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55 Dune Road, Estate of the Day

13 Jul

Summer and thoughts drift toward the Hamptons, white sands, green grass an an expanse of deep blue ocean. David J. Wine, vice chairman of Related Companies, responsible for the Hudson Riverfront's Superior Ink, one of Manhattan's most successful downtown developments, has developed 55 Dune Road, a luxury hideaway in Bridgehampton. The first property is the first independent venture for Oliver's Company, Wine's holding company. 55 Dune Road is a modern oceanfront dream home on a .7 acre oceanfront spot. The home boasts enviable 70-degree forever-protected ocean and Mecox-Bay views.

The property includes a 3,800-square-foot main house and an 800-square-foot pool house joined by an elevated, double-infinity-edge pool with views of the ocean, Mecox Bay and surrounding dunes.The private landscaped courtyard by Edmund Hollander Design, Inc. connects the main house and the pool house. The four-bedroom main house has interiors by designer Robert Stilin. The home has rift and quarter sawn white oak with an ultra matte finish throughout, a bay view dining deck, an oceanfront deck and two wood-burning fireplaces. The kitchen has state-of-the-art Sub-Zero, Wolf and Miele appliances. The master suite entices with a master bath with a Hoesch Philippe Starck soaking tub peering straight out onto the ocean and Dornbracht fixtures. Wyeth, which specializes in museum-quality Mid-Century Modern antiques, raw industrial metal objects and rare vintage collectibles, will fully furnish the interiors of 55 Dune Road under the direction of Stilin.

The home's size is deliberate. "The average home in this price range currently on the market in the Hamptons is well over 7,000 square feet, and the average oceanfront home is over $20 million," said David J. Wine. "Who needs all that maintenance and hassle? Today, people are looking for smarter, flexible and inspiring spaces that afford the highest quality architecture, design and location. This is why we designed 55 Dune Road." Bill Williams and Dana Trotter of Sotheby's International Realty have the listing.

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55 Dune Road, Estate of the Day

13 Jul

Summer and thoughts drift toward the Hamptons, white sands, green grass an an expanse of deep blue ocean. David J. Wine, vice chairman of Related Companies, responsible for the Hudson Riverfront's Superior Ink, one of Manhattan's most successful downtown developments, has developed 55 Dune Road, a luxury hideaway in Bridgehampton. The first property is the first independent venture for Oliver's Company, Wine's holding company. 55 Dune Road is a modern oceanfront dream home on a .7 acre oceanfront spot. The home boasts enviable 70-degree forever-protected ocean and Mecox-Bay views.

The property includes a 3,800-square-foot main house and an 800-square-foot pool house joined by an elevated, double-infinity-edge pool with views of the ocean, Mecox Bay and surrounding dunes.The private landscaped courtyard by Edmund Hollander Design, Inc. connects the main house and the pool house. The four-bedroom main house has interiors by designer Robert Stilin. The home has rift and quarter sawn white oak with an ultra matte finish throughout, a bay view dining deck, an oceanfront deck and two wood-burning fireplaces. The kitchen has state-of-the-art Sub-Zero, Wolf and Miele appliances. The master suite entices with a master bath with a Hoesch Philippe Starck soaking tub peering straight out onto the ocean and Dornbracht fixtures. Wyeth, which specializes in museum-quality Mid-Century Modern antiques, raw industrial metal objects and rare vintage collectibles, will fully furnish the interiors of 55 Dune Road under the direction of Stilin.

The home's size is deliberate. "The average home in this price range currently on the market in the Hamptons is well over 7,000 square feet, and the average oceanfront home is over $20 million," said David J. Wine. "Who needs all that maintenance and hassle? Today, people are looking for smarter, flexible and inspiring spaces that afford the highest quality architecture, design and location. This is why we designed 55 Dune Road." Bill Williams and Dana Trotter of Sotheby's International Realty have the listing.

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The greatest rant you’ll see this week: World War II is full of plot holes, and the writers should all be fired [This Is Awesome]

13 Jul
If you think your favorite science fiction TV show is full of nonsensical plot twists and lazy writing, you should check out the World War II documentaries, suggests Squid314 on Livejournal, in the funniest blog post you're likely to read this week. Who on Earth would believe that the Allies could actually win the Battle of the Bulge? It's total nonsense, and "Whoever wrote this episode obviously had never been within a thousand miles of an actual military." Adds Squid314, aka Scott: More »
 
 

What Caffeine Actually Does to Your Brain [Explainer]

13 Jul
For all of its wild popularity, caffeine is one seriously misunderstood substance. It's not a simple upper, and it works differently on different people with different tolerances—even in different menstrual cycles. But you can make it work better for you. More »


 
 

The greatest rant you’ll see this week: World War II is full of plot holes, and the writers should all be fired [This Is Awesome]

13 Jul
If you think your favorite science fiction TV show is full of nonsensical plot twists and lazy writing, you should check out the World War II documentaries, suggests Squid314 on Livejournal, in the funniest blog post you're likely to read this week. Who on Earth would believe that the Allies could actually win the Battle of the Bulge? It's total nonsense, and "Whoever wrote this episode obviously had never been within a thousand miles of an actual military." Adds Squid314, aka Scott: More »
 
 

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12 Jul

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Numberclips

12 Jul

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Fun (and maybe useful)! Numberclips via Grass Roots Modern

 
 

Google demos codeless Android development tool for students

12 Jul

Google has announced a new browser-based visual development tool called App Inventor that allows users to create Android applications without having to write any code. It appears to be aimed primarily at students.

App Inventor enables user interface design with a simple drag-and-drop layout system. The behavior of the user interface elements can be programmed via a visual development system that the user manipulates by organizing blocks with specific programming characteristics into various structures. The blocks can be dragged around and snapped into each other to form relatively sophisticated programs. This aspect of App Inventor is based on Scratch, an MIT visual programming language.

The compiler that translates the blocks into Android bytecode is built on top of the GNU Kawa framework, which provides a Scheme-based intermediate language. It's worth noting that Kawa can also be used standalone to build entire Android applications with Scheme.

We were not able to test App Inventor ourselves because it is still in closed beta and is not broadly available to the general public yet. If you want to try it yourself, you will have to register on the Google Labs website and wait for approval. For more details, see the official introduction and demo video.

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Oldest Written Document Discovered in Jerusalem

12 Jul

Archaeologists have dated this clay fragment, found in Jerusalem, to the 14th Century B.C. It’s the oldest known example of written language:

The fragment that has been found is 2×2.8 centimeters in size and one centimeter thick. Dated to the 14th century B.C.E., it appears to have been part of a tablet and contains cuneiform symbols in ancient Akkadian (the lingua franca of that era).

The words the symbols form are not significant in themselves, but what is significant is that the script is of a very high level, testifying to the fact that it was written by a highly skilled scribe that in all likelihood prepared tablets for the royal household of the time, said Prof. Wayne Horowitz , a scholar of Assyriology at the Hebrew University Institute of Archaeology.

Link via reddit | Photo: Hebrew University photo/Sasson Tiram

 
 

King Leonidas vs. Chuck Norris

12 Jul


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Who will win in this grand battle between the toughest, most savage men ever?

Judging from the visual style and sound effects, I’d guess that this video was created by the same Russian ad agency responsible for the Mario vs. Pac-Man video.

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