Eaten by the Lounge and Owning the Cushion, originally uploaded by Red Wolf
This video tutorial shows how to tie a lanyard knot with a loop.
This knot is also known as #787 in The Ashley Book of Knots, the sailor’s knife lanyard knot, marlinspike lanyard knot, single strand diamond knot, two strand diamond knot, and bosun’s whistle knot.
I used and 18 inch length of paracord for the demonstration, which is more than needed, but this will work with various length/diameters of cord.
After the knot is tied, I also show the adjustment of the loop size by finding one of the loop leads and creating slack, which is worked back thru the knot. You can do it the other way around to make the loop longer — via Youtube
You might have thought that Australia’s debate
over online copyright infringement couldn’t get any sillier. But this week the journalists’ union came out as a fan of internet censorship, only to withdraw when they realised what they’d done. And Village Roadshow equated copyright infringement with terrorism and paedophilia, and came out in support of, oh, moonbats or something. Hard to say.
Village Roadshow’s submission (PDF) to the government’s copyright infringement discussion paper is the loopiest, with so much shouting and whining that it’s hard to take their hyperbole seriously.
The dangers posed by piracy are so great, the goal should be total eradication or zero tolerance. Just as there is no place on the internet for terrorism or paedophilia, there should be no place for theft that will impact the livelihoods of the 900,000 people whose security is protected by legitimate copyright,
the submission says.
Oh get a grip.
The tone is clearly that of Village Roadshow’s co-CEO Graham Burke, whose manner at the best of times can most generously be described as eccentric. But to equate the abstract problem of a reduction in your profit margin with the damage done to the victims of child sexual abuse and the slaughter of innocents? That takes some chutzpah — via redwolf.newsvine.com
— via piecomic
Two rare Snow Leopard Cubs have made their public debut at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo in New York — via ZooBorns
Dust from One Giant Production on Vimeo
Short film starring Alan Rickman, Jodie Whittaker and Lola Albert
Written and directed by Ben Ockrent and Jake Russell
Produced by Catherine Bailey
British photographer Benedict Redgrove has taken a rare look inside the design studio of italian automobile firm Bertone. In a distinct artistic approach that highlights geometry, architecture and engineering, redgrove has captured some of the company’s most radical concept cars from the 1960s and 70s — some never seen before __ including designs for Alfa Romeo, Lamborghini and Lancia. The series of images which was originally commissioned by Wallpaper* Magazine, exudes a specialty in styling, coachbuilding and manufacturing, with Bertone’s vision categorised by abstract angular frameworks, a use of unique materials for standard auto parts and super-sleek interiors built for luxury and functionality — via designboom
Dug up a few pictures of Kuzya 2007, when he was very young and playful — via Igor Shpilenok
There have been many comments to this story from people who are assuming that these towers
are physical installations. There’s no reason to assume this is the case: it’s far likelier that they are mobile installations of the kind used not only by law enforcement and government agencies, but also by scammers and other criminals — David Harley
Seventeen mysterious cellphone towers have been found in America which look like ordinary towers, and can only be identified by a heavily customized handset built for Android security — but have a much more malicious purpose, according to Popular Science.
The fake towers
— computers which wirelessly attack cellphones via the baseband
chips built to allow them to communicate with their networks, can eavesdrop and even install spyware, ESD claims. They are a known technology — but the surprise is that they are in active use — via redwolf.newsvine.com
In 1963, Jaguar embarked on the Special GT E-Type Project
, of which only 12 of the planned 18 were built. This year, Jaguar begins manufacturing the missing
6 all-aluminum, hand-built E-Type — via Youtube
The Clouded Leopard cubs, born at Houston Zoo on 6 June, are growing and developing their big cat skills. So far, the pair has mastered the art of being adorable — via ZooBorns
This video isn’t about how automation is bad — rather that automation is inevitable. It’s a tool to produce abundance for little effort. We need to start thinking now about what to do when large sections of the population are unemployable — through no fault of their own. What to do in a future where, for most jobs, humans need not apply — via Youtube
We were shooting a time lapse when this marmot interrupted. In Glacier National Park, global warming is melting glaciers and shrinking the alpine tundra environment as treelines move higher up the mountains. Shrinking tundra threatens marmots and other animals that live up high in these mountains — via Youtube
Via the /r/mildlyinteresting subreddit comes an office-supply creation that puts your cubicle-mate’s obnoxiously oversized rubber band ball to shame. According to its creator, redditor Eduardoballestero, the ball comprises 130 clips and took roughly six hours (~1 hour a day, for a week) to make — via io9
Seyit UYGUR { Ebru Artist } from oguz uygur (ozzie) on Vimeo
My parents perform this art (Ebru in Turkish, Paper Marbling in English) and the footage was shot for a promo piece I was working on back then and my dad asked me to put a video together for him. This is what came out of that.
For those who is wondering how it’s done I’d recommend googling Paper Marbling
there is plenty of info out there
Chloe Giordano is a self-described illustrator, avid reader, history lover and dreadful knitter
from Buckinghamshire, England. She may not be a great knitter, but her embroidery is more than up to par. Shown here are her tiny embroidered animals, done freehand. Giordano’s mixture of multiple colored threads adds detail and dimension. See more of her creations or request a commissioned work at her tumblr site — via Neatorama
Go inside the home and mind of John Waters as we take a closer look inside his Baltimore home before we kick off a week of his controversial films in John Waters Presents: Films of Bad Taste — via Youtube
Mat Brown is an industrial designer and jewellery maker in Norwich, UK. He wanted to do something productive with a long piece of chestnut wood that he owned. It was heavily cracked and had knotholes, so some woodworkers might choose to avoid it. But Brown had a plan. He mixed resin with glow-in-the-dark powder and poured it into the cracks and holes. He then varnished it with 8 or 9 coats of a linseed oil solution. Brown made the now elegant board into a lovely set of shelves that glow under black light — via Neatorama
Pulguinha the Steampunk Guinea Pig doesn’t need a jetpack, because he has a pair of brass and leather wings, perfect for soaring high among the airships — via Etsy
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