http://megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:24:16 +0000 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/1#item_1 a27fb6624e1fca733f1aee1d73ac8a0f Australian band Powderfinger have a new album out, Golden Rule, which was again recorded with Nick DiDia, responsible for their successful albums Internationalist, Odyssey Number Five, and Vulture Street albums. We checked in with them to get the inside word on the songs that inspired their new recording, and they started with the Rolling Stones [ (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:50:55 +0000 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/1#item_2 9c7dde64fa3dcba9aac12c75a5a5ad47 Who wouldn’t like a screw…umm screwdriver that’s practical! The Big O in this concept is that its offers better grip, with the handle swiveling a cool 90 degrees to stand perpendicular to the metal shaft. Now if you want to read a deeper meaning to this post, be my guest…because phrases like “force can be applied with a much stronger ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:50:55 +0000 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/1#item_3 7e667d806bd3a8e897cda9326f19dd76 Simple, astucieux et fonctionnel, le Switch Screwdriver est un concept de tournevis dont le manche se plie pour permettre à l’utilisateur de bénéficier de plus de force lorsqu’il travaille. Toutes les images dans la suite ! Plus de détails en images dans la galerie Credits & copyright Liu Yunlong , Jia Peng, Cheng Peng ,Wang ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:30:07 +0000 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/1#item_4 20e6a0b05a3fbfa9452a669d2f12a8d6 Il s’appelle Tom Hovey, il est anglais et dessine en freelance pour des grandes marques telles que Red Bull, Henri Lloyd Jeans Co, M&C Saatchi, Daydream Network, ou encore Don’t Panic, … Découvrez ses talentueux travaux dans la suite ! Toute notre sélection en images dans la galerie crédit : tomhovey Dans la même thématique ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:49:22 +0000 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/1#item_5 e64efa99396d66eeb128092df2157268 Dimenticate certo electro pop solare, leggero, evasivo… Ecco l’altro lato della medaglia, quello oscuro e rumoroso. Lo rappresentano ad arte i Cold Cave di Filadelfia. Tra “storici” dolori di ieri e i tormenti di oggi (i Crystal Castles di I.C.D.K. o le Au Revoir Simone in ecstasy di Life Magazine). (Matador) http://www.myspace.com/ ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:40:08 +0000 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/1#item_6 ddc6b5abdff68d99908f1bb2d048c953 Intervista a Paul Litchfield di Fabiana Fierotti. (...) Leggi tutto l'articolo &raquo (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:02:09 -0600 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/1#item_7 86e2c61a46fd638dc850e311ba5b49ad Today at just after 2pm GMT Swiss adventurer - and very brave soul - Yves Rossy jumped out of a plane over Tangier in Morocco and headed across the Atlantic Ocean towards Tarifa, Spain, some 23 miles away. The jet-powered flight was to be the first intercontinental Jetpack flight and would have been a mile further than his historic crossing of ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T00:34:48-05:00 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/1#item_8 19e2cb0aedfdafd48481d30f93ebb0af Como primera obra construida, la Casa Kiltro tiende a ser una declaración de principios de cómo poder aspirar a realizar arquitectura en Latinoamérica. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T05:48:37Z http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/1#item_9 5569ab9a1a651046751e758a8e01002b http://myparentswereawesome.tumblr.com ha aperto i battenti circa (appena) 3 mesi fa … la partecipazione attiva dei lettori (che possono inviare foto dei loro genitori ai tempi d’oro) ha creato un buzz che lo ha portato ad un vero record di accessi !!! complimenti x l’idea carissimo eliot glazer […] Send to ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:42:00 +0000 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/1#item_10 c3007b8aae98cb6de43cba7409315a99 My one day trip to Daylesford, Australia is up on my diary . (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T00:34:48-05:00 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/1#item_11 98b91f4b1ebb2e7f1f44f6428ed2d0c6 Subtlety is the flavour of Ross Sawyers' photographs of almost empty interiors - are they gallery spaces, abandoned hotel rooms or unfinished condos? Someone has been there to drape the plastic, pin up curtains or tidy that pile of dirt, so each scene seems like a work in progress. Because there is movement in the rooms that does suggest work and ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T23:03:33-05:00 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/1#item_12 ac746960e451357f2c086c3c846efa15 Studio Olafur Eliasson is an experimental laboratory located in Berlin. Led by renowned Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, it functions as an interdisciplinary space, generating fresh dialogues between art and its surroundings. A new product designed for Zumtobel is a modular lighting system called Starbrick. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T22:41:25-05:00 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/1#item_13 69f3fdf36217f49f079b9b7ebc868d73 Although we seem to think and talk about food almost constantly, do we really know how best to preserve it or do we leave this responsibility to technology? Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Jihyun Ryou feels we no longer understand how to treat food. His Save Food from the Fridge project involves placing certain foods on a group of " ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:10:48 +0000 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/1#item_14 db9ff0fafa13e16f693cadd4eb480528 Y ahora os preguntaréis: ¿Cómo demonios van a pilotar un avión entre cuatro moscas? Pues muy sencillo, tan sólo os hará falta 1 cerilla, 4 moscas, 1 cuchilla, un poco de pegamento y un alfiler. Y al final tendréis que conseguir algo parecido a la siguiente imagen. Sí, lo sé, este avión tiene menos expectativas de despegar que [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:10:48 +0000 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/1#item_15 113bf71ae447dcb6b674d861149d86f5 Embed on Your Blog: <br>Check out more pix at uberpix.net!</a>" size="50" readonly="readonly"/> (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:10:48 +0000 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/1#item_16 b18a566467284380757d1ffcf1c6f9b9 La boutique Colette, le célèbre manufacturier Bernardaud et Canderel donnent naissance à un objet raffiné et qui plus est collector : le fameux Pocket devient le temps d’une édition exceptionnelle un véritable bijou du soir. De la porcelaine de marque réputée, de fines couches d’or 24 carats … ce Pocket est dé ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T22:39:53Z http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/1#item_17 581b6f6095f22b6fe30f8b2057042858 Algae is often touted as the next big thing in biofuels , but the slimy stuff could also be the key to paper-thin biodegradable batteries according to researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden. Eventually, the bio batteries could compete with commercial lithium-ion batteries. Read the rest of Algae Could Be the Key to Ultra-Thin Biodegradable ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:32:35 PST http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/1#item_18 726bd7fc276e8ac74cd4942ce22c5026 Swissmiss is a design blog and studio run by Tina Roth Eisenberg, a 'swiss designer gone NYC'. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:32:35 PST http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/1#item_19 5a30dbb1cccc6a5dce275b10f7c17463 For help with downloads, click here. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T21:28:36Z http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/1#item_20 420472a8bef0cb35d14016bb9bbf4223 Inhabitat has done a lot of coverage of living walls, particularly those of French botanist Patrick Blanc. They are complicated things, requiring pumps, hydroponics and a lot of care. If they don’t get it right they can fail, like the Paradise Park Childrens Centre in London did. Edouard François does a different kind of green wall, known ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:00:20 -0500 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/21#item_1 a947718cfecdd246a550f8a24476d1bf And take a break to read this email exchange that's doing the rounds. (more...) (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:50:59 +0000 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/21#item_2 5f8dd960330ac1f696af34b6d009bc9e Un parfait exemple du travail du photographe Paul Nicklen actuellement intégré au magazine National Geographic. De nombreuses photos primées d’ours blancs ou de léopards des mers capturés dans la faune, l’Arctique et l’Antarctique. Plus images à découvrir dans la suite. Previously on Fubiz Christopher Lee Rune Guneriussen ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T20:41:41Z http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/21#item_3 f1f48cb630b64b32be4f55b3846afb21 It was a great pleasure to step away from the computer and check out a fabulously beautiful book sent to us by Artisan publishers on the eco-friendly practice of restoring townhomes, brownstones and row houses. Written by Ingrid Abramovitch, Restoring a House in the City is a wonderful resource on the process of restoration and is full of ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T15:40:39-05:00 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/21#item_4 3dc9866e6ef0e0888469b56c4a389b63 (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T15:40:39-05:00 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/21#item_5 7c9499384e4e4333148f3ad753e1f0df Guess you’re always worth more dead than alive, eh, especially if you’re a celebrity? That seems to be the common denominator among all dead celebs, with Michael Jackson being no exception. Well, you can now own a memory of Michael at the pinnacle of his career back when Thriller took the world by storm, thanks to the bathroom buddy ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:41:43 +0000 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/21#item_6 a3766ae1f69e97965928cadda422a691 These two giants welcome guests to the Chambers Hotel in downtown Minneapolis as they stand alongside other great works of modern art that the hotel owner, Ralph Burnet, has collected. Created by hand by the German artist Martin Honert, Riesen are two figures taken from his childhood memories of circuses, when human oddities were often put on ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:41:43 +0000 http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/21#item_7 018749237730fe1d84a60bdd841bd2f7 Foursquare has created levels of tiered access for its users, giving active users more control over the development of the service. (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:04:25 PST http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/21#item_8 ed1543469d50e5f4382f03c9409197ce By Richard Prime A holiday tradition in Sweden, Stockholm's top colleges and design institutions put on annual fairs known as Julmarknad. The events pack booths full of interesting gifts, pieces of artwork, design pieces, fashion, jewelery and trinkets, posing a more artisinal alternative than a last minute dash around the mall. Of the three ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T18:49:17Z http://megite.com/cool/1259284519/21#item_9 e9109de7311fef92747c0d9d4ff1e752 Making environmentally conscious consumer choices can be difficult when walking down supermarket aisles awash with hyper-marketed products. Enter GoodGuide , who has just released a new barcode scanning iPhone application that gives shoppers the power to seek out socially conscious products, right in the palm of their hand. Read the rest of ... 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