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Artist Rob Sheridan Shares How He Played a Role in Spreading the Infamous Dancing Baby Meme
In 1998, a 16 year old Rob Sheridan, a talented artist, photographer, former creative director for Nine Inch Nails and friend of Laughing Squid, sat…
An Adorable Pig Eagerly Puts His Toys Away
Upon hearing his human Nicolle Welts‘s verbal request, a pig named Paul eagerly walked back and forth across the room to grab each one of…
Create Aristocratic Portraits of Your Cats and Dogs
The great yarn war continued with no end in sight until General @atchoumthecat showed up. He gave the enemies a stern look and they all…
Woodworking Artist Meticulously Carves Pencils Out of Pencils in a Project He Calls ‘Pencil Inception’
Bobby Duke, the very talented wood carver and artist in Fort Worth, Texas who created a gorgeous sculpture of a floating coffee cup spilling out…
Musician Uses GarageBand to Perform a Cover of ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ Solely on His iPad
Musician Dan Baker quite skillfully employed the amazing capabilities of the Mac OS program GarageBand to perform a solo, multi-track cover of The Buggles song…
Prankster Shares How His Fake Restaurant Became the Number One Spot in London on TripAdvisor
Prankster Oobah Butler who is also a freelance writer for Vice, performed a brilliant trick for which he created a fake restaurant named for the…
People From Around the World Share How They Say ‘Cheers’ in Their Respective Native Languages
In a spirited episode of the Condé Nast Traveler series Many People from Many Countries Say Things, 70 different people from all over the world…
Classic Books Adorned With Decorative Papercraft Versions of the Subject Described Within the Pages
A post shared by Kate Kato (@kasasagi.design) on Oct 18, 2017 at 12:16pm PDT Welsh artist Kate Kato of Kassagi Design creates really wonderful sculptures…
Former Police Officer Becomes an Active Air Rescue Specialist After His Retirement From the Force
A hero is something that I think I strive for everyday. I don’t think I will ever reach that goal. I think the challenge is…
A Miniature Downtown Chicago Cityscape Puzzle With 3D Tiles Printed Using Real Time Aerial Data
In February 2016, we wrote about Microscape, a wonderful collaborative project between New York City based architectural design firms TO+WN Design and AJSNY and their…