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Circular Calendar Visualizes How Much Sunlight is Available Throughout the Year
Graphic designer Sören Lachnit has created a Circular Calendar that includes a visualization of how much sunlight is available throughout the year. The months and…

Lucid Stead, Artist Uses Mirrors to Make a Desert Cabin Blend in to the Surroundings
photo by Steven King In his outdoor installation “Lucid Stead,” artist Phillip K Smith III used mirrored panels to make a 70-year-old cabin in California’s…

Superhero-Themed Blown Glass Bee Stingers
Washington-based glassblower Nancy Callan has created a series of blown glass bee stingers based on superheroes. So far she’s created stingers based on Batman and…

1839 Daguerreotype by American Photography Pioneer Robert Cornelius is Likely the World’s First Selfie
Earlier in November Oxford Dictionaries crowned “selfie” the word of the year. To add some historical context, the Public Domain Review recently posted about a…

Faces in Things, Funny Photos of Objects That Appear to Have Faces
Faces in Things is a fun Twitter account that posts photos of ordinary objects that appear to have human, animal, or robot faces. Back in…

Best Buy’s All-Too-Real Home Theater Experience
Above Average Productions pokes fun at Best Buy’s “real home theater experience” in this funny video, complete with the world’s most annoying moviegoers. Want a…

An Interactive Chart of the Top 200 Reddit Posts of All Time
Glasgow-based computer science student James Trimble has created an interactive chart of the top 200 reddit posts of all time. The chart displays the top…

How To Open Bottles in Inventive Ways
Forgot the corkscrew? Bobbing corks in your vino? No church key? Not a problem. In the latest video from his Life Hacks series, Dave Hax…

Cats Posing Like Pin Up Girls
Remember those cute kittens posing like hunky guys? In a similar vein, the site Cats That Look Like Pin Up Girls showcases cats in matching…

Mark Malkoff Eats Thanksgiving Dinner With Strangers in Time Square
Comedian Mark Malkoff has lived in New York City for years, but has never celebrated a Thanksgiving there. This year he fixed that by setting…
