A fire in a workshop owned by Swatch sent shares in the world’s largest watchmaker sharply down yesterday and prompted fears about the knock-on impact on the broader Swiss timepiece sector.
The blaze broke out in Swatch’s unit at Grenchen in the Swiss canton of Solothurn. The company said it is fully insured, but Swatch’s stock nevertheless dropped 2.2 per cent in trading before recovering to end down 0.76 per cent at 589 Swiss Francs (£4.02).
The Swatch workshop, which was destroyed, made standard movements
— the components that drive the moving parts of a watch. They are mainly sold to other firms, such as Richemont and LVMH, rather than being used in Swatch’s own products. LVMH owns the Tag Heuer, Hublot and Zenith brands.
It’s very serious,
said Jon Cox, an analyst at Kepler Cheuvreux in Zurich, told Bloomberg. It may have an impact on the whole Swiss watch industry as Swatch is the biggest supplier of movements
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
Classic video games from the 1970s and 1980s have been put online by the Internet Archive and can be played within a web browser for nothing.
The collection has launched with games from five early home consoles, including the Atari 2600 and Colecovision.
The games do not have sound, but will soon, the Internet Archive said.
In coming months, the playable software collection will expand greatly,
archivist Jason Scott wrote.
Making these vintage games available to the world, instantly, allows for commentary, education, enjoyment and memory for the history they are a part of.
The other machines included are the Atari 7800, the Magnavox Odyssey (known as the Philips Videopac G7000 in Europe) and the Astrocade.
Well-recognised titles such as Pacman, Space Invaders and Frogger are all in the archive — with more consoles and games expected soon — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This lovely tea set was created by LoucheLab — via Little Bunny’s Creepies
The figure, stand, table top, stool and sewing machine are made out of Philippine mahogany while the gears are carved from Narra hardwood. The table legs and pedal are made of copper wire. The figures are painted with enamel and protected with a clear lacquer. Bumblesweet sits at 5 1/4″ high while the whole piece measures 6 1/2″ long, 3 3/4″ wide and 8 1/8″ high. It took 102 3/4 hours to make — via Youtube
Thanks Caitlin for sending in this winter-y photo of Otto and Victoria. Remember it’s very important that Cephalopods keep their heads warm when playing in the snow — via Brian Kesinger’s Tea Girls
James Hong and John Carpenter on the set of Big Trouble in Little China — via Steve Niles Tumblr
C’est ce qu’on appelle un tour de magie politique. Ce samedi, Tony Abbott a conduit à la victoire sa coalition conservatrice, et devient premier ministre de l’Australie à l’issue des élections législatives.
S’il n’avait pas eu face à lui des travaillistes divisés, cette victoire n’aurait pas été si simple. Dans le passé, il avait même été surnommé « Monsieur Inéligible » par l’un des cadres du parti libéral.
Et en 2007, un ancien ambassadeur américain l’avait aussi critiqué dans une note publiée par WikiLeaks. Il disait que c’était un « homme marqué très à droite et qui polarise » et qu’il avait une « forte propension à se montrer insensible et à provoquer la controverse ».
Pour dire les choses plus clairement, à lire les sorties d’Abbott, on a parfois simplement l’impression d’avoir à fait à un gros beauf. Retour sur lesdites controverses
via Google Translate:
This is called a tower political magic. Saturday, Tony Abbott led to his conservative coalition victory and became prime minister of Australia’s parliamentary elections.
If he had not had to face him Labor divided, this victory would not have been so simple. In the past, he had even been nicknamed
Mr Ineligibleby one of the executives of the Liberal party.And in 2007, a former US ambassador had also criticised in a note published by WikiLeaks. He said it was a
marked man very right and biasesand had astrong tendency to be insensitive and provoke controversy.To put it more clearly, read Abbott outputs, sometimes simply seem to have quite a big redneck. Return on such controversies
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
Artist John Conway designed a handy guide listing the pros and cons of various types of dinosaur you may be considering for your family — via Neatorama
Vintage porcelain hand-painted with ants by LAPHILIE — via Steve Niles Tumblr
Official discussion — via Youtube
Stunning original animation by Richard Swarbrick… although it does have a slight resemblance to a certain 80’s A-Ha video — via Youtube
Set of Bookends depicting a Kraken attacking a ship at sea — via Etsy
The time has come for me to sell my beloved 1996 Maxima, a faithful car that now has to go. Of course, I can’t send it off without a proper goodbye. So in my spare time I decided to make this little ditty. Because marketing — via Youtube
Copyright trolls do not care about people. Copyright trolls do not care about family life. Copyright trolls do not care if they ruin someone’s reputation. What copyright trolls care about is money, as much money as they can get their greedy hands on. Nevertheless, some people have been standing up to them and today they will enjoy the fruits of their patience, sharing Christmas day with family and spending their money on those who matter.
For the last couple of years TorrentFreak has run semi-regular articles on the efforts of GoldenEye International, an adult movie outfit affiliated with the Ben Dover porn brand and one that realized there’s money to be made from the bullying game.
Just like most other trolls their business model is simple. Send threatening letters to ISP account holders telling them that they have been caught watching some pretty embarrassingly titled movies and inform them that paying a cash settlement is the only way to remedy the situation.
TorrentFreak invited people targeted by the company to contact us and over the past year we’ve had a steady stream of terribly worried individuals email us with requests for information. The more of these emails you read, the more you appreciate the scale of the heartbreak for all of those involved.
At this point we should be clear — some people we spoke with clearly knew more than they were prepared to admit and some probably did download some content without permission. However, many others obviously did not and when you come across these cases you can see that companies like GoldenEye really do not give a damn about who they hurt, and they will brush off collateral damage like it doesn’t exist — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Two professional engineers update an earlier video tutorial about cats. This is a sequel to the original video An Engineer’s Guide to Cats
released in 2008 — via Youtube
I had talked about expanding my original AR645452222344 prototype into an edition using various metals and finishes, and now here we are with a completed six piece set. Each is an inverse pair using the three main red metals in my Pallet — via Chris Bathgate
Our quality crafted Tote Bags are hand sewn in America using durable, yet lightweight, poly poplin fabric. All seams and stress points are double stitched for durability. They are washable, feature original artwork on both sides and a sturdy 1” wide cotton webbing strap for comfortably carrying over your shoulder — via Society6
Xmas Flowers, originally uploaded by Red Wolf
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