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Vetle — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:03:02 +0000

20 years of change – Shanghai skyline then and now

Vetle — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:05:44 +0000

The top photo is taken in 1990, bottom photo earlier this year. Can’t think of anything clever to write, the pictures pretty much speak for themselves.

via Gizmodo

Baby mop

Vetle — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:40:03 +0000

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The London bus v2.0 due 2012

Vetle — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:02:29 +0000

I’ve never been to London myself, nor have I been to England, or any part of the glorious British empire for that matter. Still, I feel like I can relate somewhat to London, like I know it just a bit.
Of course, this has to do with my time in school and time spent watching British television (not so much Eastenders as you’d think). There are a few things that says “England” as first association: Tea and scones, the Mini Morris, the Queen, The Beatles. And then there are things that makes London … London: Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, the Milennium Eye and the London bus. When the old signature red double-deck Routemaster buses was taken out of service in 2005 it didn’t feel right. Since then, London has seen bendy-buses run the routes instead, to much dismay – even internationally.

But soon the red behemoths will once again be seen in the streets of London!
London’s mayor Boris Johnson unveiled “the new bus” today, promising they’ll hit the streets by 2012. They’ll use less fuel, have better ventilation, and will “use the latest green technology” according to Transport For London. Exactly which green technology hasn’t been confirmed. (Gizmodo)

The new Routemaster has kept the naive and hydrocephalic look (google it), but it also looks a bit like a spaceship. Mix old nostalgia with spaceship awesome, a recipe for success guaranteed! I like.

London.gov.uk via Gizmodo

The most useless machine ever

Vetle — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:14:13 +0000

Thanks, @taotad!

Colour photographs from 1940s nazi Germany

Vetle — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:16:23 +0000

LIFE Magazine has made a compilation of amazing colour photographs showing nazi soldier and officers, and also civilians – all taken in the late 1930s / early -40s. Spectacular and highly interesting. Click the image below for more photos.

Photo: LIFE Magazine

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Time traveler

Vetle — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:17:54 +0000

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Oh so seriously cool and scary!

Vetle — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:03:50 +0000

Right. So, here in Europe, we kind of consider Americans to be strange and eccentric. If any strange something something is done somewhere, there’s a good chance that that somewhere is somewhere in the US. OR JAPAN! Seriously, woohoo! How disturbingly cool is this monster statue? If I was eight again, I’d die of pride if I lived near this collossus. The “Gundam”, a 30th anniversary celebration of the Japanese game franchise is 18 meters tall and can move its head. It has fifty light points set at different spots, and it has mist coming out from 14 different holes. And, and, and! Now it’s going to be fitted with a light sabre! It owns!

via Geekologie

How to make your cat look like a shark

Vetle — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:07:36 +0000

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The strangest thing I have ever seen on the internet

Vetle — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:32:39 +0000

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