An extraordinary thing happened in American politics this week; a sitting president was forced to prove he is an American citizen – and thus eligible to be in office — via redwolf.newsvine.com
GPS manufacturer TomTom has apologised for sending its customers’ user data to Dutch Police, which had used the information to set speed traps — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The architecture [Pushak] of this new crematorium seeks to meet both the functional and emotional needs of cremations. This involves creating spaces with dignity for relatives who choose to follow the deceased until the cremation. It also means creating spaces of dignity for the staff that confirms the importance of their work. The crematorium has a relatively high degree of transparency and visibility, to create a good workspace and to make the crematorium a reference for the people in the region — via ArchDaily
A major issue for contemporary architectural practice is the use of existing buildings. Addressing this requires a specific approach to the design process [Williams Boag Architects] that optimises the balance between new and existing, realising a contemporary result that adds to human experience within the project and more broadly in urban terms — via ArchDaily
Internet auction giant eBay has reported a sharp rise in quarterly profits thanks in large part due to strong growth at its Paypal division — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Tattoo artists are increasingly leaving their mark on Western culture, but a study released today reveals for the first time how their designs will deteriorate as their human canvasses age — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A lawyer says sex offender laws are jeopardising the lives of young South Australians who are convicted of underage sex.
The law requires that anyone convicted of a child-sex offence be put on the sex offenders register.
But Adelaide lawyer David Stokes says the law is also catching teenagers who are not dangerous sexual predators — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Chad Hurley and Steve Chen are back in action: having cashed out for $1.76bn in 2006, they’ve now bought the bookmarking service. But what will they do with it? — via michaelsautter.newsvine.com
The Ultimate CSS Gradient Editor was created by Alex Sirota (iosart). If you like this tool, check out ColorZilla for more advanced tools such as eyedroppers, color pickers, palette editors and website analyzers. As you might know, HTML5 introduced many exciting features for Web developers. One of the features is the ability to specify gradients using pure CSS3, without having to create any images and use them as repeating backgrounds for gradient effects.
These matching boys’ belt/trouser/vest/shirt sets are pretty badass, especially that orange stripey one that looks like it came out of a bizarro-world Paul Smith showroom. I’m pretty sure there’s a Sears portrait of me wearing the checked one in 1976 or so.
— via Boing Boing
Why weave a chassis? The pursuit of perfection means striving to create the lightest and strongest possible materials. See how Lexus takes the hard way in reinventing the manufacturing process — via YouTube
Bangkok-based Supermachine Studio designed the Ubon House in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand — via CONTEMPORIST
Some of the most fun food ideas are the most simple ones, as is true in the case of these awesome candy skewers from Kim Werker. As she describes, they are the simplest, most time-consuming, impressive dessert EVER
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A few months ago my friend Michal came to a party with the most eye-catching, impressive dessert in the history of not baking. She arrived with two half-litre mason jars with candy skewers sticking out all around. It was a feast of colour and confection!
I can’t imagine how fun it would be to have these brightly colored candy skewers at a party – for kids or adults! — via CRAFT
Electric isn’t the only alternative to traditional petrol-powered bikes. There are a few diesel motorcycles around, and one of my favorites is the Sommer 462. This one is owned by Lars-Hendrik Schneider, a German living near Salzburg in Austria. Since last summer, he’s been riding a Sommer Diesel Scrambler, which he’s had customized by the factory. And although the factory is mostly a one-man operation based in Eppstein, Germany, Jochen Sommer has put more than 200 diesel motorcycles on European roads so far — via Bike EXIF
Meng-House, a project [seBright] of reconstruction for a private house, is located in the east of an association row of villa community in Jinan, Shandong Province, where there are mountain peaks which may form a good landscape angle of view. The original construction was the new house which was handed over. This community is the typical nature commodity housing which constructs along with the Chinese commodity housing development universal imitation western-style architectural style’s unrest. Based on the above situation, architect has made the pointed reconstruction design to the original construction and the landscape to satisfy owner’s physical demands and the present conditions — via ArchDaily
Six furry, unregistered guests at the historic Belleview Biltmore hotel have a new temporary home after being rescued by a local wildlife trapper last week.
The coyote pups were rounded up by Vernon Yates of Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation in Seminole. The litter has four males and two females that appear to be about 6 weeks old, Yates said.
He did not find an adult — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The head of the NSW Police fraud squad has warned Australian PlayStation users that they may have to cancel their credit cards after hackers stole enough information to even take out loans on the victims’ behalf — via The Sydney Morning Herald
Territory property investors cut their pool of potential tenants by one third when they ban pets, a property group boss said on Friday.
Investment Club president Kevin Young said Australia had one of the highest rates of pet ownership in the world; 63 per cent of the country’s 7.5 million households have one — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A Utah church is giving away free copies of the Koran in an Easter season ecumenical riposte to the recent burning of the Islamic holy book by a controversial Florida pastor.
The Wasatch Presbyterian Church has ordered 50 copies of the Koran to be distributed at a local bookstore starting on Monday — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Back before inkjets, printing was a time-comsuming laborious process, that took teams of people working together to produce just one book. Now days, any crabby person can sit at home and crank out stuff on a blog or even make internet video. This movie will make you happy as you watch others toil for ‘The Man’ under primitive conditions — via YouTube
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