Big Brother is watching. Listening. Reading your notes. What can you do? The tinfoil hat only protects your brain from the aliens. Once you put your ideas down on paper, anyone can read them. ANYONE. Possibly even the aliens with their x-ray beams. But definitely Big Brother since you’re 99% sure that your house is bugged for video and audio. How else does Google find out you want to bake spam casserole? — via ThinkGeek
A well-known Chinese commentator has accused Facebook of insulting him by closing his account on the grounds he uses a pseudonym, while hosting a page for founder Mark Zuckerberg’s puppy — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Each year, an estimated 10,000 shipping containers fall off container ships at sea. Although many of these containers float at the surface for months, most eventually sink to the seafloor. No one knows what happens to these containers once they reach the deep seafloor.
From March 8 to March 10, 2011, a team of researchers from MBARI and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS) will use a robotic submarine to study the biological impacts of a shipping container resting on the seafloor about 20 kilometers (12 miles) outside of Monterey Bay (but still within the boundaries of the sanctuary) — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A bizarre family feud left two hamsters dead and a teen behind bars after a Brooklyn clash that would make Jerry Springer cringe — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Two South African men who hijacked a car with a two-year-old girl inside have returned the toddler — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A fake internet escort agency scam has made a gang £6m, trading standards investigators have discovered — via redwolf.newsvine.com
French police have found stolen jewellery worth 14m euros (£12m; $19m) hidden in a drain in a Paris suburb — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Tobacco displays in shops will be banned in England as part of a package of measures to discourage smoking — via redwolf.newsvine.com
People relying on home wi-fi are getting significantly slower speeds than from their fixed broadband connection, research suggests — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A Sydney homoeopath and his wife have lost an appeal against their manslaughter conviction for failing to obtain proper medical help for their baby — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Federal Government has given final environmental approval for a new pulp mill in northern Tasmania — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Dalai Lama has announced he is stepping down as political leader of the Tibetan government in exile — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Squatters have taken over a London house thought to belong to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libyan dictator Moamar Gaddafi — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Metro Trains is trying to work out why a train derailed and smashed into a bank in the Melbourne suburb of Sandringham last night — via redwolf.newsvine.com
You start with your cords side by side, make two loops and pass the ends through the loops. Then you pull them through a little ways and pass the ends through the next loop. Tighten the whole thing up gradually as you will have to twist and work the loops a little bit as you pull everything taut. After practicing a few times it will be a piece of cake — via Atwood Knives
Hammarhead Industries is growing fast. To date, they’ve sold five Jack Pines and a couple of Woodsmen, and they have a firm order for the Ural Solo X we revealed last month. But no one had ordered a Volta. “Then out of the blue we are building one,” says founder James Hammarhead. “We are back in the game with the electric bike, and I will probably build a ‘naked’ version in parallel to this customer order.” Yes, despite appearances the Volta is an electric moto (and only the seventh one we’ve featured on the site over the past two years). The current crop of electric bikes does nothing for me, but there is something interesting about the Volta. Probably because it’s the antithesis of what you’d expect — via Hammarhead Volta
The Florida International University Alvah H. Chapman Jr Graduate School of Business serves as an academic mixed-use facility accommodating faculty and administrative offices, conference rooms, auditorium, as well as two open public courtyards. Architects KPF developed a two phase design creating two distinct communities of students and faculty, the courtyards being the linking element between them — via ArchDaily
It was built by Hajarbroxx Motorcycles of Bandung in Indonesia, a small custom workshop started by illustrator Gifny Richata and his mechanic friend Nandang — via Bike EXIF
This house is a reinterpretation [Nobbs Radford Architects] of the traditional cottage in a high density, inner city suburb of Sydney.
The brief was to add to the small existing cottage and create a generous family home that was both a functional response to the specifics of the family’s patterns of living while also developing a refined simplicity to dwell — via ArchDaily
The past couple of years have not been good for most motorcycle manufacturers. So it’s reassuring to see new brands appearing, however small. Zaeta is one of those new brands, and it’s inextricably linked to the resurgent sport of flat track racing. The Italian company’s single production model is definitely a case of function over form, but this glittering one-off from Kustom Garage reminded me that it’s about time we featured this new marque. Zaeta’s origins can be traced back to 2007, when founder Paolo Chiaia was transfixed by the short track races at Daytona — via Bike EXIF
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