Many of you have been asking what the big deal is about the new copyright legislation (Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill 119-2). Isn’t it a good measure for stopping illegal downloads? The answer is quite clear: No — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Inspired by the doctor’s watches
of the 1930s, Montblanc’s new Vintage Pulsographe radiates vintage charm. The 39.5 mm case makes it the first chronograph from Villeret with a diameter under 40 mm. Below the genuine grand feu enamel dial is a modern monopusher chronograph movement with vintage qualities — via WatchTime
The body of a man with his hands and feet nailed to a wooden cross and a crown of thorns on his head has been found in an abandoned South Korean stone quarry.
The body had a wound to the side of the torso and nylon strings tied around the neck, arms and stomach, and was clad only in underpants, police said. It was found on Sunday in Mungyong, about 115 miles (190km) south-east of Seoul, said Chung Ji-chun, the provincial chief for violent crime — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A series of lookalike domestic structures [Mitsutomo Matsunami Architect & Associates] presents a problem for both residents and guests. On the one hand, there is the sense of being solitary but stuck within a set of blandly identical buildings. On the other hand, visitors have to find a particular domicile from a larger group.
Adding this gesture to the facades works as a way-finding device, ties together the disparate units, but also makes them look and feel different, all without adding considerable cost to lower-priced, multi-family residences — via Dornob
Yvette Vickers, an early Playboy playmate whose credits as a B-movie actress included such cult films as Attack of the 50-Foot Woman
and Attack of the Giant Leeches
, was found dead last week at her Benedict Canyon home. Her body appears to have gone undiscovered for months, police said.
Vickers, 82, had not been seen for a long time. A neighbor discovered her body in an upstairs room of her Westwanda Drive home on April 27. Its mummified state suggests she could have been dead for close to a year, police said.
The official cause of death will by determined by the Los Angeles county coroner’s office, but police said they saw no sign of foul play — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Potential buyers of HMS Ark Royal have had the first chance to look at the Royal Navy’s former flagship.
Ministry of Defence (MoD) tours of the aircraft carrier are taking place at the Portsmouth Naval Base.
The vessel, decommissioned in March after 25 years service as part of the government’s defence budget review, is up for sale on the MoD auction website — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Scientists have shed new light on the origins of rice, one of the most important staple foods today.
A study of the rice genome suggests that the crop was domesticated only once, rather than at multiple times in different places — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The extinct Australian carnivore known as a thylacine was an ambush predator that could not outrun its prey over long distances, a new analysis shows — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Scientists in the United States have found fossilised remains of one of the biggest ant species ever to have lived — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Budget airline Virgin Blue will now be known as Virgin Australia under a massive re-branding of the airline’s Australian operation.V-Australia and Pacific Blue will also come under the new banner, which the company says will provide one look and feel
across all of its airlines — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Human Rights Commission says it has heard disturbing stories of discrimination against gay and transgender Australians — via redwolf.newsvine.com
I get near them and they just scream and run away… I don’t understand, I don’t jump out of the bushes and hug them anymore… Just slowly crawl out of the bushes and carefully reach out to them so I don’t startle them… — via deviantART
Canberra cat and dog owners now face fines if they fail to have their pets fitted with microchips — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Google has launched Google Shopping in Australia, a product search engine that helps people discover products online — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) has announced record levels of complaints against telcos for the first three months of 2011, with Vodafone making up the lion’s share of complaints received — via redwolf.newsvine.com
During Baselworld 2011 the German watchmaker has presented a number of watches, all of them beautiful in their own way. But one of the most interesting (at least, to yours truly) timekeepers that were exhibited in Basel, was the gorgeous Glashutte Original Senator Navigator WorldView automatic GMT watch (Ref. 39-47-07-07-04) — via World Watch Review
When this landed in my inbox, I couldn’t wait to share it with you as part of our Geek Crafts month! From Justine at Cast Away:
Last year Ray Cannon started coming into Cast Away for supplies to begin learning how to needle felt. Without knowing anything about the medium he quickly connected with this art form and found it similar to Scupley, a medium he’d used a few times before. Ray enjoys the felting medium for its molding ability without actually carving into the form. He soon began creating amazingly life-like, detailed animals. His pieces are so captivating — be sure to come see the sculptures and meet Ray Cannon.
Ray’s art will be on display at Cast Away in Santa Rosa, beginning Thursday, May 5th. From 6-8pm snacks will be served, and he will on hand to demonstrate his techniques — via CRAFT
2011 marks the 100th anniversary year of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright’s personal home and laboratory
in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Taliesin represents more than just great design—it exempli?es Wright’s philosophy that the true sense of organic architecture is the integrated oneness of the land, the building and spirit of life — via ArchDaily
Three drunken revelers rescued after being adrift in a toy dinghy in the English Channel for 11 hours greeted the authorities in French, thinking they had sailed across the stretch of water separating the two European nations.
Instead the men, equipped only with only a bottle of wine and one paddle, were only 3.2km out to sea off the English coast, London’s The Daily Telgraph said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
I’m always using whatever’s at hand for bookmarks – bus tickets, junk mail, etc. But these adorable page corner markers by Tally of I Could Make That make me want to change my ways. Her tutorial is excellent, and she demonstrates a more decorative approach as well as this monster design — via CRAFT
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