Morning Links: Robots Around the World, ‘Pizza Huh’ and More
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 01.07.09 | 9:34 AM ET
WPA poster, reimagined by Open.- ReadyMade asked artists to “reimagine” Depression Era WPA posters. Open created a great one (pictured).
- McDnoald’s. Bucksstar Coffee. Pizza Huh. Is someone in China building a shopping mall filled with fake brands, or is it all just fake?
- Barack Obama: Restaurant critic. He loves his peach cobbler at Dixie Kitchen in Chicago.
- World Hum contributor David Farley talked travel with Arthur and Pauline Frommer.
- Voting begins on the New 7 Wonders of Nature. There are 261 nominees.
- An American tourist was stabbed outside a bar in Rome.
- Happy 50th birthday, Alaska.
- Farewell to the SS Catalina.
- Another farewell to the San Francisco Chronicle’s John Flinn.
- Jon Bowermaster started a two-month residency at Gadling, writing from Antarctica. He calls the continent “the beating heart of Planet Earth.”
- Why not measure the world’s countries by robot density? Here are the top 10. (Via Passport)
- This may be the least scenic hot tub in the world. I prefer this view.
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
Enduring Wanderlust 01.07.09 | 11:06 AM ET
I’m guessing we’re going to see a big campaign in a number of countries to get their sites voted for on the New 7 Wonders of Nature. There was a significant movement in Peru for Machu Picchu last time around with the regular Wonders of the World.
Ling 01.07.09 | 12:02 PM ET
Me, I’ll nominate that little Mongolian who was wandering around New York a coupla months back. Now that guy you can call a real wonder of nature.
janelle 01.08.09 | 6:39 PM ET
NGT’s got a whole rack of things to do - 50 in fact - while you’re in Alaska. I personally want to ride on a sled in an Iditarod race.
http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/2009/01/alaska-guide-text
Terry L. Lain 01.09.09 | 1:55 PM ET
I am so glad you are having a program on the Azores Islands, all my grandparents were born there except my maternal grandmother and her parents were. I’m reallly looking forward to watching it. Thanks again for having Anthony travel there.