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Ski resort, Dubai

Dubai, as noted previously, is expected to become a major exporter of apocalyptic omens, portents and casual weirdness for that arbitrary portion of the coming century that we can describe — with due trepidation — as “foreseeable”. I passed over … more…

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Al-Jazari’s Automata

Ibn Ismail ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari (1136-1206) inventor and technological visionary author of The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices, also known simply as Automata. I’m not about to pretend to wax knowledgable about a person I was only vaguely … more…

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Dubai’s mini-me world

wasn’t especially easy to find in Google Maps. At one step lower resolution than this, the coastline appears empty. Once they are found, however, the images are sufficient resolution to identify individual buildings — of which there are very few … more…

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Dooby-Dubai

I might have already linked to Mike Davis’ long and interesting article about the building of the weird consumer fairyland in Dubai, which is almost certain to be the world’s most unsustainable tourist playground, once it’s finished (about three years … more…

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