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...touch tidiness'' might soon be ''remedied by time, wear and Socks'' ((THE WHITE HOUSE, Dec. 6)). This prompted Nancy J.D. Harding of McLean, Virginia, to write us about a truly malicious presidential feline: ''One cat before Socks has already distinguished himself in the wreckage department -- Calvin Coolidge's.'' The pet, appropriately named Tiger, wore out his welcome very quickly. ''Evidently Tiger was a real 'Conan the Destroyer' beastie,'' reports Harding. ''His destructive ways cost the Coolidges a valuable antique bedspread and Tiger his stately home. My grandmother took him in -- briefly.'' Although the White House has always been home...
Directed by Mark Dindal Buena Vista Pictures 2 1/2 STARS After children are exposed to Disney’s “Chicken Little” this weekend, I wouldn’t be surprised if there were sudden requests for fowl to replace Fido as holiday pet gift of choice—or at least shrieks against drum legs at family dinner. Part incredible animation, part Zach Braff’s success at channeling lovable neuroticism, the title star of the production is the cutest animated animal ever—besting out the numerous big-eyed elephants, dogs...
...house of tomorrow will be made of soda bottles--that's how we best know the substance called PET, or polyethylene terephthalate. But architects Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake see a much different use for the plastic: embedded with flat circuitry that will enable walls to store heat, generate electricity and double as giant, flat-panel displays. Their iteration, called SmartWrap, could also make the building process faster and cheaper than ever...
...DECORATING FOR THE DOGS? When designer Kim Bull couldn't find suitable sleeping quarters for her mutt, she started Wowbow, a line of sleek acrylic beds, below. They're part of a new crop of fancy pet furniture that includes English-style beds from Cath Kidston (cathkidston.com) and hip variations like Fatboy's camouflage-print beanbag lounges (muttropolis.com...
Luckily for him, the quality and properties of his pet project speak for themselves. What Lath and his team of engineers and architects do is alter the composition of concrete and plastic. To create the Scintilla tiles, hundreds of light-conducting channels are carved into a transparent block of clear or pigmented polymer. These channels act like fiber-optic filaments, giving the material the ability to magically shift, shimmer and ripple in response to movement and changes in light intensity. As a result, the tiles react to shadows and moving lights and accordingly disperse them on the tiles' surface...