Tony Pederson and Niels Provos recycle history by turning antique wagon wheels into a heirloom blade. This video shows the whole process from preparing the wrought iron to the finished knife. First, the wagon tire is forged and prepared for melting in the crucible. A crucible steel bar is forged from the ingot and then turned into a powerful blade. Finally, everything is put together and you can marvel at the carbide grain structure of the blade — via Youtube
If you have money to spare, you could always point in the direction of this stunning Effeffe Berlinetta sports car. Amazingly, this isn’t a vintage car. The Berlinetta is described as a tribute to Italian GT car building half a century ago
, bringing back both the looks, the mechanics and the production values of that era — via Retro to Go
Salt and Pepper Moth (Utetheisa lotrix) originally uploaded by Red Wolf
The drugmaker Purdue Pharma launched OxyContin two decades ago with a bold marketing claim: One dose relieves pain for 12 hours, more than twice as long as generic medications.
Patients would no longer have to wake up in the middle of the night to take their pills, Purdue told doctors. One OxyContin tablet in the morning and one before bed would provide smooth and sustained pain control all day and all night
.
On the strength of that promise, OxyContin became America’s bestselling painkiller, and Purdue reaped $31 billion in revenue.
But OxyContin’s stunning success masked a fundamental problem: The drug wears off hours early in many people, a Los Angeles Times investigation found. OxyContin is a chemical cousin of heroin, and when it doesn’t last, patients can experience excruciating symptoms of withdrawal, including an intense craving for the drug.
The problem offers new insight into why so many people have become addicted to OxyContin, one of the most abused pharmaceuticals in US history — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A Collector Receiving an Appraisal from an Expert
Originally aired on ABC TV: 05/05/2016 — via Youtube
Chester Zoo’s two-month-old Eastern Black Rhino calf, Gabe, was recently photographed enjoying his first ever mud bath. The youngster was seen slipping and sliding in the mud as he charged around with 13-year-old mum, Ema Elsa — via Youtube
Deep Thoughts originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Rocking horses, as a general rule, do not fit in very well with a more minimalist decor scheme, probably because they are big wooden horses that are designed for children to sit on. In fact, this rocking horse from Stockholm studio Front is the first minimalist rocking horse we’ve seen. It seems worth wondering whether the elegance of the piece might make it slightly less exciting for children, but honestly who knows what children like — via Curbed
MTKarchitects designed House Matsumoto Okada in Matsumoto, Japan — via ArchDaily
Governments have always invoked religion to deflect criticism away from or justify questionable political agendas. Not unlike terrorists.
In the 1970s, the British government frequently cited so-called Christian Values
around Christmas and Easter time. Taking its cue from the Bible, the government knew that belief in an all-powerful authority, whose actions cannot be questioned, is a formidable tool of control.
The prime minister would, before the proposal of dubious bills or changes in policy, aggressively promote trust in the state as a virtue not dissimilar to religious faith. By the end of the decade, ideas of political and religious authority became so entwined that anyone who questioned or opposed the ruling party faced Biblical-style punishments.
Academics and experts in particular were branded as extremists
(and later as fact witches
) for producing any evidence that contradicted government policies. In 1978 a 4 year old dissident heretic
was crucified in Scarfolk town square for highlighting glaring errors in the government’s annual budget, which she did with the help of a Fisher-Price junior calculator she had received for her birthday — via Scarfolk Council
San Diego Zoo Safari Park visitors can now see a female Cheetah and her six cubs. The cubs were born at the off-exhibit Cheetah Breeding Facility at the Safari Park on 21 November 2015 — via Youtube
Nobody likes having to deal with cold calls to the office. But when you’re manning the IT help desk, you have no choice but to pick up the phone — even when it’s a pushy sales pitch.
So what to do about those annoying calls from over-enthusiastic sales staff itching to shift their technology wares? One spectacularly resourceful, and possibly sadistic, IT department has a solution: boot them all to Hell.
An IT boss — whose identity and employer we’re keeping anonymous, lest they be flooded with calls from people eager to experience it first-hand – explained to El Reg the story behind Extension 666 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
ANA from Factory Fifteen on Vimeo.
Factory Fifteen collaborated with Raw TV on the development of our original take on the singularity, the point where artificial intelligence becomes self aware and more intelligent than the human race. They created a seven minute proof of concept, teasing at a larger project currently in development. Their role developed along the course of the project from consultation and script development, to directing an ambitious live action shoot and finally delivering TV standard visual effects, all in house in the Factory Fifteen Studio.
The film shows one vignette within a bigger picture, highlighting an AI called ANA who deceives Jim, a redundant car factory worker, in giving her full control over the facility. ANA is imbedded into every major manufacturing industry in the world, including medical and food resources. Her seeming betrayal to mankind could be devastating. Only she knows her true intentions.
Distant Dream
official live video, directed by John Carpenter — via Youtube
An Australian Voter
Originally aired on ABC TV: 28/04/2016 — via Youtube
What do you do when you’ve spent 10 years and over $3 million building your intensely customised African Queen
home in Springfield, Missouri, listed it yourself for $15 million, and nobody bites? If you’re Porsche dealer Michael Willhoit, who has somehow found himself in this exact situation, you put it up on eBay, still asking $15 million — via Curbed
About to Bloom originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Red Hot Poker (Kniphofia)
My Chair, Contemplation, Bright Eyes, Hello and The Chair is Mine originally uploaded by Red Wolf
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