It's so green!!
Pip and Ebby
Monday, March 26, 2012
Creative Weaved Wood Starbuck in Japan
This incredible Starbucks café in Fukuoka, Japan has a unique weaved wood interior that is intended to complement the surrounding neighborhood and the nearby Dazaifu Tenmangu temple. The café was designed by Japanese architecture firm Kengo Kuma and Associates.
Laughing Squid
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Banning Cleavage in a Chess Tournament
New rules dictate that female players in the European Women’s Championship in Turkey cannot reveal “décolletés,” or cleavage.
Sava Stoisavljevic, the female European Chess Union General Secretary, told Chessbase News that the change in dress code was due to female players' appearance causing a ruckus in the peanut gallery.
Players can keep two buttons on their tops open, but no more. Skirts must be no shorter than 10 centimeters (3.9 inches) above the knee.
Stoisavljevic didn’t seem to mind that the female players dressed in skimpy garments.
“It's nice to see chess players with short skirts — they are very pretty girls. But I believe there should still be some limit.”
NY Daily News
Saturday, March 24, 2012
What does gaming do to your brain?
Another day, another curious infographic on the subject of gaming. This one comes from Online Universities, and examines the neurology behind video games, which have long been claimed to warp our fragile young children’s minds. But do they?
Forbes
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)