BEIJING (Reuters) - Dell Inc plans to buy $23 billion of components from China this year and $29 billion in 2009, helping it reduce costs while the company's main market, the United... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 2:09 pm
whoever57 writes "Ed Felton is showing a scan of the summary from a Sequoia voting machine used in New Jersey. According to the paper record, the vote tallies don't add up — the total number of Republican ballots does not match the number of votes cast in the Republican primary and the total number of Democratic ballots does not match the number of votes cast in the Democratic primary. Felton has a number of discussions about the problems facing evoting, up to and including a semi-threatening email from Sequoia itself."
Aron Wider, CEO of HFTC, a mortgage broker implicated in the subprime meltdown and embroiled in a lawsuit with GMAC Bank, was fined $29,000 after he said "fuck" 73 times during his deposition. The cowboyism of the subprime boom is only starting to come to light -- guys like Wider were part of a movement of savage rapine of the world's economies and exploitation of the poor and disenfranchised, something that went all the way up to the big trading houses and their regulators.
Q: This is your loan file. What do Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald do for a living?
A: I don't know. Open it up and find it.
Q: Look at your loan file and tell me.
A: Open it up and find it. I'm not your fucking bitch.
Q: Take a look at your loan application.
A: Do it yourself. Do it yourself. You want to do this in front of a judge. Would you prefer to [do] this in front of a judge? Then, shut the fuck up.
Q: Sir, take a look--
A: I'm taking a break. Fuck him. You open up the document. You want me to look at something, you get the document out. Earn your fucking money, asshole. Better get used to it. You'll retire when I'm done.
The London Science Museum will host a reunion for the creators of the beloved BBC Micro at an event tonight. The BBC Micro was a landmark in the evolution of the PC, a public-service computer invented to achieve national computer literacy:
"Acorn and the BBC were very surprised at the impact it had and the interest in it as a piece of hardware," said Dr Blyth, curator of computing and information at the Science Museum.
More than 1.5 million BBC computers were eventually sold; the BBC and Acorn had predicted they would sell 12,000.
"It was a very ambitious project. At the heart of it was education and bettering Britain; and helping us to understand what the computer could do and what you could with a computer."
She added: "I believe the history of the BBC Micro is really a fundamental one to understanding where we are today and explaining the British computer industry and our culture of computing that we have today.
Scientists develop new 'map' within sea creatures to help pinpoint source of potent compounds promising to treat diseases With the number of terrestrial sources that yield novel treatments for human disease decreasing year by year, the oceans have been tapped as a promising resource for discovering new natural biomedicines. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 20 Mar 2008 | 1:35 pm
GuyRobot sells beautiful one-of-a-kind robot sculptures made out of junk, a good mix of contemporary parts and weathered old vintage components.
Link
(via Gizmodo)
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's "Clarke and Dawe" comedy duo have a remarkably informative -- and grimly funny -- sketch about the subprime meltdown, with specific reference to the economies of the rest of the world.
Link
Researchers conduct first-ever brain imaging study directly contrasting two techniques of emotion regulation"Control yourself!"Most of us haven't heard that admonition since our last childhood tantrum. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 20 Mar 2008 | 1:25 pm
kumasame writes "The Sci Fi Channel has announced it will create a prequel to Battlestar Galactica, as the series enters its final season. The two-hour pilot for the production, called Caprica, is expected to be shot in Vancouver this spring with shooting for the series to follow. The first episodes are expected to air this fall. In a Q&A session held yesterday, the creators and stars of the show revealed a number of tidbits of information about the new show and last season of BSG."
WUXI, China, March 20 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WSP Holdings Limited ("WSP Holdings" or the "Company"), a leading Chinese manufacturer of seamless casing, tubing and drill pipes used in oil and natural gas exploration, drilling and extraction ("Oil Country Tubular Goods" or "OCTG"), today announced that its subsidiary Jiangsu Fanli Pipe Co., Ltd. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 20 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
COVINGTON, Ky., March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of Ashland Inc. met late yesterday and elected Vada O. Manager and Mark C. Rohr as directors of the company. Manager will serve as a member of Ashland's Finance and Personnel & Compensation committees. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 20 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
The Green Building Center is presenting a free workshop to help people choose the most energy-efficient practices and appliances. Utah Clean Energy's Kevin Emerson will explore ways that people use and waste energy at home and work. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 20 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
Like to get your hands in the soil, work with plants and feel the sun on your skin? Sign up for a project day at Salt Lake's Red Butte Garden. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 20 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
By Tom Incantalupo, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Mar. 20--WASHINGTON -- Federal energy regulators are expected Thursday to consider and possibly approve the controversial Broadwater Energy gas barge proposed for Long Island Sound. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 20 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ["Thousands Evacuate From Collapsed Yellow River Embankment" - Xinhua headline] HOHHOT, March 20 (Xinhua) - Around 13,000 people were evacuated from their homes on Wednesday night after sections of the main embankment of China's Yellow River collapsed, allowing the icy waters to inundate the surrounding countryside, said a flood control official on Thursday. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 20 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
WK Dickson is pleased to announce the addition of Bryan R. Odom, PE as the firm's new Director of Water & Wastewater Services. Source: RedOrbit News - Science | 20 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
mustrum_ridcully writes "This week some of the original creators from Acorn Computers who developed the BBC Micro home computer are coming together again at the Science Museum in London. Their purpose? To discuss the legacy of the computer known fondly known in the UK as 'the Beeb'. This news is being carried, of course, on the BBC. The BBC Micro sold some 1.5 million units and helped fund Acorn's development work on the Acorn RISC Machine processor - also known as the ARM processor used today in countless mobile and embedded devices."
LOS ANGELES, March 20 (Reuters) - Fans of anti-terrorism tactics can lock and load this week with the return of the popular "Rainbow Six" franchise, which returns to Las Vegas promising... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:32 pm
eweekhickins writes "A public interest group is saying that a consulting firm hired to help the government hand over the D-block spectrum may have acted improperly and discouraged potential bidders by suggesting that any winning bid would have to pay $50 million in annual fees, in addition to the auction price. Any wonder the D-block didn't meet the reserve price?"
Dell Inc., the world's No. 2 PC maker, is developing new models aimed at Chinese and Indian consumers to drive sales in fast-growing Asian markets, CEO Michael Dell said Thursday. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 11:45 am
By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Mar. 20--Live in the Raleigh region? You should have few complaints about your job. For the second year in a row, Forbes magazine deemed the City of Oaks the nation's best for business and careers. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 20 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
HP has expanded its virtualization strategy with the introduction of a new ProLiant blade server that has internal storage capacity of 16 hard disk drives and supports VMWare's Xen virtualization software. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 20 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
Sophos has upgraded its cross-platform security and control system for desktops, laptops, file servers, and mobile devices, with integrated anti-virus, anti-spyware, host intrusion prevention, application control, firewall, and NAC to block viruses and spyware. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 20 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By Rick Lee, York Daily Record, Pa. Mar. 20--A New Cumberland man arrested for having more than 300 computer images of child pornography was sentenced to five years probation Wednesday in York County court. In a plea agreement with the district attorney's office, Edward G. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 20 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By Ed Vogel By ED VOGEL REVIEW-JOURNAL CAPITAL BUREAU CARSON CITY - Gov. Jim Gibbons on Tuesday signed an executive order that he predicted will give citizens as much information about state finances as he receives himself. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 20 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Mar. 20--Hey, you! Yeah, YOU! Put down the pencil. Don't touch that keyboard. Leave your computer just like it is. Now step away from your desk. Slowly. And keep your hands where we can see them. Don't give us that "What did I do?" look. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 20 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
BitWine, the company connecting experts online, and JAJAH, the world's most innovative global communication company, are pleased to announce their technology partnership. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 20 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
Zvents, the local search engine for things to do, has promoted Paul O'Brien, 32, to Vice President of Marketing. O'Brien joined the company as Marketing Director in June 2007. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 20 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By Marquita Brown marquita.brown@roanoke.com 777-3521 The premise is simple: Meet for some beverages and have a chat. But there's more to the region's first chapter of Green Drinks International than that. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 20 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By Mark Melnicoe, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Mar. 20--Amid the doom and gloom of the job market, a glimmer of good news is surfacing for those seeking local government jobs. Source: RedOrbit News - Technology | 20 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
By Andrew Liszewski Any kind of recycling that involves toilets is kind of a hard sell, but who really cares where the water that’s used for flushing comes from? That’s why Sevin Coskun created... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 10:14 am
Retrevo, a site that aggregates information about consumer electronics from sources found across the web, has raised $8M in Series B funding from Norwest Venture Partners and Alloy Ventures. Both of these... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 10:00 am
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PLGC) an independent publisher of entertainment software for Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:51 am
HERZLIYA, Israel, March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BluePhoenix Solutions (NASDAQ: BPHX), the leader in value-driven legacy modernization, today announced that its Board Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:42 am
ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for local residents in Livingston, Wyoming and Steuben Counties,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:33 am
MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced today that the deadline for submissions for the first Tennessee African-American... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:30 am
REDMOND, Wash., March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced that PACCESS, a global supply chain integrator based in Portland, Ore., has selected... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:30 am
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- You may not be able to travel to a developing country and see the global water crisis first hand, but now you can visit... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:30 am
PRINCETON, N.J., March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today announced the activation of a new cell site on the Princeton campus which enhances... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:30 am
A new Israeli-made Internet telephone called the Cryptophone, which scrambles messages before they are sent down the line, is attracting spy agencies and military clients in Israel and abroad, the phone's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 9:19 am
We just received a tinbot and couldnt be happier. Designed by artist Christopher Lee, it fit perfectly with our iPod classic. Everything is quite snug inside and we think that it gives our music player... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 8:45 am
If you are an entrepreneur seeking a moment of clarity, there is no better place to start than Sequoia Capital’s Elements of Sustainable Companies. It’s not new - these are the principles that... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 8:44 am
Spotted on Gearfuse, a Transformer concept phone. "... It features a 3D scanning system which could store a 3D image of an object in the memory banks and project an exact image of the 3D model using... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 8:26 am
By Luke Anderson I’m a bit of a prankster at times, especially when it comes to friend’s computers. My favorite gag is to take a screenshot of their desktop, hide their icons, then replace... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 7:44 am
By Luke Anderson I used to have an issue waking up in the morning. Actually I still have issues waking up in the morning, but that’s just because I’m not a morning person. What used to happen... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 7:41 am
Remember IM IN UR MANGER / KILLIN UR SAVIOR"? That was the genius work of internet animation funnymakers Matt Burnett and Ben Levin, aka For Tax Reasons. Today, they offer an all-new, all-awesome animated short as an exclusive for Boing Boing tv viewers, and by that, we mean YOU. Includes Steampunk, LARP armor, papercraft, Commodore 64s, MMORPGs, Final Fantasy, suicide cults, and meditations on bad UI -- some of the many things that make Boing Boing great.
In part two of today's episode -- what's the secret behind For Tax Reasons' terrific work? They make those fancy animations with hard labor coerced from underpaid, non-union robots. Robots with simmering resentments that might! just! blow! up!
Just days after competitor Gizmoz announced more funding and AIM integration, Oddcast is previewing a new service called 3D Videostar that will let users import their faces into movie clips to replace... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 7:25 am
Not CopyBot 2: Impressive video demo of Second Inventory, Angelo Biondi's offline content copier (see site FAQ denying any relation to CopyBot) "Have a scoop for you," someone messaged me yesterday, writing... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNBlogTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 7:13 am
It's odd at first to watch the dainty Princess Peach haul off and slug Pikachu, but it's fun. Thanks to Nintendo and the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 7:00 am
The telescope's detection of methane and water in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting a far-off star may lead to the ability to uncover biological processes outside our solar system, scientists say. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 7:00 am
The substance, hypersulfated chondroitin sulfate, mimics the blood thinner in standard safety tests and may have been deliberately substituted to boost middlemen's profits. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 7:00 am
holy_calamity writes "Researchers at RPI are testing the effects of putting blue LEDs inside cars to keep drivers alert. People driving through the night are much more likely to cause accidents because our circadian rhythms just want to sleep — blue light at around 450nm wavelength can fool them into thinking its morning and keep us awake."
Apple Inc. is mulling a plan to upend its iTunes business by giving people unlimited free access to the music library if they're willing to pay more for the iPod and iPhone devices they use for playing... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 5:22 am
Astronomers reported Wednesday that they had made the first detection of an organic molecule, methane, in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system and had confirmed the presence of water there,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 4:36 am
I snapped a photo of this sticker in one of the restrooms at Ritual Coffee Roasters in San Francisco's Mission District. There used to be one just like it posted above a small hole in the wall in the other restroom. That sticker was removed though once the hole was patched to, er, block the camera's lens. Link to a bigger image
IEEE Spectrum has published the last interview with the late, great Sir Arthur C. Clarke. Spectrum editor Harry Goldstein emailed me, "In January, we sent Saswato Das to Sri Lanka to interview Clarke, who was in the hospital at the time. We were planning on putting the article and the audio up tomorrow anyway. Eerie timing." From Das's Spectrum article:
I started our interview sessions with geostationary satellites—those in orbit above Earth's equator that have the remarkable property of matching the period at which Earth rotates. As a result, these satellites look stationary to someone on Earth. They are extremely useful for communications, because transmitting and receiving antennas on Earth don't have to track them. In a 1945 article, “Extra-terrestrial Relays,” published in Wireless World, Clarke proposed that geostationary satellites would be ideal telecommunications relays. I asked Clarke whether he'd ever suspected that these satellites would one day prove to be so valuable to telecommunications.
He laughed. “I'm often asked why I didn't try to patent the idea of communications satellites. My answer is always, ‘A patent is really a license to be sued.' ”
Osian Batyka-Williams's cutlery chair makes lovely use of the mountains of discarded restaurant cutlery. Though, as Make notes, it could probably use a cushion or two.
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(via Make)
Though I could never, ever, ever afford one, I'm in love with the Sarpaneva "bas-relief double moonphase Korona K3" watch, whose Lumiere-brothers-esque moon-face rotates endlessly around the gorgeous, moire-patterned face.
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Mike Disher works with my pals at OpenRoad.tv, the fantastic travel video site for the American West. On the OpenRoad.tv forum, Mike posted about his unusual hobby, constructing beautiful high-end turntables. From his site:
About 5 years ago I decided to try my hand at building a custom turntable. Turntables and mechanical watch and clock movements fascinate me. I view them as functional pieces of kinetic art. I based my turntable design on the legendary Rega P3, and I created a new, custom acrylic plinth and a set of feet. I also devised a way to hide the motor, and I improved the motor mounting system. The plinth rests on small silicone dots, providing added isolation. The result was a very modern looking table. I called it the P3 Skeleton. Skeleton is a watchmaking term for a movement in which material is removed from the plates and bridges to reveal the inner workings. A fellow audio enthusiast saw this table at my house and offered to buy it on the spot. I did not sell it, but I was happy that others appreciated my work.
Link to Mike Disher's turntable page, Link to OpenRoad.TV's forum (Thanks, Jim Wirth!)
Previously on BB:
• OpenRoad.TV and Pesco visit the Musée Mécanique Link
• OpenRoad.TV: Natalie Zee Drieu of CRAFT Link
Apple Inc. is reportedly in talks with the largest music companies regarding changes to how it sells music through its popular iTunes service, changes that would amount to a major shift in the company's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 4:00 am
Browse this week's Wired.com gadget reviews for a quirky folding bike with curb appeal, a controller for gamers on the go, a solid headset option that takes a beating and more of the latest tech.
Accessing your e-mail in a web browser is all the rage, but rage is all you'll be feeling when your net access goes down and you don't have a local backup of your messages. Learn some tips for backing up your inbox on Wired.com's How-To Wiki.
It takes a certain kind of brain to see security flaws in everyday consumer conveniences and corporate shortcuts. Now a University of Washington professor is trying to teach that kind of thinking to his students.
Browse this week's Wired.com gadget reviews for a quirky folding bike with curb appeal, a controller for gamers on the go, a solid headset option that takes a beating and more of the latest tech.
Tookis writes "Most of us are happy to take 2D happy snaps with single lens digital cameras. Imagine if you had a digital camera that could more accurately perceive the distance of all objects in its field of vision than your own eyes and brain. That's exactly what a team of researchers from Stanford University are working on — and it could even be affordable for ordinary consumers."
Buyers of iPods and iPhones would be allowed to pay extra upfront for unlimited access to digital library. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 2:12 am
coondoggie writes "A group of international cyber cops is ramping up plans to fight online crime across borders. The unit, known as the Strategic Alliance Cyber Crime Working Group, met this month in London and is made up of high-level online law enforcement representatives from the U.S., Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. One of the main goals of the group is to fight cyber crime in a common way by sharing intelligence, swapping tools and best practices, and strengthening and synchronizing their respective laws."
At the close of the 18th century, an Italian physicist creates an invention that will drive innovation in the 19th century and define technology in the 20th.
Hiroo Kanamori's groundbreaking research led to a replacement for the Richter scale, but the Kyoto Prize-winning scientist admits to living right on a fault line. "To live where there are no earthquakes would mean living in the middle of the Sahara Desert.... It would be very boring."
AFTER reading about how Internet companies like Google, Microsoft and Yahoo collect information about people online and use it for targeted advertising, one New York assemblyman said there ought to be... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:35 am
WITH this column, I am relearning how to write. Until last week I collected interview notes and e-mail exchanges and Web downloads on my computer, then printed and sorted, underlined and typed until... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:35 am
PARIS Opponents of gene-altered crops won a victory in France on Wednesday when the top court upheld, at least for the time being, a ban on a corn variety produced by the American seed company Monsanto... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNPaperTech | 20 Mar 2008 | 12:35 am
Stony Stevenson writes "Researchers in the US have developed a microchip fan with no moving parts that operates silently and generates enough wind to cool a laptop computer. The solid-state fan, developed with support from the US National Science Foundation (NSF), is touted as the most powerful and energy efficient fan of its size. The device produces three times the flow rate of a typical small mechanical fan and is one-fourth the size. The technology has the power to cool a 25W chip with a device smaller than one cubic-cm and can someday be integrated into silicon to make self-cooling chips, according to the researchers."
The NCAA Basketball Tournament, otherwise known as March Madness, is one of a handful of one-per-year sporting events to gain the attention of armchair coaches and office pool gamblers of all skill levels. Whether you're a rookie or a seasoned pro, follow these tips to total league domination.
StarEmperor writes "A team of Canadian and German scientists have fabricated a room-temperature superconductor, using a highly compressed silicon-hydrogen compound. According to the article,"The researchers claim that the new material could sidestep the cooling requirement, thereby enabling superconducting wires that work at room temperature.""
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "A peering dispute between Telia and Cogent is causing routing and connectivity problems for many internet users. Cogent shut down their connections to Telia over what they described as a 'contract dispute' over the size and location of their peering points. Telia attempted to route around the problem, but Cogent blocked that, too. This has caused a lot of trouble for sites which are not multi-homed. Groklaw, for example, is on a Cogent network (MCNC.demarc.cogentco.com), so any Europeans connecting via Telia can't get through."
The wait for the final season will end 10 hours early for fans who want to watch the show online. Show stars and producers drop this revelation, crush hopes for a BSG movie franchise and tell what it's like to play a Cylon at a red-carpet media event in New York.
In the second day of cross-examination, Hans Reiser demonstrates how he got rid of the passenger seat from his Honda CRX by hurling it into a dumpster. He says he was making room in the car so he could sleep in it.
The Strida5 folding bike is an elegant, if unusual, piece of bicycle engineering that's well suited for an urban commuter's short hops to and from public transit.
GuyRobot sells beautiful one-of-a-kind robot sculptures made out of junk, a good mix of contemporary parts and weathered old vintage components.
Link
(via Gizmodo)
I snapped a photo of this sticker in one of the restrooms at Ritual Coffee Roasters in San Francisco's Mission District. There used to be one just like it posted above a small hole in the wall in the other restroom. That sticker was removed though once the hole was patched to, er, block the camera's lens.
Osian Batyka-Williams's cutlery chair makes lovely use of the mountains of discarded restaurant cutlery. Though, as Make notes, it could probably use a cushion or two.
Link
(via Make)
About 5 years ago I decided to try my hand at building a custom turntable. Turntables and mechanical watch and clock movements fascinate me. I view them as functional pieces of kinetic art. I based my turntable design on the legendary Rega P3, and I created a new, custom acrylic plinth and a set of feet. I also devised a way to hide the motor, and I improved the motor mounting system. The plinth rests on small silicone dots, providing added isolation. The result was a very modern looking table. I called it the P3 Skeleton. Skeleton is a watchmaking term for a movement in which material is removed from the plates and bridges to reveal the inner workings. A fellow audio enthusiast saw this table at my house and offered to buy it on the spot. I did not sell it, but I was happy that others appreciated my work.
