Here’s a collection of photos of what is said to be the “steepest streets in the world”. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Sedgwick Avenue, Aqueduct Avenue, Arion Road, 66th Street, Brightwater Court and West 12th Street are among the city roads where residents are most likely to accidentally step in doggie doo. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Art on streets - see how people around the world express themselves picked by moebel 2 years ago

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See what it made of the Plime Logo! picked by TheStep 1 year ago

Dr. Ariel Shamir demonstrates at SIGGRAPH an application that resizes images in such a way that the content of the image is preserved intelligently. When you resize the image, it will keep the key elements of the photo in sensible places while filling in less important areas. picked by 2manyusernames 12 months ago

Starting at 6PM Pacific Time tonight, Google will start rolling out Gmail Labs, an experimental area of new Gmail features. Features such as signature tweaks, mouse gestures, keyboard shortcuts, a game and more. picked by TraumaMamma 3 months ago

Everyone hates traffic, but how about trying to wind around 8 switchbacks in one city block, crossing 12 lanes at a single intersection or parking on a 38 degree incline? The latest in the ever-popular 7 Wonders Series, here are the scariest, steepest, longest, widest, narrowest, most confusing and most crooked urban streets in the world! picked by lilaliss 9 months ago

HAL9000, an Italian group that specializes in art restoration, preservation and high-resolution art photography, has posted an 8.6 gigapixel stitched image of an Italian fresco. The group claims it's the highest resolution digital photograph in the world. Link goes to page that talks about the image and the method used to create it. Has a link for the actual image for those with plenty of bandwid... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

After finding itself in hot water with privacy advocates, Google has begun obscuring the faces of people in its Street View service, which lets users of Google Maps zoom in to view street level images. But the images look decidedly odd, with whole streets peopled by blurred faces. picked by bingo 4 weeks ago

Officials say many of them have been sold off by their families to begging mafias, who exploit a tradition that the "rat children" are sacred offerings to Shah Daula, the shrine's 17th century Sufi saint. picked by AfroMosHi 3 weeks ago

Technology that first appeared in digital watches and calculators back in the 1970s is being used to develop durable and community-friendly low energy street lighting. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Ever wonder what happens to your money when you give it to a panhandler? Obviously this doesn't apply to everyone on the streets but a good insight non-the-less.

Interesting considering THIS thread picked by doggylives 4 months ago

According to reports from the Southern Area Coordination Center, the Sweat Farm Road Fire in southern Georgia exploded from 1,000 acres to more than 20,000 acres in less than 24 hours between April 16 and 17, 2007. Strong winds whipped the blaze into 100-foot flames, while individual trees went up like torches. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago