Author Archives: Red Wolf

Chainsaw and samurai sword used in neighbours’ clash over loud music

A neighbourhood dispute over loud music and erratic driving has escalated into a bloody brawl in which a chainsaw partially severed a man’s arm… Continue reading

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Paper Mosaic Octopus / Chronoperates

For a new line at work, experimenting with a style similar to some band posters I saw for the Black Keys etc that looked that bits of paper made into a mosaic. These are pretty time consuming but fairly fun … Continue reading

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Weave a Miniature Basket / Dollhouse Miniature Furniture

Everything is more adorable when it is miniature. I literally said, “Squee!” out loud when I found this pin on Pinterest today. The basket is adorable, but the real magic is in the tutorial. It’s in-depth and well presented… Continue reading

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Suzuki T500 Replica Racer / Bob Guynes

Suzuki’s T500 was a rare beast: a large-capacity two-stroke road bike that sold in big numbers in the US. And it’s not hard to see why. For a late 60s motorcycle, it was light, fast, and blessed with agile handling. … Continue reading

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Worcester Park House / Connell, Ward and Lucas

Not just any old rental property, this is a 1930s Connell, Ward and Lucas-designed grade II-listed modernist house in Worcester Park, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey. A team of architects that worked in the modern house market of the 1930s, Amyas … Continue reading

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Sotheby’s to Auction Rare Patek Philippes Owned by Henry Graves Family

In December 1999, Sotheby’s made watch-auction history. The auction house sold the so-called Henry Graves Supercomplication — a pocketwatch originally commissioned from Patek Philippe by noted watch collector Henry Graves, Jr, and which f… Continue reading

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Terrorist Plots, Helped Along by the FBI

The United States has been narrowly saved from lethal terrorist plots in recent years –or so it has seemed. A would-be suicide bomber was intercepted on his way to the Capitol; a scheme to bomb synagogues and shoot Stinger missiles at military aircra… Continue reading

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iPad tentacles / davidarthur3d

Hells yeah, more iPad tentacles, enjoyed this one. I should really do a more polished version though, with a Wacom and everything. Hope you enjoy — via FuzzFace

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Motorcycle washed up in BC may be Japanese tsunami debris

A beachcomber on British Columbia’s Haida Gwaii islands has discovered what may be the first piece of debris from the Japanese tsunami to arrive in Canada… Continue reading

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Steve McQueen + Faye Dunaway + Paul Newman

– via Awesome People Hanging Out Together

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Australian watchmakers protest over Swiss watch parts

Australian watchmakers have initiated a movement to maintain their access to Swiss-made watch parts, following the growing restriction and distribution of certain Swiss-made components to watchmakers and brands… Continue reading

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Otto By The Sea / Brian Kesinger

Digital art — ink, tea and watercolour — via Fine Art America

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Under the Moonlight House / Giovanni D’Ambrosio Architecture

Giovanni D’Ambrosio designed the Under the Moonlight house in Mount Hotham, Australia — via CONTEMPORIST

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‘Brake gene’ turned off in pancreatic cancer

Aggressive pancreatic tumours may be treatable with a new class of drugs, according to Cancer Research UK… Continue reading

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Anxious wait for cuttlefish to breed

The breeding season of the giant cuttlefish in upper Spencer Gulf in South Australia is expected to begin within days… Continue reading

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BRM Warbirds

BRM has launched a new series of watches directly inspired by the most significant fighter aircrafts of WWII: The Spitfire, the P-51 Mustang North American and the Mitsubishi Zero. Planes that would have been familiar to every schoolboy growing up … Continue reading

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For sale – but Who would buy 22 Tardises?

They have been a feature of Edinburgh’s streets for 80 years, the city’s unique variation on the police box beloved by Doctor Who fans… Continue reading

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Granny army helps India’s school children via the cloud

No-one does love and encouragement better than a granny. Now that love is being spread across continents, as UK-based grandmothers extend their embrace to school children thousands of miles away in India… Continue reading

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Catholic pupils ‘invited to sign anti-gay marriage petition’

Education Secretary Michael Gove is to examine claims the Catholic Education Service (CES) broke impartiality rules on the topic of gay marriage… Continue reading

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Giant Anteater / Roger Williams Park Zoo

Keepers at Roger Williams Park Zoo were overjoyed 5 April when they checked in on their resident female Giant Anteater, Corndog, and discovered she had given birth to a healthy baby — via ZooBorns

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Government sets up IT price hike inquiry

Price-hiking technology vendors are set to be hauled before Australia’s Parliament to justify their local markups, with Communications Minister Stephen Conroy confirming the Government will hold an official parliamentary inquiry into the issue… Continue reading

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802.11ac ‘Gigabit Wi-Fi’: What you need to know

Your 802.11n wireless network and devices are about to become passé. Although the official 802.11ac specification won’t be finalized until sometime in 2013, wireless equipment will soon appear on store shelves sporting the faster wireless proto… Continue reading

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New satellite will blow your socks off – and spot them from space

A new satellite set to fly in 2014 will offer the chance to spot objects just 31 centimetres across … from SPAAAAAACE… Continue reading

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The NaCl House / David Jameson Architect

Architect David Jameson has sent us images of the NaCl house in Bethesda, Maryland — via CONTEMPORIST

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Yamaha Virago / Doc’s Chops

Greg Hageman’s strength is an unerring eye for visual balance and stance. For the XV920, he crafted a new rear subframe and installed a MotoLanna seat originally destined for a Yamaha SR500. The tank is a Benelli, but not just … Continue reading

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Black-footed Kittens / Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

Reaching only about 1.6kg as adults, Black-footed Cats may be the world’s smallest felines. When these two little kittens were born 2 April at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, they weighed-in at just 200 grams. The kittens’ sexes have yet to be … Continue reading

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Watersmark 35 House / Mell Lawrence Architects

Mell Lawrence Architects designed the Watersmark 35 house in Austin, Texas — via CONTEMPORIST

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James Bond 50th anniversary prints / Max Dalton

Max Dalton’s pop culture prints have caught our eye on previous occasions so it’s exciting to see some new work from him, this time celebrating the 50th anniversary of James Bond. The prints were created for a screening of eight … Continue reading

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Blocking protein acts as brake on MS

Australian researchers have found that blocking a particular protein acts as a handbrake to stop the progression of multiple sclerosis… Continue reading

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Frankenthulhu mask / AfterlightRob

Latex display mask — via deviantART

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Polymer Clay Skull Ring / Rokacola

This handmade skull ring was crafted out Fimo Soft Polymer Clay. I made this for a boy with a hardcore attitude… Continue reading

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The Lime Works / Norton

When it comes to impact, you can’t really beat this 1930s grade II-listed The Lime Works six-bedroom house in Norton, Kent. It’s a stunner. The Lime Works, on the outskirts of Faversham, is a conversion of two water towers, which … Continue reading

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Kawasaki Z1 / Racefit

The British firm Racefit creates beautiful titanium and carbon end cans, and full titanium exhaust systems for discerning sportsbike riders who still believe loud pipes save lives. The company is based in Derbyshire—home to some of the best and most heavily policed … Continue reading

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Ghana pioneers new child vaccines

Ghana has become the first country in Africa to start protecting children against two of the continent’s deadliest infant diseases with simultaneous vaccinations… Continue reading

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Fungus kills frogs by dehydration

A fungus that has torn through frog populations worldwide kills by dehydrating the hapless amphibians, disrupting electrolyte balance and causing cardiac arrest… Continue reading

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Breivik case ‘shows insanity misconceptions’

Horrific crimes, such as the Anders Breivik case, illustrate the misconceptions the public has about mental illness, a leading expert says… Continue reading

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MIT Researchers Invent ‘Perfect Glass’

Ever since Apple asked Corning to build scratchless glass screens for the original iPhone, the development of glass has been a major focus of the technology world. Scientists have attempted to improve the glass-making process, devising new ways to mak… Continue reading

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Ollie The Octopus Cake

Birthday celebrations mean cake, so wow the kids with this impressive creation — via Taste.com.au

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Google’s new search algorithm to crack down on

Nefarious search engine optimisers be warned. Google is coming for you — again… Continue reading

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The Hemloft / Joel Allen

The HemLoft is a beautiful egg-shaped treehouse built on Whistler Mountain. It’s magnificent, but because it was built in secret on government land, the fate of the wonderful orb is uncertain — via Gizmodo

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This Sharp World… / Kate Kretz

Artist Katie Kretz currently has an exhibition of her unusual embroidery work at Hardcore Art in Miami. The image above is a detail of a work called “The Final Word,” and consists of thousands of french knots on black velvet. Check out t… Continue reading

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AT-AT Walker Cat Condo / BillyAppletini

Reddit user BillyAppletini posted about this amazing CAT-AT (and AT-AT Walker cat house) that he made for a friend. His comment thread has a lot of fun information about the building process, and his image gallery contains pictures of t… Continue reading

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Triumph Thruxton / British Customs

Today, Cafe Racer TV releases its entire Season 2 on DVD, which is a good excuse to look back at the featured bikes. With the benefit of hindsight, one of my favourites is a low-key build: a Triumph Thruxton from British Customs. … Continue reading

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Sydney scientist helps design tiny super computer

It is only a tiny device – a flat, pancake-like layer of 300 atoms hovering in space. Yet it has the potential to provide insights into how materials behave at the quantum level that none of today’s conventional computers would be capable of calculati… Continue reading

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Octopus / Jonathon Narvey

Octopus, originally uploaded by Jonathon Narvey.

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UP House / ES-arch

The project [ES-arch] plans the reconstruction of an existing building, respecting the same profile. The old building was distributed on two levels with different function, stable at ground floor and barn at first floor. On the outside the existing building … Continue reading

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1928 Windhoff

Bonhams’ high-profile auctions usually throw up some surprises. But few are as big as this one. Most vintage motorcycles worth more than $100,000 are pretty well known, but have you ever heard of the German brand Windhoff? Me neither. Yet … Continue reading

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Setting Up A Recovery USB Stick

If your system gets a malware infection, booting can be next to impossible — and even if you’ve followed all the best security precautions, sometimes hardware or software failures can render your system inaccessible. Make sure you’re prepared by … Continue reading

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Tor Books to drop DRM on entire catalog of e-books

Science-fiction/fantasy publishing company Tor Books dropped a big bomb on the e-book world today by announcing plans to abolish DRM on its entire collection of e-books in early July… Continue reading

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Ceramic Octopus Bowl / sewZinski

This modern white ceramic bowl in an organic wavy shape is just the thing to wrap your tentacles around. This bowl has been hand painted with a curious octopus in varying shades of green and turquoise. You can use the … Continue reading

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