Musician Nathan Mills of Beyond The Guitar who has performed amazing acoustic covers of songs from television and film performed a stunning classical guitar cover of the iconic Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody”, brilliantly making it look easy when it absolutely isn’t. Bohemian Rhapsody Meets Classical Guitar! Full video: https://t.co/qvVxP6HT6u#BohemianRhapsody? ? pic.twitter.com/iFXEMzyspR — Nathan Mills (@beyondtheguitar)…
Wonderfully Whimsical Faces Made Out of Bread
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sabine Timm (@virgin_honey) on Nov 1, 2018 at 6:12am PDT Artist Sabine Timm has created a wonderfully whimsical series of adorable faces made out of different types of bread, crackers and rolls. Timm creates different textures and different looks by tearing, toasting or ripping the bread…
The New York Times Digitizes Over a Century’s Worth of Archival Photographs Into High Resolution Images
After a flood in 2015 that put a great deal of their archive at risk, The New York Times decided to digitize over a century’s worth of photographs which were housed in an underground room called “The Morgue”. They worked with Google Cloud in order to facilitate the process of converting the photos into high…
Taki Zaru (2004-2018), Beloved Laughing Squid Co-Worker Known For His Good Looks and Shy Nature
It is with great sadness we share the heartbreaking news that Taki Zaru, the beloved feline co-worker of Laughing Squid passed away on Friday, November 9, 2018 due to complications from cancer. When his sister Ika Zaru passed away, Taki stepped up to help out wherever he could, especially when a new camera needed testing….
Illustrator Matt Furie Talks About the Origins of Pepe the Frog Which Didn’t Include Becoming a Symbol of Hate
During the 2018 XOXO Festival in Portland, OR, illustrator Matt Furie took to the stage to talk about his most iconic character, Pepe the Frog. Furie shared the origins of Pepe, what Pepe meant to him and how he felt about his original character being co-opted as a symbol of hate within a certain sector…
How Pilobolus Dance Theater Creates Illusory Images From the Strategic Positioning of Dancers in Shadow
In a penumbral episode of Wired Masterminds, artistic directors Matt Kent and Renee Jaworski of Pilobolus Dance Theater share how they used shadow and light to create wonderful illusory images out of the strategic positioning of the dancers’ bodies. Wired set out three challenges for the group, which they met with flying colors. Pilobolus artistic…
A Montage of Tenacious New Yorkers Attempting to Cross the Street During the 2018 NYC Marathon
Jeff Seal, a comedian, filmmaker, urban explorer and self-described idiot partnered with the Libbey Brothers, to create a hilarious montage of tenacious New Yorkers attempting to cross the street during the 2018 TCS New York City Marathon and set the footage to the dramatic instrumental theme from the film Chariots of Fire. While some had…
Newly Arrived Children From Eritrea Joyously Dance Outside During Their Very First Canadian Snowfall
A pair of children, who emigrated to Canada with their family from their native Eritrea, joyously danced outside in their winter coats while flurries started to fall from the sky. This was their first winter in Toronto and the very first snowfall they had ever seen in their lives. The family had been in a…