Laughing Squid
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Below the Boat, Regional Wooden Charts Showing Underwater Topographical Features
“It’s a door into another world (one which, quite literally, lies below the boat).” Robbie and Kara Johnson are behind Below the Boat, a website…
Co-Creator Mark Frost Talks About the Possible Return of Twin Peaks
Co-creator Mark Frost has hinted about the possible return of 1990s TV drama series, Twin Peaks. The show was canceled after just two seasons but…
Unborn C-Section Baby Grabs Doctor’s Finger From the Womb
Alicia Atkins was having a C-section delivery and her husband Randy captured this amazing image of their unborn daughter, Nevaeh, grabbing the doctor’s finger with…
BROpener, A Device That Turns Any Surface Into a Bottle Opener
The BROpener, created by friends Aaron Avallon and Matt von Mering, is a wonderful aircraft grade aluminum tab that can stick to any “waist height…
Cut Paper Sculptures Made out of Artforum Magazine
In her series “Artforum Excavation,” artist Francesca Pastine created cut paper sculptures out of issues of Artforum. My manipulations map out a tangle of associations,…
Rodney Dangerfield 1978 Standup Routine With a 16-piece Band
This 1978 footage shows the great no-respect-getting comedian Rodney Dangerfield (aka Jack Roy aka Jacob Cohen) doing his signature schtick in front of a 16-piece…
Helmet Oddity, A Supercut of Space Helmets in Movies
Keith Melton created an interesting supercut video that shows off a large collection of both stylized and traditional space helmets seen in movies that were…
Blink To The Future, Doctor Who Meets Back to the Future
Writer, animator and director James Farr created “Blink To The Future”, a fantastic animated cartoon mashup of the BBC TV series Doctor Who and film…
A Day with New York City’s Pothole Repair Crew
Tumblr’s Storyboard recently spent a day riding with a New York City Department of Transportation pothole repair crew—on a good day, the NYC DOT can…
Overview, Short Film About the Mind-Altering Experience of Seeing Earth from Space
In the fascinating short film “Overview,” five astronauts describe the mind-altering experience of seeing the earth from space—a phenomenon known as the Overview Effect. The…