Last year, LYCS Architecture released the CATable 1.0, a cat inspired table design. Now they’ve followed up with CATable 2.0, a collection of stackable wood cubes that have small spaces for cats to hide and play inside of — via CONTEMPORIST
Publicity still for Vertigo (1958) — via The Alfred Hitchcock Wiki
Two blokes, Josh and Rhys, sit down to explain the key to the simple beauty of Australian slang: it’s all about abbreviation. If you’ve ever wondered what to say when Tommo asks if you wanna go down the bowlo sarvo for a schnitty and a bevvy before watching some soapies on the telly, this explainer is for you — via Youtube
Internet lowlives who used Yahoo! ads to infect potentially countless PCs with malware have struck again — using adverts on popular websites to reach millions more people.
Security researchers at MalwareBytes this week discovered the crooks running another massive campaign of ads that use the Angler Exploit Kit to infiltrate Windows PCs via vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash and web browsers.
Prominent websites including the Drudge Report and Weather.com — a pair of sites whose total traffic alone amounts to nearly 200 million visits per month — were apparently inadvertently carrying the ads, putting millions of netizens at risk.
MalwareBytes said the network carrying the ads, AdSpirit, was notified, and it has since taken down the offending adverts. The campaign has now moved to AOL’s ad network, with dodgy adverts appearing on eBay, we’re told — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Pink berries and Mock cherry blossom originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Two Lynx kittens born 5 June at Vienna’s Schönbrunn Zoo like to play all day. The kittens scramble up tree trunks and explore their naturally wooded habitat. But when they take too many chances, Mum grabs them gently by the neck and carries them out of the way — via Zoo Borns
Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates takes a breather on the set of Psycho — via Beyond Cinephilia & Beyond
This video shows how Phil made the edge bevel with a hand file and then quenched the blade as part of the heat treatment process — via Youtube
For my project, I wanted to recreate The Fifth Element stones that were used to kill the evil
in the weapon chamber in Egypt. It was evident that the movie versions were made out of polystyrene, but I wanted mine to be a bit more durable and long lasting, and so I ended up manufacturing them out of wood. Also, following my own rules on prop creation, I decided to turn them into functional pillar candle holders that I could use to decorate my dinner table during gatherings, as a conversation piece, or simply as an everyday accent — via Instructables
Buttonwood Park Zoo, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, was contacted in late April by a local resident concerning a Red Fox kit. The kit’s mother had been struck by a car, leaving the juvenile an orphan. Zookeepers determined the kit was blind and could not be returned to the wild. The decision was made to raise the young fox and integrate her into the zoo’s Animal Ambassador Program — via Youtube
The sticky blood used in horror films of this period became known as Kensington Gore — a jokey reference to the London street of the same name. While Hammer’s special recipe remains obscure, Mark demonstrates his own favourite method.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of Golden Syrup
- 1 cup of Water
- 10 teaspoons of Red food colouring
- A few drops of Blue food colouring
- A few drops of Yellow food colouring
- 10 tablespoons of Corn Flour
- Mint flavouring — to taste
— via Youtube
I put together a fun tutorial for you: DIY Totoro Plush Tutorial. It’s a little different than the Totoros I made earlier, but still just as cute. The pattern I created is more simple and the materials are cheap and easy to find. The finished plush will be 6.5″ wide and 8″ tall (not including ears or arms). I hope you find this tutorial enjoyable and make a Totoro plush for yourself or as a gift — via cheek and stitch
Newquay Zoo, in Cornwall, UK, is excited to announce the birth of twin Owston’s Civets. The young pair, named Tai and Quy, are the offspring of mother, Dong Ha, and father, Bao. Dong Ha was born and bred at Newquay Zoo, and Bao originated from the Carnivore & Pangolin Conservation Centre in Vietnam — via Zoo Borns
You will need only two minutes to make this delicious cake — via Instructables
Eight grey wolf pups born on 30 April at Omaha Zoo’s Conservation Park and Wildlife Safari have emerged from their den — via Zoo Borns
Cephalopod Portrait Painter originally uploaded by Don Moyer
Purple geranium originally uploaded by Red Wolf
On 4 May, Zoo Krefeld, in Germany, welcomed two new Snow Leopards. The two females were born to dad, Patan, and mum, Dari. Patan and Dari’s first offspring, Shan, was born in 2013 and now resides atHighland Wildlife Park, in Scotland. Zoo visitors can see the newest cubs as they explore their outdoor facilities — via Zoo Borns
Any fan of Patricia Cornwell’s crime fiction novel The Body Farm will have a reasonably good idea of what goes on in one.
For those in the dark, a body farm is a large expanse of bushland where donated human bodies are buried for the purposes of scientific study. There are several in the United States, but up until now there haven’t been any in Australia.
Some of them may be placed on the surface, some may be placed in burials, there may be other concealed environments that we’ll mimic and then we’ll just start studying the decomposition process. Shari Forbes, Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research
The country’s first body farm, the Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research is due to officially open early next year. It’s come about after an exhaustive search for the right patch of land and the right partners.
It has to be a remote location but still accessible to police, to forensic investigators. It also needs the support of a university with a body donation program,
says Shari Forbes, a forensic chemist and the farm’s coordinator.
Forbes can’t reveal the exact location but can say that it’s at the base of the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney — via redwolf.newsvine.com
— via Playing Dead
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