The English song for children of all ages, a spin off for the book about Sniffer and Tinni. Book release in Norway (in Norwegian) by the publisher Gresvik Forlag will be on Saturday, 3 May at Eldorado bookstore in Torggt, Oslo, Norway. Here you will meet both Torgeir, Berit and Tinni. The song is on Spotify, iTunes and most other streaming sites at the internet. And btw — it’s the author Berit Helberg singing all the voices — via Youtube
Who doesn’t want a secret door bookcase? We have a space in our living room that I’ve been planning to conceal with just such a door for 10 years, but I’ve kept putting it off because doing something like this has to be done well. I wanted the carpentry to be of high quality and the mechanism to be rock solid, and I finally got the time, resources and hardware to make it to the standard I wanted. This is a long instructable, because it covers not just the construction of the bookcase but also some other features — it has a unique locking mechanism based on a sliding book, multiple secret compartments inside the bookcase (aside from the big one behind it!), and it’s fitted with electronics that generate some geeky but fun sound and light effects — via Instructables
This is what I have to put up with when I’m practicing — via Youtube
Mondo has announced their new line of clothing called the Mondo 237 Collection, based on the carpet pattern outside room 237 of the Overlook Hotel in the movie The Shining. The orange and magenta pattern trimmed in brown, designed by Sal Giliberto will only mean something to those who know what it represents, but that may be enough to sell a bunch of sweaters, cardigans, scarves, ski masks, door mats, and rugs. The products can be pre-ordered through 10 May and will ship in August — via Neatorama
Klipspringer calf makes leaps and bounds in first weeks of life at Lincoln Park Zoo — via Youtube
The Egg Painter from Titus-Armand on Vimeo.
The Easter tradition of dying eggs is practiced by people all over the world, but in Ciocanesti, a small village in Romania’s northern region of Bukovina, this tradition has evolved into an art form. Exquisitely hand painted with intricate traditional designs, each of these eggs takes hours to create and is among the things the people here are most proud of. This docu-short offers a glimpse into the art and craft of egg painting.
A film by: Titus-Armand Napirlica
Egg Painter: Elena Craciunescu
— via deviantART
36 ventilators, 4.7m3 packing chips, 2014. Limonaia Villa Saroli, 26 April – 11 July 2014 from Studio Zimoun on Vimeo
Ever wanted to mob around with an octopus on your head? Now you can. This hat knits up fast and keeps your head warm, all while being totally adorable. It fits most average adult sized heads, uses two skeins of bulky yarn, and size US 11 needles — via Ravelry
If you’re a fan of classic arcade games, an old school gamer or just love that geeky pixel look, this new collection of digitally printed roller blinds created by the team at English Blinds offers a great way to add some retro gaming fun to the windows. Prices will start from £95 and they’ll be available to buy online shortly. These retro chic blinds pay homage to classic games of the late 70’s and early 80’s such as Space Invaders and Pac Man and are perfect to give your pad that 8 bit look. With a choice of alien characters and classic game action dressing the windows has never been some much fun — via English Blinds
Two Clouded Leopard cubs born on 14 March are now ready to meet the public at the Denver Zoo. The male and female cubs, named Pi and Rhu, were not properly cared for by their mother so they are being raised by staff around the clock — via ZooBorns
Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has been arrested by Northern Ireland police in connection with the 1972 murder of Jean McConville.
He presented himself to police on Wednesday evening and was arrested.
Speaking before his arrest, Mr Adams said he was innocent of any part
in the murder.
Mrs McConville, a 37-year-old widow and mother of 10, was abducted from her flat in the Divis area of west Belfast and shot by the IRA.
Her body was recovered from a beach in County Louth in 2003 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Rooting Shank (Oudemansiella radicata), originally uploaded by Red Wolf
The CATable was designed by Ruan Hao of LYCS Architecture in Hong Kong. It has an interior maze that cats cannot resist, and portholes so they can keep an eye on not only you, but the birds outside the window in your office. The CATable was exhibited during Milan Design Week, but is still so new that no price has been determined — via Neatorama
You’d probably expect to encounter all sorts of crazy technology in a US Air Force nuclear silo. One you might not expect: floppy disks.
Leslie Stahl of CBS’s 60 Minutes reported from a Wyoming nuclear control center for a segment that aired on Sunday, and the Cold War-era tech she found is pretty amazing. But it also makes sense. The government built facilities for the Minuteman missiles in the 1960s and 1970s, and though the missiles have been upgraded numerous times to make them safer and more reliable, the bases themselves haven’t changed much. And there isn’t a lot of incentive to upgrade them. ICBM forces commander Major General Jack Weinstein told Stahl that the bases have extremely tight IT and cyber security, because they’re not Internet-connected and they use such old hardware and software — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The two-peg spool knit can be found in The Ashley Book of Knots as #2878, a Square Loop Sinnet, along with other variations. For quick deployment of the cord, should you need to repurpose it from the lanyard, just cut off one end below the lanyard knot, unlock the knit by pulling the end strand out of the loop, and pull to quickly unravel the length of cord — via Youtube
The most amazing beaver experience — via Youtube
— via Pie Comic
The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens has announced the birth of a healthy Takin. She was born on 12 February and can now be seen on exhibit. Related to sheep, Takin are a goat-antelope found in the eastern Himalayas. There are four different subspecies: the Sichuan or Tibetan Takin, the Mishmi Takin, the Shaanxi or Golden Takin, and the Bhutan Takin. The Takin is the national animal of Bhutan — via ZooBorns
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