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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.…
A Worker in China Packing Playing Cards With Incredible Speed
A worker in China packages up packs of playing cards with incredible speed. via Digg
A Flying Christmas Tree and Santa Claus Created Using Remote-Controlled Aerial Vehicles
Flyguy Promotions of San Diego is marking the holiday season with a flying Santa Claus and a Christmas tree attached to remote-controlled aerial vehicles. There’s…
‘I Wasn’t Listening’, A They Might Be Giants Song About People Who Ignore the New Dial-A-Song Service
A few weeks before the relaunch of their Dial-A-Song weekly music service, Brooklyn-based nerd rockers They Might Be Giants have issued “I Wasn’t Listening,” a…
Cards Against Humanity Gives Its Holiday Patrons the Gift of a Parcel of Land on a Private Island Named ‘Hawaii 2’
When Cards Against Humanity fans signed up for Ten Days or Whatever of Kwanzaa, they weren’t expecting a license for their own one-square-foot parcel of…
The Video Series ‘This Is Radio’ Asks Five Questions of Popular Public Radio Hosts
"This Is Radio" asked a group of radio hosts the five same questions about the industry, podcasting, and who has the best hair in radio.
Science Friday Explains Myco-Fluidics and the ‘Fungal Freeways’ Fungi Use to Transport Water
A recent video by Science Friday explains the study of myco-fluidics and the “fungal freeways” fungi use to transport water within themselves. The video features…
‘Carnivora Gardinum’, A Short Time-Lapse Film That Captures the Unexpected Elegance of Carnivorous Plants
Filmmaker Chris Field has created Carnivora Gardinum, a beautiful time-lapse film that captures the unexpected elegance and grace of carnivorous plants as they trap their…
Accursed Cthulhumas Cookies for a Singularly Decadent Holiday
After the horrific construction of her Cthulhumas Wreath Creature, writer Maika Keuben baked a batch of adorably accursed Cthulhumas cookies shaped like H.P. Lovecraft‘s fictional…