it's both sides pumping out propaganda. 

http://www.reason.com/blog/show/128210.html

Now there's some inspiration. 

Russia is VONDUR, and is therefore awesome.

Russia is also this which is also awesome:

http://www.iheartchaos.com/2008/07/10/morning-music-video-gorbachev-is-a-zombie-killing-barbarian-in-this-russian-metal-video-i-heart-music/

There is no propaganda, there is only... VONDUR. 

That was indeed awesome. 

that is one of the best links ever posted on this board. Every frame of it ruled. 

that's as good as the chainsaw maid video someone else posted. 

yea this is a nice video :) 

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/11898621.html 

http://www.thecoolhunter.net/

SEE:
Architects who design residences like steel-and-glass skyscrapers, only tiny!
FEEL:
The pain of residents with no privacy and massive electric bills! 

Well, even though it IS a "Portal of Souls" as in The Night Journey, the style might not be so much my style - if a similar underwater maze partially submerged was found in Europe, that might be more like it. I've never really done Mayan or even Egyptian stuff, which seems like a more simple architectural style than (Medieval) Arabian or European - but of course in any Quake map there's a good deal of "make up whatever the hell you want." I do admit to the underground mazes tendency though - lol, just wait for Arcanum.

Re: Lunaran link
I still don't understand why there aren't "stylistic" buildings that are just totally reactionary. I guess every huge company just has to go with the modernism/futurism style in order to seem cutting-edge. 

http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/05/gargantuan-scale-model-of-shanghai-in-2020/

http://flickr.com/photos/larryncelia/250924174/sizes/o/in/photostream/ 

Those pics remind me of Kowloon Walled City on a ridiculously grand scale. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon_Walled_City Obviously the density is much, much less, considering KWC had 50,000 inhabitants on 0.026 km� before it was razed, but there's something just...busy feeling about those pics that gives that same vibe. Lots of people in a (relatively) small area...

More cool KWC pics + info here: http://www.doobybrain.com/2007/08/22/kowloon-walled-city-city-of-darkness/

I highly recommend the book. 

I had no idea about Kowloon Walled City! Sounds like something from a SF book... 

looks completely badass. o.o 

Try to forget that I'm linking to a site called 'pink tentacle.'

http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/08/photos-tetrapod-beaches-of-japan/ 

I love tetrapods, too bad they are actually useless... =\ 

too bad they are actually useless

That's what they said about crates... 

and triangular lights 

Ok, it's not great but brings some nice ideas perhaps...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpaJOGIhcyE&feature=related 

http://www.nurflugel.com/Nurflugel/Horten_Nurflugels/ho_iv/Falvy_Pics/Img0076.jpg

Lessee.
A masculine huge-jawed hero testpilot and his comic sidekick small mechanic guy test fly a german war booty aircraft.

A woman is involved too.
http://www.nurflugel.com/Nurflugel/Horten_Nurflugels/ho_iv/Falvy_Pics/Img0069.jpg

But the real beauty is the aircraft, perhaps the best looking ever constructed in the history of aviation.
http://www.nurflugel.com/Nurflugel/Horten_Nurflugels/ho_iv/Falvy_Pics/Img0064.jpg 

The link to the gallery
http://www.nurflugel.com/Nurflugel/Horten_Nurflugels/ho_iv/Falvy_Pics/falvy_pics.html

This is all just so... strong, by itself:
http://www.nurflugel.com/Nurflugel/Horten_Nurflugels/ho_iv/Falvy_Pics/Img0079.jpg
http://www.nurflugel.com/Nurflugel/Horten_Nurflugels/ho_iv/Falvy_Pics/Img0097.jpg 

http://www.materialicious.com/

and his other site

http://www.stairporn.org/

and something linked from it

http://www.richardpowers.co.uk/library_landing.php?id=2 

at the other end of the timeline, Opacity hasn't been killed in the collapse of an old insane asylum yet and now has 100+ albums:

http://www.opacity.us/ 

This bank:
http://www.thecoolhunter.net/design/What--A-Bank-/

It's like walking around in an ipod 

That bank is SO not going to go bankrupt. It probably has its own time travel device built into it to prevent such catastrophes.

Also, to get an account there the bouncer has to think you're cool enough.