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Telescope for Giants? by Werner Böhm: “At summit-station...

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:19:03 -0400

Telescope for Giants? by Werner Böhm:

“At summit-station of the ‘Karwendel-Rope Way’, located at about 1300 m, is this nature-exhibition with outstanding architecture (like the telescope.) The view around is very spectacular.”

Mittenwald, Bavaria, Germany

Staring at the Taj by Jean-Francois Mignault Taj Mahal in Agra,...

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:10:27 -0400

Staring at the Taj by Jean-Francois Mignault

Taj Mahal in Agra, India

Trees by Alex Cretey California, USA (possibly Sequoia &...

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:20:31 -0400

Trees by Alex Cretey

California, USA (possibly Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park)

Via evoke:birdhaus

Pranksters Promote Hotel Damage

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:12:03 -0400

From TravelMole.com:

The woman in a hotel room near Orlando International Airport was called by someone who claimed to be a front-desk clerk. There was a gas leak in their room. The hostel guest frantically relayed information to her husband about smashing the windows of their room with a toilet.

Then the caller told them to break the mirror on the wall…then to bash in the wall…then to throw the mattress out the window.

“When I broke the window, I got suspicious,” the man said. “It didn’t seem right, but she [his wife] was panicking, so I continued.”

By this time the Orlando couple began to be suspicious: They had become the latest victims of a prankster who are nationwide duping hotel guests into doing outrageous destruction of hotel rooms, including breaking hotel windows to test fire alarms.

I know I’m not supposed to laugh about these poor people, but the whole thing is so hilarious. Go read the article for more examples…

travelhighlights: Seconds to...

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:22:11 -0400

travelhighlights:

Seconds to touchdown!!!

http://kottke.org/apollo-11

The moonwalk starts in 6 hours :)

Clipse

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:13:14 -0400

You know what? I’m actually getting pretty worried about the new Clipse album. “Kinda Like A Big Deal” was an awesome track, but the last two songs release are pretty weak.

Have a listen to “Eyes on Me”

Jay-Z - “Death of Auto-tune (live at BET awards)”

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:22:15 -0400

Jay-Z - “Death of Auto-tune (live at BET awards)”

Evil Owls

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:10:30 -0400

ssjessica1286:

Holy crap, this is creepy as hell.

Amen…

travelhighlights: Sheeple by xkcd

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:39:24 -0400

travelhighlights:

Sheeple by xkcd

Manhattanhenge « Flickr Blog Manhattanhedge a biannual...

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:37:09 -0400

Manhattanhenge « Flickr Blog

Manhattanhedge a biannual occurrence in which the setting sun aligns with the east-west streets of Manhattan’s main street grid. The term is derived from Stonehenge, at which the sun aligns with the stones on the solstices.

California, a State of Debt | The Awl

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:38:29 -0400

California, a State of Debt | The Awl

Hey, you guys! I recently started a new blog where I collect...

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:10:00 -0400

Hey, you guys!

I recently started a new blog where I collect all the travel-related posts. So if you’re into travelling, you can follow it at:

http://travelhighlights.tumblr.com

Photo

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:58:22 -0400

“Timelapsed Downtown Toronto” by Sam Javanrouh Happy Canada Day...

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:43:50 -0400

“Timelapsed Downtown Toronto” by Sam Javanrouh

Happy Canada Day everyone!

Also: July 1st is a 14-year anniversary of me first moving to Canada :D

Imaginary postcard from 1900 By Paula C.

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:29:39 -0400

Imaginary postcard from 1900

By Paula C.

Summer of ‘87 Paintings by Jake Longstreth

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:34:11 -0400

Summer of ‘87
Paintings by Jake Longstreth

Toothpaste Art on Passed Out People So great!

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:43:28 -0400

Toothpaste Art on Passed Out People

So great!

Google Dips Its Toe Into Travel Space With City Tours

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:04:27 -0400

Google Dips Its Toe Into Travel Space With City Tours :

From Jason Kincaid:

Getting started is incredibly easy — just type in where you’re visiting (say, San Francisco or London), and Google will present a suggested itinerary spanning a three day trip, with around a dozen attractions per day depending on the city. From there you can change the number of days you’ll be staying (Google will show more attractions the longer you stay), and you can also manually adjust the list of places you’d like to visit. You can add a new attraction by entering its name in a text field, and Google will try to find it in its database. All attractions include a star rating, along with its hours operation and location.

I tried it out for Toronto and it’s looking very promising. The locations they pick for a day are more-or-less within walking distance, although you should probably cut the number of attractions in half and spend some more time in truly interesting places.

Also interesting: CN Tower did not appear at all in the itinerary!

A Banksy exhibition in Bristol

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:56:23 -0400

A Banksy exhibition in Bristol

Screw you LCBO! Via crowdsurfoffacliff

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:07:00 -0400

Screw you LCBO!

Via crowdsurfoffacliff