about 8 months ago - No comments
Good news for Kindle fans that love to read! If your library is among those now offering Kindle books, you can visit their website to have the ebooks delivered to your Kindle device or app. The length of time that you can borrow the ebook depends on the policy of the library where you’re borrowing
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Similar to the LivingSocial Amazon.com deal a couple of weeks ago, Groupon is having a Barnes & Noble deal where you can buy a $20 gift card for $10. If you’re like me and think that there’s nothing like reading an actual book, then this is Groupon deal is a must buy. Keep in mind
about 2 years ago - No comments
Glyde is a new, easier way to sell video games, cds, books and DVDs. Instead of using your own keywords while searching for media like on ebay, as you search with Glyde you will see a window below the search bar with all the things you can possibly be looking for. Instead of starting your
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If you’re in the need of an interesting looking case for your MacBook you may want to check out the BookBook. It’s a hardback leather case available in Classic Black or Vibrant Red colors and looks just like a vintage book. The BookBook is available in 13″ or 15″ for $79.99. More @ twelvesouth.
about 3 years ago - No comments
An interesting looking boxy structure is soon going to help fill the skyline in Copenhagen, Denmark. Sky Village, designed by MVRDV and co-architect ADEPT, will contain space for retail, offices, housing, parking/storage and a hotel. The design is based on a grid of 60 meter pixels that allow the flexibility to re-design units like giant
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A new apartment building in New York will be a 57-story residential complex housing 145 residences, each with its own unique floor plan and private outdoor space. Each floor will be a seperate apartment. The 2 to 5-bedroom living spaces will range from $3.5 million to $33 million per floor and it looks like they
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The China Central Television in Beijing has finished its facade just in time for the Olympics. Construction of this 600,000 square meter project began in September 2004 and is due for completion by the end of 2009. So how did they design this building to be structurally sound? Lots of steel. More can be seen at Dezeen.
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This is the Sinosteel International Plaza in Tinajin, China, designed by Beijing-based architects MAD. What will make this skyscraper different is that unlike a traditional building structure, the Sinosteel International Plaza carries its support on the outside, similar to the exoskeleton of a bee. Construction has already begun on the plaza and should be complete in 2012.
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Architect David Fisher has designed the first ever rotating skyscraper. Each floor can rotate up to once an hour, changing the overall look of the building daily. According to the plans, the rotation of the floors will be powered by wind turbines placed between the floors. Each floor will be pre-made and lifted to the top and work its
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The Door Close button is mostly there to give passengers the illusion of control. The button is only enabled in emergency situations with a key held by an authority. The only known occurence of an elevator car free falling due to a snapped cable (barring fire or structural collapse), was in 1945 when a B25
