BaBY on BoaRD

Friday, April 17, 2009 | 0 Comments

It was nice outside, summer, we were many,many people travelling, from all over the world, as we had to get from one city to the other like some kind of caravan, at the Red Bull Romaniacs rally. As we arrived in Drobeta Turnu Severin, a town in the south-eastern area of Romania, on a parking place, there was this interesting trash, with this sticker on it and as I got closer, I found out there was a BabY on BoarD. Really cool, isn't it? Nowadays babys live, or travel in the same place with the trash. Maybe that is the way they get punnished.
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PoTHoLes ThaT saVe HedGeHoGs

Thursday, April 16, 2009 | 0 Comments

A parish council is considering leaving potholes in its roads to slow down traffic, describing them as "the original traffic calming measure". They will also save hedgehogs, keep rates down and help to keep unwanted people out.


Writing in the newsletter of Navestock Parish Council in Essex, Great Britain, Mike Parrish said: "Potholes cost a lot to repair and that's our rates. Coupled with potholes there is an ongoing cry for speed limits. Well, potholes are the original traffic calming measure. So what with saving much time, rates and calming the traffic, potholes seem quite friendly."

He later elaborated: "We decided to keep a designated main road through the village in repair and let the rest got to pot. It will mean drivers and cyclists drive more carefully and slowly."

The council's vice chairman Adrian Enkel agreed. "It's worth a shot. We'll see how it goes," he said. "The roads here have a natural speed limit because of the state of the surface."

But another councillor described the idea as a "dereliction of duty". [20min]

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SHooTinG SiLviO

Thursday, April 16, 2009 | 0 Comments

After "Il Caimano" (The Caiman) by Nanni Moretti and "Bye Bye Berlusconi" by Jan Henrik Stalberg, another movie about the Italian head of government and media entrepreneur Silvio Berlusconi, puts the cat among the pigeons. The pay-TV channel Sky Italia broadcasted this week the film "Shooting Silvio", a description about a plan to assassinate the well-known politician. This debut feature from young director Berardo Carboni, triggered some heavy debates. Berlusconi's ruling coalition accused the TV station of the Australian media magnate, as well as Silvio Berlusconis competitor Rupert Murdoch, that they incite the population to violence. If you havent seen the movie yet, here's the trailer of "Shooting Silvio". [Krone]


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WoRLd's SaFesT PeDesTRian CrosSinG

Thursday, April 16, 2009 | 0 Comments


Proactive planning or simply foolish? These zebra stripes were put on this road in the 90s in Raunheim, Germany. The road engineers did not forget to put also the blue and white sign, to mark the stripes. The only problem that occured: this road in Ruesselsheim was never finished. [Bild]
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Bo ObaMa - AmeRicaS FiRsT DoG

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | 0 Comments

It was the campaign promise everyone was waiting to see fulfilled: Bo the First Dog finally joined US President Barack Obama and his family at the White House on Tuesday. 



"I finally got a friend," Obama quipped as his daughter Malia paraded Bo before a swarm of press photographers and cameras on the White House lawn. "We are very pleased with Bo." 

Bo had been a campaign promise to Obama's daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, which the president revealed to the world on the night of his November 4 election victory. 

A six-month-old Portuguese water dog, Bo's arrival ends more than two months of heated speculation that rivalled many of Obama's more serious policy announcements. 

Obama's wife Michelle joined the family in their first stroll with Bo outside the White House. 

Bo is the first dog owned by any of the Obamas. Malia has allergies, which limited their choices to hypoallergenic breeds like the Portuguese water dog and the Labradoodle. [LA Times]

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ThE CameL ThaT LooKs LiKe a PooDLe

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 | 0 Comments


Peter Zeiler, 43, is an animal lover from Germany and he grows camels. Because the past days have been significantly warmer, the breeder decided to cut off the baby-camels Elina fur so that the animal gets enough air.


According to Bild Germany, he stated: "If the baby doesn’t get enough air, the 10 months-old camel will have a heat-shock and die". Now, Elina looks rather like a poodle, but it feels apparently very good ...


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AmaZinG BaSKeTBaLL

Monday, April 13, 2009 | 0 Comments

What do you do, when you have too much free time, five friends and a great passion for basketball? You train playing basketball. :) Butyou don't do any kind of training! Throwing basketballs from the strangest positions would be one type of exercice you might want to experiment: sitting on a chair behind the basket, throwing from the rooftop, from the neighbors yard, in a basketball basket mounted on a car, in motion and so on ... It's pretty amazing that the authors of this clip hit the basket every time! And their executions would make even LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal jealous! Check it out!


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4TuninG DaYs

Monday, April 13, 2009 | 0 Comments

This weekend was full of events in Bucharest. I chose to visit the "4Tuning Days" event, at Romexpo and took some nice pictures of the cars that were drifting over there. Nothing much to write about, enjoy the pictures.
4TuninG DaYs

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MosT ADoRaBLe ExperiMenT EvER

Sunday, April 12, 2009 | 0 Comments

The tweenbot, a cardboard-bodied, cheerful little bugger, is equipped with a flag stating its intended destination. Since it can only move forward, it depends on the kindness of strangers to guide it and remove obstacles.

Tisch School of the Arts student Kacie Kinzer created the tweenbot as a kind of art experiment. In her words:

I wondered: could a human-like object traverse sidewalks and streets along with us, and in so doing, create a narrative about our relationship to space and our willingness to interact with what we find in it? More importantly, how could our actions be seen within a larger context of human connection that emerges from the complexity of the city itself? To answer these questions, I built robots.


In New York City, we might expect the smiley-faced tweenbot to be stabbed, stomped, mugged, or covered in graffiti, but every single one of the journeys was completed without a hitch. Pedestrians would stop and help the little guy when he was trapped against a curb or headed into traffic, and point him in the right direction.

[Tweenbots]
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BaThe and DreSS YouRseLF in the CLosET

Sunday, April 12, 2009 | 0 Comments

Designer Anna van der Lei was inspired by lake-side saunas in the countryside when she decided to create this portable bathtub that also doubles as a closet. With front and back doors that both open, this cabinet can be placed in the open and simulate a bathing experience in the wild. While you're out there, don't forget to grab a towel as the White Witch kidnaps you away with Turkish Delights. [Design Boom]
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