one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog
January 16 2008
Zaha Hadid’s Landesgartenschau today
January 02 2008
Good move: Berlin, Cologne and Hannover have banned heavily polluting cars from their city centers.
September 17 2007
Another town opts for the Hans Monderman school of traffic management, this time it’s the German town of Bohmte.
March 28 2007
The new coaster season is upon us
An update on some new rides that will be appearing this year in nearby parks:
The flying dutchman is the new water coaster at De Efteling (Netherlands). It looks like it has some really good themeing too. Photos of the press opening, a blurry on ride video and an outdoors video of the testing.
Phantasialand (Germany) are building Talocan which, from the looks of it, is a topspin with an aztec theme and a fire and water show.
Heide Park (Germany) are busy putting the finishing touches to Desert Race, a rocket (launched) coaster. Heide Park is on my must-visit list as I haven’t ridden the incredible Colossos yet.
And, finally, Walibi Belgium should be opening their cablecar/coaster hybrid Vertigo if they can get communication between cars to work.
November 05 2006
Europe got a taste of rolling blackouts yesterday. They were due to increased demand on the grid when temperatures suddenly dropped. update: it actually started with a line being turned off in order to let a cruise ship past.