Year 2013

Just on the heels of the first installment of Tropes vs Women in Video Games centering on the pervasive concept of the Damsel in Distress,…

“Austin, weirder than your average city.” “Doing Austin SXSW 2013” by The Delivery Men is a musical SXSW tutorial and weirder than average tour of…

Google showed off its latest experiment in wearable computing at this year’s SXSW in Austin, a talking shoe. The sarcastic speaking shoe is part of Google’s Art,…

photo via Mario Ceroli Italian artist Mario Ceroli created these two giant wave sculptures back in 1992. “Maestrale” is made of sea green cross-sections of…

Boston-based comedy group FATAWESOME filmed girls doing horrible impersonations of Arnold Schwarzenegger. “A” for Effort. video via FATAWESOME via Pleated-Jeans

Roman Atwood and Dennis Roady filmed a prank where they faked a house fire while fellow prankster Tom Mabe was sleeping over at Dennis’ place.…

Ralph Baer, the inventor of the first home console, is featured in an episode of the PBS Inventors series by David Friedman.

A miserable little cat named McLovin meows underwater while letting its true dislike toward bathtime be known. video via Schneider Yuri via The Awesomer

The simple but clever Set Sail napkin holder is designed to look liked a folded paper sailboat. The napkin holder was designed by Tel Aviv-based…

Have you ever wondered what the TARDIS tastes like? What about Bilbo Baggins? Artist Cara McGee has created a number of delicious tea blends on Adagio…