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Geek Out

Here’s An Anvil-Shaped Museum In Mexico City

This is the Museo Soumaya, a building by designer FREE Fernando Romero EnterprisE, which has been recently completed in Mexico City – that’s right, this ain’t no render. Sitting in the city’s former industrial district, it’s surprising to see the structure spring up from the ground like some polished monolithic welding tool. It adds to the look that the facade is windowless, and made up of silver hexagonal aluminium tiles.

February 8, 2011
News

Immigrants Caught Using Dive Scooters To Cross US Border

According to Reuters, US border patrol recently picked up two illegal immigrants who used dive scooters to cross from Mexico to California. This has to be the most thrilling personal sea scooter episode since that fight in Thunderball.

January 27, 2011
Gadgets

Weed-Firing Catapult Discovered At U.S.-Mexico Border

There’s not much to add to this AP story: “Pot-firing catapult found at Arizona-Mexico border”. It’s a catapult. It fires pot. National Guard troops spied on drug smugglers using it to shoot marijuana over the border, then seized it.

January 4, 2011
Geek Out

This Impossible Library Seems To Be Upside Down

When I first saw this photo I thought it was really strange. For some reason, my brain didn’t believe it was real. There’s something impossible about it, as if it’s upside down in space. But it’s real.

December 18, 2010
Cars

Invasion Of The Mexican Drones!

Drug gangs are one thing. But now Mexican unmanned drones are messing with Texas. Will this aggression stand?

December 4, 2010
Cars

The Life And Times Of A Colombian Cocaine Submarine Captain

Gustavo Alonso was the captain of a cocaine submarine based in Colombia, until he was arrested at sea with 3.5 tons of coke on board. He soon realised that solitary confinement in prison was better than working for the cartels.

October 15, 2010

This Haunting Reef Is Made Out Of (Fake) People

It might look a bit creepy, but British artist Jason de Caires Taylor’s Mexican installation and reef conservation project is for a fine cause. Taylor has 350 statues in place – all cast from real people – that will eventually sprout coral.

October 6, 2010
Entertainment

Mexican Clown Threatens Twitter Impersonators

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This is Brozo the Creepy Clown, a television host on the Spanish language Televisa network. Apparently he gets very upset when people impersonate his co-host Marissa Rivera on Twitter. So upsetm in fact, that he threatens to come after them.

September 24, 2010

This Is The Winning Environmental Photograph Of The Year

At first glance, you could be forgiven for thinking that grey area is a bunch of coral or rocks jutting out of the ocean. Or maybe it’s a scene from space?

August 31, 2010
Gaming

Xbox Live Price Increase Coming Nov 1

Xbox Live Gold subscribers might want to renew before November 1, when the price of a yearly subscription to the service jumps $US10 in North America.

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