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Plane over Russel Square Gardens

// August 11th, 2011 // No Comments » // Interesting, Travel, Weird

A while ago I was in London for a few days and as any self-respecting digital citizen should do prior to visiting a foreign place, I google-mapped the area that I’d be visiting.

While browsing the surrounds, I noticed something interesting and zoomed in. Et Voila – A plane over Russel Square gardens.

Naturally, during my trip I managed to pop over to Russel Square Gardens and it appears that this is quite a regular occurrence. With all the air traffic from Heathrow and London City airport there’s bound to be a picture of a plane captured by the Google earth satellites.

Cool either way. What do you think?

The Load Shedding Continues

// January 10th, 2008 // 14 Comments » // General, News, Weird

I wonder if it is coincidental that they (Eskom) chose brown to indicate load shedding in progress.

A Cave For Bookworms

// April 18th, 2007 // 4 Comments » // Weird

This one is for all the bookworms out there who ever wished that they could just hide away in a secluded space with a good pageturner.

Introducing the bookcase CAVE from Sakura Adachi.

“A bookcase CAVE provides a private reading space within its form. As the seat height is just above the floor, it gives a feeling of hiding from others standing around it.”

It is made from Maple Wood Veneer, gray fabric upholstery and even features a LED reading light. At 9,000.00 Euro including shipping cost, this is definitely not a cheap ‘gadget’, and they don’t even ship outside of Europe.

The Strangest Things

// April 16th, 2007 // 7 Comments » // Weird

First is was the unidentified shining object in the Johannesburg sky.

Then it was Yuri Gagarin’s birthday and Google’s commemorative logo.

Now they finally have proof that there is water on Mars?

REM‘s song is suddenly ringing in my ears…

Huh of the week

// March 9th, 2007 // 10 Comments » // Funnies, Weird

huh (hŭ)
interj.
Used to express interrogation, surprise, contempt, or indifference.
*According to The Free Online Dictionary.

Does this make any sense? Spotted at the Hutton Court BP in Hyde Park, Johannesburg. (GPS – S26 07 44.4 E28 02 01.1)

**Updated**

So, it turns out that this is a feminist slogan, (coined by Gloria Steinem/Irina Dunn) suggesting that men are superfluous to women’s needs.

….Whatever….