Some eldritch horror is summoned from the abyss…
…in crochet! — via Instructables
The case study of the producer using Maremma Dogs described was not selected randomly but through the author being told about her.
Ms E is a free range egg (chicken) producer using Maremmas Dogs to protect the poultry — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Before you rush out to buy a new hard drive, here are six simple (and free) steps that may help you reclaim lost
hard drive space – -via Mac 101
A US judge has ordered Twitter to hand over the data of three users in contact with the activist site WikiLeaks, rejecting arguments the move would violate their rights to privacy and free speech — via redwolf.newsvine.com
6×12? gouache, ink, and pastel
I have this fairly expensive watercolor paper that is an odd size – 10.5×24.5 cm or something inexplicably weird like that. It’s been sitting around for a while, and one day I got a wild hair and sketched out a bunch of elongated cephalopods on them. After I finished the drawings (feeling very pleased with myself for letting my muse vent), I stared at them with the vacancy usually expressed by my dog when I try to teach him a trick. I hadn’t thought these out. I had no idea what colors to use.
So I turned to my friend the Gimp and did some color tests. I’d been meaning to try out this orange/blue/green combo on something, and it looked like it’d work well on this guy. So I tried it out, and it was fun, but didn’t look finished, so I cut a piece of Sennelier La Carte pastel card and made a border for it. Then I glued the paper to it with acrylic gel medium. The piece now feels finished, and I feel like a slightly bewildered collage artist — via CrashOctopus Blog
ICorrect: the universal website for corrections to lies, misinformation and misrepresentations
I understand that Scissors can beat Paper, and I get how Rock can beat Scissors, but there’s no fucking way Paper can beat Rock. Paper is supposed to magically wrap around Rock leaving it immobile? Why the hell can’t paper do this to scissors? Screw scissors, why can’t paper do this to people? Why aren’t sheets of college-ruled notebook paper constantly suffocating students as they attempt to take notes in class? I’ll tell you why, because paper can’t beat anybody, a rock would tear that paper up in 2 seconds. When I play rock/ paper/ scissors I always choose rock. Then when somebody claims to have beaten me with their paper I can punch them in the face with my already clenched fist and say Oh shit, I’m sorry, I thought paper would protect you
— via Fail Blog
A blind man and his dog, which has also lost its sight, are both being helped by a new guide dog.
Graham Waspe of Stowmarket in Suffolk, was helped by guide dog Edward for several years until the Labrador had to have his eyes removed due to glaucoma — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Google has added a feature to its search engine that allows users to block sites from their search results — via bluejackett24.newsvine.com
Vodafone Hutchison Australia CEO Nigel Dews has admitted that the company could have handled social media feedback much better in the early stages of the company’s highly publicised network issues late last year — via redwolf.newsvine.com
I’ve always had a thing for Aran sweaters, so this hand-knit Aran slipcover is sort of a dream come true! Plus it’s machine washable. Wow.
If you’re interested in making your own, check out Simple Knits with a Twist, as called out by Jenny Ryan in her post about knit slipcovers — via CRAFT
A Florida man is suing an ex-firefighter for stealing his foot.
The limb was lopped off in a car accident in 2008 and retrieved by Cynthia Economou, who admitted taking the foot to help train her body recovery dog.
She was charged with second-degree petit (petty) theft and put on probation for six months — via redwolf.newsvine.com
As the United States and Britain look for an excuse to invade another oil-rich Arab country, the hypocrisy is familiar. Colonel Gaddafi is delusional
and blood-drenched
while the authors of an invasion that killed a million Iraqis, who have kidnapped and tortured in our name, are entirely sane, never blood-drenched and once again the arbiters of stability
.
But something has changed. Reality is no longer what the powerful say it is. Of all the spectacular revolts across the world, the most exciting is the insurrection of knowledge sparked by WikiLeaks. This is not a new idea. In 1792, the revolutionary Tom Paine warned his readers in England that their government believed that people must be hoodwinked and held in superstitious ignorance by some bugbear or other
. Paine’s The Rights of Man was considered such a threat to elite control that a secret grand jury was ordered to charge him with a dangerous and treasonable conspiracy
. Wisely, he sought refuge in France — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Using a classic animal psychology experiment scientists have found that elephants have a rare understanding of how cooperation works and will offer a helping trunk to those in need — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Visit Design*Sponge to see how you can make this simple, beautiful and incredibly handy knitting needle roll-up case. You could easily adapt it for use with other needle arts supplies as well — via CRAFT
How much fun are these plush dinosaur tails from Jessica of Running With Scissors? I love the idea of making a whole bunch of them and bringing them out at playdates or sleepovers for the kids. Can you imagine the ruckus that would ensue? Awesome– via CRAFT
Tom Hardwidge’s Arthrobots are robotic insects — steampunk creations made from upcycled gears, nuts, bolts… and bullets! — via 1-800-Recycling
Love these (sadly unattributed) Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy tattoos. Illustrating the flowerpot/whale scene is particularly poignant, as it is perhaps the most humorously existential moment in one of the great existential comedies of all time — via Boing Boing
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