A fantastic StumbleUpon entry this time round. Slinkatchu, an artist has created "Little People – a tiny street art project", which is a photography portfolio of hand made miniature figurines in the big, wide, everyday world. Take a look for a different perspective. Link:Little People – a tiny street art project
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A couple of months ago, I wrote about My Yahoo!’s horoscope, which gave me some silly advice. Well, they’re carrying on… Virgo OK, up and at ‘em, dear Virgo! You may feel like you are walking through chocolate pudding today, but you really need to shake your booty and get the blood flowing. If you [...]
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"Who?" you might ask, but he invented something that every one of us have enjoyed and relied upon for many years. Momofuku Ando was the inventor of the instant noodle in 1958, and founded Nissin Foods Products Co, who have since manufactured billions of packets and cups of the quick foodstuff. Highly revered, they even [...]
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I’ve been enjoying reading this ongoing story on BBC News over the last week or so and it’s been as amusing as it is completely surreal. We’re all used to divas on stage, but when a respected tenor shows his other side, well, what can one say? It all starts with Milan’s premier opera house, [...]
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The Asian Games, kind of like the Commonwealth Games for Asia, kick off this Friday and one of the new sports to be represented is Chess. No longer just a pastime now, it has serious sporting status. So much so that participants will need to be dope tested. Reuters on Yahoo! reports. Chess players [...]
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