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Russian Daredevils Climb to the Top of The Shanghai Tower, The World’s Second Tallest Building
In this hair-raising video, Russian daredevils Vitaliy Raskalov and Vadim Makhorov climb to the top of the world’s second tallest building, the 2,073-foot-tall Shanghai Tower.…
Slack, An Incredibly Slick Platform to Consolidate All Internal Business Communication Into a Single Place
Created by Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield and his team at Tiny Speck, Slack is a team communication platform that functions by providing a single, distinct…
A Book Based on the ‘Lists of Note’ Blog Planned For Release in Late 2014
To-do list by Johnny Cash Back in 2011 we wrote about Lists of Note, a blog of fascinating lists written by notable and unknown people…
City Maps That Visualize Where People Run
San Francisco Statistician Nathan Yau used publicly available route data from running apps to create a series of maps that visualize where people run in…
World War I Explained in 6 Minutes with Illustrations of Soldiers and Maps
Actor and illustrator John D. Ruddy, creator of the Manny Man webcomic series, explains World War One in six minutes with illustrations of soldiers and…
Transparent, New Dark Family Comedy on Amazon by Jill Soloway About Family and Identity
I don’t think he has cancer. Transparent, a new dark family comedy series from Amazon created by Jill Soloway (Six Feet Under, Afternoon Delight) starring…
Pop Pop, An Interactive Pedestrian Signal Concept
Pop Pop is an interactive pedestrian signal that reacts to local inputs including traffic, weather, and the behavior of nearby pedestrians. The signal features two…
A Kickstarter Parody About Parents Who Try to Crowdfund a Website to Destroy the Dreams of Children
Take a look at our son, Gabriel, a recovering loser. Comedy network Above Average has released “RealLifeStarter”, the latest video in the Kickstarter parody Thingstarter…
‘Flappy Bert’, An Online Version of ‘Flappy Bird’ Featuring Bert from ‘Sesame Street’
Flappy Bert is an online video game from Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organization behind Sesame Street, that mimics the gameplay of now-defunct mobile video game…
Artist Maya Hayuk Creates Striking Geometric Mural for the Bowery Wall in Manhattan
Artist Maya Hayuk recently completed this striking, brightly-colored mural on the Bowery Wall in Manhattan. Though the mural’s complex geometric composition might indicate otherwise, Hayuk…