Weird stuff: 2008

Friday, December 26, 2008

20 of the World's Most Beautiful Libraries

Abbey Library St. Gallen, Switzerland

Real Gabinete Portugues De Leitura, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Trinity College LIbrary, AKA, The Long Room, Dublin, Ireland

Melk Monastery Library, Melk, Austria

Jay Walker's Private Library

Rijkmuseum Library, Amsterdam

Library of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada

Strahov Monastery - Theological Library, Prague, Czechoslovakia

Herzog August Library, Wolfenbüttel, Germany

Biblioteca Geral University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Wiblingen Monastary Library, Ulm, Germany

Stiftsbibliothek Klosterneuburg, Klosterneuburg, Austria

Central Library, Seattle

Library of the Benedictine Monastery of Admont, Austria

George Peabody Library, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

National Library, Belarus

Riksdagen Library, Swedish Parliament Library, Stockholm, Sweden

Sansovino Library, Rome, Italy

Old British Reading Room, British Museum, London, England

Library of Congress, Washington, DC, US

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

NEW BMW 2012

Noul proiect prietenos cu mediul al celor de la BMW va fi o masina sportiva care va beneficia de ultimele inovatii tehnice in domeniu, inclusiv de folosirea materialelor ultrausoare la constructia sa.

Masina ar putea dispune de un motor amplasat central, iar propulsorul folosit ar putea fi o versiune refacuta a celui de 3 litri, si nu un urias V8 sau V10, asa cum au actualele BMW-uri din clasa M.

In septembrie, BMW a facut publice primele detalii ale unui concept hibrid care va fi disponibil pe piata la sfarsitul lui 2009 sau inceputul lui 2010. Modelul se numeste S400 BlueHybrid si prefigureaza o viitoare limuzina ecologica de serie.