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how to confuse a rollercoaster

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Deputy Dog 2009-04-22 10:08:00
first of all, build it on top of a discount store in the middle of downtown tokyo and promise it thousands of excited riders every year, both local and from afar, eager to try one of the world's few roof-based half-pipe thrill-rides. and then never open it. just leave it standing, looking foolish. obviously that wasn't the intention. engineers were …

record-breaking jet sleds and rooftops

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Deputy Dog 2009-04-21 08:13:00
ok, so that took a bit longer than expected. point your eyes towards this image.. image source i had this bookmarked for over a year but it got buried at the bottom of my ever-increasing list of things to blog. there are a couple of interesting things about the photo. first off, these 5 enormous tracks are not parallel to each other. it just …

this place is cold

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Deputy Dog 2009-03-13 12:02:00
blogging of the highest quality shall recommence next week. a house-move initiated a series of events which only served to metaphorically paralyse my stubby little typing fingers. to all those who've emailed me concerning the absence and not recieved a reply: thankyou for caring enough to type your kind words. to those responsible for the unkind words: good to see you retards …

3 reasons to take your clothes off in the city

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Deputy Dog 2009-01-05 14:03:00
apparently it's 2009. happy new year. if i was king of england - fuck it - the world, my first job would be to organise the formation of an urban bathing department, the result being the rapid construction of unique structures similar to the ones below on the waterways of every city on earth. why? because they look brilliant and are extremely …

"what the fuck is this?" #3

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Deputy Dog 2008-12-05 13:25:00
it's that time again. the same old rules apply... i have a folder on my desktop called 'huh?'. it's full of photos (hundreds) i've come across over the years whilst surfing the intertubes, photos which all have two things in common - 1. they intrigue me beyond belief, and 2. i have no idea what the subject matter actually is. the reasons …

6 vertigo-inducing viewing platforms

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Deputy Dog 2008-12-02 11:23:00
i remember the first time i went to the top of a skyscraper. it was the john hancock building in chicago a couple of months after the world trade center went down and i nearly shat myself as i walked from the lift to the windows of the observation level, my knees threatening to buckle as i simultaneously got a huge …

"what the fuck is this?" #2

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Deputy Dog 2008-11-28 10:22:00
it's time for another installment of 'wtfit?'. before you have a go at working out this one, remember there's still �10 going for last week's (which you can see here) - there have been some good guesses but i'm still waiting for someone to tell me exactly what and where it is. and so, to no.2. here's the explanation i used …

rockets help build bridge higher than empire state building

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Deputy Dog 2008-11-19 22:39:00
last year whilst reading a forum i came across a comment about a suspension bridge under construction in china. the comment, made by someone living in china, mentioned that this bridge, when completed, would be the tallest in the world by some way and smash the record for highest deck-to-ground distance held by the royal gorge bridge in colorado (1'053ft). i …

lalibela's beautiful chiselled church

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Deputy Dog 2008-11-19 11:23:00
[remember, there's still a whopping �10 to be won simply by telling me what this photo is actually of] bete giyorgis (church of st. george) in lalibela, ethiopia, is in my opinion the most incredible and impressive rock-hewn church on earth. as you look at these photos, remember that the entire building was carved and chiselled from a single piece rock, …

"what the fuck is this?" #1

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Deputy Dog 2008-11-18 17:56:00
hey peeps. i've been extremely busy the past couple of weeks, hence the non-activity since the drainpipe brilliance. there's more stuff on the way though so hold on. first of all though, may i introduce a new (possibly weekly) competition called "what the fuck is this?". i have a folder on my desktop called 'huh?'. it's full of photos (hundreds) i've come across …

pimp my drainpipe

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Deputy Dog 2008-11-06 20:08:00
above: buster simpson's downspout planter system, seattle. photos found here and here. holy shit, i love creative people. these modified downspouts can be found in seattle and were created by artist buster simpson as part of the 'growing vine street' project. as you can see, rainwater is redirected and used to feed greenery that's been placed in the pipes' u-shaped offshoots. a simple …

these trees must stink

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Deputy Dog 2008-11-03 13:38:00
above: tossed shoes, portland, oregon. photo source. in case you don't know, the art of 'shoe tossing' involves throwing one's tied footwear up into the air in such a manner as to have them land on an overhead powerline, one shoe hanging on either side. the result, in some areas, can be seen in the picture above, but the reason for …

urban knitting: the world's most inoffensive graffiti

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Deputy Dog 2008-11-02 17:36:00
there's a new form of graffiti in town, and it's extremely pleasant. so pleasant that i can't imagine even the harshest critics of regular graffiti getting wound up. i mean, who in their right mind would come face to face with a sweater-wearing tree and do anything but smile? i've scoured all yarn covered corners of the intertubes to find some of …

india's ingenious fishing contraptions

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Deputy Dog 2008-10-30 13:08:00
source if you happen to stroll along the coast of fort kochi in india you'll probably come face to face with rows of these enormous and complex bamboo contraptions, hanging over the water and (to me at least) resembling huge wooden insects. they're actually called 'cheena vala', or 'chinese fishing nets', and are a permanent fixture around these shores having already been …

kazakhstan's astounding futuristic pyramid

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Deputy Dog 2008-10-29 14:20:00
since 2006, kazakhstan's new capital city of astana, itself an enormous hub of construction since it inherited the title in 1997, has been home to one of the world's most impressive and visually futuristic pyramids, known as the palace of peace and reconciliation. it was designed by british super-architects foster + partners, cost 8.74 billion kazakh tenge (i don't need to …

no-one is safe

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Deputy Dog 2008-10-27 15:12:00
mcdonalds ski-thru, lindvallen :: source holy shit, that's a mcdonalds ski-thru. those cunning mcbuggers obviously saw an opportuniy to reach out to the ski-bound community in their quest for continued world domination and build an adapted drive-thru, negating the need to leave the skis at the door. it opened in 1996 in the ski-resort of lindvallen, sweden and has been pumping people full …

5 enormous cracks

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Deputy Dog 2008-10-20 10:50:00
source see the diagonal line that runs through the orchard in the incredible photo above? that's the san andreas fault - a point where the edges of 2 tectonic plates meet - producing a visible displacement amongst the rows of trees. when they were planted years ago the rows were straight, but as the 2 ginormous land masses moved in opposite directions …

united states / mexico border station, 1925 - present

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Deputy Dog 2008-10-16 17:37:00
san ysidro border station, 1925 :: source came across the above photo by chance today. it's san ysidro border station in 1925, the same border station that is now the busiest on earth. although it looked fairly busy even in 1925 with 4 or 5 lanes of queueing cars, these days it has a whopping 24 lanes of northbound traffic for those …

can i book a room please?

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Deputy Dog 2008-10-15 14:38:00
10 points if you correctly guess this building's purpose. my guess was some kind of indoor holiday centre or water park. incredibly, turns out it's a hospital in mestre, italy. designed by studio altieri spa and costing ?200,840,705, construction work on this beauty, nuovo ospedale di mestre, was completed in january of this year. the hospital is home to 680 standard beds, 20 …

roden crater: the world's first volcano renovation

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Deputy Dog 2008-10-13 10:00:00
roden crater :: photo source for the past 30 years or so an astounding renovation has been underway below roden crater, a 3km wide dormant volcano crater located northeast of flagstaff in arizona, the brilliance of which probably won't be apparent until the large-scale art installation opens when ready, apparently in 2012. the artist responsible, james turrell, 'studied optics and perceptual psychology' …

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