Wonderfully Eerie Living Portraits by Alexa Meade
Artist Alexa Meade creates portraits by painting directly on to the skin and clothes of her subjects. The results are both eerie and beautiful. Meade…
BarBot 2011, Cocktail Making Robots in San Francisco
BarBot, San Francisco’s annual showcase of cocktail making robots presented by our friends at RoboGames, is scheduled for April 1-2. Organizer Simone Davalos is raising…
The Comic Book Guide to the Mission
The Comic Book Guide to the Mission by Lauren Davis is a book about San Francisco’s Mission neighborhood: its people, history, food, and hipsters. The…
Charon, A New Kinetic Sculpture by Peter Hudson
Artist Peter Hudson, whose remarkable stroboscopic zoetrope sculptures have been featured in the past at Burning Man, is building a new work for this year’s…
Kraken: A New Book About The Science of Squid
Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid, by Wendy Williams, is a new book on what is surely the most handsome cephalopod,…
Stupid Orchestra, A Symphony for Vintage Home Appliances
“Blödes Orchester,” (Stupid Orchestra) is a symphonic piece for home appliance orchestra by German composer Michael Petermann. Petermann assembled the orchestra from vintage appliances he…
Vigilante Vigilante, A Fascinating Documentary on Anti-Graffiti Vigilantes
Vigilante Vigilante, directed by Max Good, is a fascinating documentary about anti-graffiti vigilantes–eccentric individuals who take up the paintbrush to blot out grafitti in their…
The Smartest Dog in the World, A Darkly Funny Animation by Grickle
“The smartest dog in the world” by Graham Annable (aka Grickle) is a darkly humorous animation about a man, a cat, a dog, and a…
Hasselblad Photography Manual for NASA Astronauts
The camera manual for the Hasselblad 500EL/M, used by NASA astronauts during shuttle missions, is available for download on the Hasselblad website. via PetaPixel See…
The Bowdoin College Pop-Up Book Collection
Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine has a collection of over 1,800 pop-up books. Some of the best are currently on display in Bowdoin’s library and…