Fun Blog

1. KOLMANSKOP (Namibia):
Buried in sand

Kolmanskop is a ghost town in southern Namibia, a few kilometres inland from the port of Lüderitz. In 1908, Luederitz was plunged into diamond fever and people rushed into the Namib desert hoping to make an easy fortune. Within two years, a town, complete with a casino, school, hospital and exclusive residential buildings, was established in the barren sandy desert. But shortly after the drop in diamond sales after the First World War, the beginning of the end started. During the 1950’s the town was deserted and the dunes began to reclaim what was always theirs.

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Some UK residents are in for a shock if they purchase the wrong battery charger. According to a BBC report, hundreds of thousands of unsafe, potentially electrocuting chargers have made their way from China into the UK.

The chargers posing risks could overheat and, at worst, electrocute users of mobile phones, portable gaming devices and music players. One of the chargers is marked DE62347066, while others are generically labeled “Travel Charger.” Trading standards officers discovered the faulty chargers and are in the process of issuing a recall, according to the report.

China has been the subject of scrutiny in recent years for importing dangerous, cheaply produced products. Who-Sucks.com, a “site dedicated to researching the reasons why certain people and things suck,” compiled a timeline of about 60 dangerous items made in China that the U.S. recalled in 2007. The list includes flammable lamps, overheating remote controls and lead paint on baby toys.

Moral of the story? Avoid cheap products from China at all costs, no matter how substantial your savings.

The Mikimoto building is a retail shop operated by famous jewlery manufacturer and retailer K. Mikimoto & Company. The building has irregularly shaped windows randomly placed on the facade. The outer walls made of steel plates reinforced with concrete serve as the support structure for the 50-meter high ninestorey building. Thanks to this integrated design no support columns interrupt the interior space.

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A wrestler wants to finish of his opponent with a chair….so he asks for one from the audience. He gets more than he can chew on…Hilarious! Enjoy!

Here is a really clever viral featuring acrobatic tropical fish.

Mouse Computer will release its new UMPC LuvBook U100, actually the MSI Wind NoteBook U100, next month in Japan.

Our UMPC features a 10.2″ LCD screen in WSVGA resolution (1024×600), 1GB of RAM, 80GB of SATA HDD, an Intel ATOM N270 CPU (1.60GHz), an Intel 945GMS+ICH7M chipset, Wifi b/g, 1.3Mpix webcamera, and Bluetooth 2.0.

This version will cost around 350€.

Fiber or fibre[1] is a class of materials that are continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces, similar to lengths of thread. They are very important in the biology of both plants and animals, for holding tissues together. Human uses for fibers are diverse. They can be spun into filaments, string or rope, used as a component of composite materials, or matted into sheets to make products such as paper or felt. Fibers are often used in the manufacture of other materials. Synthetic fibers can be produced very cheaply and in large amounts compared to natural fibers, but natural fibers enjoy some benefits, such as comfort, over their man-made counterparts.

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The koala is a small bear-like, tree-dwelling, herbivorous marsupial which averages about 9kg (20lb) in weight. Its fur is thick and usually ash grey with a tinge of brown in places.

The koala gets its name from an ancient Aboriginal word meaning “no drink” because it receives over 90% of its hydration from the Eucalyptus leaves (also known as gum leaves) it eats, and only drinks when ill or times when there is not enough moisture in the leaves. ie during droughts etc.

The koala is the only mammal, other than the Greater Glider and Ringtail Possum, which can survive on a diet of eucalyptus leaves.

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Earlier in June, China launched a week-long series of anti-terrorist drills called “Great Wall 5″, in preparation for the upcoming 2008 Olympic Games. The drills involved emergency responders, “police forces, the People’s Armed Police, the People’s Liberation Army and the health, environmental protection, meteorology and transportation departments.” according to China’s Xinhua News Agency.

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