The Bucky Bar, Spontaneous Public Architecture In Rotterdam
A beautiful piece of ephemeral architecture spontaneously appeared in a Rotterdam public square last month. Entitled “The Bucky Bar” (after the visionary inventor and geodesic…
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The Death Metal Version of ‘What A Wonderful World’
Andy Rehfeldt recently created this brilliant video, in which Louis Armstrong appears to perform a death metal version of his beloved classic, “What a Wonderful…
I’m Here – A Robot Love Story by Spike Jonze
“I’m Here”, a new half hour short by Spike Jonze has been released for free online. A poignant fable of love, identity and connection, the…
Star St.Germain Remembers Gabrielle Bouliane
Musician, comic book artist and jewelry designer Star St.Germain writes about her friend Gabrielle Bouliane, a slam poet and videographer who died earlier this month.…
Beautiful Jules Verne Cover Designs By Jim Tierney
For his senior thesis project at the University of the Arts, illustrator Jim Tierney created a series of beautiful new cover designs for four classic…
ShadyURL, Make Suspicious & Frightening URLs
Tired of bland URL-shortening services that reduce all your links to indistinct abbreviations, stripped of meaning and context? Then consider using ShadyURL, a site that…
Spy Emerson Presents Happy Forever: The Life and Death of an Italian Cat, Featuring Hal Robins
For one night only on February 23rd at The Dark Room in San Francisco Spy Emerson presents a very special installment of her ongoing performance…
How To Keep Replicants From Reading Your Blog
Michael Lacher of Wondertonic offers this strangely familiar use of a CAPTCHA. via Sabotabby
Hunter S. Thompson Calls Tech Support About His Home Entertainment System
The late Hunter S. Thompson, father of gonzo journalism, lends his unmistakable voice to a familiar frustration in this support call he placed to the…
Marv, The Robotic Vibraphone
A trio of San Francisco Bay Area musicians and engineers have created Marv, a “MIDI Actuated Robotic Vibraphone” capable of both playing itself, or playing…