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ThingConf, A Conference in New York City for People Who Build Online Businesses Around Physical Products
ThingConf, a one-day conference for people who build online businesses around physical products, takes place on August 3, 2014 at Orbital, new space in New…
A Series of Facts and Interesting Tidbits About Famous Art Heists
Mental Floss guest host Akilah Hughes discusses a series of famous art heists in “26 Famous Art Heists”. For example, Hughes notes that The Scream…
Adorable Little Toddler Dressed Up in an Impressive Predator Costume at WonderCon Anaheim
Bat in the Sun captured video back in April at WonderCon Anaheim of an adorable little toddler dressed up in an impressive Predator costume. When…
A Bizarre Neatly Folded Sheet of Snow Coming Off a Slide at a Colorado Playground
Earlier in May, Montrose, Colorado resident Cathy Hartt spotted this neatly folded sheet of snow coming off of a playground slide while she was out…
A Visual Guide to Robots and Cyborgs in Pop Culture
“Science Bob” Pflugfelder has created a visual reference guide to help people identify well-known pop culture robots from movies, television shows, and comics. There’s something…
Palestinian Woman Creates Flower Pots out of Tear Gas Canisters from the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
A Palestinian woman in the West Bank village of Bilin has found a peaceful use for the many tear gas canisters left over from the…
How to Make a Giant Papercraft Head
Will Smith and Norman Chan of Tested made giant papercraft heads for the recent Maker Faire Bay Area with the help of photogrammetry expert Brandon…
emoji.zone, A Surreal Single-Serving Site Featuring Flying Emoji
emoji.zone is a surreal single-serving site featuring emoji that appear to be constantly flying at the screen. Even the source code is mostly a giant…
The Iconic Songs of Summer By Year For the Last 100 Years
Designer Phillip Niemeyer of The Boston Globe has culled together in a single infographic what he considers to be the most iconic songs of summer…
PBS Explores an Abandoned Philadelphia Railroad Tunnel That Could Become a Public Park
In “The Abandoned Railway Below Philadelphia,” the second episode of Unusual Spaces, PBS interviews Paul VanMeter, a landscape gardener who attempted to transform an empty…