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U.S. Edition of ‘Letters of Note’ Book, A Collection of Historical Letters From the Famous and Unknown
Last October we posted about Letters of Note, a book of fascinating letters edited by Shaun Usher of the Letters of Note blog. The book,…
The 1970s Japanese Version of Spider-Man Was a Motorcyclist Who Received His Powers From a Dying Alien
In 1979, the Tokyo-based Toei Company produced a live-action Spider-Man television series, which was based on Marvel‘s friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. They had an entirely different…
Artist Dresses as Mainstream and Counter Culture Characters From the Last 10 Decades
1920s Artist Annalisa Hartlaub dressed as mainstream and counterculture characters representing every decade from the 1920s to the present in her imaginative photo project “Counter…
A History of the Computer Programming Language BASIC Told Using Animated GIFs
Writer Henry McCracken has created a short history of the computer programming language BASIC over at TIME Technologizer using animated GIFs of various versions of…
A Soulful 1990s R&B Cover of the ‘Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers’ Cartoon Series Theme Song
For his ongoing series, Saturday Morning Slow Jams, pianist Scott Bradlee and his band perform a soulful 1990s R&B cover of the Chip ‘n Dale…
‘Amplitude’, A Successor to the Original Interactive Music Video Game by Harmonix
Video game developer Harmonix has just launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for a successor to Amplitude, a popular interactive music video game for the PlayStation…
Delightful 3D Illusion Sand Drawings
New Zealand-based art group 3D Sand Drawing creates delightful 3D illusion sand drawings that appear to pop out of the beach. The group was founded…
#AmazonCart, A Simple Method to Directly Add Products to an Amazon Shopping Cart Using Twitter
#AmazonCart is new method of adding products directly to a user's Amazon shopping cart via the social network Twitter.
Rock Being Thrown at a Television Set in Super Slow Motion
Slow Mo Lab by CrazyRussianHacker created a super slow motion video highlighting what happens when a rock is thrown at a pair of television sets.…
Why Net Neutrality Needs to Be Protected by C.G.P. Grey
C.G.P. Grey presents and explains net neutrality and why it’s something everyone should defend in his latest video “Internet Citizens: Defend Net Neutrality”. Basically, the…