Newcastle Ale Billboard Shadow Effect Created by 3000 Bottle Caps
Artists Ellis Gallagher and Pablo Power affixed 3000 bottle caps to a Newcastle Brown Ale billboard, creating an amazing shadow effect that is only…
Scanning a Braille Playboy Into the Internet Archive
Archivist Jason Scott describes the process of scanning a 1992 Braille edition of Playboy magazine into the Internet Archive. The Archive, originally founded in 1996…
Gymkhana 4, Ken Block Races Around Universal Studios Backlots
In “Gymkhana 4,” action sportsmaster Ken Block displays his astonishing precision driving skills while racing around the backlots of Universal Studios in a 600 hp…
Winnebago Man, A Documentary About The Angriest Man On Earth
Winnebago Man, the documentary by Ben Steinbauer about Jack Rebney, a famously angry Winnebago salesman. We previously wrote about the documentary shortly before its theatrical…
Absurdist iPhone Apps by David Byrne
David Byrne has created a series of absurdist iPhone app concepts for “Social Media,” a group show at the Pace Gallery in New York City…
Present Arms, 12 Neck Guitar Sculptures by Yoshihiko Satoh
Japanese artist Yoshihiko Satoh seamlessly connects multiple guitars together into giant 12 neck guitar sculptures he calls “Present Arms.” The guitars are currently on display…
Don’t Fear the Internet, A Video Series That Explains Web Coding Basics
Don't Fear the Internet is a video tutorial series that makes basic HTML and CSS coding accessible to non-web designers.
The Enough Already, Open Source Device Mutes Annoying Celebrities
The Enough Already is an incredibly clever application of the open source Arduino microprocessor that automagically mutes a TV when certain celebrities are mentioned. The…
MakerBot Sends Bust of Stephen Colbert’s Head Into Space
A 3D printed bust of Stephen Colbert has been sent into space in the first mission of the MakerBot Space Program (see onboard video…
Hipster Ipsum, A Random Hipster Text Generator
Hipster Ipsum is a random text generator that, much like a flesh-and-blood hipster, spouts entire paragraphs of gibberish sprinkled with hip buzzwords like “locavore” and…