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xkcd Describes What Would Happen If Someone Made a Lava Lamp Using Real Lava
In the latest edition of “What If?” by xkcd, Randall Munroe answers a sixth grade teacher who asks what would happen were someone to make…
‘Little Computer People’, An Animated Music Video by Chipocrite About a Superhero Obsessed With Video Games
“Little Computer People” is an animated music video by Philadelphia-based chiptune artist Chipocrite featuring animations by Israeli artist Zach Cohen that follows the bumbling adventures…
Jimmy Fallon, One Direction, and The Roots Play ‘Santa Claus Is Coming to Town’ on School Instruments
One Direction appeared on a Christmastime episode of The Tonight Show and joined host Jimmy Fallon and The Roots to perform “Santa Claus Is Coming…
‘GIF-JAM 2014’, A Collaborative Animated Video Compiling the Works of 38 GIF Artists
“GIF-JAM 2014” is an animated short created by 38 artists who were asked to produce animated GIFs based on a soundtrack by musician Paul Fraser.…
‘Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia’, A Book Collecting the Paintings and Artwork of DEVO Frontman Mark Mothersbaugh
Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia is a career-spanning art book that collects the non-musical works of DEVO frontman and soundtrack composer Mark Mothersbaugh, including paintings, screenprints, photographs,…
Stickered for Messenger, A New Companion App for Facebook Messenger for Adding Stickers to Photos
Facebook has released the new app Stickered for Messenger, a companion app to Facebook Messenger that lets users add stickers to their photos and share them…
‘Portal Trick Shots’, A Video About Two Scientists Who Use a Portal Gun to Set Up Incredible Basketball Trick Shots
Niko Pueringer and Sam Gorski of Corridor Digital (previously) have created “Portal Trick Shots“, a special effects-filled short about two scientists who use a Aperture…
‘The Art of Making a Book’, A Short Video Documenting the Lost Art of Making a Book
“The Art of Making a Book” is a short video by Singapore-based photographer Willy Foo that details the sort of care that once went into…
A Grid of 10 Beloved Comic Strip Characters Reimagined in the Style of 10 Different Cartoonists
“10 Styles, 100 Characters” is a grid of drawings by Finnish artist Jaakko Seppälä that depicts 10 beloved comic strip characters in the style of…
‘Houshi’, A Short Documentary About a Japanese Family That Runs a 1,300-Year-Old Hotel
“Houshi” is a short documentary directed by German photographer Fritz Schumann about a family that has run the same Japanese hotel for around 1,300 years.…