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Bike Sharing Service Coming to San Francisco Bay Area
Bay Area Bike Share is a new bike share service coming to the San Francisco Bay Area in August 2013. The service will be operated…
Restaurant Photographs Babies Next to Their Baby-Sized Burritos To Prove Their Size
The grande burritos at Gordito’s, a Mexican restaurant in Seattle, Washington, are so big that they have photographed them next to babies to prove it.…
Surveillance Cameras Wear Party Hats for George Orwell’s 110th Birthday
June 25th was the 110th birthday of Nineteen Eighty-Four author George Orwell. To mark the occasion, Dutch art group FRONT404 decorated surveillance cameras in downtown…
Go Read, An Open-Source Google Reader Clone by Matt Jibson
Developer Matt Jibson has created Go Read, an open-source Google Reader clone. His goals, as detailed in a recent blog post, were to create an…
Fiction, Art Show Featuring Portraits of Characters From Literary Fiction at Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco
“Patrick Bateman” by Leilani Bustamante (American Psycho) Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco is currently presenting Fiction, their 2nd annual art show that features “portraits…
CoolNYC, An Energy-Saving Program For Controlling Air Conditioning Units Wirelessly
CoolNYC is a program for NYC-based Con Edison customers that allows members to wirelessly control their air conditioning units using their smartphones or computers. Using…
Star Wars Family Member Car Stickers
Orem, Utah illustrator Ryan Simmons has created a wonderful collection of die-cut decal stickers that have family members depicted as various Star Wars characters. We…
Sauvignon Blanc Kettle, Wine-Infused Popcorn by Populance
Gourmet popcorn company Populance has created Sauvignon Blanc Kettle, popcorn infused with wine from New Zealand winemaker Kim Crawford. Populence says “the sweet popcorn’s final…
Latest Cover of ‘The New Yorker’ Features Bert & Ernie Cuddling in Response to DOMA News
The July 8th and 15th cover of The New Yorker features an illustration titled “Moment of Joy” that depicts Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie…
How To Train Your Robot, Short Film About a Boxing Trainer Teaching a Robot How to Fight
How To Train Your Robot is a great short film about a boxing trainer who takes it upong himself to teach a massive robot how…