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The Babbage Difference Engine in High Resolution Photography
In 1849, British inventor Charles Babbage completed designs for a difference engine, a very early mechanical computer. Due to cost and complexity the machine was…
Femke Hiemstra & Ryan Heshka Solo Art Shows at Roq La Rue Gallery
OMG by Femke Hiemstra Amsterdam artist Femke Hiemstra has a solo exhibition titled Let The Devil Wear Black that runs simultaneously with Disasterama, a solo…
Magician Scares People By Playing a Panhandler With a Third Arm
The magician behind the head drop trick videos we’ve posted in the past (1, 2), Rich Ferguson of The Ice Breaker, has now pulled a…
SuperF*ckers, New Animated Comedy Web Series by James Kochalka
SuperF*ckers is a new animated comedy Cartoon Hangover web series created by comic artist James Kochalka (based off of his Top Shelf comic series) and…
A DeLorean as an Iconic New York City Yellow Taxi Cab
For an advertisement by New York-based fashion brand Nooka, designer Mike Lubrano imagined converting a DeLorean into an iconic New York City yellow taxi cab.…
Five Hours of Airplane Landings Condensed Into Under 30 Seconds
A recent transplant to San Diego, California, filmmaker Cy Kuckenbaker condensed five hours of San Diego International Airport air traffic into a short composite time-lapse…
Running Errands with My Mom, A Music Video Rapped By Adventure Time’s Jeremy Shada
“Yo, you mad trippin’ Linda, your shoes don’t match your purse!” In the music video for Cartoon Network’s rap song, “Running Errands with My Mom”,…
How To Make Your Own Beer Can Advent Calendar
On Instructables, Mike Warren (aka Mikeasaurus) has created a tutorial on how to make a Beer Advent Calendar, one that will reveal a different can…
Limited Edition Hobbit Moleskine Notebooks
In honor of the film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey coming out in theaters on December 14, 2012, ThinkGeek has released two Limited Edition Hobbit…
Lollyphile, Lollipops in Grownup Flavors
Lollyphile are lollipops that are available in four grownup (boozy) flavors: Absinthe, Habanero Tequila, Whisky and White Russian. No, you won’t get drunk from these…