High above New Zealand

October 25, 2007

International Space Station above New Zealand

The landmasses depicted are the South Island (left) and North Island (right) of New Zealand.

Website: NASA: International Space Station

Written by Craig · Filed Under Photos

Choose where to live, in the path of cyclones or not

October 25, 2007

Tropical Cyclone Map

This map shows the tracks of all Tropical cyclones which formed worldwide from 1985 to 2005. The tiny points show the locations of the storms at six-hourly intervals.

Written by Craig · Filed Under Our World

Installation art questions mob mentality

October 25, 2007

art: wolves hitting wall

Installation called “head-on” displayed at the German Guggenheim, Berlin of a pack of 99 life-sized wolves barreling in a continuous stream towards—and into—a constructed glass wall.

Website: Artist, Cai Guo-Qiang

Written by mck · Filed Under Art

Microsoft pays $240m for 1.6 percent share in Facebook

October 25, 2007

Microsoft invests in Facebook

Facebook.com

MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP News business writer reports - ” Rapidly rising Internet star Facebook Inc. has sold a 1.6 percent stake to Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) for $240 million, spurning a competing offer from online search leader Google Inc. (GOOG) ”

Website: AP News Microsoft buys share in Facebook

Written by Craig · Filed Under News

The Swiss Army Knife, I mean shovel

October 25, 2007

Swiss Army Knife Shovel

For those of you that have everything why not get yourself this versatile garden tool. Just think how neat your garden shed will be when all your implements are in one place.

Written by Craig · Filed Under Gizmos

Don’t mess-up their lunch order. Whatever you do.

October 25, 2007

Isreali female solders ordering lunch
Photography by Rachel Papo.

“I decided to portray female soldiers in Israel during their mandatory military service as a way for me to revisit my own experience. I served as a photographer in the Israeli Air Force between 1988-1990. Rather than portraying the soldier as heroic, confident, or proud, my images disclose a complexity of emotions. She is a soldier in uniform but at the same time she is a teenage girl who is trying to negotiate between these two extreme dimensions.”

Website: Rachel Papo.

Written by mck · Filed Under Photos