Topic: ART - on December 4, 2007 at 10:55:00 AM CET
Graffiti artist Banksy goes to the Holy Land
Graffiti artist Banksy is trying to bring cheer and boost tourism in Bethlehem this Christmas with a series of subversive murals in the town revered as Jesus' birthplace.
The elusive street artist has painted six provocative new images -- including a dove of peace strapped with a bulletproof vest and a young girl with pigtails frisking an Israeli soldier -- on buildings around the West Bank town.
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Topic: ART - on December 4, 2007 at 10:41:00 AM CET
Landprint
The aim of the Landprint project is to reproduce subtle patterns and photos by combining various species of plants with programmed robotics.
Plants and flowers that spawn seem to make continuous patterns with their various colours and shades seen from a distance. With the use of programmed robotics for the planting and cutting of plants, we can manipulate the evolving patterns, to render photo-like, delicate images.
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on December 4, 2007 at 10:35:00 AM CET
Digital MattePainting
The images below showcase an exclusive small collection of my work made possible by Lucasfilm LTD.
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Topic: FUN - on December 4, 2007 at 10:30:00 AM CET
The Hottest Baking of the Year
We honor out gingerbread pigs and goats, but now they are finally here, the gingerbread cutters that make the Christmas tree rise and the candles glow.
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Topic: NEWS - on December 4, 2007 at 10:24:00 AM CET
Open Source Hardware Gift Guide
It's been a year since our last open source gift guide - this year there is so much going on in the world of MAKE, open source, and beyond that we have a series of gift guides for this holiday season. The first one is our open source hardware gift guide - these are physical things you can buy that fit in to the new and exciting category of hardware we call open source hardware.
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Topic: STRANGE - on December 4, 2007 at 10:21:00 AM CET
Electric eel used to power Xmas lights
An aquarium filled with exotic fish here is using an electric eel to power lights on a Christmas tree.
Each time the electric eel at the Aqua Toto Gifu aquarium touches a copper wire in its tank, it sends power that lights up globes decking a Christmas tree.
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Topic: e-bay - on December 4, 2007 at 10:20:00 AM CET
Canadian loses $20K in phony eBay sale
A Canadian man was scammed out of $20,000 when he tried to buy a car through eBay.
Shaqir Duraj, a baker from Calgary, thought he was dealing with a reputable seller because the person had a 98-per cent customer satisfaction rating. The refugee from Kosovo had already made high-ticket purchases off eBay, buying a big oven for the bakery he owns.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 4, 2007 at 10:14:00 AM CET
Colorado couple threatens to sue cops for letting marijuana plants go to pot
The narcotics charges against the Masters were dropped in June and the plants were returned to them Monday but dead.
The couple's lawyers say the plants might be worth more than 100 thousand dollars.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 4, 2007 at 10:10:00 AM CET
Drug smugglers caught in Estepona and Algeciras
The Civil Guard have reported a drugs haul of 840 kilos of cannabis resin in Estepona this weekend, after a suspicious boat was spotted 10 miles off shore on Saturday, and came to shore on the Playa Arroyo Vaquero. The drugs had already been loaded into a waiting vehicle when officers arrived on the beach and arrested a 28 year old man named by his initials, I.C.M. The Civil Guard said he is Spanish.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 4, 2007 at 10:09:00 AM CET
Drugs haul on a beach in La Herradura
One of the two suspects managed to escape when Civil Guard seized 700 kilos of cannabis.
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