via furfin.com
Yup, someone has actually built a real life replica of the SImpsons' house. A real life example of life imitating art - assuming you can call "The Simpsons" art...
Most people don't know that 'begging the question' actually means 'presuming the conclusion'. This is a nice explanation - from Language Log.
Cool typographic posters with thought behind them. I particularly like this one.
via awesome.good.is
Interesting graphic showing global emissions, increase and decrease per country, and ranking from 2006-2007. The dark circles show emissions increases, the pale ones show decreases. The size of the circle shows the relative size of the percentage change.
I wonder what the current figures are?
Fascinating graph from UK-based website Information is Beautiful( http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/).
You can spend ages looking at this stuff, all based on reputable data.
via spotd.it
Some really interesting light fittings integrated into the fabric of a building. By the Italian lighting manufacturer Flos
via treehugger.com
Wow - what a cool way to green neglected areas of towns and cities! As long as kids don't throw them in places like your gutters...
via dezeen.com
Fantastic minimalist modern school constructed as part of a bridge between two castles in a historic town. The form is unashamedly modern, as is the overt use of steel, but the subtle and sophisticated, warm (figuratively speaking) use of timber makes the building fit in beautifully in its context.
I'm pleased to see that the steelwork is all painted black, which makes it kind of disappear in that it doesn't draw attention to itself. All those designers that like to use colour in the metalwork in their urban spaces take note.
Product Round-up You've just taken delivery of a new PC, and you're looking for some good apps to run on it. You'll no doubt have a few in mind, but before reaching for your wallet, check out these ten essentials, all of which we think you'll find darn useful - and they won't cost you a penny.
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Whether Adobe Reader comes pre-installed on your new machine or not, you're certainly going to need a PDF viewer. Adobe's offering is a colossus of an application, packed with functionality you'll probably never use and a hard disk footprint to marvel at. It's not exactly what you'd call 'resource light', either. But Foxit Software's Foxit Reader is, taking up a tiny amount of hard drive space and taking nothing out of your wallet. It's fast, fully compatible and quick.
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If you really must use Windows, these are some neat free apps to install.
