How Paris Kicked Out the Cars. In the past 2 decades, car trips within Paris are down 60%, car crashes down by 30%, pollution levels are down, and mass transit ridership has increased 40%.
This San Francisco barbershop has a "silent mode" for patrons who don't want to chat with barbers. This is great for introverts...I don't get my hair cut as often as I should because of chit chat.
Take a 360° virtual tour of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. It is a surprisingly tiny place! (via webcurios.co.uk)
We're living in the Age of Average. Cars, architecture, interiors, brands, people, and media all look the same. "Distinctiveness has died. In every field we look at, we find that everything looks the same."
How Stop-Motion Movies Are Animated at Aardman. The way they do the fire, fog, and rain is pretty cool.
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