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Photos of Empty Transportation Terminals in New York City Closed In Advance of Hurricane Sandy
Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York (MTA) has been posting some fascinating photos on Flickr showing empty transportation terminals that were closed…
Hurricane Sandy As Seen From Space by NOAA-NASA GOES Satellite
Hurricane Sandy as seen from space in this NOAA-NASA GOES-13 satellite image captured October 28 at 9:02am ET. via Todd Lappin / Telstar Logistics photo…
Foodagram, Make Custom Video Messages Using Talking Food Puppets
Foodagram is a web app that lets you create personal video messages as a humanoid food puppet. To make your own, go to the Foodagram…
Big Bird and Gordon Present The Sesame Street Hurricane Kit
Big Bird and Gordon help kids prepare for a big hurricane with all five parts of the video on Sesame Street's Hurricane Kit page.
Resources For Hurricane Sandy aka Frankenstorm
Hurricane Sandy, aka Frankenstorm, an ominous mix of a hurricane and a winter storm, is scheduled to make landfall on the Northeast Coast of the…
An Experimental Video Combining Night and Day in New York City
“New York: Night and Day” is an intriguing experimental video in which locations around New York City were filmed in the day and at night,…
PBS Arts: Off Book – The Effect of Color
“The Effect of Color” by PBS Arts: Off Book gives an in-depth look at color and how it inspires us, provokes feelings, and defines us.
Kickstarter’s Team Page
The team page at the Kickstarter website is pretty great. Head over to their site to check it out and be sure to click on…
The Walking Dead Zombie Army Men Figures
The Walking Dead Zombie Army Men at Gentle Giant, Ltd. might just bring childhood memories back from the dead of when little green army men…
How to Make an Electronic Demon Costume
Artist Phillip Burgess shows how he made his awesome electronic demon costume in this how-to video over at Adafruit Industries. The costume has LED eyes,…