“Post Apocalyptic” Search Trends on Google – Does Scandinavia love the end of the world?

Posted by on Mar 11 2010

I just a quick lookup of the term ‘Post Apocalyptic’ on Google Trends – the term certainly has been on the increase the past couple of years:

post apocalyptic trends

What I find interesting is the term is especially highly used for Scandinavian countries – perhaps they feel that Ragnarök is approaching? Perhaps it has something to do with extremity of the poles – Canada rounds up the northern half  as well as a couple of down-under countries, Australia and New Zealand.
Regions

1. Sweden
2. Finland
3. Norway
4. Canada
5. United States
6. New Zealand
7. Australia
8. United Kingdom
9. Netherlands
10. Poland

Tupac Shakur and the End of the World – Short Story by Sandra McDonald

Posted by on Mar 02 2010

Here’s a post apocalyptic short story you might be interested in. I found it via Boing Boing, it can be read online here.Here a bit of an intro from the site:

Seems like we’re all a little culturally obsessed with impending apocalypse at the moment; a minor flurry of end-of-the-world tales a few years back has grown into an everyman’s meme, with the cinemas full of zombie hordes, desolate wastelands and rugged survivors. That ubiquity has been a bit off-putting, to be honest… I love me a good post-apocalyptic story, but I’ve become a bit bored of them, and didn’t think we’d be publishing one here at Futurismic any time soon.

But Sandra McDonald has managed to prove me wrong, by subverting the cliches and turning the end of the world on its head with some darkly post-modern humour; “Tupac Shakur and the End of the World” is a post-apocalypse yarn for people who are bored of post-apocalypse yarns. Enjoy!

Click here to Read  Tupac Shakur and the End of the World

image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/motherscratcher/

Post Apocalyptic Pin-up Girls – Road Warrior Weekend Party

Posted by on Feb 16 2010

Here are some ‘pin up’ girls from the Road Warrior Weekend held in California November 20-22th 2009. The Road Warrior Weekend is a massive tribute and revelry celebrating the Road Warrior Film and Post Apocalyptic Chaos.

Here are some links:

Vertical Airship Design – Modern Concept Airship

Posted by on Feb 15 2010

I’ve posted about Airships before – this one is quite unique in that it is vertical instead of oblong – looking a bit more like a balloon. However the concept interiors are amazing!

from the website:

Originally a self-generated project, Seymourpowell’s Aircruise is the concept design for a hotel in the sky, with low passenger numbers and huge internal spaces offering room for living, dining and relaxing, as well as scope for dramatic and inspirational public spaces. The initial design proposes a bar/lounge zone, four duplex apartments, a penthouse and five smaller apartments.

Here is the video: