"A Web site collects information on 1,200 sites that have been closed to the public by militaries and governments -- from Roswell to the Bushehr nuclear facility in Iran. But the highlight is a 3D model of the Guantanamo prison camp."

Spiegel International about Zone Interdite

"Optical labyrinths of the sky, mapped, from what may be one of the most beautiful books ever published: the Atlas Coelestis (1742) by Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr." Via bldgblog!

The "Spot the Black Helicopter" competition is over. Check out the results.

"It's a miracle you can go out of your house in the morning without tripping over a black helicopter. "

A member of our global network wants you to know about this: "Most hurricanes blow but we are here to tell you that not only did Hurricane Katrina blow but it sucked too! The point of this site is to keep the world informed on Hurricane Katrina and it's aftermath along the Gulf Coast."

hurricanekatrinasucked.com

Oh, Jerry Burckheimer, Tony Scott and Denzel Washington are in New Orleans to save the day...

Technorati : Katrina

Our dear friends Heidi and Roisin just started that Berlin Brunch Blog you might have heard a lot about lately. Here are the really good places in Berlin described by two funny women from Ireland and the US. Vegetarians and Vegans visiting Berlin will find this pretty useful as well!

Still working on the backbone... Maybe, maybe, the blog will move to another provider this week, but we will keep you informed... There will be brunching guest-stars and more pictures soon...

Check it out and give' em a link!

Technorati : Berlin, Brunch, Blog, Sunday, Breakfast, Vegetarian, Vegan, Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain, Schöneberg, Charlottenburg, Mitte, Prenzlauer Berg

No.1: record top-secret band to sell No. 19: be forever punk

From 43things.com

Impressive blog by photographer Clayton James Cubitt from New Orleans: "A personal chronicle of what hurricane Katrina has done to my poor proud people."

Only at Galactic Pizza!

Geil! Klänge und Geräusche aus Berlin! Sounds from Berlin! Via Kreuzblogger! Das Sony Center klingt geil spacig und das Maybachufer ist auch sehr gut getroffen! Tag: Berlin

About "making any jokes or statements regarding bombs..."

more info...

In Anwesenheit des Regisseurs Mike Andrawis und Gäste / director Mike Andrawis will be present at the showing at cinema Kino Babylon in Berlin Mitte

Order your tickets now to ensure seating for this unique documentary!

Date: 25 January, 2006 Time: 20:00 Uhr / 8:00pm Address: Kino Babylon, Berlin:Mitte, Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 30, 10178 Berlin Web: www.babylonberlin.de Tickets: +49-(0)30-2425969

UK showing: Date: Saturday, 21 January 2006 of Jan in Birmingham Time: 9pm Adress: The Electric Cinema, 47-49 Station St, Birmingham, England www.theelectric.co.uk festival details www.7inch.org.uk

Yeah, right! Read the Pravda!

The newthinking store is the worldwide first LinuxTrendStore. Here, interested laywomen and -men, as well as technical professionals, find all information about the free operating system GNU/Linux. In an aesthetic, non-technical space, in the middle of the gallery and art scene of Berlin Mitte, the newthinking store offers a simple entry into the world of Free Software and GNU/Linux for everybody. Besides the possibility to buy products and literature in the newthinking store, the Linux TrendStore is also a space for events. It hosts regular informational events on Linux and Free Software, directed to beginners, advanced users and pros alike. A second focus will cover the topic information society with all its facets.

newthinking store - Tucholskystr. 48, Berlin opening hours: tue - sat, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

This is the place and this is the weblog and here is Ken.

Sign the petition!

Die brauchen wohl viel Euro-Unterstützung von den Punkern hier. Mal sofort die Kulturfuzzis vom Fernsehen hinjagen und ohne Kompromißbereitschaft sofort und ultimativ Denkmalschutz beantragen oder wir greifen an.

I love it! They got so much cool stuff today... I mean, have you heard about portable cities before?

"The Quonset hut – partially designed by Buckminster Fuller – was a portable, easy to construct architectural unit that allowed for the rapid deployment of forward bases in war zones."

Then there is Florida’s Secret Prison City and the Plattenbauten...

"Toddler boy: Wah! I want Mommy! Babysitter chick: I want you to shut the fuck up." --on the L train

Girl #1: I didn't know I was pregnant for, like, 4 weeks. Girl #2: Seriously? Girl #1: Yeah, and you know I drank a shitload in that time. --Rockefeller Plaza

The shit that people say in public...

"Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in this this short travel log of the night life of Rio de Janeiro during the annual Carnival. Arnold spends some time ogling and groping beautiful models in the Club Oba Oba, as well as uncomfortably sucking carrots with a woman at a local restaurant." devilducky has it. Check the mainpage for more videos.

"The legend is back! From Nov.6th onwards the Chickens' monstercabinet will be regularly open on sundays from 2 to 8 pm. You will have a bit more of a way to get there than it used to be, as the new site is 8 S-Bahn stops from Alexanderplatz at Rathenauhallen, Oberschöneweide, Wilhelminenhofstrasse 83-86, Halle 75, Tram Edisonstr.

We also have the pleasure to anounce two events featuring Brad Hwang's famous "Bettelküche" on Sat. and Sunday, November 26th/27th. Eat and make sounds in the monsterhall."

Kicker, Flipper, Billard and the world's best Jukebox. Karaokemonster Ron has the weirdest collection of karaoke-records known to man and his place is the coolest little club on this planet right now. Kreuzberg is trying hard to win the Karaoke Olympics next year! Oh, it's also a plain "Saufloch". Open every day from 8 p. m. until early in the morning. (Lübbenerstr. 19, Kreuzberg)

Choose from more than 800 different soy-combinations at Yellow Sunshine in Kreuzberg (beetween "Wild at Heart" and "Wiener Blut", two blocks from SO36). Burgers, salads, vegan schnitzel, vegan döner, vegan currywurst etc. All products are made of politcally correct vegetables or tofu. And it's also a nice chilly restaurant. Not too far away from that you can also find the Veganladen (Pücklerstr. 32) for more vegan shopping.

"For travellers who are REALLY on a budget and are looking for a way to skim a few bucks off their travel expenses, why not consider sleeping in an airport? Many airports are actually better than local lodging. And to top it off - IT'S FREE!"

"Anton LaVey, in his popular work, The Devil's Notebook, credited some of Chicago's paranormal openness to its architecture, namely, the trapezoidal John Hancock building, the shape of which has been traditionally known as a gateway for arcane forces." This according to the book Creepy Chicago; A Ghosthunter's Tales of the City's Scariest Sites by Ursula Bielski."

Copied from Gapers Block

Europe Underground. Cool pictures!

"WELCOME to Cold War City (population: 4). It covers 240 acres and has 60 miles of roads and its own railway station. It even includes a pub called the Rose and Crown. (...) It has a Wiltshire address, but it is 120ft underground.

The subterranean complex that was built in the 1950s to house the Conservative prime minister Harold Macmillan’s cabinet and 4,000 civil servants in the event of a Soviet nuclear attack is being thrown open to commercial use. Just four maintenance men are left."

Story in the Times

Welcome to Freedom Village - North America's Premier home for troubled teens!

And Jesus cried.

"Jim Munroe is a novelist who left HarperCollins to showcase and propagate indie press alternatives to Rupert Murdoch-style consolidation. Why should media magnates have all the fun?"

His new book Access All Areas: A User's Guide to the Art of Urban Exploration sounds swell. Check out his site No Media Kings. Some interesting stuff... Munroe recently made an appearance at Berlins international bookshop East of Eden

Back on the Alexanderplatz! Play Pong on the building with your cellphone!

Come and see the little radio station which is also the home of Sundays Pirate Cinema and so many other things! Tuesdays: Radiobar