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This video was recently posted on YouTube–a bike thief chopping down a tree to get to a bike chained to it. From the person who posted the vid:
Chopped down a ginkgo tree to steal a f**king department store bike chained with a thin cable lock. I have no words…… Read the rest
Recently, Time, Wired, The Daily Mail… Read the rest and several other publications wrote about a bizarre phenomenon caused by last year’s unprecedented flooding in Pakistan. The monsoon, which began in July 2010, didn’t only disrupt the lives of over 20 million people, but also caused millions of arachnids to take
The holidays are a time for families to get together and to be grateful for each other’s company. But the enormous amount of guilt trips one is bound to receive (e.g., “The house sure would be warmer if you were around once in awhile,”) isn’t the only thing that hurts.… Read the rest
Being surrounded by trees and the expansive night sky is half the fun of camping in the outdoors, and little thought is usually given to the dangers mother nature can employ as you sleep soundly under the stars. Such was the case for Eric Schniter, a Research Associate in the … Read the rest
Transporting a stolen Christmas tree with a bicycle isn’t easy, especially if you’re drunk.
Police in Portage, Indiana made what had to have been an amusing arrest yesterday after catching Phillip Menefee trying to ride his bicycle home with a stolen Christmas tree balanced on the handle bars.
Menefee, who… Read the rest
Ever wondered what to do with your bike when it’s too used to do you any good anymore? Make a tree like this on in Taiwan!
[Photo: lee benjamin, Flickr]… Read the rest
From Boing Boing:
James of Japan Probe reports that a Japanese hackberry tree, which sprouted from a seed in a junkyard 25 years ago, has managed to lift a car in the air. “Workers at the junkyard have built a small fence around the tree, and are protecting it as … Read the rest
A lover of natural textures, artist Bryan Nash Gill does an amazing job of translating nature’s design onto paper. He creates his works through relief printing and a laborious rubbing process. Sort of like when you were in kindergarten and put a leaf under a piece of paper and rubbed… Read the rest
