As the Rolex 24 revs up at Daytona International Speedway this weekend — one driver is being noticed for his unique driving abilities.
Mark Riccobono drives a specially designed SUV because he’s blind — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Sure, you could have an ordinary wall tentacle, but what fun is that? If you’re going to really shock your mother-in-law, it needs to be in a traditional craft, such as embroidery. Craftster user jemimah made this solid work of embroidery using a technique called stumpwork. That involves working the fabric over a wire base to form a solid object — via Neatorama
Joyous turquoise ocean and white sand makes the perfect setting for the Racha, a small eco-luxe hotel on a tiny island South of Phuket in Thailand. Instead of a giant building, less intrusive small villas dot the grounds.
The resort is entirely constructed of whitewashed concrete, set off with heavy teak accents framing doorways and some of the windows — via Home Design Find
This is a pure silver ring from Alchemy Gothic, made to order for Manillusion only. Complete with rubber hose and slave ring. We have only two rings, in two different sizes, 11,5 and 9,5 US ring size — via Manillusion
Located within the Ozark Mountains the Blessings Golf Clubhouse and Guardhouse, designed by Marlon Blackwell Architect, is a stand-alone structure set at the base of the hill, with a footprint minimally contacting the land. Acting as a type of covered bridge from the north-facing mountain ridge into the Osage Indian archaeological preservation zone the building creates an entry portal that operates as a breezeway framing the eighteenth green. Conceived as an animate form, the building receives the visitor beneath its cool and shaded underbelly, not unlike the clefts and caves found in the nearby hills — via ArchDaily
This is certainly going to be a great year for the refreshed Portofino range of entry-luxury watches. Besides the dressy Portofino Dual Time and the Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days, the Swiss watch brand has also presented a face-lifted IWC Portofino Automatic watch (Ref. 3565).
Previously available in a rather bulky 38 mm case, the face-lifted version of the watch now comes in a larger more slender-looking 40-millimeter body — via World Watch Review
The Arc House, designed by, Maziar Behrooz Architecture is a private residence designed for a couple and their two big dogs.
The site is under a flight path to the local airport and close to a train track. We felt that by using an industrial building technology, an airplane hangar, we would transcend the perceived limitations of such proximities. Further, we were all seduced by the idea of a large column-less self-supporting canopy that enclosed all the public spaces of the house -cost effectively — via ArchDaily
The new JeanRichard Titanium Diverscope automatic diving watch was announced about three months ago, but was officially presented only last week at SIHH 2011 trade show.
Like the rest of the gang, the watch is presented in a cushion-shaped case with a pair of screw-in crowns at the left and right side: the former operates the internal bi-directional rotating bezel, and the latter is for winding, as well as for setting time and date.
The timepiece is, however, slightly smaller than some other JeanRichard watches that are powered by the same in-house JR1000 automatic movement — via World Watch Review
Corben Architects designed the Mosman House in Sydney, Australia.
This new, three storey, four bedroom, north facing residence, sited on a battle axe block was designed to take maximum advantage of outstanding water views and maintain absolute privacy to the adjacent neighbours — via CONTEMPORIST
Ideally, a simple Google search will give you exactly the results you need. When it doesn’t, here are the best ways to tweak your web searches to help you get relevant results — via Lifehacker
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been a boon for developers and organizations that need large-scale code-crunching power but can’t or won’t shell out for the server racks. Unfortunately, those cheap, on-tap computing capabilities are an irresistible temptation to bad guys who can, for example, use EC2 to smash passwords in mere minutes for a handful of change.
A bulk email service called Amazon Simple Email Service (SES), the newest announcement from AWS, builds on that theme. When used for good — or at least legitimate — purposes, it gives companies and developers an inexpensive way to communicate with users via email. But it also plausibly equips bad guys with another tool for cheaply and anonymously perpetuating spam and malware — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A rare Andy Warhol self-portrait will go up for auction next month, having been in private hands since 1974 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A year after he was plucked from an ice floe off Poland’s coast, Baltic the dog has found his sea legs again — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Like many of its Deadite
(read zombie) antagonists, it’s the movie series that never seems quite ready to rest in peace. According to a US report, Sam Raimi is planning a remake of his notorious 1981 horror, The Evil Dead.
The new film would presumably mark the launch of a new series of films – The Evil Dead was followed by Evil Dead II in 1987 and Army of Darkness in 1992. Bruce Campbell starred in all three films.
Rob Tapert, Raimi’s longtime producing partner, told the Detroit Free Press the film-maker wanted to see The Evil Dead remade for a proper theatrical experience
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
Oh this crochet Gumdrop slouchy hat pattern by Julie King is perfect — via whip up
DNA analysis has shown that the Egyptian jackal, previously believed to be a subspecies of the golden jackal, is a relative of the grey wolf — via redwolf.newsvine.com
We’re finding many useful solutions here at Macworld Expo, and among them is Dolly Drive. This new solution (they just launched this week) offers encrypted Time Machine sync to the cloud and even create a bootable version of the local drive you’ve been using for Time Machine thus far. I spoke with Anthony about the product, how it works and what the future holds.
There are three interesting things about Dolly Drive. First, it allows Time Machine to behave just like Time Machine. The primary difference is that your backups live out in the cloud instead of locally. The benefits are obvious. Let’s say you’re at a meeting in the field, only to realize that an important file is corrupt or missing entirely. If it lives on an external drive back in your home or office, you’re out of luck. Dolly Drive lets you restore it from the cloud, using Time Machine’s familiar UI, getting you back in business — via TUAW
It’s taken a while, but Google has finally caved in to pressure from the entertainment industries including the MPAA and RIAA. The search engine now actively censors terms including BitTorrent, torrent, utorrent, RapidShare and Megaupload from its instant and autocomplete services. The reactions from affected companies and services are not mild, with BitTorrent Inc., RapidShare and Vodo all speaking out against this act of commercial censorship — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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