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Beijing’s Bird’s Nest Stadium – the focal point of 2008 Summer Olympics – has been transformed into a snow-theme park in hopes of drawing visitors and their cash to the venue. Tons of artificial snow has been brought inside the stadium and around it, to the delight of residents of the Chinese capital and tourists. Despite the 180 Yuan entrance fee (£16.50 or $26), officials hope that the snowy playground will be financially successful. BBC

You like the view from your living room, but you would have loved it from your bedroom. Well, it’s not possible unless you are living in a house that can rotate. A couple in Australia have managed to build their dream house that can rotate to follow the sun. Luke and Debbie Everingham’s home, in New South Wales, can turn 360 degrees with the help of a mechanism powered by two small electric engines no larger than that of a washing machine. Designed on a turntable upon which it is built, the house took around $660,000 to complete with a touchscreen panel in the living area along with electrical fittings around which the house can turn.

Unlike the tourist-tainted landscapes of neighbouring of Cancun and other Caribbean resorts; Santorini, Greece provides a seemingly untouched backdrop of white hills, red beaches and blue seas.

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Recent collaboration between the industrious designer Michael Young and his wife, Icelandic graphic artist Katrin Olina Petursdottir, resulted in SKIN. It is an exquisite Florentine cosmetic surgery clinic commissioned by Dr. Jorgos Foukis, guru to the rich and (determined-to-remain) beautiful.

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It’s the beginning of the month, and if you’ve had enough of her or contemplating breaking up with your girlfriend (for reasons we don’t want to know about). Here’s a how-to guide:

P.S. Girls, don’t even think about it.

Cities grow organically, and while some areas thrive and prosper, others parts undoubtedly deteriorate over time as industry evolves, social dynamics shift and economies fluctuate. Many accomplished urban designers look at the multi-dimensionality of any city within which they work regardless of where a project is sited.

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Fisher Space Pen Co. is celebrating the historic moon landing of Apollo 11 on July 20 with limited edition AG7-40LE Space Pens. The 40th anniversary pen is designed as a replica of the historic anti-gravity model pen. It features a piece of “Kapton” foil, used as protective thermal insulation on the Apollo 11 Command module, Columbia, which carried the astronauts to the moon and back. This rare artifact floats in a water-clear acrylic dome sealed into the pen’s cap.

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If you’ve always been jealous of that guy who seems to just ooze useful information, you can finally one-up him with the Pocket Ref. Endorsed by Mythbusters, the Pocket Ref belongs on every desk. Filled with graphics, tables, formulas and tons of data ranging from electronics, carpentry, first aid, math, weather and tons of other subjects.