I think you’ve already guessed, but take a look, the result is simply stunning.
Derek Diedricksen isn’t just a man with too much time on his hands, he is a man who has found a way to turn other people’s junk into something beautiful and meaningful. The Stoughton Massachusetts resident makes micro-shelters in his backyard. The tiny houses are made out of shipping pallets, castoff storm windows and discarded kitchen cabinets. The largest is about 24 square feet and the smallest is 4 feet tall at its highest point. Each microhouse costs less than $200 to make and comes equipped with transparent roofing.
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The difference in the appearance of the sky at night in the city and in the countryside.
This isn’t a ring you would pop the question with to a princess that is unless she manages a pc computing firm, is an internet junky or a computer nerd.
Google earth is a very effective tool if used right but this is one feature the Bahrain government would gladly do without. The government blocked Google Earth when it discovered that the oppressed Shiite majority where using the tool to view palaces and other estates that make up 95% of the country. The controversial images captured in an anonymously distributed PDF file caused uproar and fed the current mass revolt happening in the country.
We all want the parking space closest to the door but this driver took it to the extreme.
Our visitor Running Is Fun sent us these funny pictures with guys and girls from the Philippines who, according to the author, “don’t know how to smile”. Yeah, what they are doing is called – duckface! Apparently, they are following this “popular trend” too.
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This trendy home was once a cement factory. The abandoned cement factory was discovered in 1973 and converted to this upscale home by architect Ricardo Bofill. The renovation took two years. The home contains various plants including cypresses, olive trees, palms, and eucalyptus. It serves as Bofillo’s apartment, exhibition space, model laboratory, archives, and architectural office. His renovation included exposing previously concealed structures, cleaning cement and demolishing some structures.
These weapons were all confiscated from the Taliban in Afghanistan. They are indeed well armed for war. They have every kind of weapon imaginable. The Taliban remain a serious threat to peace in that area of the world.
This is some funny furniture by Straight Line Designs. Much of it isn’t practical but it is humorous, nevertheless. This furniture makes for some great conversation pieces.
One way to stand out in a crowd is by donning the unusual boots the amigos in this set of pictures are wearing.
The one chore that most of us hate the most is giving our dog a bath. Everyone ends up being soaked to the bone.
This beautiful device is called a sunshine recorder and true to its name, it records the amount of sunshine at a given location. The sunshine recorder uses either the sun itself as a time scale or a clock. The brilliance of the recorder lies in the fact that a glass sphere focuses the sun’s rays on a card inside the ball which in turn measures the sunshine.
If you are familiar with computers the chances are you are familiar with Microsoft Windows. The software has gone through many evolutions over the years, which has lead to a revolution in the way we use computers.
1985 - Windows 1.0
Surely, everyone has made their own opinion about Twilight and Harry Potter. Here is just another comparison of these two movies by a Twilight fan.
These are an amazing collection of small Bennett robots.
These are some awesome by Bart Simpson. He seems to have a knack for saying the most obvious things and making them seem unobvious. All of his quotes are real gems.
These are some very ironic signs. In all cases, the signs are warning against something that they are in violation of. They are truly paradoxical signs.
The CIA is notoriously private about its operations and weapons but they opened up about some of the declassified spy tools currently on display at the CIA’s public inaccessible museum. As expected, most of the gadgets are pretty impressive.
Facebook is all about sharing pictures and updating your friends and family about your life but there is such a thing as over sharing and these wicked pictures definitely crossed that line.
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