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Design is One, Documentary About Designers Lella & Massimo Vignelli
Design is One is a documentary about Lella and Massimo Vignelli, the prolific husband and wife design duo whose company, Vignelli Associates, has done wide-ranging…
F.A.A. Panel Rules Passengers Should Be Allowed to Use Personal Electronic Devices on Planes
A Federal Aviation Administration advisory panel has ruled that airline passengers should be allowed to use personal electronic devices for reading, playing games, listening to…
The Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club, A Giant Shuffleboard Nightclub Now Being Built in Brooklyn
The Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club is an upcoming shuffleboard nightclub now under construction in a 17,000-square-foot Brooklyn warehouse. The club will feature ten regulation shuffleboard…
Bill Nye Dances Like a Robot to Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ in His Final ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Performance
Bill Nye who tore 80% of his quadricep, danced like a robot with his partner Tyne Stecklein to Daft Punk's "Get Lucky."
The Open Hand Project, Creating an Affordable, Open-Source, & 3D-Printed Prosthetic Hand
The Open Hand Project founded by Bristol roboticist Joel Gibbard is working to create the Dextrus hand, an open-source, 3D-printed prosthetic hand. The project, which…
Bud Light Ranch, A Parody Commercial For Beer-Flavored Ranch Salad Dressing
“It doesn’t come in lite.” The UCB Comedy “Muddleberry” beta team has created “Bud Light Ranch,” a parody commercial for ranch salad dressing that is…
Zombie Cribbage, An Undead Version of the Classic Card Game
The Zombie Cribbage card game is an undead version ofclassic Cribbage created in the 17th century. This brainy game is available to purchase online from…
Characters From ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Drawn as Ghosts
Comedian and cartoonist Doogie Horner, author of Everything Explained Through Flowcharts, has created a series of drawings depicting characters from Orange is the New Black…
Honest Movie Trailers: The Matrix by Screen Junkies
“Full of flip phones, MiniDiscs, outfits straight out of a Marilyn Manson video, and AOL screen names.” Screen Junkies released an honest movie trailer for…
A Visit to Twitter Headquarters #4 in San Francisco
Last week while in San Francisco I stopped by the new Twitter headquarters, which is located in the old SF Mart on Market Street at…