Here’s some cool images that aren’t photoshopped at all. There’s more at here, but these were my favorite. The first image is from Germany. Apparently this guy breeds these giant cuddly bunnies for food. That’s a lot of rabbit meat if you ask me. The second one was taken in France. These guys covered up a construction site by laying a giant tarp over it with a melting building image on it. Very creative in my opinion. Could you imagine if all the construction sites had these crazy images. It’d definitely add more character to and some edge to our cities. I’ll leave the last two images for you guys to decipher. Just know that there are real images.
For all you readers out here in the U.S., hopefully you’re all aware that today is the day to vote. I know I haven’t been saying too much about it, but I do encourage all of you with the right to excercise it. I must say that the internet has helped in countless ways in encouraging our younger generation to go out and vote. Here’s my favorite video (posted on Arowana Films) that I’ve seen to encourage people go out and vote.
Here’s a link to an article listing several different sites to help people with their finances amidst this chaotic economy. I know none of them are going to make any of us rich or anything, but they can aid you when making some financial decisions. I’ve haven’t tried all of them, actually, I’ve only tried one of them; mint.com. I can say that it does help in organizing all your bank accounts, credit cards, and other financial accounts all in one place.
If any of you are too lazy to click the link, here’s a the list:
With all this chaos in the economy and big political debates, I thought I’d try to find something else to write about. It was hard to find articles that didn’t talk about how the sky was falling, but I did manage to find some creative photography/photoshop. These were all done by Romain Laurent. They’re all very abstract with underlying themes that we can all understand on a universal level. Hopefully you can all enjoy them and let your mind wander for a few minutes.
Well, it looks like the 700 billion dollar bailout turned out to be a bust as of yesterday. Its almost funny how the House doesn’t pass the bill, and as soon as the vote is over, all the politicians are the first to point the finger at each other with blame. I do believe that the government does need to play a role with a bailout of some sort. I’m not sure whether Paulson’s bill was the right one, but I don’t know if anyone really knows the answer to that. I do believe that panic will only hurt an already chaotic situation. I’m not saying to have blind faith about your financial situation, but there’s always opportunities and safeguards that you can choose when managing your assets. Here’s a quick article about not panicking that tries to put the our situation in perspective. I’m sure with a little more research and maybe some googling can supply all of you with a little more piece of mind. On top of that, I think we all just have to hope for the best.
Thanks to Elena, I found this article about Los Angeles hiring a 100 goats to clear out some brush right here in downtown Los Angeles. From what it sounds like, they should do this more often, and maybe prevent a few more fires down here. They’re going to be there for 10 days straight, clearing out all the brush. This seems like its much more eco-friendly method, versus having gardeners with their weed-wackers and lawnmowers. And I bet its much more pleasant for downtown workers to see a field of goats with a little bit of crunching noises. Apparently, its less than half the cost to hire the goats versus people as well. Too bad I won’t get a chance to head downtown and see this spectacle.
After this chaotic weekend, it looks like AIG will survive. The Fed and the Treasury have agreed to give them an 85 billion dollar loan, while taking over an 80% stake in the company. I don’t really know how this will turn out in the end, but for now, it seems like it was the right thing for them to do. Had they not bailed them out, it seemed like there would be utter chaos. It was already pretty chaotic when Indymac went bankrupt down here, I can’t even imagine what would happen if one of the largest insurance companies in the world actually filed for chapter 11. Hopefully it’ll all work out in the end, and maybe trigger a turn around in our economy.
Here’s a crazy article about a little town (Lewes) in the U.K. that decided to print its own local currency to boost it’s local economy. They have the right idea, although I doubt it’s going to work. On another note, it almost sounds like the Fed over here in the US. We just keep on pumping out more and more U.S. dollars. Last I heard, we’re close to hitting the 10 trillion dollar mark for our national debt. I guess we can all hope for the best and a turn around in worldwide economies. Maybe Mr. Obama or Mr. McCain will have some answers.
Heres a cool blog post I found about 10 different states of equilibrium. I understand how most of them work, but they’re still pretty cool. If I had some ladles like they do in the 8th one, I’d definitely like to try that one. Science is an amazing thing. It’s not everyday where you find these random ways to entertain yourself with some simple kitchen utensils.
With all these obscure Olympic sports that come out every four years, here’s a list of some other (most extreme) sports that are competed around the world. I’ve only actually seen a couple of them ever performed, but I’m sure some of them would be crazy to watch, let alone actually competing in any of them.
1. Extreme Ironing 2. Zorbing 3. Street Luging 4. Shrovetide Football 5. Rock Fishing 6. Bull Riding 7. Base Jumping 8. Kite Jumping 9. Free Diving 10. Cheese Rolling 11. Rock Jumping
