New York City Gets Its Own Top-Level Domain: .nyc
Today Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that New York City will be the first U.S. city with its own top-level domain. The new .nyc domain name…
Yelp Wordmap Generates Hipster Heat Maps
Yesterday Yelp launched Yelp Wordmap, which displays the prevalence of certain Yelp review keywords as heat map overlays on 14 cities around the world. With…
Champion Pole Dancer Oona Kivelä Demonstrates Strength & Flexibility Moves
Finnish pole dancer Oona Kivelä effortlessly demonstrates 24 feats of strength and flexibility in this video by Poleranking. A former gymnast, Kivelä was crowned Ultimate…
John Hodgman: RAGNAROK, One-Hour Comedy Special Now Streaming on Netflix
“John Hodgman: RAGNAROK,” the first comedy special by noted humorist John Hodgman, is now streaming on Netflix. The special was recorded live in Brooklyn on…
STABiLGO, A Motorized Stabilizer for GoPro Cameras
STABiLGO is a motorized, handheld camera stabilizer that allows GoPro users to capture smooth action shots. The stabilizer features a 32-bit processor and a gyroscopic…
The Arsehole Gene, A Genetic Mutation That Causes Some People To Be Huge Arseholes
The investigative report, “The Arsehole Gene,” looks at the genetic mutation that causes some people to be huge arseholes. The mockumentary was written and directed…
Memory Suitcases, Paintings on Old Luggage
In the nostalgic photo series “Memory Suitcases,” Israeli artist Yuval Yairi painted faraway destinations on to old suitcases and then photographed the suitcase paintings in…
How Big Is the Ocean? A TED-Ed Animated Lecture
In this TED-Ed animated lecture, educator Scott Gass discusses the mind-boggling scale of the ocean, which encompasses 99% of the earth’s biosphere and is the…
Swallows Made out of Typewriter Parts by Jeremy Mayer
Artist Jeremy Mayer recently made two delightful sparrow sculptures out of salvaged typewriters parts. As you can see in this short Instagram video, the wings…
Geotagged Tweets Visualized as Topographic Maps
Nicolas Belmonte, a data visualization scientist at Twitter, created a series of interactive data visualizations that show geotagged tweets as topographic maps. The mountainous high…