An infamous French daredevil known for his Spidey-like stunts climbed the New York Times building today - drawing hundreds of lunchtime gawkers to the busy street below. tags times building climb climber climbing daredevilBut guess what - Breaking news!!! Another man is climbing the building again!!! He's up about 30 stories right now as of 6:15pm ET. You can watch the live video here. Parents were asked to keep their children away from the tv, you know, just in case he takes a header. picked by suebe 1 year ago |
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A daring parachute jumper sued the owners of the Empire State Building Tuesday because security guards prevented his leap from the New York structure in 2006. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share world |
Earlier we learned that The New York Times opened up their archives for free. A thread was started where we could post interesting finds. The people at Mental_Floss magazine are showcasing the first time various famous places/names/things/ etc were mentioned in the Times. From simpsons, through Starbucks, Silicon Valley and more! picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
The New York Times has worked to ensure that its site and search results are incredibly Google friendly, so Google friendly in fact that a search for “sex” on Google currently serves the NY Times internal archive search results for sex as #2. picked by super 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
...writing crossword puzzles for the New York Times. The theme of the puzzle is "Twistin' the Oldies," with clues seeking updated versions for baby boomers of musical hits. 2 comments edit related share plime.comLink to his puzzle picked by suebe 3 years ago |
The Umeda Sky Building is the seventh-tallest building in Osaka City, Japan. It consists of two 40-story towers that connect at their two uppermost stories, with bridges and an escalator crossing the wide atrium-like space in the center. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share technology |
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The Empire State Building has been a lot of colors throughout the years, but it may become permanently green. picked by suebe 8 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Norway plans to construct a wooden building 16-17 stories tall with carbon neutral construction techniques. It will house a library, a theatre, and art studios in its approximately 10,000 square meter interior space and will highlight sustainable development. 1 comments edit related share plime.comThe idea is to construct a building which will be CO2-neutral, where the concept of the cycles of nature will be preserved. picked by Bingo 3 months ago |
A man has climbed up a BBC building using a pair of vacuum gloves he built himself, in a stunt for a new BBC One science show. 0 comments edit related share science*W/Video* picked by Bornbad 4 months ago |
So, this guys been peeing in the hallway of his building and the manager tackles the problem with humour and humiliation 3 comments edit related share plime.comBrilliant! picked by Doggylives 3 months ago |
You don’t want to be around when a high-rise apartment building falls over! The unfinished 13-story building in Shanghai toppled Saturday morning and killed a 28-year-old worker. 1 comments edit related share plime.comIt didn't collapse, it FELL OVER! picked by bingo 5 months ago |
An old building was turned into a masterpiece, by cutting out its windows in large shapes so you can see entire enterior from the street. The freakiest fact about this building is that those large shapes are constantly spinning around! picked by natalinnux 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share weird |
Amid a citywide building boom, 13 people have died in construction accidents this year, one more than the total for all of 2007. These include the 7 people who died in a crane accident. A city inspector was arrested after it was found he falsely claimed he had inspected the crane. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
The Iraq War is over, according to the fake New York Times! This morning a cadre of volunteers has fanned out across New York City to pass out a remarkably good, faux-copy of the Times dated July 4, 2009. picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Photo Essay - A toddler is hurled from a burning building. The girl's parents tossed her to members of the fire brigade, not seen, during a fire in an apartment building in Germany. Nine people, including five children, died in the blaze. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share world |
In the shadow of the Empire State Building lies an “automotive Bermuda Triangle” - a five-block radius where vehicles mysteriously die. picked by tigertony 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share weird |
Paula Sunshine of Lawshall, Suffolk, UK, built an extension onto her 16th Century thatched house with hair. Cattle hair has been used as a traditional building material, but Sunshine is using primarily human and dog hair picked by Bingo 2 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
The NY Times finally realizes how the internet works and stops charging for their content. Their premium area, Times Select is now open and free to all and furthermore all content from 1987 to the present and from 1851 to 1922 will be offered free of charge. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 7 comments edit related share plime.com |
Plans to construct what could become the world's tallest building, at more than 1km high, were unveiled today. 0 comments edit related share technologyThe Nakheel Tower will have around 150 lifts and be built with some 500,000m3 of concrete. picked by synchromech 1 year ago |
The headline "From Fun to Fear. What Made Clowns go Bad?" Caught my attention So I had to look up the Magazine called Fortean Times. I wasn't disappointed. A smörgåsbord for the freaky gooey wierd stuff connoisseur. (Oooh. fancy spelling correction on smorgasbord!) picked by stinkobinko 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
A cat has amazed its owner by learning to climb up the walls of her house to get back in when he finds himself locked out. 4 comments edit related share plime.comSee video from here. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago |