Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Window-washing robot


This tethered robot washes the glass on the pyramids at the Louvre. So cool. I wonder if they use it to clear snow, as well.


This post's theme word: rimy, "covered with frost."

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

No underwear


Prohibited pictograms on the top of l'Arc du Triomphe. Can you guess their meanings? I've got "no food," "no smoking," "no camera tripods," and "no cell phone usage." That last one? Take a guess.

Really. Look at it.

We finally decided that it means, "no sunbathing." But maybe not. It's not very clear.


This post's theme word: grig, "a cricket or grasshopper," or "a small or young eel," or "a lively or lighthearted person." That grig is sunbathing on the top of l'Arc du Triomphe!