“Girls win in fighting just because of men’s domination fantasies.” — rewii93
Femme Fatales IRL
02/17/11 -- Pretty Cool
Cell-Phone Towers Disguised As Huge Trees
02/17/11 -- Pretty Cool
“German photographer Robert Voit has documented cell-phone towers disguised as huge trees since 2003, but he came upon the subject by accident. “I was working on a project about the Christmas season, and I was searching the Internet for production facilities for [fake] Christmas trees,” Voit recalls. “I had in my mind an overview of a plastic forest in one of those plants. But when I came across a picture of a mobile-phone tree online, I immediately left everything behind! I refocused and it turned into another story.” Voit soon discovered that “New Trees,” as he calls them, are all over the world. “When I started out, I had hoped it could be a good traveling theme,” he says, “but I didn’t know it was such a global issue—and it’s not just one company doing it. When I traveled to South Africa, South Korea, England, Portugal, Spain and all over the United States, everybody had these funny trees.” Yet finding them sometimes proved tricky. “I had to look for stuff like activists’ Web pages, where they said, ‘There is this freaky tree down the road; let’s fight it on Friday night,’” he says with a laugh. “I also found hiking guides where it would say, ‘Walk five kilometers down and turn at the huge tree.’ This was not the huge tree—it was the huge fake tree.” w/ photos
The Solowheel
02/17/11 -- Videos
“The Solowheel is pretty straightforward. It’s basically just a 20 pound wheel that is powered by a 1,000-watt Lithium-ion battery — good for up to two hours on a single charge. Using its hidden gyroscopes, riders can accelerate by leaning forward and slow down by leaning backwards. Just like a Segway, the Solowheel isn’t cheap. A single-wheeled transport costs about $1,500.” — tekunoloji
Pink Post-It Pickup
02/17/11 -- Wacky News
“After being married for 13 years, nothing says ‘I’m stuck on you’ better than hundreds of hot pink Post-it notes. Stephanie Griffith said she got the idea to completely cover her husband’s pickup truck in pink Post-it notes for Valentine’s Day from a YouTube video several years ago, though the one she saw was for a birthday instead of Cupid’s Day. “[I thought] He’s either going to love it or be really mad,” said Stephanie, who completed the quirky, hour-long task with the help of a friend. “He loved it.” Stephanie said she thought it would be more fun to surprise him for Valentine’s Day, when he’d expect it the least. Matt Griffith and a couple of co-workers stepped out of their work building in North Austin to grab a bite to eat for lunch Monday when they noticed the ‘visitor’s car’ in the parking lot — a hot pink one, nonetheless.” w/ photos
90ft Alley-Oop
02/17/11 -- Pretty Cool
Top 14 Hottest Best Friends From Chick Flicks
02/17/11 -- Top Lists
“There’s nothing more important to a leading woman in a romantic comedy than her best friend, because she sees her through the toughest of times — but the lead woman herself is a terrible friend. The best friend is usually not only less neurotic, more down to earth and a little more “alt” looking; but generally more understanding and, realistically, more of a dream girl than any lead in most chick flicks. So, in honor of the girls in all the movies we always watch to try and get laid, here are the hottest best friends in the history of chick flicks.” w/ photos
