An exceptionally well-preserved Stradivarius violin, the Lady Blunt, which fetched $10m at its last sale in 2008, is to be auctioned for charity — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Dogs damaged by the conditions they were kept in on a puppy farm are being put up for adoption by an RSPCA centre — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The work on this Panerai Luminor Submersible 1,000 meter diver (PAM 187) is done by Black-Out Concept, which was founded in 2007 by Fabrice Letellier, a man with a passion for all things black, or so it seems — via Perpetuelle.com Watch Blog
Dr Amar Bose ’81, Bose Corporation’s Founder, has given to MIT the majority of the stock of Bose Corporation in the form of non-voting shares — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Google Australia paid tax of $1 million last year on its market-dominating Australian online search advertising business, which is estimated to reap more than $700 million in revenue annually — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The young German watchmaker Dievas has just presented its new tactical Dievas Vortex Professional automatic diving watch.
Established only in 2006, the German brand has almost immediately got popular among watch collector looking for an original-looking, high-quality and reliable watch — via World Watch Review
Completed in 1934, the Willey House by Frank Lloyd Wright is often described as the fusion of his two greater known styles, the Prairie School and the Usonian style. From it’s exterior it possess many of the same visual qualities of his older designs, but also other implications of his newer and developing style — via ArchDaily
The Catholic Bishop of Toowoomba on Queensland’s Darling Downs has quit after a row with the Pope — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Clive James, the Australian television presenter and critic, has leukaemia, it has emerged. James, 71, was diagnosed with the illness in January 2010 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The new Altanus Master Classic Gran Data automatic watch offers you everything that you can expect from a dressy timepiece: style, understated elegance, and a reliable Swiss made movement — via World Watch Review
I’ve often thought that the appeal of racing motorcycles is in their sculptural qualities. And despite the charmless name, there are few things more elegant than a ‘dustbin’ fairing from the 1950s. This one is an exceptionally beautiful example, and a testament to the metalworker’s skill. It was created for a 1955 Ducati 125 Grand Prix prototype, a machine based on the 100cc Gran Sport designed by Fabio Taglioni. Nestling in the frame is a single-cylinder DOHC ‘Bialbero’ engine: in Grand Prix trim, it produced a 16hp at a heady 10,500rpm — Bike EXIF
Scott Devon sure shook up the high-end watch world when people got word of the Tread 1. Divorced from all the “tradition” in Switzerland, this California made watch relies instead on suppliers to outfit the aerospace industry. The basic theme of this electro-mechanical timepiece is that time is told on belts (the treads) and read through windows placed over segments of those belts — via A Blog to Read
House DE [davidclovers] is an infill
townhouse, spectacularly sited on a hillside above Clearwater Bay, Hong Kong. Combining two existing units into one, the design uses the volumes of three staircases to blend, burrow and interlock spaces vertically across four floors. Each interaction
is materially monolithic, using stone, wood and a series of delicate aluminum fins. Defined by these fins, the texture and form of the lantern-volume subtly changes shape and depth, casting shadow and emitting light in different ways throughout the house — via ArchDaily
Matt at Machine is one of Australia’s top custom motorcycle builders. So when a new bike rolls out of his workshop in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, it’s an event. For his latest bike, Matt wanted a reliable, fast Italian cafe racer suitable for long, mid- to high-speed freeway runs
. So what better platform to start with than the original Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans? It’s one of the most iconic motorcycles from the 70s: fast, stylish and oozing with character — via Bike EXIF
herbertarchitekten were asked to design the new headquarters of Europe’s biggest lighting online store. The challenge was to transform a former school building, constructed in the 1960s, into a representative office building — via ArchDaily
The Hacker Typer allows you to produce convincing code the way the movie-hackers do: simply bash at the keyboard and hey-presto, you are 1337
It turns out that one man — a jazz musician and technical genius — figured out a way. But during his lifetime, William Savory kept these recordings largely to himself. He refused to reveal how many recordings he had and what performances they contained. He let only a very few of his recordings be heard by a small number of acquaintances. Over time, the Savory collection became a tantalizing enigma to jazz connoisseurs who yearned for access to its treasures.
The mystery ended last summer. Six years after Savory passed away, his collection was acquired by the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. And jazz experts were stunned. The extent and quality of the Savory collection was beyond anything they had imagined.
I figured there was maybe 50 to 100 unreleased recordings,
says Loren Schoenberg, the museum’s executive director. I expected to see one box. Instead, I saw dozens of boxes. The Savory collection comprised about a thousand discs of the greatest performers of all time. And all of this was unknown music. It was immediately clear this was a treasure trove
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
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