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Scented Candles for Life’s Disappointments
Flick Candles makes scented candles to mark life’s many disappointments. They produce scents like Cancelled Vacation and Freshly Signed Divorce Papers. Flicking Candles make the…
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld Answers a Number of Technology-Related Etiquette Questions
“Is it hazardous to tweet on Ambien?” Comedian Jerry Seinfeld recently sat down with Wired to answer a number of technology-related etiquette questions like “Is…
Photos of the Automattic (WordPress.com) Headquarters in San Francisco
During a trip to San Francisco in March I visited the beautifully designed headquarters of Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com. The “matt” in “Automattic”…
J&L Distilling Company, Superb Spirits Created in Boulder, Colorado by Home Brewing Scientists
When scientists Seth Johnson and Justin Lee met at a Boulder, Colorado home brewing club over ten years ago, they discovered that they both had…
A Flowchart That Helps Determine Whether Your Favorite Movie or Television Show Character Will Die
Julia Lepetit of Dorkly has created a flowchart that helps determine whether your favorite movie or television show character will die. The full high-resolution version…
A Visualization of All the Airline Flights Operating Across the North Atlantic on a Typical Day
“North Atlantic Skies” is a data visualization of the airline flights across the North Atlantic between Canada, the United States, and Europe in August 2013.…
Photos of The Barbarian Group’s ‘Superdesk’, An Endless Desk That Wraps Around Their Entire Manhattan Office
In April I attended a happy hour hosted by our friends at the digital creative agency The Barbarian Group at their new headquarters in New…
Jimmy Kimmel Gives the ‘World’s Ugliest Dog’ A Makeover
Peanut, the lovable rescue who was recently crowned “World’s Ugliest Dog“, gets a full makeover courtesy of a kind hearted Jimmy Kimmel. The world’s ugliest…
Maddox Explains How Some Life Hack Videos Can Be Both Dangerous and Completely Unnecessary
Self-appointed visionary Maddox shares and explains his opinion on the abundance of life hack videos that are on the Internet in his “Things You’re Doing…
Quench Cocktail Masters, All-In-One Color Coded Cocktail Tools Specifically for Martinis, Mojitos and Margaritas
Quench Products, the creators of Bar10der, a 10-in-1 home bartending tool, have recently introduced Cocktail Masters, a new line of color coded all-in-one cocktail tools.…