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Israeli Restaurant & Winery Partners to Create Smartphone-Friendly Dishware to Encourage Posting Meals to Instagram
“Foodography“, a joint photography project between Catit Restaurant and Carmel Winery, has commissioned a line of dishes specifically designed by ceramic artist Adi Nissani to…
‘Time’ Creates a Web App to Find Out What a Person’s Name Would Be Had They Been Born in a Different Year
Time has created a new web app people can use to find out what their name would be if they had been born in a…
Microsoft Hyperlapse, An App for Creating Smooth Fast-Motion Videos to Share on Social Media
Microsoft Hyperlapse is a new app that lets users create smooth fast-motion videos to share on social media. Users can natively capture video from within…
A Fetching Shirt Celebrating the Variety of MS-DOS Games Available at the Internet Archive
The “Game Not Over!” T-shirt is a celebration of the variety of MS-DOS games available at the Internet Archive. The shirt, which was designed by…
Chinese Teacher Builds an 11-Foot-Tall Iron Man ‘Hulkbuster’ Suit in Two Months in an Underground Parking Lot
photo via Business Insider Australia Chinese middle-school art teacher Xing Yile and some of his friends spent two months building an amazing 11-foot-tall version of…
‘Take One Last Look’, Tom Waits Pays Tribute to David Letterman With a Beautiful Heartfelt Song
On the May 14th episode of the Late Show with David Letterman, longtime guest Tom Waits paid a touching tribute to the retiring host with…
Guitar Wing, A Bluetooth Wireless MIDI Controller That Mounts to a Guitar
The Guitar Wing by Livid Instruments is a Bluetooth MIDI controller that wirelessly mounts to a guitar. The unit connects to any electric guitar or…
The Specific Combination of Factors That Make New York City Bagels the Best in the World
In “Why New York Has the Best Bagels“, the folks at Reactions explain that it’s not just the water, but a specific combination of minerals…
A Detailed Cake Made to Look Like a Speedy X-34 Landspeeder From ‘Star Wars’
Les Gâteaux de Gilles has created a custom cake that looks like a speedy X-34 landspeeder from the Star Wars films. More photos of the…
Nearly Every Easter Egg and Reference Hidden in George Miller’s Film ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
Mr. Sunday Movies (previously) has created a new video where he points out and explains nearly every Easter egg reference hidden in director George Miller‘s…