underground reading

feast your eyes on the saxon state library in dresden, germany.

it’s a frikkin’ beautiful library to begin with but the most interesting part for me is that the glass ceiling is actually at ground level - the whole building has been designed to sit below ground apart from 2 sections which protrude either side of […]

just room enough

the smallest of the thousand islands, ‘just room enough’ is home to this cottage. only when the water level is low enough is there room for the outside furniture you see in the photo.

the octagonal castle

this is castel del monte in puglia, italy and i personally think it’s aesthetically the greatest castle ever built.

due to the lack of a moat it certainly isn’t the best in terms of defenses but this perfectly designed octagonal castle looks incredible.

it was built in 1240 on the orders of emperor frederick II who […]

the worlds first skyscrapers

shibam, yemen
also known as ‘the manhattan of the desert’, shibam is said to be home to the world’s oldest, surviving skyscrapers.

although some have been refurbished considerably since being constructed from mud-brick the majority of the 500+ buildings date back around 500 years, an incredible feat considering the technology available at the time.

the current population is […]

the duga-3 antenna

this beast is the duga-3, a 900 metre-long radar system based just outside chernobyl that was used during the cold war to detect anti-ballistic missiles from as far as thousands of miles away. the signal it transmitted apparently sounded like a woodpecker, hence the nickname ‘the russian woodpecker’, and was so strong that it resulted […]

bollocks

apparently the server couldn’t handle close to 100,000 hits per day on deputy-dog.com so they suspended my account.
it’s beyond frustrating. i was finally getting somewhere with the site, the hits were coming thick and fast, close to a million in the space of 2 months, my posts were being linked on the sites i used […]

top 10 physically modified people

originally intended as a short post about one of the choices below, it quickly became clear that there are some extraordinary human beings intent on changing their appearance permanently for reasons that will forever baffle most people. whether you agree with it or not, you can’t deny the fact that it’s a fascinating way of life.

bizarre holiday accommodation

normal hotels are so last year. these days only losers opt to book into traditional buildings on solid ground when planning holidays.
next time you go away, try one of these for size…
jules’ undersea lodge, key largo, florida
click here for official website
at a depth of 30feet, just to get to this hotel requires each guest […]

ironworkers have no fear

ironworkers / construction workers apparently have the 4th most dangerous job in the world and looking at these photos and videos it’s easy to see why. out of every 100,000 construction workers, 48 die due to work-related accidents.
one thing i wouldn’t suggest if you’re in that line of work is lying back on a girder […]

google pagewank

what the fuck is google pagerank?
i recieved an email from a stranger this morning informing me that deputy-dog.com’s ‘google pagerank’ is 0. what does that mean? and why email me just to let me know? i’m assuming 0 is a bad number - i’ve never seen any kind of ranking system topped with 0. is […]