Super cool place you should visit blog

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April 30, 2009

Cafe Calico

Calico is a cat cafe located in Tokyo. No, it's not one of those cafes where you bring your cat and they sit on the same table with you.

Calico is the classy place to go if you want to enjoy a cup of tea while petting friendly felines (DISCLAIMER: I just assume they are friendly). The cafe has about 20 cats of different breeds and is packed with customers. Reservations are required if you want a spot.

There are also rules you must follow if you want to hang out there:

Must wear their cat-access passes around your neck at all times.
Can't bring children under 5th grade.
Cats too young to be held have scarves around their necks.
Do not hold or stroke a cat if it resists.
Must leave napping cats alone.
Never bring cat nip or cat food to the cafe.

           
Click here to download:
Cafe_Calico.zip (249 KB)

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April 17, 2009

Suoi Tien Park

Ever wonder where the Buddhist monks go for fun? Why Suoi Tien Park of course!

The Buddhist-themed amusement park located in Vietnam has a heaven palace, which features a giant water park with huge smiling statues. It's the park creator's vision of what heaven would be like. Of course, the park won't be complete without a "Hell" version of the water park, which is located on the other side. Somehow, hell looks a lot like heaven, but with huge ugly frowning statues...

But of course, we don't visit a Buddhist-themed park for religious stuff. We are there for the bat caves and crocodile lake with over 1,500 crocodiles of all sizes!

             
Click here to download:
Suoi_Tien_Park.zip (1858 KB)

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March 20, 2009

Diomede Islands

The Big Diomede and Little Diomede, sometimes called Tomorrow Island and Yesterday Isle respectively, are the 2 islands at the border of Russia and Alaska, U.s.

The islands are about 2.4 miles apart located in the middle of the Bering Strait, separated by the International Date Line. They are called Tomorrow Island and Yesterday Isle because Big Diomede is 21 hours ahead of the small guy.

When the sale of Alaska finalized during 1867, there are families with family members on both islands. They were not allowed to cross over to see each other during the cold war.

       
Click here to download:
Diomede_Islands.zip (279 KB)

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January 19, 2009

Complex Shit

Created by American artist, Paul McCarthy, the piece named "Complex Shit" is a giant inflatable dog turd featured in Zentrum Paul Klee Art Museum, Switzerland.

The art piece is the size of a house and was part of the "East of Eden: A Garden Show" exhibit. It was carried by a gust of strong wind few months ago, took down a power line, and broke someone's window. A real case of shit hit the fan (or power line).

     
Click here to download:
Complex_Shit.zip (248 KB)

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January 5, 2009

Counterfeit Mall

Whoa! It's been quiet here...

Anyway, in Nanjing, China, they are busy finish building a new shopping center for fake brands, featuring stores like McDnoald's, Bucksstar Coffee, and Pizza Huh?

Here are some leaked photos of the soon to be opened mall. Some consumers are pretty pissed off about the whole idea, so the city is under pressure to shut it down.

     
Click here to download:
Counterfeit_Mall.zip (161 KB)

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November 5, 2008

Colletto Fava

Colletto Fava is a hill in the northern Piedmont of Italy. In 2005, Viennese art group Gelitin created a massive pink stuffed bunny on the side of the hill.

The bunny is about 200 feet in length and 20 feet high lying down. Other than being a work of art, the bunny is also a place for visitors to climb and relax on the top.

The bunny, named Hase, is expected to last until 2025.

     
Click here to download:
Colletto_Fava.zip (405 KB)

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October 13, 2008

The Source

The Source, created by Greyworld, is a cube of 729 balls suspended on cables 32 metres high in the lobby of the new London Stock Exchange.

Controlled by computers running Python scripts, the balls will begin moving up and down at 8am when the market opens. It forms characters, shapes, and moves in motions that reflect the nature of the stock market itself throughout the day.

When the market closes, the balls return to their cubed arrangement resting on the bottom. It looks really cool when it's moving, but I can't find a video on it (And they say YouTube has everything! Lies!).

UPDATE: You can see the videos on Greyworld's website. Thanks to Andrew Shoben of Grey World for the tip!

         

Click here to download:
The_Source.zip (571 KB)

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October 4, 2008

Fucking, Austria

Pronounced "Fooking", it's a village in Upper Austria, one of the 9 states of Austria.

The village's been around since 1070. Fucking, a swear word in English, means "Focko's people". The village is named after a man called Focko.

The Fucking village (pun intended) is famous for their street signs with the village's name on it. It attracts many tourists and is commonly stolen. A more secured road sign was installed in 2005, but the problem remains.

   

Click here to download:
Fucking_Austria.zip (93 KB)

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September 29, 2008

Sant'Ignazio

The St. Ignatius church in Rome was built between 1626 and 1650. The interior is full of interesting ceiling paintings.

If you walk to the center of the church, you'll see a "dome" above. The dome is a fake, but it sure looks real, especially from the side

Researchers believe that the original project ran out of funding, so they hired a skillful painter to paint the fake dome.

         

Click here to download:
SantIgnazio.zip (561 KB)

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September 25, 2008

Melody Road

Located in Hokkaido, Wakayama and Gunma in Japan, it's a stretch of pavement
that plays music when you drive over it.

The pavements are cut into patterns designed to play a series of notes when
car goes by. The optimum speed for the music is 28 mph.

There used to be one in Lancaster, California where you can drive over it at
50 mph. It was built by Honda, but was paved over few weeks ago due to
safety concerns (accidents so far: NONE).


Here's the Japanese one:




And for memories, here's the Lancaster, California one:

   

Click here to download:
Melody_Road.zip (219 KB)

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