Laughing Squid
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Geeks Telling Jokes at SXSW
New York Times columnist David Carr gathered a number of reporters from the Times and beyond to share nerdy jokes for his panel at SXSW in…
Sign Painters, Documentary & Book About Sign Painting in America
Sign Painters is a documentary about the art of sign painting in America. Filmmakers Faythe Levine and Sam Macon look at the history of the…
School of Thrones, Comedy Web Series That Puts a High School Spin on ‘Game of Thrones’
School of Thrones is a new comedy web series created by Zach Grafton and Matthew Mercer that puts a high school spin on characters from…
SpaceX’s Grasshopper Blasts Off, Hovers, and Lands Again
The 110-foot-tall Grasshopper rocket by SpaceX launches to a height of 80 meters, hovers for about 34 seconds, and successfully lands again, all to…
OneTab, A Chrome Browser Extension That Manages Open Tabs
OneTab is a browser extension for Chrome that allows users to condense all of their open tabs into a list and restore them individually or…
Alphabet of Disassembled Camera Parts
London graphic design student Stefan Abrahams created this alphabet out of parts from a disassembled DSLR camera. via Lomography, PetaPixel
‘SkyMall Friends’ Hilariously Imagines the Catalog’s People with Intertwining & Dysfunctional Lives
“SkyMall Friends” is an original sketch on Slacktory written and performed by Meghan O’Neill that imagines people from SkyMall, the back-of-the-airplane-seat catalog, hilariously interacting in…
Crocheted Bane Mask From ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
Craft designer Rose Pope of Stitch Finder General has created an excellent crocheted Bane mask inspired by the 2012 Christopher Nolan superhero film The Dark…
Bob Hope’s Futuristic Space Age Home Up for Sale
The nearly 24,000 square foot futuristic home designed by architect John Lautner in 1973 as a private residence for Bob Hope and his family is…
Mark Hamill Illustrated as an Aged Jedi Master Luke Skywalker
Wallingford, Pennsylvania-based comic book artist and painter Phil Noto created a Star Wars-themed illustration that envisions what Mark Hamill would look like as an aged…