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A Series of Intricate Woodcuts Featuring Contemporary Characters Like Batman and Grumpy Cat
Miami-based artist Brian Reedy has created WoodcutEmporium, an Etsy shop featuring intricate woodcuts based on characters from comics, science fiction, and popular Internet memes. Included…
Castor, A Line of Gourmet Toothpicks That Combine Two Gastronomic Flavor Pairings on a Single Stick
Castor is a new line of “gourmet” toothpicks by Montreal food lab PhoodStation that combine two flavors on single stick for a more complex experience…
eCool Hand-Cranked Cooler Uses the Earth to Chill Beer Cans Underground
Created by four inventors from a Mors, a small island in Northern Denmark, the eCool is a hand-cranked beer cooler that resides largely underground, using…
Finnish Man Has An Incredibly Close Relationship With the Fully Grown Brown Bears He Raised
Sulo Karjalainen, the proprietor of Kuusamo Large Carnivore Centre in Kuusamo, Finland, has become locally famous as the “bearman” due to the incredibly close bond…
Nintendo and Mercedes-Benz Offer New GLA-Class SUV as a Free Downloadable Kart for Japan Release of ‘Mario Kart 8’
Nintendo has teamed up with Mercedes-Benz to offer the all-new GLA-class SUV as a free downloadable kart for the Japan release of Mario Kart 8.…
An Animation Reimagining ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ as a Commodore 64 Video Game
YouTuber user Majami Hiroz has created an animation reimagining the video game Grand Theft Auto V by Rockstar Games as a Commodore 64 video game.…
Romantic Clothing Sculpted From Carrera Marble in ‘The Identity Collection’ by Alasdair Thomson
Scottish artist Alasdair Thompson‘s current series “The Identity Collection” features breezy romantic clothing that has been sculpted from gorgeous Carrera marble. Each “garment” is modeled…
Windy, A Relaxation App With the Sound of Real Wind
Windy is a relaxation app by Taptanium in partnership with acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton featuring the sound of real wind rather than artificial white noise…
Man Seeking Roommate Interviews Candidates in Talk Show Studio Created Inside His Apartment
“Rooming Late with Scott Rogowsky” is a series of videos featuring people that responded to a Craigslist ad for a roommate posted by host Scott…
Adorable Preschooler Announces That He Wants to Grow Up to Be Batman During Graduation Speech
During his preschool graduation speech, adorable five-year-old Jathan Muhar announced to everyone in the crowd that he wanted to grow up to be Batman. Not…