San Francisco’s metropolitan area contains an economy the size of Thailand. Chicago’s GDP rivals Switzerland. If the largest U.S. cities were countries, where would they rank?
If U.S. Cities Were Countries, How Would They Rank?
| October 11, 2011
Author: luapo
Johnny Depp Is Going to Star in Dr. Seuss Film
| October 11, 2011
It’s no secret that Johnny Depp loves the following: wearing silly, headgear-friendly costumes; portraying popular writers; and money. So nobody should be too alarmed to learn that the man’s preparing to not only produce but also star in a live-action feature film about the iconic Dr. Seuss, known among the generally discerning medical community as Theodor Geisel.
City Hires Mimes to Mock Bad Drivers
| October 11, 2011
Mimes! It’s a universally-acknowledged truism that you can never have too many mimes. The city of Caracas, Venezuela, demonstrated this by hiring mimes to stand in a neighborhood reputed to have the worst drivers. When drivers break the rules of driving safety, the mimes let the drivers know in a mime-ish way:
Dressed in clown-like outfits and white gloves took to the streets of the Sucre district this past week, the mimes wag their fingers at traffic violators and at pedestrians who streaked across busy avenues rather than waiting at crosswalks.
They found plenty to keep them busy in a city where motorcycle riders roar down sidewalks, buses drop passengers in the middle of busy streets and drivers treat red lights and speed limits as suggestions rather than orders.
Xbox 360 Sales Nearly Double That Of The Wii
| October 11, 2011
It would seem the Xbox 360 is still dominating the competition. The PS3 remains in second place and the former king of the consoles is now in third place.
Microsoft sold 360,000 Xbox 360 units in the U.S. last month, easily besting all other hardware competitors. In second place was the PlayStation 3 with 260,000 units sold. Nintendo sold 190,000 Wii units in September, Pachter estimated.
$130k tsunami donation found in toilet
| October 10, 2011
An anonymous donor has left $133,000 in cash in a public toilet in Japan with instructions that it be used to help victims of this year’s earthquake and tsunami.
The bundles of cash were found in a plastic shopping bag in a disabled toilet in the city hall of Sakado, a town north of Tokyo.
Also inside was a note reading: “I am all alone. I have no future so let the people in Tohoku use it.”
Lives Within a Drop of Water
| October 10, 2011
The slogan for the Nikon Small World competition is “Recognizing Excellence in Photography through the Microscope.” Feast your eyes on these images that record a different world so small that it fits into a drop of water!
The first Nikon Small World competition was in 1974. Since then, Nikon has recognized the efforts of those who turn microscope photography into art. 2011 is the 37th year for the competition, and around 2,000 photographs were entered. The judges decisions have been made, and the winners will be announced later this fall. However, you can place your votes among the 115 finalists for the Small World Popular Vote Award. It’s easy -just click a button to say you like a photograph, or skip to the next one. You can like as many as you like, really, but Nikon asks that you vote on each picture only once. Votes for the Popular Vote Award will be taken until 5PM EDT on October 31st.
