Polish Train

You've seen them before, those videos where a whole lot of people are stuffed inside a small car or telephone booth etc. in order to break some world record. This video from the train station at Brzeg Dolny in Poland reminded me of that. LINK: The Presurfer

Astronaut-guided video tour of the International Space Station

Expedition 20 Flight Engineer Michael Barratt provides a 20-minute tour of the International Space Station, documenting the full 167 feet of the space station's pressurized modules. Barratts commentary describes to Mission Control in Houston how equipment and supplies are arranged and stored, and provides engineers with a detailed assessment of each module-to-module hatchway. LINK, Via: Youtube

From Closed-Down Water Pumping Station To Elegant Home

If turning an abandoned nuclear missile silo into a home was impressive, then I don't know what to call this. All I know is that Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset turned an old water pumping station into a stylish home.

It wasn't a cheap project as the property alone cost $700,000, but Elmgreen and Dragset approached it as an art project and enlisted the help of architects Wenk und Wiese to start renovations. A year later the old building still had most of its character, but was now outfitted with a fireplace, embedded bathtub, private workspaces, and all the essentials of a home in a stunning layout. [Inhabitat]. LINK

Creative Lifeguard Stations Around the World

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Bedsearcher has a collection of pictures of colorful and creative lifeguard stations that can be found around the world. Pictured above is one by engineer Ulrich Müther and architect Dietrich Otto at Binz, Germany. Müther was a prolific designer in the 1960s and was noted for his buildings composed of concrete shells.

Link, Via: The Presurfer, Via: Neatorama

Create Your Own Online Radio Station

With Radionomy, you can create your own radio station on the Internet. You can tap into the contents of vast music libraries. You can integrate your own musical creations. You can add your own audio content, sequences, reports and podcasts. And it's free.

Radionomy will broadcast these radio stations around the world and take care of all costs, including royalties. Radionomy even shares its revenue with radio station creators, based on the size of their audience. LINK