Posted 2 weeks ago

A Daily Dose of Architecture: Today's archidose #395

Very very pretty animal shelter. I love the roof (and I will forgive the use of steel fixings).

Posted 2 weeks ago

I AM THE CLIENT!: Things I don't understand about agencies

THAT’S MY FUCKING FEE, YOU CUNT-FORKS!

Dave Knockles spills the beans on things he doesn’t understand about agencies.

Posted 2 weeks ago

Skeptical Science iPhone app

Skeptical Science is now available as an app for the iPhone or iPod. This allows you to use an iPhone or iPad to view the entire list of skeptic arguments as well as (more importantly) readily access what the science says on each argument.

Posted 1 month ago

Best Fighting Scene

Hilarious fighting scene.

Posted 1 month ago

Pub Fights In Britain Spur Innovation In Bar Glasses

They’ve designed two prototypes, the Twin Wall and the Glass Plus. They will reduce the injuries and costs associated with pub fights, if not the urge to pop one over your mate’s head.

Posted 1 month ago

Pretend Office

For a laugh check out their “news web log”.

Via @damienmulley.

Posted 1 month ago

Donnybrook Quarter, London

The Donnybrook Quarter (London, England) looks very similar to the accommodation between Smithfield and Manor Street (Dublin, Ireland).

Posted 1 month ago

Super-Kamiokande

Super-Kamiokande, or Super-K for short, is a neutrino observatory in the city of Hida, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The observatory was designed to search for proton decay, study solar and atmospheric neutrinos, and keep watch for supernovas in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Posted 1 month ago

Primates: Humans in Their Natural Form

“Primates” places him – both as photographer and as subject – in inhospitable terrains to contrast the vulnerability of the human body with the stark roughness of nature.

A nice series of photos from Ruben Brulat.

Posted 1 month ago

Michael Paul Smith

What started out as an exercise in model building and photography, ended up as a dream-like reconstruction of the town I grew up in. It’s not an exact recreation, but it does capture the mood of my memories.