Filed under: Wine, ArtAt Art Basel Miami Beach next month, renowned French champagne house Ruinart will offer a one-of-a-kind surrealistic sculpture by Dutch artist Martin Baas. Designed as the ultimate centerpiece for a champagne-lover's table, the artwork (detail above) was inspired by an elaborate 18th century Venetian chandelier. Constructed from clear Murano glass and silver, the piece was designed to appear as if a chandelier has fallen from above and is melting into the table, ...

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Welcome to this multi-part series of articles on Exploring Small Strobes by Yanik Chauvin from Yanik’s Photo School. In part 1 on Exploring Small strobes, I looked at why using flash guns instead of the built-in flash and studio strobes. Today, I’ll be going through the importance of using your speedlight off camera. So, we already know that direct flash from your built-in flash gives unflattering results, to say the least. Using your speedlight in ...

A Wikipedia mögött álló alapítvány, a Wikimedia Ubuntura migrálja a kiszolgálóit. A lépés célja, hogy egyszerűbbé váljon a szervezet 400 szerverének adminisztrációja, melyeken korábban Red Hat és Fedora futott. Így az Ubuntu a felhasználók számítógépének meghódítása után egyre nagyobb teret nyer a kiszolgálók piacán is. tovább

This is the coolest reception and waiting area I have seen for a very long time and no the chandelier didn’t fall down…see next picture. It’s a hairdressing salon in Lisbon next to the Tejo River. Charlotte

By artist Adam Wallacavage, these "Pulsatilla" chandeliers are both a bit gorgeous and disturbing. But replace that light bulb with a vagina, and you have at least one Gizmodo writer's ultimate fantasy. This particular model is sold out, but hit the jump to see more octopus/tentacle chandeliers. $10,000 $8,500 Collect all three. [gallery via boingboing]