Blogger Acornbud knitted a toilet paper roll cozy shaped like the titular character in the anime movie My Neighbor Totoro — via Neatorama
Wildlife officials in the US are trying to determine what caused more than 1,000 black birds to die and fall from the sky over an Arkansas town — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Dyson’s latest vacuum cleaner does away with the bag, the cable and most of the appliance as well — via josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com
When Tokyo’s bubble burst at the end of the 1980s, building thin remained in fashion but for very different reasons, notably the need for developers to get the highest possible ROI in a buyer’s market. The design for a modern apartment building conceived by Mitsutomo Matsunami is a marvel of simplicity and minimalism: though seven stories tall and offering 10 apartments of varying sizes, the building’s ground footprint is just 1,200 square feet — via Web Urbanist
A new report shows almost half the families of registered organ donors do not allow the organs of their loved ones to be donated once they die — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A man was recovering last night after he cut off his testicles and hurled them into a park — via redwolf.newsvine.com
If you know the name Glenn Curtiss, you’ll probably remember him for his aviation exploits before World War I. Flying his own planes, he trounced established names such as the Wright brothers in competitions. And despite being American, he was awarded the #2 official French pilot’s license—after Louis Bleriot, who flew the English Channel in 1909. But Curtiss’ first interest was motorcycles rather than airplanes. He not only set the motorcycle land speed record, but also beat the mighty Indian Motorcycle Company in endurance races — via Bike EXIF
The 35 acre, 1950s nuclear bunker which the Ministry of Defence has put up for sale. The Burlington bunker in Corsham would have held 4,000 civil servants in a network of 10 miles of tunnels
The house was placed horizontally along the site, with the living areas having direct views to the seaside. Coming from the road you enter an open courtyard that leads to the living area. The bedrooms are located on the first floor, and are composed of a wooden outer shell with a slopped roof — via ArchDaily
Hungary is introducing on Saturday a controversial media law that critics say will turn the clock back and re-introduce totalitarian rule in the former Communist nation. Under the legislation, journalists can face huge fines if their coverage is deemed unbalanced. The controversy comes as Hungary takes over the rotating presidency of the European Union on Saturday — via redwolf.newsvine.com
If you find yourself needing to create multiple duplicate flash drives, ImageUSB makes the process painless with concurrent drive imaging. Batch the process and image as many drives as you have USB ports available
A mouse that tweets like a bird has been produced by Japanese scientists in a genetically engineered ‘evolution’ which they hope will shed light on the origins of human language — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Fundamentalist Christians love to blame National Socialism on the left when, in fact, it is a right-wing phenomenon, as was Fascism in Spain and Italy. They have accused liberals of being Nazis (as well as communists, somehow) and leveled the same accusation at feminists and secularists and atheists and pagans. They are also blaming homosexuals — via proglib.newsvine.com
If Satan plays miniature golf, this is his favorite hole. A ball struck at A, in any direction, will never find the hole at B — even if it bounces forever.
The idea arose in the 1950s, when Ernst Straus wondered whether a room lined with mirrors would always be illuminated completely by a single match.
Straus’ question went unanswered until 1995, when George Tokarsky found a 26-sided room with a dark
spot; two years later D Castro offered the 24-sided improvement above. If a candle is placed at A, and you’re standing at B, you won’t see its reflection anywhere around you — even though you’re surrounded by mirrors — via Futility Closet
A number of people with Hotmail accounts have posted complaints on Microsoft forums complaining that their emails have been deleted — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The shadow of your project is captured in the landscape, so you must first hearken it,
said Renzo Piano.
From the early stages of the elaboration of the sketches we had in mind these words of the great architect. We tried to extrude those elements which would contribute and reflect these thoughts so building and landscape become one: to receive at any time of the day and night, regardless season the glorious sun, the Zephyros, the majestic blue sea and the mysterious silver moon of August, as when we were kids going camping and enjoying nature, so the users can embrace all the elements under one… permanent camping tent — via ArchDaily
The Erlenbach Cemetery Building houses the visitor area facilities for the Erlenbach cemetery. Designed by AFGH, architects Andreas Fuhrimann and Gabrielle Hächler, the building includes a room for ceremony services, two vigil rooms, a waiting room, and porch services — via ArchDaily
The new architecture departs from the existing holes in walls
masonry character by achieving the duality of being extroverted and open to the landscape, yet being solid, strong and robust. Close collaboration between architect and structural engineer ensured smooth fabrication and erection of the precast concrete wall/roof panels for the Channel Room. The panels were workshop formed to control the quality of the natural concrete finish — via ArchDaily
A Florida woman’s death was apparently caused when an electric neck massager became ensnared on her necklace and strangled her, sheriff’s investigators said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A simple rubber device that replicates complex bird songs has been developed by a team of US researchers — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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