Apparently the call to simplify and to achieve "more with less", thus bringing about more order and sanity, is often lost amid day-to-day IT and electrical implementation chaos.
The goal of this series (other than to simply entertain) is to raise awareness about the abundance of tangled messes in the world and to establish the humanitarian fund dedicated to eradicating this blight entirely from the face of our Mother Earth. (well... maybe not, but in any case... take a picture of some private miserable mess which you face every day and send it to us!)
Enjoy new collection of pics that we've received from concerned readers; first is a sampling of Bangkok wiring (again!), courtesy of PolarInertia, photography by Thomas Kalak -
That image of the Indian "electrician" is not uncommon here where I live in Venezuela. Every now and then you get to know these guys' abrupt end-of-lives via the local newspapers.
Samuil’s Vomit Urinal: While the design might be original, the basic idea is not. These things used to be quite frequent in Germany and Austria. They can still be found in old taverns and even in some newer ones. Look it up here: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speibecken
Was just going to post that link Dave, C.O.D.E. Guardian is the most amazing CG video I have ever seen. Unreal. I'm not one for steampunk suff, but this is still a great post!
I've been doing one line designs since June in the form of "Birth Art". I'm not sure what inspired it, but they are linked to on my site: www.andreatrotter.com
I'm really intrigued by this picture. Looking at the general design of the ship, and figuring that pretty well all of the major capital ships of WW2 are accounted for, I'm guessing something Cold War era - Russian? Are those rangefinders on the sides of the forward turrets? (Suggesting no centralised fire control when built) A and B turrets look to have, what, 6 or 8 inch guns, so I'm guessing a cruiser of some sort. The bridge area looks to be a hotch-potch of added on facilities with hints of the open bridge suggestive of pre-WW2 UK destroyer design. As the picture is in colour I'm again guessing this is some derelict from the Soviet era that was destined to be broken up on a beach in India and somehow came adrift from its towing vehicle and got stranded somewhere. There seems to be some kind of fire control array towards the stern of the ship, and the top of the funnel seems to be angled as per the design of 1960s era ships. OK, here's my best guess. This ship was originally designed in the 1940's as a cruiser. It may have had very limited deployment in WW2. After the war it was modified heavily as a first generation guided missile platform. In the 1980's or 1990's it was scrapped, and due a mishap ended up being grounded on a beach somewhere. I'm probably hugely wrong, but I'd still like to know what the real story is...
I found at www.divenorway.com/ the following: "Murmansk (W206) Russian Sverdlov class cruiser built 1955 one of the last all gun cruisers decommitioned 1987 scrapped 1995 Lost 1994 while in tow to india for scrap along the berents coast between North cape and Tromso is now aground on Soeroey Finmark" I can't see it yet on Google Maps, perhaps someone else knows precisely where it is?
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Electrical engineers everywhere are having trouble breathing...
That image of the Indian "electrician" is not uncommon here where I live in Venezuela. Every now and then you get to know these guys' abrupt end-of-lives via the local newspapers.
And to think I can't stand the sight of an extension cord showing. I have to hide wires from the computer, printer, etc. because they're so ugly.
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