Posts Tagged 'Sweden'
Fastest Car On Ice 215 MPH, 346 Km/H [video]
Published March 13, 2019 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: auto, automobile, Årsunda, BMW, drive on ice, fastest car, ice racing, Sweden, video
Tour Sweden’s Luxury Treehouses [video]
Published May 10, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: architecture, camping, glamping, Harads, Lule river, roughing it, Sweden, tourism, travel, tree house, treehouse, video
Museum of Failure
Published March 22, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Bic’s pens “For Her”, fail, Google Glass, Harley-Davidson’s perfume, Los Angeles, Museum of Failure, Sweden, Trump
What do Harley-Davidson’s perfume, Bic’s pens “For Her” and Google Glass all have in common? They were all total flops. That’s the reason they’re all on display at the new Museum of Failure exhibition at the Architecture and Design Museum in Downtown Los Angeles.
Silver Snipers – A Video Gaming Team of Seniors
Published January 12, 2018 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Bertil Englund, Counter Strike, Counter Strike tournament, e-sports, esports, gaming, senior, senior citizen, Stockholm, Sweden, video game, Wanja Godänge
Earlier this year, Monica Idenfors stumbled upon a strange ad. It was a call for seniors interested in joining an e-sports team, with the goal of competing in a Counter Strike tournament at the Dreamhack digital festival in Sweden. As a recent retiree, Idenfors thought it sounded like an “exciting opportunity,” and a good way to spend her newfound free time. She signed up, and eventually joined as one of five members of a new squad cleverly named the Silver Snipers.
Inside the World’s Smelliest Factory [video]
Published September 15, 2017 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: canned fish, cooking, fermented fish, food, gourmet, herring, High Coast, Söråker, smelly, stinky, Surströmming, Sweden, video
LunarClock.org Gives The Time And Date On The Moon
Published February 17, 2017 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: astronomy, Astrophysics, Lunar Calendar, Lunar Clock, LunarClock, NASA, science, space exploration, Sweden, timekeeping
LunarClock.org have devised a clock and calendar for the moon. Apparently, this was necessary because of the moon’s rotation and length of day is different than the Earth’s (or something like that). Anyway, the site’s FAQ gives some explanation.
1. What is the Lunar Calendar and why do I need one?
The Lunar Calendar is designed to be used by colonists of the Moon, and it differs from the one we use here on Earth. Unless you live on the Moon, you don’t really need one, but you can support the idea anyway. Who, knows? Perhaps you will live on the Moon in the future, or your children might. You can read the details on how this calendar works.
2,000-Year-Old Pompeii Home Digitally Reconstructed
Published October 13, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 3D modeling, Anne-Marie Leander Touati, archaeology, Digitally Reconstructed, history, Lund University, Pompeii, Sweden, Swedish Pompeii Project
Since 2000, the Swedish Pompeii Project has been working to document an entire city block, or “insula,” in close detail. This block included three big estates, a tavern, a laundry, a bakery and several gardens. Led by Anne-Marie Leander Touati, an archaeologist at Lund University, the Swedish team has used traditional excavation methods as well as more advanced techniques like laser scanning and drone imaging to digitally reconstruct that block. The researchers have now completed their first 3D models showing this section of the city as it stands today.
Narrowest Streets in the World
Published February 11, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Brașov, British Columbia, England, Exeter, Fan Tan Alley, Gamla stan, Germany, Mårten Trotzigs Gränd, narrowest road, Parliament Street, Reutlingen, Romania, Spreuerhofstraße, Stockholm, Strada Sforii, Sweden, tourism, travel, Victoria
According to AmusingPlanet.com –
At what point does a street cease to be a street? According to the Guinness Book of Records, the narrowest street in the world is located in the old town of Reutlingen, in Germany. It is actually a narrow alley, called Spreuerhofstraße, between two closely built houses. The “street” is only 31 centimeters wide at its narrowest point and 40 centimeters wide on the average. The street isn’t particularly long either — just 3.8 meters. But since it is located on municipal land, the folks of Reutlingen insist it’s a public street.
100 Year Old Photos Colorized
Published August 26, 2014 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: Colorize, history, history colorized, NYC history, photography, photoshop, pic, picture, Sanna Dullaway, Sweden
Sanna Dullaway does some of the best colorization of old photographs that I have seen. Her colors are both natural-looking and vivid. Just incredible!
See examples of her work HERE.
Photos Of An Old Forgotten Auto Scrap Yard In Sweden
Published February 7, 2014 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: antique auto, automobile, deteriorate, junkyard, overgrown, photography, pic, picture, scrap yard, Sweden
5 Dates You Won’t Find On Your Calendar
Published January 9, 2014 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 1712, calendar, Duodecimber, February 1712, February 30th, January 0, March 0, Mercedonius, obscure dates, Sweden, Undecimber
An article by Mental_floss lists 5 very unusual dates, that you may have never heard of. January 0 is still used occasionally; and there was once a February 30th.- in 1712 and only in Sweden.
File Sharing Is Now an Official Religion In Sweden
Published January 5, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: bit torrent, copy pasta, copy paste, file sharing, Kopimi, Kopimist, Missionary Church of Kopimism, MPAA, pirate, religion, RIAA, SOPA, Sweden, torrent
Rejoice, brothers! File sharing is now an official religion in Sweden. For real. It took two years, but it’s done: it’s called the Missionary Church of Kopimism and has Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V as its sacred symbols. Founded in 2010 by philosophy student Isak Gerson, the 3,000-member Missionary Church of Kopimism was created to avoid legal persecution.