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My Collection of Crazy Buildings

Our ancient ancestors used to live in an artificial shelter 500,000 years ago. By the time homes were technologically advancing. Does that mean the human evolution depends on how we build homes? A building as a shelter represents a place of comfort and safety of the human habitat. Tell me if you can feel some comfort living in these crazy buildings below. Rock on!

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This entry was written by KiwiPulse, posted on Thursday, September 6th, 2007 at 6:06 pm and is filed under Crazy. You can bookmark this blog and read the posts later through the RSS Feed. 6 Comments

Huge Sky Screen in Beijing

One of my favorite things that rock my world is to watch movies. I saw the trailer of the movie “Silk” which will be released this month. I wanted to know more about the history of Silk. Then I found the Silk Street, The Place, in Beijing. I know the movie is about a French man traveling in Japan and he becomes obsessed with the concubine of a local baron. Nothing to do with Beijing, but the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is coming soon. As we all know, Olympic games will greatly stimulate economic development.

The Silk Street is a shopping center that can accommodates over 1,700 retail vendors. The street is very popular among the international tourists for their wide selection of counterfeit designer brand apparels. Two new retail centers is in development in Beijing’s central business district. You can see between those retail centers a huge suspended LED screen. Five individual displays have been combined to form the giant screen. It was built with an investment of RMB 250 million ($32 million). The Skyscreen is 250 m long and 30 m wide. It was designed by Jeremy Railton, president of Entertainment Design Corporation, who was designer of the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas.

I have added some videos from YouTube. I hope that will amaze your eyes!

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This entry was written by KiwiPulse, posted on Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 at 2:12 pm and is filed under Travel. You can bookmark this blog and read the posts later through the RSS Feed. 5 Comments

Ryugyong Hotel: World’s Tallest Unfinished Hotel

I fall on something very weird today. Did you know that the world’s tallest Hotel could be in North Korea? The Ryugyong Hotel, the 105 Building, is a concrete skyscraper that was once intended for use as a hotel. The construction of the hotel has began in 1987 and has been ceased in 1992. Still today, nobody knows exactly why. Maybe due of the lack of funding, the Japanese newspapers estimated the cost of construction was US$750 million. The North Korean government is trying to invite foreign investment of US$300 million to improve and finish the hotel. In the meantime, it has removed the Ryugyong from maps. If it had it been completed, it would have been the world’s tallest hotel. The Ryugyong’s hotel planned 3,000 rooms and 7 restaurants. The fact that it is so huge, so strange, and incomplete make my mind boggle. I ‘d like to have a look inside myself.

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This entry was written by KiwiPulse, posted on Monday, September 3rd, 2007 at 1:31 am and is filed under Architects. You can bookmark this blog and read the posts later through the RSS Feed. 13 Comments

September Prize Giveaway Contest

There is plenty of prize giveaway contest waiting for you to participate. Don’t miss the opportunity to grab your ticket today, some of these contests have a deadline at the end of this month. These contests are free, all you need to do is to write a post about their prize giveaway contest. Your chances of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries you have participated. I wish everyone a good luck!
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$4,000 blog anniversary prize draw

This is one of the biggest prize giveaway contest hosting this month. David Airey will celebrate his 1st year anniversary of his graphic design blog. For celebrating the event, he will giveaway many prizes to thank everyone for supporting his blog. There is more than $4,000 worth in free prizes! He will offer three fabulous awards and many bonus prizes.

The deadline for the entries is Wednesday, September 26th 2007, and the winners will be announced on Monday, October 1st 2007. Names will be drawn using a random generator.

Gold award

The ultimate business blog package:

• Logo design from David Airey. Add a touch of professionalism to your business with one of my logo designs.
• Custom WordPress theme design from Nate Whitehill of Nate Whitehill dot Com. It’s vital to set yourself apart from the crowd, and Nate will help a great deal with your very own custom WordPress theme.
• Personal marketing / advertising plan from Maki of Dosh Dosh. Maki is an expert where blog advertising is concerned, and he is kindly donating his time to help you make the most of your new custom blog.
• One year’s hosting and blog setup from John Boardley of I Love Typography. John has kindly donated his time and will do everything you need to get your new custom blog hosted on one of Media Temple’s dedicated servers.
• Signed copy of Blogging Tips by Lorelle VanFossen of Lorelle on WordPress. I bought this book myself, and it contains excellent blogging tips for beginners to pros.

Silver award

• Logo design from Tara Roskell of Graphic Design Blog. You only need to visit Graphic Design Blog to realise that Tara really knows a lot about great design.
• Website critique from Randa Clay of Randa Clay Design. If you want some expert advice on how to improve your website design, you won’t be disappointed by this offering.
• One hour SEO consultation with Lyndon Antcliff of Cornwall SEO. Lyndon will conduct a Skype consultation with the winner of this prize, and he comes highly recommended for search engine optimisation and linkbaiting.
• $60 of books from Amazon courtesy of Darren Rowse of ProBlogger. Is there a book you’ve been meaning to buy on Amazon? How about getting it free? A great donation from a professional blogger.

Bronze award

• Logo / blog header design from Jonathan-C. Phillips of Smart Wealthy Rich. Jonathan has donated his expert skills to help your blog stand out from the crowd.
• One hour blog optimization consultation with Daniel Scocco of Daily Blog Tips. This consultation will cover design, SEO, monetization and blogging strategy, from the author of one of blogging’s most useful resources.
• Revolution Premium WordPress theme package (personal package) from Brian Gardner, WordPress designer and consultant. Brian’s WordPress skills are second to none.
• Blog review and email interview published on Make It Great! with Phil Gerbyshak. The man to ‘make it great’ will critique your blog and feature you on his very own PR5 blog.

That is not all, you can win many other bonus prizes. Find out how to enter by reading the details on David’s logo designer blog.

We’re Giving Away Another $500!

JohnCow.Com is giving away $500! His blog is about helping people making money online. If you didn’t participated on his $500 competition last month. Here is your chance to grab some milk from his generous contest. The contest is sponsored by micfo.com, they specialized in web hosting. Also Micfo is giving anyone that uses the coupon “JohnCowRocks” a 15% discount on all services! He will pick the winner at the end of September. Find out how to enter by reading the details on John Cow dot Com. Cowabunga!

iPhone Contest

BuzzPatrol have launched their first official contest! The blog is about entertainment news, celebrity news, movie news, movie trailers, weird news, celebrity gossip, celeb news, tv news. A great source of entertainment for everyone. They are giving away a gadget that was probably the most anticipated of the year, the Apple iPhone! The deadline is going to be September 7th. Submit your entry today, you still have plenty of time to participate. Find out how to enter by reading the details on BuzzPatrol.

This entry was written by KiwiPulse, posted on Saturday, September 1st, 2007 at 10:11 am and is filed under Prize Giveaway. You can bookmark this blog and read the posts later through the RSS Feed. 4 Comments

Library of the Free University of Berlin

Today, I was attracted by the architecture of the Free University of Berlin. The university is the largest university in Berlin. Research at the university is focused on humanities, social sciences, health and natural science. One of the newest components on the campus is the Philological Library. Opened in 2005, the library holds more than 700,000 volumes. The library was designed by Norman Robert Foster, one of the leading British architects of the United Kingdom and in the world. It’s the kind of library that I will go regularly and do some blogging. I hope you will enjoy your visit.

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This entry was written by KiwiPulse, posted on Saturday, September 1st, 2007 at 3:36 am and is filed under Architects. You can bookmark this blog and read the posts later through the RSS Feed. 4 Comments