Brad Litwin creates exquisite miniature hand-cranked kinetic sculptures from cardboard and a few bits of wood, metal, or plastic
. They’re $45/each or $35 as a kit — via boingboing
Fresh evidence is emerging in the United States of fraud and unethical behaviour that helped trigger the subprime mortgage crisis — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Europe’s Nordic countries remain global leaders in the campaign to close the gender equality gap, according to a study released Tuesday that said women could play a key role in leading the world out of economic crisis.
Iceland, Norway and Finland topped the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual gender gap index, while Pakistan, Chad and Yemen were bottom of the 134-nation rankings.
Australia has dropped three places since last year to come in at 23rd behind Mozambique — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Police have condemned the deliberate killing of a rare monkey which was found dead north of Brisbane at the weekend — via redwolf.newsvine.com
As we get ready for fall, I love this project for making a felted crochet bucket hat by Whitney of The Purl Bee. Don’t you love all those wonderful warm colored yarn? The orange is my favorite — via CRAFT
Hungary seized control Tuesday of the company at the centre of the deadly toxic sludge disaster, a day after its managing director was arrested — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A Tasmanian pensioner is taking on Telstra after becoming frustrated once too often with its technology — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Chris Schaie just e-mailed me this picture of a recent commission. It’s a custom Nautilus-style submarine door that incorporates Chris’s familiar irising peephole as well as a new multiple bolt mechanism that locks and unlocks by turning the handwheel. Beautiful work, Chris! — via MAKE
Estonian sculptor Mati Karmin makes furniture from old naval mines found off the coast of his homeland — via Nerdcore
Knithacker posted a link to these awesome knit yeti baby booties from kellyhogaboom who used Shana Kreikemeier’s knit monster baby booties pattern (with a few modifications) from Ravelry. Kreikemeier has both a crochet and knit version, and these knit ones from Kelly look really fun — via CRAFT
Australian fibre artist Ruth Marshall knits the intricate patterns found on big wild cats! She’s currently in residence at the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC:
I am delighted to be a part of the Open Studios at the Museum of Arts and Design. I am using this opportunity to launch my Tiger Pelt Project. A knitted textile interpretation of tiger pelts based on the collection at the American Museum of Natural History and actual data of wild tigers being studied in the wild by scientists. Through studying actual pelts that were collected from 1944 onwards to live wild tigers captured by photographs, I hope to trace the history and stories behind these amazing tigers that are facing the threat of extinction today.”
— via CRAFT
The High Court in Ireland has ruled that laws cutting off internet users who have illegally downloaded content cannot be enforced in the country.
It is a victory for Irish internet service provider UPC which took the legal action against copyright owners, including EMI and Sony.
But it will be a blow to the music and film industry, which wants the strict rules as a deterrent against piracy.
It is likely to have a knock-on effect to similar policies in other countries — via richardfarner.newsvine.com
The position of the infamous Zeus trojan may be usurped by a new upstart that is unknown to four of the six largest antivirus companies and has already been used by a criminal group to empty bank accounts across Europe and America — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Australia’s top electronic spy unit says the country’s military networks are under siege from soaring levels of cyber strikes by foreign intelligence agencies — via redwolf.newsvine.com
There seems to be a trend developing around the use of extreme cantilevers in contemporary homes. Not to be outdone, this newest addition to the suspended-home family juts up at a slight angle but really goes the distance — via dornob
Scientists from the Northern Territory environment department have discovered a new population of a threatened wetland plant after record rain — via redwolf.newsvine.com
As a Mac consultant, I’m often asked some pretty bizarre questions. One that I frequently hear is “How do I type <some special character> on my Mac?” A good example of this is people who want to type fractions that look like this — ½ — rather than like 1/2, or plop a character like an umbrella — ☂ — or a skull and crossbones — ☠ — in the middle of a sentence — via TUAW
The kings of the CB450 café racer are the guys at Dime City Cycles in Florida, who we’ve featured before. They’ll be getting considerably wider exposure soon, because this latest bike will be starring in the new Discovery HD Theater series Café Racer TV. The images here were shot especially for Bike EXIF and reveal a machine that started life as 1968 CB450, but has been heavily reworked — via Bike EXIF
A $4.3 million Brisbane road which was recently upgraded to prevent flooding has been destroyed by the recent heavy rainfall which has flooded waterways, roads and homes — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A lot of people hate doodlers, those who idly scribble during meetings (or classes or trials or whatever). Most people also hate that other closely related species: the fidgeter, who spins pens or reorders papers or plays with his phone during meetings. (I stand guilty as charged. On occasion, I have also been known to whisper.) We doodlers, fidgeters and whisperers always get the same jokey, passive-aggressive line from the authority figure at the front of the room: “I’m sorry, are we bothering you?” How droll. But the underlying message is clear: Pay attention.
But I’ve never stopped fidgeting, and I’ve always thought I walked out of meetings remembering all the relevant parts. Now I have proof. In a delightful new study, which will be published in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology, psychologist Jackie Andrade of the University of Plymouth in southern England showed that doodlers actually remember more than nondoodlers when asked to retain tediously delivered information, like, say, during a boring meeting or a lecture — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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