An Iron Age gold hoard found near Stirling by an amateur treasure hunter has been secured for the nation after a fundraising campaign — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Nearly 222 years after the French Revolution, a desk made by royal cabinetmaker Jean-Henri Riesener is back in the Versailles Palace after being acquired by the French state for 6.75 million euros ($9.5 million) — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Councils will struggle to police new dog breeding laws aimed at improving animal welfare unless they are given extra money, leaders warn — via redwolf.newsvine.com
An investigation is underway after two transplant patients got cancer from the same donor.
The recipients were each given a kidney from a woman with a rare form of blood cancer which was not picked up in routine safety checks.
The disease was detected too late in a post-mortem examination.
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), the agency responsible for transplant safety, said research would determine the scale of the problem nationally — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Reddit member captaincripple lost a leg in a motorcycle accident a year ago. He asked the forum for design suggestions for his prosthetic, and decided to go with a Terminator theme. He unveiled the finished leg today. The artwork is by Stuart Vimpani of Brisbane, Australia — via Neatorama
CSIRO will attempt to smash its current top speeds with its new Wi-Fi TV antenna technology, connecting up to 12 users on one 7MHz TV spectrum band at 50Mbps — instead of the old 12Mbps — via redwolf.newsvine.com
While Internet Explorer 9 will not support Microsoft’s Windows XP, Firefox 4 supports the still-popular OS as well as Windows 2000. Microsoft said IE9 dropped Windows XP to utilize the graphics processor. Mozilla’s Firefox 4 provides partial acceleration in Windows XP — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This print advertisement for Toyo tires cleverly uses octopus to go with their slogan Griping Performance
— via Creative Ad Awards
Untitled Motorcycles are three guys working out of a workshop in Camden, London, building motorcycles for everyday use with great individual styling and quality mechanics
. They’re on a mission to resurrect old and unloved motorcycles—and in a way, recycle them into classics. Untitled started in 2010 with a BMW R80/7 as their first project, and have just released two more bikes for sale—including the silver machine shown here, the Scrambler UM-2
— via Bike EXIF
Temption is one of my favorite boutique German watch brands, and will release this new version of their CGK collection soon. The CGK205 is the follow up to the CGK204 based on the CGK203. The collection houses a decorated Swiss ETA Valjoux 7751 automatic movement (a 7750 with an annual calendar, moon phase, and synced 24 hour hand), and lays out the dial info really nicely. For the CGK205 Temption refines the design a bit and ads a new metal bracelet option — via A Blog to Read
The design of this home [Popov Bass Architects] has grown from the constraints and opportunities offered by its beautiful but challenging site. The site is an irregular shape that drops vertically three storeys from the street edge and enjoys views to the harbour to the east and north-east. The neighbouring dwelling was designed by Burley Griffin, with typical organic details — via ArchDaily
The worst of times sometimes brings out the best in people, even in Japan’s losers
aka the Japanese mafia, the yakuza.
Hours after the first shock waves hit, two of the largest crime groups went into action, opening their offices to those stranded in Tokyo, and shipping food, water, and blankets to the devastated areas in two-ton trucks and whatever vehicles they could get moving — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Dude, really. I don’t say this to be cruel, but you’ve got to shape up, okay? I mean, they’re talking about you in the boardroom, and not in a good way — via Woot
This is the Harbormaster Spinnaker
from newcomer Stolas Watches.
The Harbormaster is their first watch, available in three models: Genoa, Spinnaker and Gennaker. Different colors, bands and dials, with all sharing the other details. In common are the 44mm, stainless steel case, sapphire crystal, lumed bezel, lightning seconds hand, 200m water resistance, screwdown crown and bezel. The more expensive Genoa model adds applied hour markers, silver embossed dial and ETA 2824 movement; the movements in the others are Shanghai (SMC) 2824 clones — via A Blog to Read
Here is an extraordinary and completely off-grid house, built with the help of local craftsmen by a complete novice – and for just $35,000!
A young man from England escaped the 9-5 routine and struck out with this entirely new life, in Zanzibar — via Home Design Find
One of a kind tentacle ring cast and fabricated from octopus tentacles in recycled sterling silver. This incredible statement ring has 54 glittering colorless diamonds set in the tentacle suckers, total diamond weight .52ct. It is sculptural, with brilliant sparkle from every angle and a black finish that will become even more lustrous over time. Also available polished or with an antique finish — via Etsy
In Indonesia, the Honda Tiger GL200 is a popular commuter bike—a simple and low-cost thumper with nondescript plastic bodywork. Actually, nondescript
is not the right word: it’s an eyesore. According to Deus Bali, the bike comes out of the Honda factory looking pretty ugly. It’s covered in spaceship-esqe plastic covers and faux chrome pieces, which do it no justice.
So Deus stripped the Tiger down until it was nothing but frame and brackets. They then ground, welded and molded the chassis, binning extraneous mounts and beefing up where required. The result has been dubbed the Tiger’s Milk
, and the bike you see here is the first of three, with a comprehensive spec sheet including a custom tank, exhaust, seat and fenders. The headlight is from a Harley-Davidson, and the taillight is from Posh Factory in Japan. A Daytona speedo is mounted on Ventura bars, fitted with BSA grips. The engine breathes a little easier thanks to a K&N air filter, while Icon shocks keep the back end under control. Deus Bali has transformed the humble GL200 into the kind of bike you just want to jump on and ride, and the price is a reasonable 70,000,000 Indonesia Rupiahs—just under $8,000 — via Bike EXIF
Last year, Swiss watchmaker Corum turned a lot of heads with its launch of the limited edition Deep Hull 48, the brand’s first extreme dive watch and one with an imposing look and impressive 1,000 meter water resistance. This year, Corum is releasing two more models in the range — and wow am I excited — these watches look great. Today I’m going to show you the new Corum Seafender 46 — think of it as a slightly less imposing version of the Deep Hull 48. Toned down (albeit slightly) are the case size — 46mm, and the water resistance — 300 meters. The titanium case, matching titanium buckle (on the vulcanized rubber strap), and other features remain intact. These changes will not only make the watch more wearable, but also more affordable (at ~$7,800 the Deep Hull was already very competitively priced) — via Perpetuelle.com Blog
This tower studio [Centerbrook Architects and Planners] is the latest addition to a musician’s residence that includes her home and a detached music studio. A master violinist and music teacher who performs around the world, the client wanted to expand her house by adding a tower studio that would regale her with treetop views as she practiced, alone, with students, or fellow musicians — via ArchDaily
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