Laughing Squid
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Why YouTube Views Freeze at 301
YouTube viewers may be familiar with the odd behavior of the view counter on popular videos—that at 301 views the counter freezes for up to…
There’s Always Money In The Banana Stand, An Arrested Development Tribute Art Show
Out on a Limb by Julian Callos There’s Always Money In The Banana Stand is a Gallery1988 Melrose group art show created as a tribute…
Thoughtful Guy Rap by Rhett & Link
Rhett & Link like to think about a lot of stuff, which they sing about in the new song Thoughtful Guy Rap.
Landing Sequence Animation for the NASA Mars Rover Curiosity
Scientists at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory describe the incredibly complex and harrowing landing sequence of the rover Curiosity, which is scheduled to touchdown on…
K9 Robot Dog Homework Shredder
K9 Homework Shredder, an awesome new t-shirt by Glennz Tees. Sorry kids, it’s still in the concept phase, but maybe some day…
LEGO Turing Machine
Dutch software engineers Jeroen van den Bos and Davy Landman built a LEGO Turing Machine to coincide with the June 23rd centennial of the birth…
Simon’s Cat in Window Pain
Simon’s Cat in “Window Pain” via Tastefully Offensive
Dolphin Kisses a Dog on a Boat & Then Jumps for Joy
OneWorldOneOcean has posted this clip of a dolphin going up to a boat, being instructed to give the dog onboard a “kiss” and then, jumping…
NeuroDreamer Sleep Mask, Open Source Device Helps Users Get Rest
Mitch Altman, co-founder of San Francisco’s Noisebridge hacker space and the inventor of TV-B-Gone, has spent the past seven years working on the NeuroDreamer Sleep…
An Eau De Toilette That Captures the Scents of New York City
image via Mens Direct In early 2011, perfumer Gérald Ghislain and designer Magali Sénéquier launched The Scent of Departure, a line of fragrances aimed to…