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Infamous

My housemate tim was playing infamous the ps3 game, and the characters are amazing, they are illustrated so well, its a really sketchy detailed style, it looks quite modern and edgy, quite fancy making my illustration more like this...

Waterless jeans

The jeans manufacturing process can be surprisingly water-intensive. Most jeans are washed in industrial washing machines between three to ten times during the finishing process--and that adds up. So when Levi's went looking for ways to save water this past year, it focused on the finishing side of jeans manufacturing. And that's how the WaterLevi's didn't make any major changs to the jeans manufacturing process to cut down on water use. Instead they used simple fixes--combining multiple wet washing machine cycle processes into a single wet process, incorporating ozone processing into garment washing, removing water from the stone wash--to cut down on water consumption by an average of 28% in the Water"We took the idea of jeans that use fashion-forward finishes that people love to wear--the worn in look, creases around the pockets--but made with a lot less water," explains Kelly Benander, Director of Corporate Communications for Levi Strauss. "We went into laundries, talked to suppliers, and asked how to create this." One result: Levi's found that it didn't need water in the stonewashing process--only stones. It was a discovery that drastically cut water use.
Levi's first collection of WaterIn addition to saving water, the company's changes could also save suppliers cash--using less water means using less energy, which in turn cuts down on electricity bills.
The company hopes that other jeans manufacturers learn from its example. "This won't be a proprietary formula. We're talking to companies doing similar things," Benander says

I tech

Stella McCartney Kids launched today, and the designer fashion line didn't miss a beat in appealing to both modern tech-savvy families and ethical consumers. The launch includes an iPhone app and an interactive website for kids, featuring a virtual playground. And in keeping with her main adult line of clothing, none of the kids' products contain leather or fur.
The Kids line is being launched virtually and will focus on global online sales, shipping to 200 countries. By contrast, McCartney's adult line is sold in more than 600 outlets around the world.
The iPhone app allows users to draw, browse, and buy their products directly, and the website offers downloadable wallpapers, drawing games, and a virtual playground.

The Nau Down Hoody Is Light as a Feather and Warm as a Stovetop



The best part about Nau's down hoody is the way it's cut: it's slim. Unlike other puffy jackets, it doesn't make you feel like a helium-filled reincarnation of President Taft. The other best part: It weighs about as much as a T-shirt. The other other best part: it's a hoody.
The shell and liner of the Down Hoody are 100% recycled polyester (that recycled fabric is part of the reason we profiled Nau back in 2007). The guts are 850-fill down, which can be collapsed down to about the size of a 20-ounce bottle. There are some ingenious details: You can adjust the waistband from inside the side pockets, keeping your hands warm, and the path of the zipper skews toward your right ear, meaning the zipper doesn't end up in your mouth. Smart.
And yes, it's very warm

Guardian.co.uk
awe inspiring pictures.
Satellite eye on Earth: October 2010
The Hungarian aluminium spill, waves in the Strait of Gibraltar, an American cyclone system and the edge of a melting glacier were among the images captured by European Space Agency and Nasa satellites last month