Pet Amnesty Day: Exotic Animals Surrendered and Adopted
Exotic pet owners and hopeful adopters filled the West Palm Beach Garden Club Saturday morning during the city’s first-ever Pet Amnesty Day. The event gave owners of non-native and invasive pets an opportunity to turn in their animals with no penalty and no questions asked. Photography and story by Brandon Kruse/The Palm Beach Post.
Christen Mason, left, and Marcie Kapsch, right, of the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, and Jon Garzaniti of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission support an albino Burmese python that Mason estimated to be 9-feet long and 45 lbs. A U.S. FWS spokespersons said the owner of this snake had three more at home and also surrendered a 14-foot albino Burmese python. Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: The Head Hunter
A bird pecks the head of Mitt Romney on Mount Myrtle, a sand sculpture containing the likeness of the GOP presidential candidates, across from the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, which is the site of the South Carolina Republican Party’s presidential debate Monday night. (Charles Slate/The Sun News)
Apocalypse Tomorrow 2012 Pin-Up Calendar
Awesome apocalypse pin-up calendar by Andrew Tarusov! Continue reading »
Olympian Athletes Star in Alfred Dunhill Spring Summer 2012 Voice Campaig
As the London 2012 Olympic Games draw closer, luxury brands are competing with each other in order to bag the biggest athletes to feature in their campaigns.
Joining the race is the British luxury brand Alfred Dunhill, which has signed three legendary Olympian stars to feature in their Spring/Summer 2012 Voice campaign. The maker of men’s luxury leather goods, timepieces, clothing and fragrances has announced that British Olympian Sir Matthew Pinsent, double Olympic gold medal sailing champion Iain Percy and trail-blazing young Olympic hopeful Louis Smith will be the new face of their campaign.
Sir Matthew Pinsent, Olympic rower. Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: Burned From The Inside Out
Seminole County and Longwood firefighters could only watch as a 3,500-year-old cypress tree, named “The Senator,” burns in Big Tree Park in Longwood, Florida. SCFR spokesman Steve Wright said the tree burned for several hours from the inside out. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Sunlight Pills by Sunset Laboratories
Moodiness, flaccid skin, looking dull, tendency to depression! You are obviously in lack of sunshine. Sunset Laboratories offers a wide range of solar radiation, Borabora, the Maldives, Haiti and the Bahamas, ask your pharmacist. Read the instructions carefully. Do not exceed the recommended daily dose. This additional Solar should not totally replace natural exposure. Avoid abusive use. Continue reading »
Amazing Works by the Unknown Illustrator
Fantastic pen drwaings, created by the unknown russian illustrator under the name of “Sidr Baitzagitz“. No more information to be given. Just take a look and enjoy. Continue reading »
Gardens of Eden: The Heavenly Horticulture Blossoming on Roofs High above the City
Married couple Diane Cook and Len Jenshel travelled the world capturing their photographs of these stunning sights. It is their latest project after 25 years spent producing images that show how human’s influence their environment.
The eye-catching plants and flowers not only transform the top of dull office buildings but create habitats for birds and insects and are good for the environment.
Manhattan marvel: The first green roof the photographers visited, on top of Cook and Fox architects in New York. Continue reading »
Postal Chiefs Unveil the Official Stamps of the London 2012 Olympic Games
As with all produced by Royal Mail, the Queen’s image also features on the stamps, in the corner. Two versions of the stamp books will go on sale, one containing the key dates in the countdown to the Games, the other with a quote from Lord Coe, chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Continue reading »
Assembly: A Sense of Comfort through Proximity
Assembly is a project of Lorea Sinclaire, canadian industrial designer, and the collaboration between a haptic wearable device and a network of proximity. The goal of this research project was to create a user experience that promotes safety and comfort in the urban environment.
The wearable device uses symbolic language to communicate a need or receive a notification. For example different touch gestures imply different meanings. Doing up a button will send out passive signals of your location. stroking the discrete lining of the hem will send out a ‘friend call’. A combination of two hands swiping the outer arms implies you need serious help.
This user interaction utilizes embroidered conductive thread as touch sensors, and an integrated GPS module to send out location. Continue reading »
Gulun
Personal project of Abraão Marcos Corazza, brazilian, graphic designer, inspirated in the australian aboriginal culture. It’s an interactive instalattion involving animation and music. The animation is controlled by real time sound recognition of the milenar instrument called didgeridoo, wich is played by the interactor. Continue reading »
Shopikon: Your Guide to the Best Local Stores
Shopikon was inspired by the belief that an essential part of a city’s character is defined by its unique, local stores. Shopikon is an independent guide. All shops have been hand-picked by our editors, and did not pay to be featured. With an eye for a well curated selection of items, quality products, and distinct philosophies, these restless explorers have hit the streets in all kinds of weather to find the cream of the shop crop. Also, iPhone app.
Hasso
Hasso is a Colombian based company thrilled about making accessories that deserve as much attention as garments. All products are handcrafted one at a time in Bogotá, Colombia using top quality materials such as waxed vegetable tanned leather and sturdy 455g water resistant cotton canvases.
XCVB: Autumn Winter Part II Collection
Clothing brand XCVB releases their new Autumn/Winter collection. Continue reading »
Robots at CES 2012: Hard Working, Funny and Dancing
TP-Link showed off a massive robot, which greeted people and demonstrated its dancing skills briefly before being packed off by its handlers. (IBTimes) Continue reading »
The World’s Most Expensive Parking Lot is in the Middle of the Ocean
The deck of the USS Ronald Reagan, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is covered with the vehicles of sailors, making it a strong contender for the title of the world’s most expensive parking lot. The ship, currently on its way to Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Wash., has cars worth a total of $4.5 billion! Continue reading »
South Florida Fair 2012: The 100th Anniversary Edition
The 100th anniversary edition of the South Florida Fair is being celebrated sort of like a wedding. It seems a stretch, but hear us out: There’s something old, as in some of the most popular, tried-and-true returning favorites that the festival, running from January 13-29 at the South Florida Fairgrounds, has to offer, plus special things to commemorate the fair’s big birthday.
Fairgoers enjoy the midway during Thursday’s soft opening of the 2012 South Florida Fair. (Allen Eyestone/The Palm Beach Post) Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: With an Arrow in the Breast
With an arrow that went completely through its breast, a Canada goose takes off after resting on a sandbar in Percival Cove across from Capitol Lake in Olympia, Washington. (Steve Bloom/The Olympian)
Domino Effect
A spiral of dominoes is set up on Jan. 6 in Kefenrod, Germany. 15-year-old Patrick Sinner and friends try to break the world record by constructing the longest spiral-shaped wall of dominoes. Continue reading »
London Olympic Village
When it opens this summer a series of cuboid blocks of eight to 12 storeys, clad in prefabricated concrete panels, laid out on a rigid rectangular grid, will become home to 17,000 athletes, and after that transform into 1,400 affordable homes and another 1,400 for profit. Continue reading »
Sleeping in Capsule Bed
Eric Wong, managing director of a capsule bed manufacturer, poses in a modified capsule bed inside a showroom in Hong Kong, Jan. 7. The beds, which are modified for the Hong Kong market, have adjustable ceilings, a larger air conditioner and a TV. They are aimed at university students and budget mainland Chinese travellers visiting the territory and will cost $450 a month or $30 a night, according to the manufacturer.
Thousands Compete in the World’s Largest Open Water Race in Australia
The Lorne Pier to Pub is an annual, 1.2-km open water swimming race held in January at Lorne, a town located on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. It began in the 1970s, when members of the Lorne Surf Life Saving Club dared each other to dive from the pier, swim through Louttit Bay and finish by body-surfing the waves onto the Lorne foreshore, before attending the Lorne Pub. Continue reading »
The New Cruise Ship ‘Disney Fantasy’ Leaves the Dockyard
The new cruise ship Disney Fantasy leaves the dockyard at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany, Jan. 7. It is the largest ship to be built in Germany and can carry 4,000 passengers. Continue reading »
1793 “Chain Cent”
This undated photo provided by Heritage Auctions shows the front and back of one of the first pennies struck at the United States Mint in Philadelphia. This 1793 “Chain Cent” sold for a record $1,380,000 in a public auction conducted by Heritage Auctions at a coin collector’s convention in Orlando, Fla. on Jan. 4. The linking rings on the back of the coin were intended to represent the original 13 colonies, but critics claimed the chain was symbolic of slavery and the design was quickly changed with a wreath replacing the chain.
Mila Kunis is New Face of Christian Dior Spring/Summer 2012
American actress Mila Kunis has been named as the new face for the Spring/Summer 2012 campaign of luxury brand Christian Dior. Kunis, 28, is known for award-winning performances in films like the “Black Swan” and has also featured in a number of fashion campaigns in the past for brands like Gap.
Apart from this, Kunis has also featured on the cover of a number of fashion magazines like Cosmopolitan, Elle and GQ. Continue reading »
