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Nu va lasati condusi de ceea ce vi se spune, nici de traditia religioasa, nici de ceea ce ati auzit. Nu va lasati condusi de autoritatea textelor religioase, nici de simpla logica sau de alegatii, nici de aparente, nici de speculatia asupra diverselor opinii, nici de probabila verosimilitate, nici de gandul ca acest om al religiei este maestrul nostru iubit.
Buddha, aprox. 500 i.Hr.

yeah, but what's with the disco ball?

they work "inside" a factory, get it?

si castigator la categoria cel mai groaznic loc de munca...

Niste biblioteci

The Nonist: Hot library smut

Adobe Design Awards

Digital illustration champ & all the other winners

Time

In a year when Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize and green became the new red, white and blue; when the combat in Iraq showed signs of cooling but Baghdad's politicians showed no signs of statesmanship; when China, the rising superpower, juggled its pride in hosting next summer's Olympic Games with its embarrassment at shipping toxic toys around the world; and when J.K. Rowling set millions of minds and hearts on fire with the final volume of her 17-year saga—one nation that had fallen off our mental map, led by one steely and determined man, emerged as a critical linchpin of the 21st century.


atat!

nu va mai zic de Sarkozy+Carla Bruni=Love ca-i stricam momentul lui Putin.

The wireless cable

"a laser, a set of lenses, and a moving mirror mounted in the dashboard to project a 3D route-guidance line above the road ahead, as though it's actually out in front of the driver."

Virtual Cable navigation system

Photo

Alex MacLean, aerial photographer

building, the future

ce cladiri s-au mai randat prin lume

5-year-olds

28

How many can you take in a fight?

Surreal in old Bucharest

almanah

ps: http://www.myspace.com/cyriaksmusic

Japan

body kits + china = kitsch(ina)

Folk art master Su Zhongyang introduced his masterpiece "Jiu Jiu Xiang Long (ninety-nine auspicious dragons)" ivory carving car to the public.

Blue velvet

Noaptea toate pisicile nu sunt negre

fo' real

word of the year

[...]Merriam-Webster asked the Internet, and the Internet chose "w00t," complete with two zeros. Welcome to the wisdom of crowds.[...]
w00t!

via arstechnica

titles

Eu mi-am dat seama ca pe mine astia de la wired ma fac din titlu.
Pai daca mie imi apare scris cu litere de-o schioapa: "How Super-Precise Atomic Clocks Will Change the World in a Decade"
eu pun botu' imediat.

TLTR evident, dar cu poze :)

Nu-i masina ca Lastunu si fractal precum leguma

more pix of Romanesco(?) broccoli

Eye candy

Selexyz Dominicanen, a bookshop constructed inside a converted Dominican church in Maastricht

Hemoroizi?

bubble-ul cu reclama la curatat colonul e un mouse-over peste cuvantul "produsele"

articolul cu bulet pare sa aiba o legatura cu el :]

Epic gore

Ce scenariu, ce regizori celebri, ce "trilar psihologic"? ;)

Scary one liner

Inhaling aerosolized pig brains could be hazardous to your health.

naming

Centrul de Istoria Imaginarului
Director: Lucian Boia

News Flash

"Un decret emis miercuri de Sfintul Scaun stabileste ca toti credinciosii care vor vizita pe parcursul anului 2008 locasul Sfintei Fecioare de la Lourdes vor primi indulgente plenare din partea Papei. Acestea au rolul de a scurta timpul pe care sufletele credinciosilor il vor petrece in Purgatoriu pentru spalarea pacatelor. Pentru a scurta si timpul pelerinajului, Vaticanul a deschis o linie aeriana directa de la Roma la Lourdes. Papa Benedict al XVI-lea va merge el insusi la Lourdes in toamna anului viitor."

via Cotidianul

Melting bunny, chocolate sadness.

de pe feeder, da' trebuia sa fie si aici.

Domo arigato, Mr. Toyota

Asa arata un simulator de condus masini Toyota. Hala acopera vreo suta de apartamente medii japoneze probabil :)

eu nu mai zic nimic, ziceti voi

via boing

high(er)

Ride a rocket into space and then abandon ship? You’d need to be nuts—or desperate. Either way, space diving could be the future of reentry

remember the times?

nu strambati din nas, this is a piece of musical history, fara ea anul 2005 ar fi fost mai sarac, iar diminetile lui mai putin optimiste.
[thx clau]

Si animalele sunt oameni - povesti vanatoresti

Cerbul cel Prost si Vanatorul la fel

Iepurele cel mai Rapid de pe Pamant si din Aer

JPG

British Museum reading room [click for huge]

stiati ca:

China are 49 de orase cu peste 1 milion de locuitori? SUA are 9.
sursa: prospect