
Bloemencorso is the annual parade of flowers in Zundert, Netherlands. Every float in this pictorial montage is made from natural flowers, mostly dahlias. These float designs are mind boggling.
Earlier this week, Puerto Rico residents voted to join the United States as the nation’s 51st state. President Obama has yet to comment on the vote but earlier comments indicated they would not oppose Puerto Rico being added as the 51st state. That begs this question though – what about the American Flag with its…
This geek has an almost supernatural ability with statistical analysis and prediction logic. In 2008, Nate Silver garnered attention when he correctly predicted the landslide victory for President Obama on his FiveThirtyEight blog. He also correctly predicted the popular vote split that occurred in that election. His dead-on predictions caught people’s attention so this time…
China’s newest stealth fighter prototype reportedly took its first test flight this past Wednesday (October 31, 2012) over northeastern China (bloggers from China shoot pictures and post online). Lots of questions still remain about the Falcon Eagle J-31 (likely not J-21 as originally thought). China has a larger J-20 stealth prototype that flew in January…
Situated in Huayin City, about 75 miles east from Xi’an City of Shaanxi Province, sits one of the five sacred mountains in China, Mt. Huashan, the “flower mountain”. It is famous for its natural vistas of steep and narrow paths, precipitous crags, and a high mountain range that is home to several influential Taoist temples.Along…
It’s called the Aurora. It’s pink under regular light and glows aqua-marine blue (the two main colors of the aurora-borealis) under black light providing nightclubs an excellent opportunity to present a wonderfully beautiful cocktail to its patrons. Here’s how to make enough for a good-sized geek party.