Summer may be over, but don’t put those hula hoops away just yet. Bring ’em on inside and weave a hula hoop rug with Disney Family Fun! All you’ll need is a hula hoop, about a dozen old t-shirts, and an open afternoon to make your own unique upcycled rug — via CRAFT
When It’s Gone It’s Gone, an online one-of-a-kind store, is selling this Royal Navy ejector seat that’s been fitted with legs for use as an office desk-chair. Not sure what the ergonomics are like, and as for price, it’s a strictly make an offer
affair — via Boing Boing
Imagine the scene. Sober solicitor, probably with half-rim glasses, surrounded by grieving relatives about to read out the last will and testament of Great Uncle Johnny… And to my beloved niece, I leave access to my online poker and bingo account and to my great-nephew Frankie, all my iTunes credits.
It might seem far-fetched but as more and more of us amass digital assets, it is exactly the kind of will we might need to consider drawing up — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The kits used by humans 100,000 years ago to make paint have been found at the famous archaeological site of Blombos Cave in South Africa.
The hoard includes red and yellow pigments, shell containers, and the grinding cobbles and bone spatulas to work up a paste — everything an ancient artist might need in their workshop — via BBC
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Originally just a windmill, it was converted into a house in 1973 and still looks very much of that era. It also benefits from its own private gardens and as it towers above all else, some great views of the nearby countryside too.
Outside, you’ll find those gardens, along with a double garage, plus a second detached garage with up and over door. Want to see more? Check out more of those images at the agent’s site and if you want it, £695,000 is the asking price — via WowHaus
A nanotube fibre that twists like muscles in an elephant trunk has been discovered, which could one day propel nanobots.
Professor Geoff Spinks of the University of Wollongong’s Intelligent Polymer Research Institute and colleagues report their findings today in the journal Science — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The new a.b.art Serie MA, which features the brand’s minimalist design approach comes with a single purpose of thought and construction. An elegant dial with the simplest of hour, minute and second hands sweep across Bauhaus style numerals. At 6 o’clock there’s a small date aperture — and that’s your lot.
The watch (like the Dievas Focal diver) runs on an ETA 2824-2 movement and is available either in blackest black or a crisp clean white dial. The strap is of pure black leather — via Watchuseek Watch Blog
Richard Gere’s collection of classic guitars and amplifiers, built up over 40 years, has fetched $936,438 (£595,000) at a New York auction.
Top lot at the Christie’s charity sale was a 1960 Gibson Les Paul which was bought by a private collector for $98,500 (£63,000) including commission.
A 1931 CF Martin that went for $62,500 (£40,000), was among three lots bought by the guitar manufacturer.
The actor has said it was painful
to let go of my true friends
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
Switching off a single gene can help treat sickle cell disease by keeping the blood forever young. The illness is caused by a mutant form of adult haemoglobin, but not by foetal haemoglobin. Targeting BCL11A, the gene responsible for the body’s switch-over from foetal to adult haemoglobin, effectively eliminates the condition in mice.
The mutant form of adult haemoglobin forms long sticky chains inside red blood cells. The cells containing these chains can clog small blood vessels, depriving organs of oxygen and causing pain. In severe cases, sickle cell disease can be fatal. Tricking the body into make foetal haemoglobin again can alleviate symptoms, though.
That’s because foetal haemoglobin does not form sticky chains. However, it is produced in the body only during development in the womb and in the six months following birth. It has a higher affinity for oxygen than adult haemoglobin, vital in allowing the developing foetus to steal
oxygen from its mother’s blood — via redwolf.newsvine.com
We here at TAUNTR have recently unearthed an extremely rare photograph of former President Abraham Lincoln taken during his brief, yet memorable stint as a paranormal investigator and eliminator circa 1864 — via TAUNTR.COM
Cadence Architects have sent us images of a commercial building they’ve designed in Bangalore, India, with a sculptural façade — via CONTEMPORIST
Jamming of global positioning signals (GPS) during Europe’s largest military exercise has been suspended, following complaints from fishermen.
The Royal Navy issued warnings in September and October that GPS in parts of Scotland would be disrupted during Exercise Joint Warrior.
But Western Isles fishermen said the first they knew was when their equipment went offline last Friday.
The Royal Navy said the military would seek to address their safety concerns — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A Lange & Söhne achieved three record sales at Sotheby’s Important Watches
auction, held on 6 October in Hong Kong. The top selling pieces included a rare set of two limited edition Grand Lange 1 Luna Mundi
wristwatches, a limited edition 1815 Moonphase Homage to FA Lange
in honey gold, and a Lange Zeitwerk — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This is the newest watch from Victorinox Swiss Army, the Alpnach Black Ice Chronograph, and it is quite a nice looking piece. Over the last few years Swiss Army watches have been changing, and I say for the better. The brand has smartly moved upmarket
with a stronger emphasis on watches with automatic mechanical movements, this piece being a good example — via Perpetuelle.com Watch Blog
Staring at a pile of fossilised ichthyosaur bones in the famous Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in Nevada, paleontologist Mark McMenamin had a sudden insight. It occurred to him that he might have cracked the great mystery of this ancient Triassic site.
He reckoned that the carefully lined-up bones of the ichthyosaurs, of the shonisaur family, were the work of a kraken, an enormous squid bigger and more intelligent than any other invertebrate that has ever lived. That’s what the professor at Mount Holyoke College told the Geological Society of America, anyway, speaking this week at their annual get together — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Google has lost its cybersquatting fight with typo-snaffle site goggle.com, enabling its owner to carry on enticing clumsy typists into signing up for pricey text messaging services.
The company’s complaint against the domain name’s current registrant, Barbados-based David Csumrik, was dismissed on procedural grounds yesterday by a three-person National Arbitration Forum panel in the US.
Right now, Goggle.com’s website asks visitors a short series of questions before attempting to persuade them to sign up for a £3-per-text quiz competition, offering the latest Apple products as prizes — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This is a short film shot in Perth Western Australia, on my struggle and solution to my problem with neighbourhood cats urinating on my car and property — via YouTube
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