Fighting cholitas
In the city of El Alto in Bolivia a group of female lucha libre wrestlers spend their Sundays in the ring, fully dressed in traditional Andean clothing with pretty skirts over layers of petticoats, all while they beat the crap…
Lost artists
The Swedish artist Linda Bergkvist have an amazing collection of photo realistic digital master pieces scattered all over the web. Lifelike characters, each in the middle of a unique story of their own. Unfortunately this talented fairytale creator has gone…
Outgrown internet
Norway has 10 000 sheep with SIM-cards attached to them, giving them access to the mobile network and thus also the Internet. Small wonder that the four billion IPv4 addresses have almost run out.
Beer testing #2
On the evening of celebrating the quarter of a decade milestone in life for Mr M, an attempt was made to evaluate the available supply of beverage in an organized manner. In short: beer testing just for fun. No attempts…
French inventions of entertaining standard
An interesting idea of how to skip the glasses when watching 3D movies have been developed by Jonathan Post and tested by a Frenchman. A nice theory but unfortunately this video is filed right next to the iPhone makes popcorn…
USA public debt prognosis
While European countries line up to have a go at the latest trend of national bankruptcy, the land of plenty across the Atlantic ocean are keeping up their appearance quite well. The question is when will they reach the point…
Extraordinary travel accommodations
Sleeping in a hotel made of ice doesn’t cut it any more, as the alternative ways of running a hotel has exploded during the last couple of years. There even is a homepage for travelers who feel that their lodgings…
The Russian Moria
The Russian architect company AB Elis used the excess time caused by the financial crisis 2008 to create a modern version of J.R.R Tolkiens underground city of Moria by drawing up the plans for moving the Siberian city of Mirniy…
A special breed
One quite common but very special breed of the domestic goat often have a genetic disorder, myotonia congenita, that makes their muscles lock up when they get excited. An evolutionary prank that is kept going due to the practical size…
Decorating Davy Jones locker
The artist Jason de Caires has found the ultimate museum for his creations: the bottom of the ocean. His sculptures of people are sunken at various places around the globe where they soon merge with the lifeforms of the ocean…