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The Original Handwritten Manuscript of an Early Version of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’
The British Library has posted an online version of the original manuscript of Alice’s Adventures Under Ground, a story handwritten and illustrated by Charles Lutwidge…
Common Food Terms That Are Often Mispronounced
Elie Ayrouth of FoodBeast and Brandi Milloy from Pop Sugar Food demonstrate both the wrong and right way to pronounce the names of foods like…
Capturing the Reactions of Four Women Photoshopped Into Cover Models
This is how I always wanted to see myself, but now that I see it, I’m questioning why I ever wanted to look like that…
Ba Ba Dum, Games That Let You Learn Words In Different Languages By Selecting The Correct Illustration
Ba Ba Dum is an online collection of games that lets you learn words in different languages by selecting the correct illustration of the example…
What’s My Browser, A Simple Web Tool That Provides Browser Details for Support Teams
What’s My Browser is a simple web-based tool that offers information on the web browser used to view it with the express purpose of then…
SLR, A Short Thriller About a Voyeuristic Man Who Finds Himself Hunting Down a Fellow Voyeur
“SLR” is a short thriller about a troubled father, obsessed with voyeur videos, who must track down an anonymous photographer after discovering his own daughter…
Frozen Tundra, An Icy Ode to Wisconsin and the Green Bay Packers
“Frozen Tundra” is a short film ode to Wisconsin and its home NFL team, the Green Bay Packers, by Münich-based director Oliver Würffell. Würffell shot…
Mobius Beltway, A Mobius Strip Sculpture Covered in Toy Cars
Matchbox cars travel along a never-ending Mobius strip in the sculpture “Mobius Beltway” by artist Chambliss Giobbi. Giobbi’s sculpture work will be the subject of…
Movies R Fun, A Book by Josh Cooley Featuring R-Rated Movie Scenes Drawn in the Style of a Cute Kid’s Book
Josh Cooley, a San Francisco artist and story supervisor at Pixar, has created the upcoming book Movies R Fun. The Chronicle Books published work features…
Programmer Creates Amazing Twitch Channel That Plays ‘Pokémon’ With User-Submitted Commands
Some clever programmer has created TwitchPlaysPokemon, a streaming video of what appears to be an emulation of either the original Pokémon Red or Pokémon Blue…