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Denny’s Opens a Las Vegas Diner With a Wedding Chapel, Bar & Elvis-Themed Menu
Restaurant chain Denny’s has opened a 6,400-square-foot diner on historic Fremont street in downtown Las Vegas that features a wedding chapel, a full cocktail bar,…
Laser Cutting City Street Maps
Artist Dan Linden uses a laser cutter to make intricate laser cut street maps of cities from around the world. The maps are cut out…
Gag Gifts For Geeks
Gag Gifts For Geeks on The Joy of Tech
Audio Recordings of Strangers’ Memories
We previously wrote about The Listserve project, an email lottery in which one person on The Listserve is randomly chosen each day to email everybody…
A Festive Showcase of Artist-Created Animated Christmas GIFs
The Ghost of Christmas Parties Past by Alasdair & Jock Christmas Gifs is a project curated by Ryan Todd, described as “a festive showcase of…
Candelier, Gummy Bear Chandeliers
For home furnishings company Jellio, designer Kevin Champeny created Candelier, a series of chandeliers made out of over 3,000 hand-cast acrylic gummy bears. It is…
Flight of the Conchords New Zealand Tour Poster by DKNG Studios
California artists Dan Kuhlken and Nathan Goldman of DKNG Studios have designed an excellent New Zealand summer tour poster for the comedy and music duo…
Los Angeles Makerspace, A Community Space For Makers of All Ages
“Piper & Kaia making Digital Dominoes” / photo by Sean Bonner Located at LA Mart in downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles Makerspace is described as…
Save the Date: Improv Everywhere’s No Pants Subway Ride 2013
Improv Everywhere has set the date for the 12th annual No Pants Subway Ride: January 13, 2013. The main event will be in New York…
How Reddit Began, A Mini-Documentary Featuring Reddit Founders Steve Huffman & Alexis Ohanian
Reddit founders Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman were recently featured in How Reddit Began, an inspirational episode of the Wizard series on the channel, A…