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The Biggest Wood Storage Area In The World Is Absolutely Insane

On January 8, 2005, a huge cyclone as strong as a Category 1 hurricane hit Sweden and Denmark. Its name was Gudrun and it blew at sustained speeds of 126km/h with wind gusts of 165km/h. It killed 22 people and struck down 75 million cubic metres of trees.


May 11, 2012
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Dancing Dragon Towers Will Have A Breathable, Scale-Like Skin

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill, an architecture firm that is arguably one of the world’s leading designers of skyscrapers, has just unveiled plans for a pair of towers that will grace the skyline in Seoul, South Korea with an absolutely stunning dragon-like facade.


May 8, 2012
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Post-Poo Drops Mask Your Utter Humanity

For its second product with collaborative partner Aesop (the ultra luxe chemists), French label APC has concocted a quite a strange product indeed.


May 5, 2012
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NSFW: The Nine Weirdest Places In Reddit

Reddit is the best possible argument anyone can muster against direct democracy: a perfect cross section of the internet and all horrible people on it. It’s bloated with racism, depravity, more racism, but moreover with an incredibly diverse array of strange and absurd subcultures.


April 29, 2012
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Finally Play Google Map’s Labyrinth Game

Google first teased us with a demo video of its map-based Cube game way back in January. But instead of having it ready to kill time during the cold winter months back in February, the game has only just been released this week. Finally.


April 25, 2012
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Dolby’s New Atmos System Will Pipe 128 Channels Of Audio Bliss Into Cinemas

It will take a few years before the technology trickles down to home theatres, but at CinemaCon this year Dolby introduced a new surround sound system called Atmos that promises to create the illusion that sounds are coming from everywhere inside the theatre.


April 20, 2012
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The Robotic, Disco-Loving Waitstaff Of The 1980s


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iiNet/AFACT Piracy Wars: Our Total Guide

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Everything that went down in today’s final court decision in the iiNet/AFACT piracy battle.

High Court Dismisses AFACT Appeal Highlights from the judgement and comments from interested parties. iiNet On AFACT, Copyright And Why Consumers Need A Say iiNet’s responses, live from its conference call. Why AFACT’s Piracy Stance Remains Hopeless AFACT really needs to get its act together if it wants to remain relevant. OK, now back to your magnet links.


April 19, 2012
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Pioneer’s Gorgeous New Headphones Pack Up And Go With You Anywhere

There’s something pleasing about a beautiful set of headphones — especially if they’re portable, rugged and made to travel. With that in mind, Pioneer’s got a couple of sets of new cans for you to consider.


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Banish Shin Splints Forever With One Magical Exercise

The sun is out, the weather’s warm, and in a month or so you’re going to be hunched over on the counch. Time to start running so you don’t put on the dreaded weight. But just as you start getting results, you also get pain. In your shins. It’s bad.