TRIBUTES TO STEVE JOBS

Grieving fans all over the world left flowers, notes and apples with a bite taken out, just like the Apple logo-instantly recognizable despite being one of the few top brand logos that does not feature the company's name.






TREEHOUSE HOMES

Treehouses are no longer just for child’s play. While they still do serve as playhouses for lucky kids, they’ve taken on new functions as private home offices or studios, as elevated guest quarters, and as hotel accommodations, as well. Some are real houses that just happen to be located in trees.






COOL CONNECTED WATCHES

MasterCard PayPass wristband

Incipio NGP iPod Nano wristband

HEX Vision iPod Nano holder

RumbaTime's GO-Enabled line

LG Watch Phone (GD910)

WIMM Labs' WIMM Wearable Platform

Meta Watch - Bluetooth enabled

Allerta inPulse watch - Connect to Android and Blackberry phones

Blue Sky's I'm Watch - Connect to cellphone via bluetooth

THE WORLD'S AMAZING BRIDGES

Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, Qingdao-Huangdao, China

The Singapore Helix Bridge, Singapore

The Henderson Waves Bridge, Singapore

Ponte Sant' Angelo, Rome, Italy

Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy

Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge, Cornish, New Hampshire-Windsor, Vermont, United States

Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York, United States

Magdeburg Water Bridge, Magdeburg, Germany

Millau Viaduct, Millau, France

 

 








ROCK BALANCING


An arrangement of stones is pictured at Daranak falls in Tanay, Rizal province, east of Manila after a rock balancing performance September 5, 2011. Rock balancing is a performance art which involves arranging natural stones usually found on location, in gravity-defying arrangements without the need of any additional tools. Local environment enthusiasts Leandro Inocencio and Ildefonso Vista pioneered this art form in hope of creating greater awareness among people towards environmental conservation. Picture taken September 5, 2011.

TOMATINA : TOMATO FIGHT IN SPAIN


The origin of the tomato fight is disputed - everyone in Bunol seems to have a favourite story - but most agree it started around 1940, in the early years of General Francisco Franco's dictatorship.

AMAZING PLACES WORLWIDE

These are the kinds of photos that make you want to blow your entire savings or reevaluate sending your kid to private school.

Awapuhi Trail - Kauai, Hawaii

Bern - Switzerland

Rocky Village - Vernazza, Italy

The Pearl Waterfall - Jiuzhaigou Valley, China

Rice Field Terraces - Yunnan, China

Golden Horn Beach - Brac Island, Bol, Croatia

Etretat - Normandy, France

Alentejo - Portugal

ART BY KISS

Texas artist Natalie Irish created this portrait of Jimi Hendrix without touching a paintbrush. Instead, she applied bright lipstick and kissed the canvas until Jimi emerged.

Jimi Hendrix

CAN YOU SPOT THE INVISIBLE MAN?

Talented Chinese artist Liu Bolin has travelled far and wide disguising himself across many surroundings, including a London phone box, a pile of bricks, the Beijing Olympic stadium, a Venetian canal and a graffiti-covered wall. We showcase his brilliant collection of his past and current artwork.

 

HOMES WITH FAMOUS AMERICAN VIEWS

In densely populated urban settings, your view is quite likely to be another building, dark alley, or airshaft, so an appealing famous view will command more money on the market. What follows are five houses for sale that feature famous views, most of them suggested by Realtor.com and Zillow.com, ranked in order from the lowest price to the highest.

Space Needle
Location: 425 Ward St., Seattle
Price: $1.067 million
Beds/Baths: 3/2.5
Square feet: 2,080

Empire State Building
Location: New York City
Price: $1.395 million
Beds/Baths: 2/2
Square feet: 1,200

Hollywood Sign
Location: Los Angeles
Price: $1.395 million
Beds/Baths: 4/5
Square feet: 4,162

Las Vegas Strip
Location: Hughes Center, Las Vegas
Price: $10 million
Beds/Baths: 4/6
Square feet: 6,779



 
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