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Octopus Steals Video Camera, Films Own Escape

by Violet Blue on April 16, 2010

While Victor Huang was trying out his shiny new Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT2 in Wahine Memorial, Wellington, New Zealand, he attempted to get video of a large wild octopus. The octopus snatched the camera from his hands and swam away with it while still recording — subsequently filming a chase for…

Behind the Scenes at Mission Street Food Project

by Violet Blue on March 31, 2010

We’re excited to see The Quotidian met the Mission Street Food Project; while both are local to San Francisco, each do something on a cultural level that we’d love to see replicated in other major cities — and both are getting national attention. The Quotidian is a San Francisco phenomenon;…

The American Bookbinders Museum

by Violet Blue on March 31, 2010

It’s a very interesting time for books, perhaps the most pivotal in history (though not the most tempestuous), and conversations about the future of books sound a lot like… past conversations about the future of the written word. Those of us who fancy the early days of printing and publishing…

Animated Gif Art by Jamie Martinez

by Violet Blue on March 30, 2010

The animated gif is an artifact of bygone eras in web design, though many of us gnash our teeth when coming across the pesky relics and kvetch that they should be banned as avatar icons on sites such as Twitter, where the jangly movement almost feels like a nonconsensual affront….

When Do They Sleep? (On Twitter)

by Violet Blue on March 25, 2010

While we’re certain that if the When Do They Sleep? algorithm were to actually be applied to some of our friends, it would surely snap in two out of frustration, it’s still an amusing toy. The concept is to enter a Twitter username into the form, and SleepingTime coughs up…

The North Korean Traffic Girls of Pyongyang

by Violet Blue on March 23, 2010

North Korean traffic girls, in their uniforms deigned by the Great Leader, with their unfailingly robotic movements and riveting focus, are becoming figures of cult status. Instead of traffic lights to control the stop and go flow of an intersection, women dressed in perfectly crisp and identical outfits stand alone…

Lightning Striking A Fluorescent Tube

by Violet Blue on March 22, 2010

First of all, we think it’s just incredibly cool that there is such a thing as a real artificial lightning generator, and we’re just a little bit jealous that people can experiment with it (leave it to Japan to take sci-fi into reality). Were it up to us, we’d probably…

Inglorious Basterds Film Clapper Outtakes by Geraldine Brezca

by Violet Blue on March 17, 2010

Something that makes a great film into legend is when time reveals layers of entertaining stories behind the filmmaking, which is one of the reason Quentin Tarantino’s film Inglorious Basterds has legs. Contributing to Batserds’ growing aura of cult status is the above DVD special feature comprised of Italian clapboard…

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