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Muestra de esta semana que el apocalypse está sobre nosotros
What is Taco Bell putting into their food these days? Discovered via Photo Basement.
Tagged: Apocalypse
This week’s sign that the apocalypse is upon us, mobile edition
Apparently, a study in the UK found that one in ten people actually managed to hurt themselves by walking into a post while peering down at their mobile phone screen. The mishaps are dubbed “walking and texting” injuries. Courtesy of Yahoo News:
Padded lampposts are being trialled in a London street to protect inattentive pedestrians. A pilot scheme has been launched in Brick Lane after it was found to have the highest number of ‘walking and texting’ injuries in the country. A study carried out by 118 118 found one in ten people has hurt themselves while focused on their mobile phone screen. The charity Living Streets is so concerned that it has teamed up with the directory enquiries service to test a scheme to wrap up the nation’s lampposts. A poll will be carried out on Brick Lane to gauge the response of locals. If successful, the concept will be rolled out in Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool.
Couldn’t the city just mandate that all texters/walkers wear a helmet? Living Streets must be a little PR hungry right now, thinking they could get into the tabloids pretty quickly with this great idea.Click here to read the original story.
Tagged: ApocalypseSmall spaces inspire big ideas!
This is pure win. Almost wish I was stuck in my 300 sq ft apartment in Kingston so that I could rock something like this. The stairs going up to the attic room of a Victorian row house in London have been fitted with books that line each riser and wrap around the edges…
The 800 sq ft apartment was remodeled by London-based Levitate Architects, who created “a new bedroom level and increasing the floor area of the flat by approximately one third.” The staircase is both the way to access the bedroom and a perfect place to store books, movies or CDs. “With a skylight above lighting the staircase, it becomes the perfect place to stop and browse a tome,” says Levitate’s Tim Sloan, who also pointed out the unique structure of each step, allowing for anyone to comfortably sit down while picking a book.
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Discovered via digg. But originally posted here.
Tagged: architecture, wishful thinkingIf our American way of life fails the child…
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“If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all.”
—Pearl S. Buck, Nobel Prize winner
