Capital’s sex mall slow to attract business
“In some ways, the new Sex Capital in Mexico City´s Historic Center looks like any other modern shopping mall. Unlike most other shopping malls, however, it also has a table dance club, a gay discotheque, peep shows and an 18-and-over age limit. Its shops sell exclusively sex-themed products […]
Korea Plans to Build ‘Mobile Paradise’
“South Korea plans to construct a ‘mobile paradise,’ a special district next year, where people will be able to enjoy a seamless service from the world’s latest wireless technologies. The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) Wednesday revealed the grandiose scheme, dubbed the M1 (Mobile No. 1) project, as part […]
Light Pollution - and the return of the night
“Human interference with visible astronomy is generally referred to as ‘light pollution,’ or – my personal favorite – ‘light trespass,’ light that has trespassed its terrestrial limits and now competes with the heavens above, blocking out the stars and forming a counter-astronomy. Photographer David Allee, however, has […]
“The brave seamen whose great voyages of exploration opened up the world are iconic figures in European history. Columbus found the New World in 1492; Dias discovered the Cape of Good Hope in 1488; and Magellan set off to circumnavigate the world in 1519. However, there is one difficulty with this confident assertion of European […]
“Do you really need to use this lift? Please think of others that do”