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Yaletown parents camp for four days to compete for kindergarte...
This is officially out of hand. Camping out for four days to secure one of the 44 kindergarten spots in the downtown area? I love urban living, but someone might have reminded the city planners of the past 15 years... "Smart Parking": Balm for San Francisco's Parking Woes
Parking in San Francisco sucks. That's not opinion, alas, but fact."Lack of parking is a serious issue in San Francisco. Donald Shoup, an urban planning expert at UCLA, says his research shows that drivers on the...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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346 views | 7 recommendations | 3 comments
Windows XP Tiny Edition
For some of you, this may be a kind of new thing to play with, or maybe you have tried it before. Windows XP Tiny is built by carefully and unofficially removing useless components that come installed together... Tories planning new prisons in UK
"Conservative leader David Cameron says his party would build 5,000 more prison places in England and Wales - taking capacity in jails to more than 100,000. Under the plans, older inner-city jails would be sold...'In Good Company Workplaces', Coworking for New York Women
Not everyone wants to settle for a home office, Starbucks, a cramped and/or noisy corner or a soulless cubicle.That's why Amy Abrams and Adelaide Fives decided to open In Good Company Workplaces, a shared space for women entrepreneurs.McDonald's Blames Video Games for Childhood Obesity
Oh, okay, the BigMacs aren't the problem, it's the lack of available green spaces."The chief executive of McDonald’s UK has hit out at video games for being a major cause of the childhood obesity crisis.[He]...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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628 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
US gets Smart Car
This is old news for us here in Canada, but Americans are about to see these smart little gas-camels on the road soon."Meet the Smart car: An ultra-compact, Mercedes-designed, head-turning little vehicle that's... Army housing gets £80m boost
"DEFENCE Secretary Des Browne today announced an extra £80million funding to improve Army housing. The money will pay for a further 1,350 new en-suite bed spaces to be built under phase two of a project to improve Armed Forces housing across the country. The Ministry of...Zumthor’s Cologne modern art museum is beyond time
"Peter Zumthor’s remarkable museum of modern art in Cologne meshes ancient and modern to create a timeless and evocative building. ‘The largest heap of rubble in the world,” is how the German architect...Vancouver BC: Cougar sighted Granville Island
Though unconfirmed which species of cougar police are referring to, it is certainly rare for Cougars to be seen wandering around the Bars and Nightclubs of Granville Island at 3:00 am in what is one of Vancouver's...
created by Barry Artiste | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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2203 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Artist Olafur Eliasson on his SFMOMA show and work with brands
"SAN FRANCISCO—For the past 15 years, the Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson has made art that engages perceptual, ecological, and temporal themes by harnessing such abundant and ephemeral elements as...live for ever in space
Our mission is to help disperse human genes and memes throughout outer space, to other galaxies, thereby giving them much longer life spans than they have here on earth. Outer space is far...live for ever in space
Our mission is to help disperse human genes and memes throughout outer space, to other galaxies, thereby giving them much longer life spans than they have here on earth. Outer space is far less dense than earth, and the...English pub boss gives banned smokers something to chew on
"LONDON (AFP) - A pub landlord said Thursday his plot to get round England's smoking ban by selling nicotine gum and lozenges had caught fire with customers. (Advertisement) Chris Llewelyn, 49, the landlord at the...
created by Susan Jones | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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436 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
MIT architects design building with 'digital water' walls
Architects at MIT have created a building made of digital water. The walls part to allow people to walk through and can also display computer-controlled text or patterns much like an inkjet printer. This exciting...
created by apple_lipsis | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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