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Convos With My 2-Year-Old: Episode 14 ‘Leaves’
“No, it’s not a bird. Birds go tweet ‘tweet tweet.’ Yeah, I think it was a monster.” Warmland Films has released “Leaves,” episode six from…
Southwest Airlines Now Allows Passengers to Use Wi-Fi and Personal Electronics Gate-to-Gate
Southwest Airlines has announced that passengers can now use personal electronic devices gate-to-gate. It joins the ranks of Delta, JetBlue, American Airlines, United, US Airways,…
Pleated-Jeans Shows ‘How to Deliver a Baby’ in an Emergency
Jeff Wysaski of Pleated-Jeans shares a unique set of instructions to use during an emergency childbirth in his new video, “How to Deliver a Baby.”…
Story of the Bass, cdza Explains the History of Bass Instruments in Song
In “Story of the Bass,” the fourth episode of The Instrumentals series by cdza, Michael Thurber walks us through the history of the instrument with…
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, a Brooklyn Museum exhibition.
Mark Malkoff Tries to Fall Asleep in Times Square While Being Carried Around in a Bed
In this video, comedian Mark Malkoff challenges himself to fall asleep in Times Square, New York City — “the city that never sleeps” — while…
Greg Benson Surprises His Online Facebook ‘Friends’ by Visiting Their Homes in Real Life
Internet prankster Greg Benson of Mediocre Films recently conducted a social experiment by visiting the homes of his online Facebook “friends.” Greg had never met…
Full Turn, Video Installation Featuring Spinning Monitors That Create 3D Animations
“Full Turn” is an ingenious video installation by artist Benjamin Muzzin in which two back-to-back monitors are spun at high speed to create three dimensional…
Spectrogram Visualization of a Dial-Up Modem Handshake Sound
Back in February Scotty H created this video spectrogram of the dial-up modem handshaking sound—the distinctive series of warbles and hisses that was once the…
Italy’s Ettore Guatelli Museum Houses More Than 60,000 Everyday Objects
photo via Ettore Guatelli Museum The Ettore Guatelli Museum is a collection of more than 60,000 everyday objects housed at a farm near Parma, Italy.…