10. October 2008 by admin.

This guy is pretty amazing. He draws sidewalk art with such depth that you know the work is 2D but your brain tells you it has to be 3D. 

I urge you to check out this talented artist at http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/index.html

Here’s an example of Julian’s work…Keep in mind that only the little girl (in the first picture and the little boy in the second picture) is actually 3D.

By Julian Beever.

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10. October 2008 by admin.

I don’t know who’s going to occupy all these very tall buildings that are being constructed in Dubai.  Maybe the plan is just to build them and then have residents of other previously-tallest buildings in Dubai move to the now-current tallest ones.  They can use the older buildings then to house all of the workers they import from other countries to build all of this.

The current tallest building in the world, due to be finished in 2009, is the Burj Dubai, which is 818 meters.  The 1KM-tall building, the Al Burj, will be completed in 2020, and will then be the world’s tallest building, assuming Donald Trump can’t come up with something in the meantime (after all, if he can keep his hairpiece from blowing away, he can certainly figure  out how to build a very tall building that doesn’t suffer from wind shear).

You can read more here.http://www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com/

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10. October 2008 by admin.

In a way it’s kind of fitting that a champion racecar driver would get a very prominent monument (try saying that 3 times fast) in an Oil Belt country. I guess if you’re going to honor someone it should be someone who’s job it was to burn fossil fuel as quickly as possible and have  others worship you as you do it.  It’s amazing how many new skyscrapers are either being built or announced as planned in the Middle East. 

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10. October 2008 by admin.

My county didn’t make it.  Maybe yours did…

1. Fisher Island, Fla., 33109, Miami-Dade County
Median sales price: $3.85 million

2. Alpine, N.J., 07620, Bergen County
Median sales price: $3.59 million

3. Mill Neck, N.Y., 11765, Nassau County
Median sales price: $3 million

4. Newport Coast, Calif., 92657, Orange County
Median sales price: $2.8 million

5. Water Mill, N.Y. 11976, Suffolk County
Median sales price: $2.72 million

6. Atherton, Calif., 94027, San Mateo County
Median home price: $2.7 million

7. Santa Barbara, Calif., 93108, Santa Barbara County
Median home price: $2.7 million

8. Wainscott, N.Y., 11975, Suffolk County
Median home price: $2.56 million

9. Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., 92067, San Diego County
Median home price: $2.47 million

10. Beverly Hills, Calif., 90210, Los Angeles County
Median home price: $2.41 million

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10. October 2008 by admin.

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich new $355 million dollar, 555 foot long yacht, which will be the biggest yacht in the world when it’s finished, will have its own missile defense system built in.

Really, what do you get the man who has everything except a good missile system? Well…the yacht will also have its own submarine which can be used for a getaway in case the missiles don’t stop Roman’s enemies first.

You can read more about this amazing yacht here

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10. October 2008 by admin.

World’s 4th Richest Man Loses $28 Billion

Posted Oct 6th 2008 5:02PM by Jared Paul Stern
Filed under: Wealth

Indian steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, 58, the richest man in Europe and the 4th richest man in the world, can now be known as the world’s biggest loser after his net worth plummeted by a whopping $28 billion over the last four months due to the global financial crisis. Mittal, a London resident who paid a record $200 million for a Georgian mansion in Kensington Palace Gardens earlier this year, still has $17 billion left, the London Times reports. We don’t yet know how Mittal’s stunning loss - which equates to $240 million / day or nearly $10 million per hour - re-positions him on the world’s rich list as several other plutocrats have also suffered reversals, but it’s safe to say he’ll end up much further down unless the stock market recovers soon

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