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Special Asia-Pacific Edition
+ The new Wellington NZ airport 'rock' terminal (or are they pumpkins?)
+ China's frolicking Tibetan antelope imbroglio
+ The architects and engineers of Beijing's water cube building interviewed
+ South Korea's proposed 500km canal (right through the middle of the country)
+ The 15th International Pondicherry Yoga Festival
+ The astonishing 'Second Life' based art of Cao Fei
+ Modern ruins in Japan
+ Hi-tech combat uniforms that can change camouflage patterns
+ Qantas ephemera
The new Wellington NZ airport 'rock' terminal. Or are they... pumpkins?
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China's frolicking Tibetan antelope imbroglio. Examine. Reflect upon. Discuss. Via Coudal.
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"Australian-based designers and engineers are behind the inspiration and collaboration that delivered the innovative Bejing Olympics swimming centre, known as the Water Cube. They're interviewed on By Design.
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South Korean President-elect Myung Bak 'Bulldozer' Lee is planning to link Busan and Seoul with a 540 kilometer-long canal. This canal, which will stretch the entire length of the country, will be a boon for trade, commerce and tourism or an environmental disaster waiting to happen?
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The 15th International Pondicherry Yoga Festival. Via Boing Boing.
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The very exciting art of Beijing-based Cao Fei. A recent series used Second Life as the 'medium'. An interview.
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Modern ruins in Japan. Some great shots here.
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Shades of the 'scramble suit' from Philip K Dick's A Scanner Darkly: hi-tech combat uniforms that can change camouflage patterns.
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They don't look like rocks to me. Nor do they look like pumpkins. How about two giant knobs of sheep s...?
Posted by: Ray Kinnane | 03 March 2008 at 07:01 PM