Please take note of the dates again, 1864 and 1866: that means only thirteen years after the Crystal Palace and thirty years before the design of pioneering Chicago School facades as the Reliance or the Fair Store. Real oldies, right? The Wikipedia entry for curtain wall has two images of Oriel Cha...

The morning after the venue Maurits and I re-visited two architectural jewels in Liverpool: Oriel Chambers in 14th Water Street (1864) and a similar office building in 16th Cook Street (1866).

The above photo shows a real iPad charger on the left and a fake iPad charger on the right, with the plug removed. The most visible difference is the real charger has a round metal grounding post, while the fake has plastic. (The US plug isn't grounded, but in other countries the lack of ground in t...

If you're a mechanical and engineering (M&E) consultant, architect or interior designer tasked with sourcing switch-plates and USB sockets with matching finish, it can be a minefield to find the right manufacturer. The above photo shows a real iPhone charger (left) and a counterfeit (right); th...

The new product is equipped with super linear dual speakers so there is a qualitative leap in the sound quality and volume compared with previous ordinary speakers.

This is mainly due to the low-power nature of the mobile phone speaker, narrow frequency range and small sound chamber (the cavity in which the speaker sounds). In order to break through these limitations, it is necessary to debug sounds one by one. But considering that different phones rely on dif...

You can adjust the pitch and noise for each tune and also add fade in or out to make your unique tone.Hip-Hop, Romantic, Classic, Electronic, Jazz, what is your pick? This ringtones for iPhone app has a category of tunes for everyone and anyone. Just choose the category or genre of the melody

One feature that I love about this app is that it has a featured list of songs that are updated daily. You can also create your list of ringtones that you can store in the ‘favorite’ library and edit them according to your preferences.

The United States is one of that countries that does not have a transit area. All passengers arriving into the United States need to formally enter the country so if you require a visa to enter the United States you will also need a visa if you are only in transit for 1-2 hours. There seems to be a ...

There is no way you can contact any German embassy/consulate in any corner of the globe. They will never pick up your call and even if you lucky enough to get your call picked up, an automated system will reiterate the content of their webpage. Moreover the info given on the webpage is highly vague ...

Since the new beverages have a significantly higher percentage of alcohol by volume, they are thought of as being “harder” than undistilled beverages. Beer, wine, cider, and sake go through the fermentation process. In “The History of Distilling,” Vinepair explains that fermentation can (and does) ...

He can read books, newspapers, signs, and symbols. It also helps to read signboards in the street, at shops, bus, train and air stations. It also helps them in their day to day activities like banking, shopping, money transaction and many more.

In this article, you will learn about ten of the best education systems in the world for 2019 according to the widely appreciated and followed US News & World Report.the report brings up 6 European countries, 2 North American and 2 from Asia and Australia as leading examples of top education. O...

My high school blog was pretty bullshit— it was me ranting and raving about random high school drama. Funny enough, I went by the moniker “ekizz” (my friend Aaron made it up for me in middle school; a combination of “Eric” and “Kim”) and it was my other more confident, self-assured (and very rude) o...

He was originally the crown prince, but was killed by the trick of Bhallaladeva (Rana Daggubati). Twenty-five years later, Baahubali’s son comes to revenge and retake the throne. For downloading this latest tamil movie, try Vidmate app!