Coffee Ring Stain Portrait by Hong Yi
Malaysian artist Hong Yi created this wonderful coffee ring stain portrait of Taiwanese musician Jay Chou. This time-lapse by Hong shows the 12 hour process…
Point Roberts, WA, An Isolated American Exclave Attached to Canada
Point Roberts is a small town in northern Washington that is on a peninsula that connects only with Canada—a geopolitical oddity known as an exclave…
Pinwheel, New Service for Finding and Leaving Location-Based Notes
Pinwheel is a new service for creating and finding location-based notes. It is currently accepting signups for private beta. Pinwheel was founded by Caterina Fake,…
Vanishing Cultures, Documenting Americans With a 35 Foot Camera
Vanishing Cultures is an ambitious photography project by Dennis Manarchy to document people who represent different fading corners of American culture. Their images will be…
Glowing Man, Night Snowboarding in a LED Suit
A lone glowing figure snowboards down a mountain in the French alps at night in “Glowing Man” by Jacob Sutton. To achieve the glowing effect,…
Computer Security: You Make The Difference (1990)
“Computer Security: You Make The Difference” is a 1990 internal AT&T video about computer security issues and in particular, the dreaded hacker. With effective…
The War Between The Faces: Great Civil War Facial Hair
Smithsonian Magazine has posted an impressive photo collection of “The Best Facial Hair in the Civil War.” Thanks to Graeme Wagoner-Lynch for the tip.
LEGO Prosthetic Arm
Max Shepherd created this working model of a prosthetic arm entirely out of LEGO components. via The Next Web
Pyrotopia, An East Coast Fire Arts Festival Near Pittsburgh
Pyrotopia, a new fire arts festival just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is scheduled for April 27 and 28, 2012. The event was originally planned…
Fascinating Behind the Scenes Video of the Keck Observatory in Hawaii
“Keck in Motion” by Andrew Cooper is a fascinating behind the scenes video of the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii.…