs, the top portion covered in grasses with the inner portion featuring a palm oasis, and the under portion serving as a bed for natural sea planktons and oceanic plants. Finally if you were already planning to reserve a place to this luxurious future retreat stay calm, because Vincent Callebaut hopes that “Floating Ecopolis for Climate Refugees” will make the transition from design to reality around the year 2100.

CityScape: Arne Quinze

2007-10-07T18:20:00.000-07:00

CityScape is a colossal fortress of tangled wood hovering in the heart of Brussels for the next year reflecting a frozen moment in time gesturing the increasingly influential city of Brussel within Europe’s capital. The project was funded by MINI for to coincide with the world premiere of the new MINI Clubman Car, which is pretty sweet, though the back reminds me of a refrigerator nostalgically.

CityScape is the vision of designer Arne Quinze who directs the fast paced multidisciplinary firm Quinze&Milan.(They rock!) Their work has been seen around the world, but I first noticed them from last years Burning Man sculpture in Black Rock city which they later burned down like champs! Cityscape reminds me of the trippy Tunnel House in a higher budget way.
I’ve copied a ton of images after the jump, otherwise, go to their BLOG for more pictures, videos, and information.

Stratosphere tower !

2007-09-18T09:09:00.000-07:00

Holy wow!
Insanity the Ride, opened in 2005, at 900 feet (274 m) is the second highest thrill ride in the world, it dangles riders over the edge of the tower and then spins in a circular pattern at approximately forty miles per hour. Since its public opening, the ride has stopped twice with passengers onboard (upwards of an hour each time), due to high winds that trigger a "safety mechanism" which shuts down the machine immediately without bringing the passengers back to the loading doc...

Funny rat invasion.

2007-09-12T22:56:00.000-07:00

Rats are various medium sized rodents. "True rats" are members of the genus Rattus, the most important of which to humans are the black rat, Rattus rattus, and the brown rat, R. norvegicus. Many members of other rodent genera and families are also called rats and share many characteristics with true rats. A rat has an average life span of 2-3 years...

The World’s Wackiest Foreign Homes and Hotels

2007-09-06T23:24:00.000-07:00

We thought we’d start the week of with a spot of light-hearted Monday morning humour. They say an Englishman’s home is his castle but in the rest of the world it seems…. Anything goes!
Check out some of the fruitcake houses I found people call home.

Burning Man festivali [2007]

2007-09-05T00:45:00.000-07:00

Burning Man is an eight-day-long annual festival that takes place in Black Rock City, a temporary city on the playa of the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, 90 miles (150 km) north-northeast of Reno, ending on the American Labor Day holiday in September. The event is described by organizers as an experiment in community, radical self-expression, and radical self-reliance[1] and takes its name from the ritual of burning a large wooden sculpture of a man on the sixth day. The event is organized by Black Rock City, LLC, under the guidance of founder Larry Harvey. In 2007, nearly 45,000 people participated in The Burning Man Project.

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