Here in Texas, we’re already flirting with triple digit temperatures, and the kids are spending a good portion of every day in the pool. Down in Australia, though, they are just kicking off winter, and with the cold days ahead, a cute pair of crochet slippers is just the thing to keep your toes warm. Pip from Meet Me At Mikes shares her pattern for making your own — via CRAFT
Unconsumption points us to artist, Jennifer Cantwell, who creates cool crochet doilies from old cassette tape.
This piece of work is made as a response to the feelings I get when I see a piece of work that’s taken many hours and has now been discarded or an album that’s been listened to over and over again and now replaced with newer technology, or an old library book stamped many times and now on a thrift shop shelf. I think about the many times that object was handled during its making/listening/reading and about the thoughts and the feelings, hopes and aspirations experienced during that time by the anonymous owner/maker.
— via CRAFT
Oh, you hate your job? Why didn’t you say so? There’s a support group for that. It’s called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar — George Carlin
Throughout the MV Agusta community, the 600 is affectionately known as The Black Pig
. It’s one of the ugliest bikes ever made, but perhaps so ugly that it transcends style and fashion. Only 127 were built, between 1967 and the early 1970s, and this one is #11 — via Bike EXIF
The last nine Borders book stores in Australia will close with another 315 jobs to be lost.
The administrator of Borders’ parent company, REDgroup, on Thursday said no buyer could be found for the stores — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Nigerian police have raided a hospital in the south-eastern city of Aba, rescuing 32 pregnant girls allegedly held by a human-trafficking ring — via redwolf.newsvine.com
WordPress, as a content management system, is often used for creating portfolio websites. With the evolution of user interface design and functionalities, a new trend has emerged: displaying portfolio items in different layouts. This tutorial details the process of creating a dedicated portfolio section in WordPress’ backend, and using jQuery and CSS3 to display the portfolio in a classy manner — via Nettuts+
Casa de La Flora, the 36 cube-shaped villas located in Khao Lak, brings a modern edge to this palm tree beach of Phangnga province. Designed by VaSLab Architecture, commissioned in 2008 by one of leading Thai businessmen Sompong Dowpiset, this beachfront resort was aimed to serve as a new high profile but yet humble destination hotel in this beautiful town of the southern Thailand — via ArchDaily
Apple today took administrative control of the iCloud.com domain less than a week before CEO Steve Jobs is to unveil his company’s new cloud-based service.
According to WHOIS searches Wednesday, Apple is now listed as the owner of the iCloud.com domain. As late as Tuesday, the domain was still registered to Swedish firm Xcerion, which had used the URL for its online file-storage service — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Researchers (and some cat-owners) wanted to know: What do feral and free-roaming house cats do when they’re out of sight? A two-year study offers a first look at the daily lives of these feline paupers and princes, whose territories overlap on the urban, suburban, rural and agricultural edges of many towns.
The study used radio telemetry and a sophisticated activity-tracking device to capture the haunts and habits of dozens of owned and un-owned cats living at the southern edge of Champaign and Urbana, neighbouring cities in Central Illinois. Together, the 42 adult cats originally radio-tracked for the study ranged over a territory of 2,544 hectares (6,286 acres) — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Police in southwest suburban Palos Heights and the FBI are continuing their search for two men who robbed a bank while donning nun masks Sunday afternoon.
A few more details emerged Monday, and Palos Heights police Detective Gerald Wodka said they have some leads, but nothing concrete
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
Co-founder of daily deals site Spreets has said that the Australia investment community doesn’t adequately support the start-up community down under and doesn’t move fast enough to capitalise on the next big thing
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
I recently put my hands on a spectacular watch from a little-known brand called Dodane 1857. For five generations now the brand is owned and operated by a French family of the same name. In addition to supplying its watches to French air force pilots, the company also produces cockpit instruments for the French air force. The Dodane Type 21 Flyback Chrono price is about $4,000 — via Perpetuelle
Hackers in China have compromised personal email accounts of hundreds of top US officials, military personnel and journalists, Google has said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
US linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky has been named as the winner of this year’s Sydney Peace Prize.
He is to travel to Australia in November to give an address and receive the award, which carries a $50,000 purse and handmade glass trophy — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This new house [Utz Sanby Architects] is built on a tight urban site, perched on the edge of a cliff 100m above the ocean. The wedge shaped block has a due north-south aspect with neighbouring buildings very close to the boundaries on the east west — via ArchDaily
I’ve never thought about recreating popular quilt motifs in crochet before, but this double wedding ring version over on Red Heart Yarn has me seeing things in a whole new light. Brilliant idea!
Originally designed as a wedding gift for singer Josh Kelley and actress Katherine Heigl, this beautiful Double Wedding Ring crocheted quilt would be treasured by any bride and groom who receive it.
— via CRAFT
The Yamaha Scorpio has been derided as a hopped-up farm bike, but in Asia it’s the perfect commuter machine. It’s also a bike that Deus Bali has put on the operating table more than once. This is Deus’ latest cafe racer, the Café Scorpio, and once again, it’s a remarkable transformation — via Bike EXIF
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