Just so happens that on this large chunk of wall is an original Banksy mural. The buyer also has to pay to have the piece of the wall taken out, which should add another $10,000 to grand total. This is actually a really creative concept, except I am just wondering what this person is going to do with the chunk of wall. Probably just a piece in a gallery… either way, cool as hell.
Banksy Mural on London Wall Sells for $407,000 in Ebay Auction
Not really, but that is the warning that a new program on the National Geographic Channel is trying to shout.
“Six Degrees Could Change the World explores the potential impacts of global warming degree-by-degree—through six degrees over the next hundred years. Filmed on five continents, the program tracks the world’s top climate researchers and follows ranchers, photographers and everyday people to uncover climate trends. From Greenland’s ice sheet to tropical ocean coral reefs, from Himalayan glaciers to the Amazon rainforest, come chilling firsthand accounts of climate change already underway—and evidence of more to come.”
A Danish-Icelandic artist by the name of Olafur Eliasson will be bringing a series of freestanding waterfalls to the East River in NYC’s biggest public art project since “The Gates” took over Central Park for 16 days in February 2005. The waterfalls are reported to rise about 60-70 feet above the water (more than half as high as the Brooklyn Bridge) and will be clearly visible from the South Street Seaport, Brooklyn Heights, and the Governors Island Ferry. The timeline is still undecided, but expect an announcement from Mayor Bloomberg sometime soon.
The project is estimated to cost between $9-11 million which is a drop in the bucket in comparison to what its expected to bring to the city. The NYC Economic Development Corp. estimated that “The Gates” attracted 1.5 million out-of-town visitors and generated $254 million in economic activity for the city (the $20 million price tag was financed entirely by the artists).
Eliasson is famous for creating “immersive environments that take their inspiration from nature and play tricks with viewers’ perceptions.” Waterfalls have always been an interest of his due to their presence in the landscape of his native Iceland. A 1998 piece called “Reversed Waterfall” will be on display at P.S.1. This exhibit uses a system of pumps and basins to send water jetting uphill. He has also created a 20-foot outdoor waterfall as part of an exhibition at Dundee University in Scotland (not named after Crocodile).
In addition to waterfall-related pieces, Eliasson created “The Weather Project,” which used mist, mirrors and 200 monofilament light bulbs to create an image of a glowing sun. In 2000 he created “Green River,” in which he poured nontoxic dye into a river in Stockholm, which turned it green (like St. Patty’s Day in Chicago). In 1993 he created a rainbow in a gallery by projecting light across a fine mist of water in a piece title “Beauty.”
Comedian Mark Malkoff, who works as an audience coordinator for “The Colbert Report,” needed a place to live while his apartment was being fumigated. Instead of shacking up with his friends or getting a hotel, he thought it would be funny to ask IKEA if they could let him crash for a week. To his amazement, they said yes. The rest can be seen here.
Also check out Mark in his very own Starbucks challenge, titled “171 Starbucks in A Day.”
Courtesy of Marginal Revolution
The world’s flags given letter grades
To help grade the flags, certain special codes were used i.e. Good/Bad/Hideous Colors, Makes Me Nauseous, Good/Bad Shape, and Bad Tri-Color.
Here is my vote for best flag, although it only scored a 70/100:
Courtesy of The Economist
“In 2006 EMI, the world’s fourth-biggest recorded-music company, invited some teenagers into its headquarters in London to talk to its top managers about their listening habits. At the end of the session, the EMI bosses thanked them for their comments and told them to help themselves to a big pile of CDs sitting on a table. But none of the teens took any of the CDs, even though they were free. ‘That was the moment we realized the game was completely up,’ says a person who was there.”
Read the rest of the article here: From Major to Minor
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No, it’s his fugly wife Janet. But it looks a bit like Hillary’s ugly ass. The tabloids should run with this picture and get the rumor mill going.
Courtesy of Gothamist
Bad Ad Ideas: Pakistan Airlines, 1979
(you have to see this to believe it… it’s real)
Courtesy of Cool Hunting
Is kind of like Tetris, but much harder… play it here.
Courtesy of Scott from The Honest Male Perspective
Unknowing twins marry each other
“They had been adopted by separate families and met later in life and felt an inevitable attraction.” You mean like the kind that brothers and sisters have? Gross.
“Potato skins and peach liqueur? Maybe it’s not a combination you’re familiar with. That’s because it’s expert level partying. The kind they do on the Greek island of Mekonos.”
Michael Ian Black shows the amateurs out there how a real partier does.
Hysterical renditions of the many ways a bunny can off him/herself
(NSFW if you work at a pet store)
Courtesy of Brooklyn Vegan
Genius… BKNY represent.
Courtesy of Drunken Stepfather
Lesbian Gang Story on O’Reilly of the Day
O’Reilly has this weird look on his face, like he desperately wants to be a victim of one of these gangs.
Apparently, a photographer on the scene was able to snap this shot of one of the gang leaders:
Sorry Rosie, loved you in A League of Their Own and on that twisted episode of Nip/Tuck, but you definitely “wear the underwear with the dick-holes cut out in ‘em.”
“I had NOOO choice, ladies and gentlemen, but to uphold the Constitution.” Thanks Bill, for protecting our freedoms and being a champion for our rights!
O’Reilly describes this guy as being 6″8… and he looks it on the video. If I was the Obama employee, I would have knocked him right the fuck out the second that he touched me. I can’t stand this weasel. He is acting like a drunk grandpa at a t-ball game, yelling at the umpire for calling his grandkid out. Obama, like the class act that he is, goes over and shakes the weasel’s hand after all is said and done.
Just in case you missed it, here is Obama’s Iowa Caucus victory speech:
