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Simulacra, Video Projection in an Abandoned Brooklyn Church
“Simulacra” is a beautiful video projection that was mapped on the interior of an abandoned neo-gothic church in Brooklyn. Created by Ryan Uzilevsky of Light…
Offbeatr, A Crowdsourced Fundraising Site for Adult-Only Projects
Launched today, Offbeatr is described as a place to “find, support and create interesting adult projects”. In other words, it’s a crowdsourced fundraising site, like…
AVA, Airport Virtual Assistant Holograms in New York City
AVA, short for Airport Virtual Assistant, is a digital holographic customer service representative projected on to a six foot tall, screen.
Custom Made Paperback Book Style Covers For Video Games
New York based artist James Bit has created a series of rad Custom Video Game Covers that resemble the old penguin paperback books. The custom…
App.net, A Paid Twitter Alternative That Focuses on Users Not Ads
Now in its alpha stage, App.net is a real-time ad-free social feed (think: Twitter alternative) and API that is focusing on gaining paid users and…
CONAN.XXX Presents Will Ferrell In The Video Big Dick, Little Chicks
Will Ferrel stars in the hilarious video Big Dick, Little Chicks on the late-night talk show Conan, where he is asked to be a “dick”…
Taxi Snapshot, An iPhone App For Shooting & Sharing Anonymous Photos While Riding in New York City Cabs
Taxi Snapshot is a fun new app that has just been released by Reddyset that lets you shoot and view anonymous photos from inside of…
Cat Makes Daring Last Minute Escape From Dog by Surfing Across Pool
While being chased by a dog, this awesome cat made a daring last minute escape by riding a surfboard across a pool. via ITmedia &…
Ye Animated Git, An Animated GIF Illustration Project by Zach Cohen
Ye Animated Git is an animated GIF illustration project on Tumblr by Israel based illustrator and animator Zach Cohen. The project mixes Zach’s unique black…
Zombie Brains Wall Poster
The Zombie “Brains” Wall Poster from ThinkGeek is a humorous political design based off of the iconic Barack Obama “Hope” poster created by Shepard Fairey.…