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Chinese Foot Binding

Foot binding was practiced in China for 1000 years. Young girls would have their feet wrapped, thus limiting the normal development and essentially crippling them. Today, it is a prominent cause of disability among elderly Chinese women. Read more about it here

The Subaru Impreza WRX MY01 Hatchback

In 2003 I bought a Subaru Impreza WRX MY01 Hatchback. I had the car for one beautiful year! I am no expert, but I would like to offer some thoughts about the vehicle, as well as a few pictures.

Here is an amazing clip from the french movie Les Chevaliers du ciel (Sky Fighters), made by Gerard Pires, who also directed Taxi

Sam William Dowling

On the 16.feb. 2004, while camping in Tasmania, I found a plastic bottle washed up on the beach. I quickly noticed that there was a few rolled up pieces of paper in the bottle. This was very exciting, and I was really looking forward to see what was in the bottle. The letters I found [...]

Can you trust your mind?

How good are you when it comes to concentration and perception?
Here is a cool experiment where you can test you ability to focus attention on a certain object in a short video.