Year 2013
Fan Creates a Fantastic Parody Website for the Ministry of Magic from ‘Harry Potter’
Entrepreneur and coder Andy Brown has created a fantastic website for the Ministry of Magic from Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling. The clever site features…
Man Wins a Guinness World Record for Largest Video Game Collection with 10,607 Games
Buffalo, NY resident Michael Thomasson has been awarded the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of video games in the recently-released Guinness World Records…
Turkish Ice Cream Vendor Subjects His Customers to Countless Tricks
Customers of this Turkish ice cream vendor in Istanbul must endure a succession of tricks and stunts before they can get their ice cream. Judging…
‘All Together Now’ New Yorker Cover By Chris Ware
The January 6th, 2014 issue of The New Yorker features “All Together Now,” a fantastic cover created by comic book artist and cartoonist Chris Ware.…
Researchers Have Uncovered Century-Old Negatives at Scott’s Hut in Antarctica
Antarctic Heritage Trust preservationists working to conserve artifacts at Scott’s Hut in Antarctica recently discovered nearly 100-year-old photographic negatives that depict the Ross Sea party,…
The Inspiration Behind Some of the Most Memorable ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Monsters
Children’s book creator and fantasy artist, Tony DiTerlizzi, explores the inspiration behind some of the most memorable Dungeons & Dragons monsters in his blog post,…
How To Be a Gangsta by Mr. Forthright
Mr. Forthright offers handy tips on “how to be a Gangsta.” Among his suggestions: get “emerald hip replacements” and don’t signal while driving. For more…
The Lost Letter Project Reunites 70 Year Old Love Letter with Family of the Intended Recepient
In May 2013, Abbi Jacobson and filmmaker Todd Bieber, whose work we’ve previously posted, created the Lost Letter Project, an endeavor to find the intended…
Expectations vs. Reality for New Year’s Eve
BuzzFeed takes a look at the dissonance between your expectations of New Year’s Eve and what the reality turns out to be in this video.
I Had to Write an Essay, Tommy Tells a Story About Procrastination in an Episode of ‘Long Story Short’
In the first episode of the web series Long Story Short, Tommy tells a story about the time he had to write a paper and…