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a daily dose of unique and curious things
picoWeather, Simple Site Displays Weather in Browser Address Bar
picoWeather is an über minimal weather website that displays current weather conditions as a favicon (aka URL icon) on your browser address bar. picoWeather was…
Stray Light Grey, Art Exhibition Featuring a Series of Bizarre Rooms
“Stray Light Grey” is an elaborate exhibition made up of a series of rooms installed in the Marlborough Chelsea gallery in Manhattan. Visitors enter the…
Fangoria’s Blood & Guts with Anthrax’s Scott Ian on the Nerdist Channel
In the series premiere of Fangoria’s Blood & Guts with Scott Ian on the Nerdist Channel, we follow the show’s host Scott Ian (rhythm…
Emptyful, Giant Glowing Flask Sculpture by Bill Pechet
photo by Gerry Kopelow “Emptyful” is a 35 foot tall glowing flask sculpture at Millenium Library Plaza in Winnipeg, Canada. Color changing LEDs light fog…
Chocolate Gaming Dice Set
The delicious and edible Chocolate Gaming Dice Set at ThinkGeek comes complete with a d4, d6, d8, d10, d12 and d20 die made from Ghirardelli…
How To Make an Ewok Bento Box
In this video tutorial, Star Wars fan Jennifer Landa shows how to make an cute bento box that looks like an Ewok using rice, soy…
Book Mountain, A Pyramid-Shaped Super Library in the Netherlands
Nicknamed “Book Mountain” by its designers at Dutch architecture firm MVRDV, the new 100,000 square foot public library in Spijkenisse, Netherlands is an 85 foot…
Orthopedic Casts Custom Designed With Your Own X-Ray
If you send the digital file of your X-ray to Colorado-based company Casttoo, they will custom print your break and send it back to you…
Hipster Starter Kit, Be a Hipster or Just Look Like One
Croatian designer Mihael Miklošic makes it easy to be a hipster or just look like one with his Hipster Starter Kit. The kit contains thick-rimmed…
Bicymple, A Chainless Rear Steering Bicycle Concept
Bicymple is a radically redesigned bicycle that has no chain, a dramatically shortened wheelbase, and both front and rear wheel steering (video). The bicycle is…