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Interview with Creature Creator & Actor Tom Woodruff, Jr.
Movie creature creator and actor Tom Woodruff, Jr. tells the tale of how he got into his unique line of work in this interview with…
Air Swimmer Remote Control Inflatable Flying Zombie Shark
Wreak havoc throughout your home and office with the Zombie Shark Air Swimmer R/C, a huge remote control inflatable flying zombie shark with life-like motion.…
Edible Kahlua Donut Shots & The Girl with the Donut Tattoo
Darlene Horn of the food blog, My Burning Kitchen, has concocted a simple recipe for Edible Donut Shots, a donut shooter made with hollowed out…
Murray Time, Paintings of Bill Murray as Wes Anderson Film Characters
Fox Murray by Casey Weldon Illustrator and fine artist Casey Weldon has an ongoing series of paintings titled Murray Time that puts actor Bill Murray…
Cute-Fight, Online Game Pits Real-Life Pets Against Each Other
Cute–Fight is a new website project by Derek Powazek of Fray. It pits the real-life pet of one member against the pet of another in…
StarTalk With Neil deGrasse Tyson Premieres on Nerdist Channel
StarTalk With Neil deGrasse Tyson premiered today as a web series on Nerdist Channel. It’s a show where astrophysicist and Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse…
Giant Inflatable Squid Sculpture by Victorine Müller
photo by Jörg Müller “Ballon Stratosphérique” is a 23 foot long inflatable PVC sculpture of a squid by Swiss artist Victorine Müller. Müller specializes in…
NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month
National Novel Writing Month, aka NaNoWriMo, is a month-long novel writing event where participants begin writing on November 1 with the goal to produce a…
Walking 3 Miles in Downtown New York City After Hurricane Sandy
Joe Sabia of cdza walked three miles (from Mulberry Street to Grand Central) in downtown New York City after Hurricane Sandy (video). He says “Everything…
Hurricane Sandy on Bikes in NYC
During the height of Hurricane Sandy, filmmaker Casey Neistat biked into deserted Lower Manhattan and spent four hours capturing astonishing footage of the flooding and…