Sincerely Major News here folks
The Pirate Bay: We're Selling the Site The Pirate Bay this morning announced that the hugely popular torrent site at the center of a highly publicized court case in Sweden could change ownership.
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Now this is what I call in tune with nature.
This Architects office could definitely be classified by staff as having a "calming" effect on them whilst working. As they report in the article Once again, Iwan Baan amaze us with this great project between the woods by Spanish practice Selgas Cano: Their own architecture office. You can see the complete photoset here ... via, off course again,.... . arch daily
Heard of a Crane Room?
Crane Rooms / Aristide Antonas | ArchDaily Crane Rooms / Aristide Antonas May 2009 Have a site overlooking a beach with difficult terrain but love the area so much you must have a home or holiday bach there. Easy just get a Crane Home. Simple concrete foundations and elementary water pools are proposed by Aristide Antonas in collaboration with Katerina Koutsogianni, to be installed in non hospitable beaches or arid hills nearby the sea. Link - archdaily
Want to really SEE some of New Zealand?
Google Maps Adds a Webcams Layer Google Maps Mania reports that Google Maps has added a new layer to view webcam thumbnails directly on the map. Want to see what NZ looks like in this new style, check it out here .
Kiwi Red Wines - right up there....
Image via Wikipedia Recently up high in New Zealand house in London a blind testing for red wine was held. The Telegraph reports We hand in our sheets. Our marks are added together and a collective top six revealed. The first three spots (and fifth) go to Bordeaux and we nod our heads knowingly. Our fourth and sixth favourites though are from New Zealand; a pretty good showing, we all agree. Well done. Ripples of applause all round. But the real jaw dropping moment according to this article is when the makeup of those French placewinners was announced. They cover it well in the report.... Then the bombshell. The wines' identities are revealed and we gasp when we discover who was playing for the Bordeaux team. The three medal positions go to: 2005 Château Lafite-Rothschild (£975 a bottle), 2005 Château Mouton-Rothschild (£675) and 2005 Château Angélus (£295). Just off the podium, in fourth, is 2006 Sacred Hill "Helmsman" at – wait for it – a staggeringly modest ...
Cookies to the Rescue
After they brought a complete restaurant earlier this year on the NZ auction site TradeMe for NZD$181 the girls have had some organising to do. With the help of Mike Pero and Cookie Times Michael Mayell the girls are on to what they believe is a winner to raise capital for their new venture. ....with cookies! Read the full story here
Please say it isn't so?
Rachel Say it isn't so.......does Fido really need this ...... This hand-crafted one of a kind dog house belongs to the actress/model Rachel Hunter and is designed by La Petit Maison. The other photo is of the interior of the dog house with terra-cotta floors and all, large enough to fit a human. There even weirder ones after the link. Story via eller.g