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Jurassic Bark, A Cute Puppy Stars in a Re-Enacted Scene From ‘Jurassic Park’
“Milo’s jeep broke down. Uh oh.” In “Jurassic Bark,” a cute puppy named Milo stars in a re-enactment of the famous T-Rex scene from Jurassic…
Video Game Mod Puts Nicolas Cage’s Face on Every Character in ‘The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask’
Criken has created “The Legend of Cage: Beneath the Mask,” a texture mod that replaces every character (and more than a few inanimate objects) in…
A Dog Slurping Down a Beer & Eating Frozen Yogurt With a Spoon
Odin Parker, a well-dressed German Shepherd, uses his ‘hands’ and tongue to slup down a beer and then eats frozen yogurt with a spoon. We…
Dennis the Wild Bull, A Kids’ Book by Dennis Rodman
With writer Dustin Warburton, former professional basketball player Dennis Rodman has authored Dennis the Wild Bull, a children’s book that teaches kids to just be…
Animated Renderings of America After 25 Feet of Sea Level Rise
The Jefferson Memorial, Washington D.C. To visualize the effects of global warming, artist and researcher Nickolay Lamm created photographic renderings of American tourist destinations as…
Caldera, A Beautifully Surreal Animated Film About Mental Illness
Caldera is an animated short film directed, co-written, and composed by Evan Viera. The beautifully surreal film explores the perspective of a young girl with…
Stamen Here, Interactive 3D Maps of New York City, San Francisco, London, and Berlin
Stamen Design has created interactive 3D maps for New York City, San Francisco, London, and Berlin using data from Nokia Here, Nokia’s 3D mapping platform.…
Teacher Shaved His Beard To Look Like Two Different Dinosaurs
Philadelphia-based high school math teacher Sean Sweeney gave his facial hair a prehistoric look with an epic dinosaur beard. It was the winning entry in…
Hyperlapse Tool Lets You Make Google Street View Time-Lapses
Google Street View Hyperlapse is a web app that lets anyone make motion control time-lapses using Google Street View imagery. The app was created as…
LEGO Space Kraken Demolishing a Star Wars Super Star Destroyer
LEGO builder Iain Heath (aka “Ochre Jelly”) has created an incredible model out of LEGO bricks that displays a monstrous space kraken demolishing a Star…