— 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
Senator Clive Palmer
Originally aired on ABC TV: 24/04/2014 — via Youtube
Pewter Octopus Shelf Decor — via Cyan Design
It’s undeniably ridiculous but it’s hard not to be charmed by the Disk36 by E1+E4, a cabinet inspired by the classic game Connect Four.
Designed by Luca Valota, it’s deliberately intended to imitate the game — first sold in 1974 — from its blue grid to the yellow and red tokens. However, this cabinet is made from lacquered polished MDF rather than plastic and stands at a slightly more imposing two metres. And within the grid you get nine different cupboards, meaning it’s vaguely practical too. But it doesn’t just look like Connect Four, you can actually play the game using the cabinet as each counter twists free and can be moved around, or taken out entirely as you can see on the image below.
It’s priced at 7200 euros or just under £6000 pounds (shipping from Italy, however, is free worldwide) so it looks like it’ll be a while before these are as common as the game in people’s homes. Even more so, as it’s limited to an edition of 70 — via Retro To Go
Call upon the dark lord Cthulhu for the end times. This sweater is made of 100% acrylic. Black, red, olive green and medium green in colour. It is decorated with Cthulhu on the front, and the two different elder signs — via Middle of Beyond
French designer Philippe Starck and car company Peugeot have unveiled a prototype bicycle crossed with a scooter, designed for a free cycle scheme in Bordeaux, France.
As part of efforts to integrate bicycles into its public transport system, the city of Bordeaux asked locals to submit design suggestions for an urban bike. Philippe Starck took their ideas and worked with Peugeot to develop a scooter and bicycle hybrid called Pibal, which means baby eel
— via Dezeen
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