Overheard...
- Little girl: Mommy, why is it cold out?
- Mom: Because your father is an asshole!
Man Indicted for Breaking Into Prison
Prison walls were no obstacle for a man in western Germany who was being separated from his love. But breaking into her cell every night turned out to be a very bad decision.
Ah, love. It drives us to do the craziest things: climb the highest mountains, run through the fields, scale city walls or walk for miles. Love even drove one man in the western German city of Bielefeld to break into prison. And not only once, but night after night — until he got caught.
The suspect, 33-year-old Daniele E., was arrested in November for scaling a steel fence to break into the prison where his girlfriend was serving time for drug-related offenses, according to the local daily Westfalen-Blatt. On Tuesday, the Bielefeld public prosecutor charged Daniele E. with trespassing and announced a trial date in March.
Lawyer Carsten Ernst, who is representing Daniele E., said he thought the charges were excessive. “Couldn’t we have just laughed this one off and cancelled the trial?” he commented.
According to the indictment, things got pretty hot in Cell 13 of Detention House C 7 — not to mention loud. As Friedhelm Sanker, the deputy head of the minimum-security prison, told the paper: “Some of the other women felt that their sleep was being disturbed, while others feared that the man might try to come and visit them, too.” In response to the complaints, prison officials installed a video surveillance camera.
Nov. 8 proved to be the fateful night for Daniele E. When prison officials noticed a man climb over the fence and enter the building where the woman was being held, they called the police. Using dogs, the police sniffed the unlucky lover out — in his girlfriend’s cell.
“I love her — we’re engaged!” Daniele E. reportedly pleaded with the arresting officers.
The nightly prison break-ins surprised and confounded prison officials. “The two of them could have visited each other during the day, seeing as the woman was in a minumum-security prison,” Sanker told the paper. “But they apparently felt very lonely at night.”
Since his arrest, things have only gone from bad to worse for Daniele E. He is now being held in prison on suspicion of having robbed a number of gas stations. In addition, his requests to be granted conjugal visits with his lover have been turned down.
Prison policy states that such visits will only be permitted when they concern “relationships deserving of support.” Unfortunately for Daniele E., his girlfriend gave the name of another man as her partner when she was first admitted to prison. [via.]
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“Green Marker” — grass-blade-shaped sticky-note page markers by Japanese design team Yuruliku.
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Song of the day: “Uno Ballo Della Luna” by Ferraby Lionheart
Make Images 3D, sans Goofy Glasses
3D pictures are interesting, but they rely on glasses that alter the way your left and right eye perceive images. This cool 3D image-creation technique doesn’t require glasses but still produces a 3D illusion.
Click here to see the animation effect.
Instead of taking two images and combining them into one with each image highlighted in red and blue—or cyan and magenta, or any other color used for anaglyph images—the two images are animated and “wiggle” back and forth, which creates the illusion of depth.
All you need to make an wiggle-stereoscopic image is two pictures taken from one location roughly four inches apart or so to mimic the positioning of the human eyes. You can combine the images in one of two ways. The most traditional way would be to make an animated GIF—check out previously reviewed GifNinja—although at the link below they show you how to use Javascript and two JPEG images to do it. [via.]
I like viewing 3D this way too.
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![Lee Alexander McQueen, (March 16, 1969 – February 11, 2010) was a British fashion designer known for his unconventional designs and shock tactics. McQueen worked as the head designer at Givenchy for five years before founding the Alexander McQueen and McQ labels. McQueen’s dramatic designs, worn by many fashion-forward celebrities including Rihanna, Björk and Lady Gaga, were often met with critical acclaim and earned him the British Designer of the Year award four times.
McQueen died days before London Fashion Week, though he was not scheduled to show, and nine days after the death of his mother. British tabloid The Sun has reported that McQueen was found hanged, but this has not been confirmed. The police have stated that the death was not suspicious, but have not confirmed that the death was a suicide. [via.]
RIP.](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxqzze49Ge1qzpvhao1_500.jpg)
Lee Alexander McQueen, (March 16, 1969 – February 11, 2010) was a British fashion designer known for his unconventional designs and shock tactics. McQueen worked as the head designer at Givenchy for five years before founding the Alexander McQueen and McQ labels. McQueen’s dramatic designs, worn by many fashion-forward celebrities including Rihanna, Björk and Lady Gaga, were often met with critical acclaim and earned him the British Designer of the Year award four times.
McQueen died days before London Fashion Week, though he was not scheduled to show, and nine days after the death of his mother. British tabloid The Sun has reported that McQueen was found hanged, but this has not been confirmed. The police have stated that the death was not suspicious, but have not confirmed that the death was a suicide. [via.]
RIP.
