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more about #amsterdam more comments → frigg: You know they're using those for raves when no one's looking. more » bosskev: Hey! Gosh darn it, you've posted the photo I was going to use for my Dream Home of the Future contest. Frak it, now I'll have to do something else... ... more » tande04: Dude needs to get some slack taken out of his line. That could hurt and/or be dangerous. more » tucker: already posted on Gizmodo on Friday [i.gizmodo.com] more » Geisrud: I've had similar enough experience doing rope rescue work with a stokes basket. While I do find rope rescue work fun, and a stokes a great tool for p... more » OMG! Ponies!: If I was a building owner and saw this, I would immediately have it removed - at the tenant's expense. Then, I'd evict the tenant. more » strider_mt2k: Must be the Hammock district... more » 92BuickLeSabre: This strikes me as a really good way to get shot while you're sleeping. Then again, that may be why these were designed for use in Amsterdam not NYC. more » ╠═CoolRiver45═╣: I've overshot a hammock more than once.Not for me, Thank you! more » ZLevee: I'd like to propose to the Giz staff that commenters whining about what Giz chooses to cover, and trying to dictate to Giz the degree to which current... more » digidandy: So, why are Gizmodo reporting on plane crashes? I just don't get it. Why not also helicopter crashes? Car crashes? Etc. more » rolfo87: has the number of plane crashes risen or has gizmodo simply started to report on them all? more » e0ytk: The TV Show LOST comes to mid, creepy. Amazingly lucky people though, too bad all couldn't have survived such a crash. more » TerryinSt.Paul: I hope they are allright. I saw captain " Sully " Sullivan on the news last night and he said he had to take a 40% pay cut to keep his job and had to ... more » GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday: Where's Sully? But seriously, if they find goose feathers, I think this shows that there is an organized terrorist ring of geese. Is an "air hole" so... more » -
#architecture
Abandoned Silos to Be Converted Into Amazing Inside-and-Out Climbing Walls
What do you do with three abandoned sewage treatment silos? If you're the city of Amsterdam, you convert them into absolutely incredible climbing towers. More » -
#spacesaving
Building-Mounted Hammock is a Scary Space Saver
I'm all about space-saving, but I draw the line at being suspended from a swinging hammock several stories up on a building. Nonetheless, that is exactly what the Hammokum is designed for. More » -
#airplanes
Airplane Crashes Breaking In Three Pieces, Only Nine Dead
A Boeing 737-800 has crashed this morning at the Schipol Airport, in Amsterdam, breaking in three pieces. The amazing news: Onlyfiveout of 135 people are dead. Update: Some sources are reporting nine dead. More » -
#architecture
Craneway Office Building Makes Me Want to Move to Amsterdam
I know it's an office building, but really, I want to have an apartment at the Kraanspoor, this beautiful glass and steel structure constructed over an old craneway at a former shipyard in Amsterdam. The titanic 134,548-square-foot edifice is 885 feet long and 45.2 feet wide has a perfect view over the largest waterway in the city. Add the book staircase somewhere in there, and I'm moving again. [Archdaily]
