A competition organised by Carlton Dry where the winner’s short story is made into a mini-film starring Steven Seagal has led to the production of Sheep Impact, in which the martial arts legend and friend attempt to kill a sheep, evade a policeman and pursue an attractive young woman — via Mumbrella
This new neighborhood, situated on seven-and-a-half acres in the southern end of Oakland, has a range of affordable housing, green pathways, pocket parks, and open spaces. The development [David Baker Partners] has achieved one of the first LEED ND Certified Gold Plans — via ArchDaily
A long-standing idea that human languages share universal features that are dictated by human brain structure has been cast into doubt.
A study reported in Nature has borrowed methods from evolutionary biology to trace the development of grammar in several language families.
The results suggest that features shared across language families evolved independently in each lineage — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A repeat client from New York approached LOCAL to turn an old stone barn on his wife’s family farm compound in Ireland into a painter’s studio and vacation cottage. Because she is a landscape painter, she wanted a view and lots of light. At the same time, they wanted to retain the rustic character of the old stone barn. LOCAL decided to keep the façade facing the other buildings on the compound virtually untouched, and instead break out the entire façade facing the best view of the hills beyond the farm. Two skylights, invisible from the street, bring in light into the rear part of the house — via ArchDaily
Lish @ CRAFT writes:
My crafty Michigan pal Veronica Knight crocheted her very own viking costume, complete with epic beard, for Halloween last year and will be using it as her entry into this weekend’s Motor City Beard and Moustache Championships. Enjoy this achievement in crochet work with me, won’t you?
— via MAKE
Alli of One Pearl Button shares how she transformed a thrifted silk shirt into a stylish top.
When I came across this silk shirt on the dollar rack, I knew immediately that it was coming home with me. The fabric was thick, soft, and beautiful – it was clearly the highest quality silk, and I wanted to wear it everyday. The only problem? Um…it wasn’t quite my style. That’s okay, though, because I know an incredibly simple technique for refashioning an outdated button-up.
— via CRAFT
From a small footprint, the Rehabilitation Centre Groot Klimmendaal designed by Koen van Velsen gradually fans out towards the top and cantilevers out over the surrounding terrain. Despite its size, the brown-golden anodised aluminium facade allows the nearly 14,000 sqm building to blend in with its natural surroundings — via ArchDaily
When I broke down in my midlife crisis car in remotest Kent just before Christmas, a battered white van pulled up on the far carriageway. To help, I thought. But when the driver got out he started taking pictures with a long-lens camera. He came closer to get better shots and I swore at him. Then he offered me a lift the last few miles to my destination. I suspected his motives and swore at him some more. (I’m not entirely sympathetic towards paparazzi.) Then I realised I couldn’t get a taxi and was late. So I had to accept the lift.
He turned out to be an ex-News of the World investigative journalist and paparazzo, now running a pub in Dover. He still kept his camera in the car’s glove box for just this kind of happy accident — via redwolf.newsvine.com
From Solaleya, the makers of the rotating dome house that can withstand a Category 5 hurricane, comes a new and rather more sybaritic model – the glamorous passive solar Pearl.
David Fanchon’s elegant design maximizes passive solar energy while enabling a 180 degree view from the open-plan interior — via Home Design Find
US authorities claimed one of their biggest victories against cyber crime as they shut down a ring they said used malicious software to take control of more than two million PCs around the world, and may have led to theft of more than $US100 million.
A computer virus, dubbed Coreflood, infected more than two million PCs, enslaving them into a “botnet” that grabbed banking credentials and other sensitive data its masters used to steal funds via fraudulent banking and wire transactions, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
The government shuttered that botnet, which had operated for a decade, by seizing hard drives used to run it after a federal court in Connecticut gave the go-ahead — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Bates Smart Architects designed the Salvado Street Residence in Perth, Australia — via CONTEMPORIST
At the hottest spot in the most important alley of decoration in the city: alameda Gabriel Monteiro da Silva there was the only empty plot left. The client rented it and commissioned the architect [Marcio Kogan] to come up with a very low budget design, something that could be assembled quickly, respecting the existing trees — via ArchDaily
The new curtain at the Oslo Opera House was commissioned from LA-based artist Pae White. It was reportedly created using a CNC loom weaving three different kinds of fabric to render a raster image of a scanned piece of crumpled aluminum foil — via MAKE
One of the first and only examples of the Prairie Style in Ohio, the Westcott House became a significant work in the prescribed methodology of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture. Completed in 1908 for Burton J Westcott and his family after moving the Westcott Motor Company from Richmond, Indiana, the Westcott House is an early staple in Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic detailing and integration of a building into its landscape.
Completed shortly after Wright’s trip to Japan, the Westcott House implements similar Japanese styling’s that enhance the low-lying, horizontality of the house and its connection to the landscape — via ArchDaily
The number of Australian data breaches reported to forensic investigators has already doubled those experienced in 2010, even though it’s only experienced in 2010, even though it’s only April.
Some of the worst breaches have cost businesses many hundreds of thousands of dollars, and involved significant loss of credit card information and customer information.
Yet it seems that none of the breaches handled by forensic investigators Verizon and Klein&Co have been reported by the media. — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Apparently Internet Explorer 8 has a more aggressive caching mechanism than any other browser I’ve ever met. To fix it I’ve added the following to almost every dynamic page on my server — via Kristof Neirynck
John Maniscalco Architecture have designed the Russian Hill residence in San Francisco, California– via CONTEMPORIST
The Box House designed by architects Studio H:T and located in Boulder, Colorado provides the homeowners with compelling views. Taking into consideration a steep slope and wildfire prone area the architects capitalized on these site challenges creating a home that is unique in form, space and materiality — via ArchDaily
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