Check out this park and landscape in Prague. I have mixed feelings about modernist architecture. It always looks amazing in photography but often is bleak and imposing from the ground level. More recent construction like this, however, re-writes the perspective on a human scale. It looks very functional, almost inviting.
(via bad banana blog)
One of the funniest bits I’ve seen on there in a while.
John King reviews ‘Atlas of the Real World’ concluding it puts us in our place
Apparently its not completely possible. This lengthy but interesting (and pic filled) story from Dark Roasted Blend details the many many reasons why attempting such a trip is not only very challenging but nearly suicidal.
A section of Southern Panama called the Darien Gap is not only roadless but filled with all kinds of impedance such as bandits, critters, poor terrain, unnavigable streams among many other things generally considered unfavorable for travel.
Check out an excerpt:
“If you ever wondered what’s like to be kidnapped in the Darien Gap by Colombian Death Squad, here is an account:
National Geographic Adventure contributing editor Robert Young Pelton and two American backpackers were kidnapped there in 2003 and held for 10 days; here is what he has to say (once they got out of there alive) -
‘The Darien Gap is one of the last—not only unexplored—but one of the last places people really hesitate to venture to… It’s also one of the most rugged places. The basic problem of the Darien Gap is that it’s one of the toughest hikes there is. It’s an absolute pristine jungle but it’s got some nasty sections with thorns, wasps, snakes, thieves, criminals, you name it. Everything that’s bad for you is in there.’”
(via Dark Roasted Blend)
Urban Planning Blog has found a nifty video of a concept train that basically never stops. [link]
Seems like what happens is that arriving passengers head towards a smaller train on the top of the main train and this train rolls to a stop at the station while at the same time it is replaced by another smaller train of departing passengers. Confused? Watch the video.
If you’re a train nerd like me you’ll wish you spoke Chinese. Anyone?
Woman with objects fetish marries Eiffel Tower - Telegraph
“She revisits the massive structure as part of a documentary on Five on Objectum-Sexual women. There are around 40 people in the world who have declared themselves OS, all of them women and many of them also Aspergers Syndrome sufferers.”
One part of me wants to become the first man with the syndrome but unfortunately I do not suffer from Asperges which may make that difficult. I must see this documentary, however, perhaps that will be enough for now.
(via mari diary)
This is the second article about this nifty under-sea tube thing I’ve seen in the last couple of days .. and while I don’t fully understand it I must check it out! [link]
“The NoStore store is a “recyclable” retail space located in Shanghai’s Metro that offers artists retail space for just one week. As a result, the contents and theme of the store change every week.”
[link] (via Trendhunter)
[link] very scary flash. See how polluted our planet is getting in real time also shows how many births and deaths worldwide in real time.
