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History of the Hashtag
Our friend Chris Messina, who created the hashtag in 2007, gets a nice shoutout in the History of the Hashtag by Paul The Trombonist. how…

Jokes Through the Ages, A History of That’s What She Said
That’s What She Said is the premiere episode of the Jokes Through the Ages series by Official Comedy channel on YouTube. It humorously looks at…

Quadrotor Light Show
Sixteen quadrotors performed in an impressive live light show at the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors’ Showcase during this year’s Cannes Lions advertising festival.…

Pencil vs Camera by Ben Heine
Belgian artist Ben Heine creates delightful combination photo-illustrations he calls Pencil Vs Camera. He recently made an animation based on 18 images from the series.…

More Combat Garden Gnomes
In 2011, we posted about Combat Garden Gnomes, those awesome gun-toting garden gnome statues hand-sculpted by prop replica artist Shawn Thorsson. Now he’s created even…
Ronald Reagan Riding His Presidential Government Issued Velociraptor
Artist Jason Heuser is back with another Presidential tribute piece that brings historical times to the modern battlefield. The original (Ronald Reagan Riding a Velociraptor)…

Stop Motion of a Vintage Auto Engine Rebuild
YouTuber nothinghereok spent 11 months dissassembling, cleaning, and rebuilding a Triumph Spitfire engine, creating this wonderful stop motion animation along the way. via Colossal

Gentleman Uses a Typewriter as a Symphony Instrument
In this video, a bow-tied gentleman musically hammers away at a manual typewriter during the 2011 Pozos en NÃger performance with the Voces Para La…

The Declaration of Internet Freedom
Today a coalition of public interest groups announced the Declaration of Internet Freedom—a statement that outlines the rights and principles necessary for an open Internet.…

The Louis C.K. Pain Chart
Vulture commissioned illustrator Kyle Hilton to create The Louis C.K. Pain Chart, a humorous pain scale chart that incorporates the uncomfortable expressions that Louis C.K.…
