Saturday, December 22, 2007

anti-social networking

Parody sites start anti-social networking trend

TORONTO (Reuters) - Tired of phony online friends? Make enemies instead. Riding on the popularity of social networks such as Facebook and MySpace, new Web sites are poking fun at online friendships that connect you to the people you like, by turning attention to the ones you don't.

full news: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071221/wr_nm/web_facebook_parodies_life_dc_1

Modern Toilet Diner

most weird thing has to come first... so here it is..
can you imagine toilet bowl and dinner at a time??? here it is [quoted from chinadaily.com.cn]:

Customers dine at the Modern Toilet diner in the Shilin district in Taipei November 9, 2007. All 100 seats in the crowded diner are made from toilet bowls, not chairs. Sink faucets and gender-coded "WC" signs appear throughout the three-storey facility, one of 12 in an island-wide chain of eateries with a toilet theme. [Agencies]

check all the photos:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/lifestyle/2007-11/14/content_6254176_5.htm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/lifestyle/2007-11/14/content_6254176_4.htm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/lifestyle/2007-11/14/content_6254176_3.htm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/lifestyle/2007-11/14/content_6254176_2.htm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/lifestyle/2007-11/14/content_6254176.htm

also available at:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/14/content_7074990_3.htm
http://ewordpress.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/modern-toilet-diner/