I love how 90′s that one girl looks.
Archive for July 4th, 2008
04
Jul
08
Jon: Meet Freddy 4…
To find out exactly who Freddy is, check out the first post of the series here.
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12.) “Freddy has a tricycle. He likes to ride it around and around the house. He must not go a long way down the street.”
13.) “Do you like to go on a picnic? Freddy does. There are a lot of good things to eat in the picnic basket.”
14.) “No Freddy! Do not use the sweeper on the sidewalks. Please use the broom indtead.”
04
Jul
08
Paul: Jesse Helms is Dead…
…good riddance!
I don’t care if it’s not nice. This guy was a total dick. In the Senate he tried to end government funding for HIV/AIDS research, painting the illness as a gay disease and that those who had it were only getting what they deserved. He was also a notorious racist and woman-hater. Seriously, I hope he suffered.
…the new largest buiding in the world!
The past few years have seen a massive, ambitous construction boom in places like Russia, Dubai, and China. It’s fascinating to watch architects try to out-do each other, and kind of too bad that the US isn’t a part of it. Crystal Island was recently approved for construction in Moscow. The finished building will be the size of 5 Pentagons, easily the largest structure in the world in terms of floor space and also one of the tallest.
What really makes this project interesting besides its size is that it will incorporate a variety of uses. There will be shopping, a school, a hotel, a museum, office space, and apartments for 30,000 people. Some are saying that it will be the world’s first acrology (a combination of the words architecture and ecology), meaning a self-sufficient human environment.
It’s kind of a case of science fiction becoming reality. while Crystal Island won’t really be an isolated community a lot of the ideas behind arcologies are present. The project definately has a green ideology behind it. By centralizing work, residences, and enterntainment in one location the effects of people on the environment is mitigated. Also, the building will power itself through solar panels and wind turbines.
