13 of the worst fake accents in film

[update] i’ve really hit some nerves with this list. 1. in my opinion, de caprio in blood diamond was an example of a good accent on the whole. not perfectly consistent but there’s no way he’s amongst the worst. 2. al pacino in scarface - fair point, it was horrendous and should’ve been included. [...]

and you think you’re cramped?

kowloon walled city, hong kong

area - 0.026 km²
population prior to demolition - 50,000, approx
population density - 1,900,000 / km²
(it’s interesting to note that the city of london has a population density of 4,669 / km² and that hong kong itself a density of 6,206 / km2)

said to be the most densely populated area on earth [...]

finally, religion makes sense..

meet the team

(click on all photos to go to the relevant company website)
you’re on a company website and there’s a section called either ‘about us’, ‘meet the team’ or something similar. you click on it and 9 times out of 10 you’ll see a photo like this one…

nicely done, professional, very straightforward, probably accompanied by a brief [...]

hitler’s 4km long hotel complex

built in 1936, this immense piece of third reich architecture is a complex known to locals on reugen island as ‘the colossus’. to most others it’s known as ‘prora’. (click on photos for bigger).

believed to be one of the widest building complexes in the world, it consists of 8 rectangular buildings, seperated by a small [...]

using an unfinished freeway as a roof

these photos show part of the ‘foreshore freeway’ in cape town - a project started over 30yrs ago in order to improve traffic flow in the area which was then halted in 1977, the official reason being that ‘there was no justification in terms of traffic demand at that time for the completion of the [...]

excuse me, i think someone’s been sick in the toilets..

i’m all for making public toilets attractive but these are ridiculous…

they can be seen and used at the john kohler arts center in wisconsin.
pics from here.

how to navigate a multi-mini roundabout

this is an actual roundabout in swindon…

it’s called a multi-mini roundabout and was designed in order to defeat congestion problems and lower the amount of accidents that were occuring when it was an unsafe, normal roundabout. it gives me a headache just thinking about giving way to that many streams of traffic.
it’s ok though, i [...]

unusual ways to punish criminals

i remember the days when criminals were either fined or sent to prison.
1. last year in delaware a superior court judge sentenced russell teeter to 60 days in jail for exposing himself to a 10 year old girl. obviously not believing this to be punishment enough (more jail time?) the judge also demanded that mr [...]

can you spot the divide?

welcome to caracas, venezuela…

the buildings on the left are called ranchos (ghetto shacks) and surround most parts of inner-city caracas, the capital of venezuela. the contrast is incredible.

more info on caracas here.