The design is very unique, and even though the Louis Vuitton fashion influence is strong, their watches are more than just a fancy case around a cheap movement (a la Gucci watches, for example). The Tambour’s modicum of eccentricity is what I like most. This particular model is a straight-3 chrono with tachymeter and date function. Price – about $6,000, it will be available June 2011 — via Perpetuelle.com Blog
MCK Architects (Marsh Cashman Koolloos) have designed the DPR House in Sydney, Australia — via CONTEMPORIST
Human brains have shrunk over the past 30,000 years, but it is not a sign of decreasing intelligence, according to scientists who suggest that evolution is making the key motor leaner and more efficient in an increasing population — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Inspired by the humble cicada, Australian scientists have shown for the first time that optical fibre nanosensors – tiny devices that can be used to detect trace amounts of chemicals – can be mass-produced — via redwolf.newsvine.com
James Randi launched a bold challenge Saturday that aims to debunk so-called homeopathic drugs. The fraud-busting magician even offered $1 million to any manufacturer who could prove they work as directed — via redwolf.newsvine.com
URLs are an often overlooked part of web design, yet in many ways they may be the most important aspect of your website as Gawker’s family of sites recently discovered.
Gawker recently launched a multi-site redesign that, no sooner than being unleashed on the web, failed spectacularly, leading visitors to blank pages. The culprit was a misbehaving piece of JavaScript, but when a single line of JavaScript causes your entire suite of sites to fail you no longer have websites, you have, well, nothing — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Over the last few months, Google has received more than 100 copyright infringement warnings from MPAA-affiliated movies studios: most are directed at users of Google’s public Wi-Fi service but others are meant for Google employees. The MPAA is thus warning the search giant that it might get disconnected from the Internet — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Readers offer their best tips for adding events to Google Calendar outside your time zone, expanding nested labels in Gmail, and autocompleting arguments in the Terminal — via Lifehacker
We’ve all tried to get a recalcitrant pen working by scribbling furiously on a piece of paper. For a quicker and less messy solution, try using the sole of your shoe instead — via Lifehacker
In November last year Beth Harper-King, 12, was walking home from school with her mother when she received six phone calls on her mobile, 10 minutes apart.
The voice was unfamiliar, but each time the message was the same.
They wanted to rape me, kill me and do the exact same thing to [my] father,
Beth said.
Sometimes bullying does not leave an obvious trail, but in Beth’s case the boys who repeatedly phoned her had left their number showing — via redwolf.newsvine.com
New research suggests omega-3 fatty acids can help prevent retinopathy, an eye disease that can lead to blindness in premature babies and people with diabetes — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A Minneapolis woman accused of attempting to ship a puppy across the country will not get the dog back — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A dog who couldn’t hear has learned some sign language thanks to inmates at a US prison and children at a school for the deaf — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The man-of-war on Delray’s beach had to make some room Tuesday morning when a 3-foot squid, squirting ink by the cupful, washed ashore.
Delray Beach Ocean Rescue lifeguard Conor Gorman said he saw a dark cloud drifting in the water, stretching up to the shore just south of Atlantic Avenue. Then there it was, washed up onto the beach — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Internet filters in schools often compromise a teacher’s ability to teach, yet at the same time are easy for tech-savvy students to get around, a parliamentary committee on cyber bullying has heard — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Anatomy of a Linocut by Bill Fick from Jim Haverkamp on Vimeo.
This mini documentary film of printmaker Bill Fick at work on an amazingly intricate giant linocut is mesmerizing to watch. See the piece come together from start to finish over on his blog — via CRAFT
Located in Camaçari – Bahia – Brazil, the House Carqueija, designed by Bento e Azevedo Arquitetos Associados, is about 260,00 sqm in a 1.400,00 sqm site, with a reduced program, and no unused spaces, the house is intended to be more site sensitive, emphasize the outside life, and provide functional and comfortable living spaces. With a simple and efficient plan, it is a ground floor house with 2 rooms, a chapel and a large and flexible social area, which integrate living, dining and tv room in a open space, linked to the outside area through a porch — via ArchDaily
For many, Russia’s homeless dogs are a sharp-toothed menace, but one mother believes her son owes his life to a local stray.
When Andrei Pavlov, 4, fell through the ice while feeding ducks near his Krasnoyarsk home, it was Naida who raised the alarm.
The stray saw the accident and her barking alerted a woman who has been feeding dogs in the neighbourhood — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A 37-year-old Somerset man can thank fast food for saving his life, after he plugged a serious throat wound with a doner ebab.
James Hobbs was attacked in Highbridge on 15 January after he popped out to Tasty Bitez for some meaty goodness. He suffered a deep cut across the throat, but held the wrapped £3.40 takeaway to his neck for several minutes
until his cousin could provide a towel to stem the flow of blood — via redwolf.newsvine.com
At the cusp of a livable cities movement, this facility is a highly visible catalyst promoting bicycle use and alternative transportation options by providing secure parking, rental, and retail uses. At the doorstep of Washington’s major transportation hub, Union Station, the sleek veiled form by KGP design reflects the technology of its contents while complimenting its eminent Beaux Art neighbors — via ArchDaily
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