Like Megan of Rad Megan, I’m very excited about the new Muppet movie coming out this fall. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate its impending arrival than getting crafty. Her needle felted Kermit is a fabulous start. She captured his spirit beautifully! She hints that she’ll likely be making more. I can’t wait to see them! — via CRAFT
I’m sure it would have been tempting for the developers of this mini estate to knock up something mock Georgian, especially in light of the area. But this modernist-inspired four-bedroom house for sale in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire thankfully pushes the boundaries a little more.
If you want cutting edge, this is likely to be for you. Just as long as you have £725,000 — via WowHaus
Graphene, the strongest material on Earth, could help boost broadband internet speed, say UK researchers.
Scientists from Manchester and Cambridge universities, have found a way to improve its sensitivity when used in optical communications systems.
Their discovery paves the way for faster electronic components, such as the receivers used in fibre optic data connections.
Graphene was discovered in 2004 and has been hailed as a wonder material
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
A Chicago man who quickly accelerated in a sport utility vehicle with a cable around his neck decapitated himself after a domestic dispute in Yorktown, authorities said on Tuesday.
York-Poquoson Sheriff Danny Diggs said a deputy responding to a call of a domestic disturbance on Tuesday was taking a statement from the man’s ex-wife when another deputy driving by noticed an SUV pulling a utility trailer that was on fire. Authorities say the man started the fire.
A firefighter noticed a cable around the man’s neck that was attached to a tree. When deputies tried to get the man to exit the SUV, he accelerated and was pulled from the vehicle and decapitated, they say. The SUV kept going for about 150 yards — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Leaked documents from the US Embassy in Canberra reveal that Hollywood studios chose to go after third-largest internet provider iiNet, rather than Telstra, in a hard-fought online copyright case set to be heard for a third time by the High Court in Sydney.
The group of 34 companies, including Village Roadshow and the Seven Network, has this month been granted special leave to appeal a full bench Federal Court decision in February upholding Justice Dennis Cowdroy’s landmark 2010 ruling that Perth-based ISP iiNet had not authorised its customers to infringe copyright online.
WikiLeaks‘ latest release of cables includes one dated November 30, 2008 — just 10 days after the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) filed legal action claiming iiNet had infringed copyright by not taking reasonable steps to prevent unauthorised use of films and TV programs by its customers.
And the cable, from US Ambassador Robert McCallum, shows the studios wanted to avoid a stoush with the big guns
Telstra BigPond, which holds about half of the local market — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Yet another running shoe with what appears to be a severed foot inside has washed ashore on a British Columbia shoreline.
CTV-TV reports a person spotted this latest shoe floating in False Creek near Downtown Vancouver Tuesday afternoon — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Late Friday night, Amsterdam’s Atris Zoo welcomed its third baby Giant Anteater. The delivery took a little over an hour, after which the baby climbed on the back of its mother, where it will spend the better part of its first year of anteater life. The young are almost invisible to predators on their mothers’ backs, as the stripes of mother and baby naturally blend together.
Giant Anteaters have a remarkably long snout, a 60 inch tongue and long claws on the forelegs. The gestation period of the great anteater is about six months — via ZooBorns
Benjamin Harff, a German art student, spent a year creating a copy of The Silmarillion in the tradition of medieval European illuminated manuscripts. Most of the text itself is typed, but the elaborate calligraphy is Harff’s own work — via Neatorama
We’re still sweltering down here in Texas, but I hear that in other parts of the US, folks are actually starting to mutter the F-word (Fall, that is). Some yarn crafting is certainly in order for the change in season, and this pear amigurumi pattern from Planet June is a perfect place to start. A bowl full of them in rich autumnal colours would cosy up any decor — via CRAFT
However, in my time studying, discussing, and thinking about these issues, I came across a new horn of the dilemma. I discovered that the severely mentally ill members of our country are smokers in massive numbers. For example, more than 80% of schizophrenics are smokers (some studies show numbers as high as 95%). The self-reported reasons for smoking by schizophrenics are the same as those for the general population: relaxation and habit. However, there has been a growing body of evidence, which many have now termed proof, that schizophrenics are using cigarette smoking as a means of self-medication — via redwolf.newsvine.com
In the eyes of many gamers, Portal publisher Valve can do no wrong and their latest comments aren’t likely to hurt their image.
Speaking with Kotaku, Valve co-founder and managing director Gabe Newell has slammed aggressive DRM and dismissed piracy as a non-issue.
We’re a broken record on this,
Newell told Kotaku.
This belief that you increase your monetisation by making your game worth less through aggressive digital rights management is totally backwards.
It’s a service issue, not a technology issue. Piracy is just not an issue for us
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
An outbreak of a flesh-eating bacteria that can lead to limb amputations is plaguing several Victorian coastal towns.
The Bairnsdale ulcer outbreak is shaping to be the worst on record and there are fears the bacteria could be spreading.
Barwon Health deputy director of infectious diseases Daniel O’Brien said the condition had been detected from East Gippsland to Frankston and there was a also a strong concentration on the Bellarine Peninsula.
He said 35 cases had been recorded in Victoria this year compared with 20 at the same time last year and urged residents of affected areas, as well as visitors, to remain vigilant.
The bacteria is thought to be spread mostly by mosquitoes, but could also be caused by sandflies and other insects, or through cuts caused by thorns or bushes. Cuts that come in contact with mud or dirt can also become infected — via redwolf.newsvine.com
They’re loud, hang around in gangs, rise late, pair up for life, can be a nuisance and an entertainment and often outlive their human owners when kept as pets — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Google Plus’s controversial identity policy requires all users to use their real names
. Commentators have pointed to problems with this, including the implausibility of Google being able to determine correctly which names are real and which ones are fake. Other problems include the absurdity of Google’s demand for scans of government ID to accomplish this task and the fractal implausibility of Google being able to discern real from fake in all forms of government ID.
Google argues that people behave better when they use their real names. Google also states it is offering an identity service, not a social network, and therefore needs to know who you are and, thirdly, that no one is forcing you to use Google Plus.
However valid the first two points may be, they are eclipsed by the monumental intellectual dishonesty of that last one — no one’s holding a gun to your head, so shut up if you don’t like it — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Set of 3 commissioned sculptures, an octopus, nautilus, and cuttlefish. Bodies are sculpted in polymer clay, clockwork is real watch and clock pieces sealed under clear resin. Bases are stained wood with a brass rod support — via deviantART
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