Grey on Jan 31st, 2008McDonald’s Can Award A-Level Diplomas in England
As if English education hadn’t been dumbed down enough, the government has awarded McDonald’s exam board status, meaning that the company can now start giving A-levels to students. For the non-English readers, A-levels are the school exams that children take at age 18. From the government’s perspective, McDonald’s is now on the same […]
Grey on Jan 30th, 2008Dutch to Build Island in the Shape of a Tulip
The Dutch, those relentlessly punctual, get-stuff-done kind of people are planning to build a 50 kilometer long island in the shape of a tulip off the coast of their country. From the article:
[The Dutch] now the world leaders in land reclamation are considering an island in the shape of a tulip to fight overcrowding […]
Grey on Jan 28th, 2008The Disappearing Car Door
According to The Future, the door hinge will go the way of the horse and buggy. All doors will open by sliding into the wall, regardless of how inefficient or space-occupying that may be.
Today, we are one step closer to that reality. A company in Southern California sells what they call a disappearing […]
Grey on Jan 25th, 2008Ant Colony Cast in Concrete
I’ve seen a lot of shows on ants — I love the little bugs. In my childhood I had the unusual desire to become a Myrmecologist in the footsteps of the great E. O. Wilson. Much to my parents’ relief, I ended up as a physics teacher instead.
Anyway, the program linked to […]