Post-punk 80s icon Adam Ant is back in action! From The Quietus: After a troubled and turbulent decade, one of the most iconic faces on the planet during the post-punk era is returning to active service, and in a most unpredictable and chaotic style. Over the last few weeks, Adam Ant has been turning up [...]

I don't think the current results are quite right, and they need a little godless input. It's cunningly designed to split our votes, alas…but do what you can. What Do You Think About the Tea Party? Believe they are white racists 2% Believe they are ignorant-uneducated people 1% Believe they are true American patriots 45% [...]

Why would the Pope dislike the internet? Why does Islam rebel at mockery? Why do religions demand unquestioning respect? It’s because open criticism kills them. Thunderf00t explains why. (via RD.net) Read the comments on this post… This article was shared by me in Google Reader. I don’t want to take complete credit for the original [...]

[ By Steve in Gadgets & Geek Art, Games & Gaming, Various Uncategorized. ] Stained glass… this ancient and ethereal medium combining art with engineering has long been associated with churches, cathedrals and other such houses of the holy. Times have changed, however, and this iconic art form with roots in medieval times is being [...]

The Zenergy House is a 1950’s remodel that delivers high on sustainability and low on energy use — net zero to be exact — thanks to the use of super-efficient green building strategies and solar panels on the roof. Built as a prototype to showcase the sustainable potential of an existing home, the 2,450 square-foot [...]

The mythical god of the sea would be proud of his new clean energy-generating namesake. Danish company Floating Power Plant will be announcing plans for their prototype Poseidon 37 power generator today at the Nordic Green II a conference in Merino Park, California. The 230 meter long commercial plant borrows technology used to keep oil [...]

A member of our Flickr group submitted his latest acquisition, and it’s a humdinger: an ES 102 Intermediate Swivel Arm Chair. This is an Eames design I’d never seen before. A close relative of the Executive Chair, the ES 102 office chair was born in 1968 but discontinued five years later due to “high production [...]

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Capturing the contradictions in everyday life, Iranian photographer Shadi Ghadirian draws on her environment and culture to create her work. Born in 1974 in Tehran in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ghadirian “fell into photographing women” after completing a B.A. at Azad University. Soon after, Ghadirian gained an international audience for her innovative images, depicting [...]

Photos via National Geographic I was going to say this fish has a face that only a mother could love, but chances are she just laid some eggs and got the hell out of there. But it turns out that this fish, a “longhead dreamer” anglerfish, is not alone when it comes to Read the [...]