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more about #berlin more comments → Deaf Mute: So I'm completely out of it, but w/ Jesus' post and this. I'm guessing today is the anniversary of the end of the Cold War? #20thanniversaryofberlinwall more » Chewbenator: Are those two ladybugs gettin it on in picture 2? #20thanniversaryofberlinwall more » jmkarstetter: Thanks Rosa, didn't see anything about this on the t.v., thanks! #20thanniversaryofberlinwall more » SigmundTheSeaMonster: A man's home is his pumping station! #wateringplantrenovation more » nutbastard: $700k is cheap for a space like that IMO. you could fucking skateboard in there. #wateringplantrenovation more » bonedog73: Ick.....looks very cold, simple and boring. Atleast throw up some sheet rock and make a few comfortable rooms in there. But I guess if you dont spend ... more » High Speed Indeed: Nothing cozy about this home. It looks more like a state-run mental hospital. #wateringplantrenovation more » mercury_marine: ...I don't know...a few houseplants...a couple of throw pillows... #wateringplantrenovation more » Odin: They say home, I say office. #wateringplantrenovation more » maven2k: Yeah, and the best part is the tub fills in like 28 seconds flat. #wateringplantrenovation more » Jacubious: Sure, parts of it might look like an asylum or old hospital, but honestly, what self-respecting geek/nerd/techy couldn't picture it as his/her lair? #... more » Kaiser-Machead: What's this surface dweller nonsense? Zombies and invading forces from the Neo-Soviet-Canadian Empire wouldn't be able to penetrate a fortified silo w... more » Pope John Peeps II: A good alternate title for this article would be: "Idle rich desperately require hobby; incite class warfare" #wateringplantrenovation more » GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE: I can just picture what a trip to the hardware store will be like. Yes, I'd like to purchase this gun shaped nozzle, and also this can of black sprayp... more » LuckyLakey: I'll probably be the one that gets shot by the police as I'm singing explicit lyrics while washing my car. more » -
#berlinwall
Collapse Of Berlin Wall Recreated With 1,000 Giant Dominoes
On November 9, 1989, thousands rushed through the ruins of the Berlin Wall, celebrating the unity of East and West. 20 years later, millions across the world watched as one thousand seven-and-a-half foot tall dominoes fell marking the occasion. More » -
#architecture
From Closed-Down Water Pumping Station To Elegant Home
If turning an abandoned nuclear missile silo into a home was impressive, then I don't know what to call this. All I know is that Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset turned an old water pumping station into a stylish home. More » -
#guns
Garden Hose Pistol: Water Your Plants With Extreme Prejudice
I have to believe that some company, somewhere has developed a squirt gun that could be mounted on a garden hose—but I doubt it looked as cool as this concept version. More » -
#financiapocalypse
Shaky Walkway Designed to Remind You The World Is Going to Hell
German artist Tom Schmelzer is one troubling dude: His proposed interactive walkway, Out of Joint, is supposed to give you a physical feeling of turmoil to match the cataclysmic ups and downs of the global financial markets. So, thanks to avalanche-simulating hydraulics, instead of just feeling sick to your stomach, you will actually be sick to your stomach. More » -
#waterworld
Aquadom Is Largest Cylindrical Aquarium on the Planet
What do you do with a 25-meter-high acrylic glass cylinder, 238,000 gallons of sea water, 2,600 fish from 56 different species, and two divers? The Aquadom, the largest cylindrical aquarium in the world, that's what. In its core there's an elevator that travels through a cylinder of glass. As you will see in the videos after the jump, it's simply stunning. More » -
#art
Modem Berlin is an Art/Music Space in an Abandoned Cold War Power Plant
The Modem is a new art and music venue opening in Berlin that's being built in an abandoned power plant that used to supply juice and heat to East Berlin. It's a gigantic space, nearly 250,000 square feet in size, and it's full of Cold War-era contraptions, knobs, levers and other fun doodads that are sure to give it a completely unique atmosphere. If the art and music are any good I would say this will be come a must-visit spot for anybody visiting Berlin. Hey Blam, please send me to Berlin to cover the opening, OK? Thanks. More » -
