The bike is owned by Pat McGowan of Northern NJ. I was going to try and build a bike myself,
he says. I started getting parts together and went to Dodge of Bling’s Cycles to order a frame and other stuff of his I liked. But after talking with him, I decided I would be better off letting him build it
— via Bike EXIF
The Vacheron Constantin Overseas Dual Time Automatic Steel and Titanium is a rare breed of sport watches with bold and energetic appearance that can be worn both with jeans and polo and with more formal dress — via World Watch Review
This apartment house Triangolo, located in Nitra, Slovakia, was created as a dialog between natural predispositions, town and the construction site locality — via ArchDaily
Knitter Tara Wheeler has whipped up these wonderful TARDIS socks:
“I knitted up a pair of these a few years ago and they’ve gotten lots of complements.
I’ve finally written up my pattern, which pre-supposes you know how to knit socks.”
— via Boing Boing
It all starts with the logo. The little Swiss flag made into a strong looking shield. It is a slight modification of the logo of the actual Swiss Military. A not so subtle reminder of the value of the Swiss watch industry, and the strength of the brand — via A Blog to Read
A spider that was feared extinct in the UK has been photographed for the first time after a new colony of the species was found — via redwolf.newsvine.com
When the day finally came for a young John Lydon’s parents to take him home after a year spent lying in a large hospital ward, he had no idea who they were — via redwolf.newsvine.com
SBS has become one of the biggest media brands yet to switch off autorefresh in order to qualify for an online audit from the Audit Bureaux of Australia.
And SBS is to be the first to have its online video audited too — via redwolf.newsvine.com
An Australian-owned security firm operating in Afghanistan has been accused by a US Senate committee of theft and corruption — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Located in Racine, Wisconsin, the SC Johnson and Son Administration Building is one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most important statements about the nature of office buildings. HF Johnson Jr commissioned Wright to design a worldwide headquarters administration building for the family company and in 1936 Wright’s drawings were approved and the building officially opened in April of 1939 — via ArchDaily
The Northern Territory Department of Health has warned the Church of Scientology not to give people medical advice on how to detox from drugs and alcohol — via redwolf.newsvine.com
PBL Media is expected to bolster its digital media credentials ahead of a $5-billion-plus float next year.
This, by securing a joint venture with popular US video streaming group Hulu and the return of former Microsoft executive Daniel Petre to the board — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Social housing settlement Poljane is located near a busy crossroads on the outskirts of Maribor. It consists of four buildings (2 slabs + 2 towers), a total of 130 social apartments. Project – limited with the existing rigid urban plan of the area, which had to be followed to a dot – replaces the missing exterior public spaces with collective areas inside the buildings — via ArchDaily
When BitTorrent trackers get emails from content producers it’s usually an indication that relationships are about to break down in a big way. But when lifestyle and clothing company Voleurz saw their videos being made available on the ExtremeBits BitTorrent tracker they didn’t send the usual cease and desist. Instead, they asked the site to spread more of their videos while using their torrent stats in sponsorship proposals — via redwolf.newsvine.com
— via Lio
A contemporary residential passive house that correlates with the region was the basic request of the owner. The themes of this architecture are the linear design, logical arrangement of the floor plans and the application of wood as a building material — via ArchDaily
The fact that a large portion of land lies three meters below street level and the typical conformation of this urban batch 10X40m enabled a large open space that is straightforward and transparent. This space is defined in one side by the north face structure, a parallel free wall which houses a library containing 7,500 volumes and on the other side by a parallel block, an all closed space – a block with three stories that contains all the services, equipment and dormitories — via ArchDaily
A major policy shift on the length of time terror suspects can be held without charge was signalled by Labour today, after the shadow home secretary said he could support cutting the limit to 14 days.
Ed Balls said that the party was ready to abandon backing for the current 28-day limit, which was introduced by the Labour government in 2006, and added that previous plans to raise this to 42 days had been a step too far
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
An American nuclear scientist says he was shown a vast new nuclear facility when he visited North Korea last week.
Dr Siegfried Hecker said he had been shown hundreds of centrifuges for enriching uranium, which can be used for making nuclear weapons — via dungbeetlemania.newsvine.com
Evidence supporting Australia’s internal quarantine restrictions designed to stop the spread of insect pests, has been published in the respected scientific journal, Nature Communications — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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