The Productivity Commission handed down its draft report into the retail sector this afternoon, recommending that the goods and services tax (GST)-free threshold be lowered to below $1000, after calls from major retailers around the country — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The actor’s pet Malamute rouses him during a hunting trip in the Sierra Madre Mountains, 1963 — via LIFE
Recently resold in Sydney, Australia, this large corner church looks quite ordinary on the outside but hides a modern house, chic baths and a commercial marble kitchen within — via Dornob
Fans of retro Japanese superbikes will know the Sanctuary name: these guys are the kings of the resto-mod scene. This is their latest release, a thoroughly rebuilt Honda CB1100R that’s even more desirable than the original. RCM-156
has got a heavily reinforced frame, Ohlins suspension front and back, and 17” OZ Racing wheels shod with Pirelli Diablo tires — via Bike EXIF
The firm’s chief executive Neil Berkett told investors that it was in quite advanced negotiations
with London councils over the plans and said he was optimistic the rollout would begin in the not too distant future
.
The proposition would provide free Wifi access for all,
he said.
Virgin Media’s WiFi network will be freely available to anyone at 0.5Mbps, and to its home broadband subscribers at up to 10Mbps.
The approach contrasts with BT’s extensive Openzone network, which although free to BT broadband customers, is charged at as much as £5.99 for 90 minutes’ browsing — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This Keeled Octopus (Octopus berrima) got a scare from me as I was chasing after an eel to get a shot. It’s puffed itself up to look as big as possible — via RedBubble
Hockey’s response? You can’t trust that Department’s figures. They get things wrong.
But then there’s this:
TONY JONES: But are you saying they’re putting out false figures about your direct action plan?
JOE HOCKEY: Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
That’s a serious accusation right there. Hockey didn’t equivocate, or use any weasel words — he flat out accused the Department of Climate Change of deliberately falsifying their figures for the sole purpose of discrediting the Opposition — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Gmail users in Australia and around the world can now download a plug-in to use Google Voice features to make landline and mobile calls from within their Gmail account.
Users can also use video chat from within Gmail, rendering additional video and text chat programs like Skype effectively redundant — especially since the Google Voice call rates are very competitive — via redwolf.newsvine.com
IT security firm McAfee claims to have uncovered one of the largest ever series of cyber attacks.
It lists 72 different organisations that were targeted over five years, including the International Olympic Committee, the UN and security firms.
McAfee will not say who it thinks is responsible, but there is speculation that China may be behind the attacks.
Beijing has always denied any state involvement in cyber-attacks, calling such accusations groundless
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
A ticket on a high-speed train to Melbourne or Brisbane would cost between $75 and $197 for a journey taking about three hours, a major federal government-commissioned study has found.
And travelling between Newcastle and Sydney could take just 40 minutes, for a ticket price as low as $16.50, the study also shows.
The federal Transport Minister, Anthony Albanese, will today honour an election commitment and release the first stage of a $20 million study into building an east coast high speed rail network — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A young man in Angelholm, in the South of Sweden, has been arrested after apparently trying to create a nuclear reactor in his kitchen.
The young man’s story appears in Helsingsborgs Dagblad, a Swedish language local paper in the area.
The 31-year-old tells the paper that he was able to buy radioactive waste from foreign companies and picked apart the components in a smoke detector (apparently older smoke detector contain nuclear material). He believes he spent between $5,000 and $6,000 on the project in total.
It was only later when the young man contacted Sweden’s nuclear power agency that he realized his project was illegal. Police came to his apartment and confiscated the material. The young man was arrested but later released — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The mayor of the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, has released a video of himself crushing a car with an armoured vehicle to try to stop drivers parking illegally in cycle lanes.
Arturas Zuokas, 43, is grinning as he demolishes the Mercedes S-Class in the video footage. I wanted to draw attention to the fact that if you have a car and lots of money, it still doesn’t mean that you can park your car wherever you want,
Mr Zuokas said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Tucked away in a corner of Lancashire is something really special, this grade II-listed gothic mansion in Simonstone, near Burnley, Lancashire, which actually dates back to 1576 and goes by the name of Huntroyde Hall.
All of that is £759,950. Amazing what you can get for your money in less-fashionable areas. Many more images via the agent’s site — via WowHaus
I was very excited to pick up my very own CraftSanity coaster loom this weekend at Maker Faire Detroit. Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood was on hand not only selling her looms, ranging in sizes from placemats to pot holders, but showing attendees how to use a loom and start weaving. Check out the CraftSanity Etsy shop for looms of all sizes and don’t worry — I got a handy instruction sheet with mine — via CRAFT
Colette Patterns is always one of my favourite resources for vintage sewing tips, tricks, and tutorials. Because it’s often the small details that really bring a sewing project together, I especially like their simple tutorial for making custom piping out of bias tape and cord. I’ve always loved the look of piping on shirts and skirts, so I was really excited to find out how easy it was to make my own — via CRAFT
Put a Triumph engine in a Norton frame and you’ve got a Triton. Put a Triumph engine in a BSA frame and you’ve got a Tribsa
. It doesn’t seem to roll off the tongue as well, but it’s a good-looking bike. This one belongs to Thierry, a member of the Southsiders MC collective in France; it’s got a pre-unit T110 motor in a BSA A10 Golden Flash frame, which in stock form also uses a Triumph front end. The motor has been fitted with a T140 cylinder head, and it’s also been upgraded to 750 cc with a Morgo Big Bore kit—a kit that incredibly, has been in production for three decade — via Bike EXIF
George @ MAKE showcases these really cool examples of mathematical beadwork structures by Kazunori Horibe.
Looking closely at one example, you can see how the surface curvature depends on the structure. Generally, six-sided cycles correspond to an infinite tessellation of hexagons, which makes a flat plane or can be rolled into a cylinder. But in the places where positive curvature (a spherical region) is desired, some pentagons are used instead of hexagons. And in places where negative curvature (a saddle-shaped region) is desired, some heptagons are used instead of hexagons. With this knowledge, the bead designer can control the surface outcome.
— via CRAFT
Vince Cable, business secretary, will on Wednesday move to legitimise the ripping
of digital copies of music and movies from discs for personal use and other copyright exceptions, following recommendations in the Hargreaves review of intellectual property.
Another proposed copyright exception backed by the government will make it easier for scientists to mine existing electronic journals to make discoveries — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A species of rat has evolved an ingenious method to foil any predators that try to eat it, scientists report.
They found that the African crested rat chews the roots and bark of a highly toxic tree, and then smears the lethal mixture on its specially adapted fur.
Any animals that attack receive a mouthful of potentially deadly poison.
It is the first time that this behaviour has been reported in a mammal, the researchers write in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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