Jul 8th, 2007 at 8:01AM: Following up on an earlier post, the voting is now complete, and the winner has been announced. And here are the "New Seven Wonders of the World": Mexico's Chichen Itza, Brazil's statue of Christ Redeemer, The Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu, Jordan's Petra, the Colosseum in Rome, and India's Taj Mahal.
The organizers say that they got about 100 million votes in what they're calling the world's ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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The 'Wonders of the World' Votes are in!
Jul 8th, 2007 at 8:01AM: Following up on an earlier post, the voting is now complete, and the winner has been announced. And here are the "New Seven Wonders of the World": Mexico's Chichen Itza, Brazil's statue of Christ Redeemer, The Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu, Jordan's Petra, the Colosseum in Rome, and India's Taj Mahal.
The organizers say that they got about 100 million votes in what they're calling the world's ...Gigapixel Photographs by Scott Howard
Jun 7th, 2007 at 6:00PM:
Scott Howard spent two days in 2005 taking almost 200 photos from an area near the Adler Planetarium to create this gigantic image of the Chicago skyline at night. Using a piece of software called Zoomify, the images were then stitched together and packaged in a Flash project that allows you to zoom in -- waaaaaaay in -- on any part of the image. He used the same technique on two more stunning ...See Nepal's Beautiful... Machu Picchu?
Jan 25th, 2007 at 3:13PM: Neil mentioned how Nepal is once again safe to visit after the signing of a recent peace accord. Great, great news! However, it seems one Nepalese company became a little rusty marketing the country to outsiders during the dangerous hiatus. A Royal Nepal Airlines advertisement depicted a gorgeous, mountaintop ruin with a slogan reading "Have you seen Nepal?" Sounds like an effective ad, right? ...
