Photo Friday: Wet
Seated Paddling, originally uploaded by Adam Tinworth.
Two senior folks enjoying the feel of water on their feet in Cornwall.
Submitted to Photo Friday: Wet.
Burj Dubai - as tall as it gets?
Part of the reason behind starting this (shamefully neglected) blog was to write about stuff I no longer feel comfortable babbling about on One Man & His Blog. Architecture is one of those topics.
I may no longer be a property journalist, but property-related e-mails still drop into my in-box with startling regularity. This one caught my attention, both for the images and the claim that it will be the tallest building in the world. Yes, Burj Dubai will rise to 512.1 metres (1,680 feet) and 141 storeys, beating Taipei 101 in Taiwan. The building is under construction right now by Emaar Properties PJSC, to be completed next year.
The Friday Afternoon Feeling
Apparently, British firms are losing £50m, because people are taking Friday afternoons off, on the sly.
You'll never catch that happening here, oh, no:
QotD: My Strongest Summer Memory
What will you remember most about this summer?
August has only just begun! There's at least a month left for making cool summer memories!
Really. Vox is becoming terribly premature...