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Pancakes, Butter & Syrup Quilt with Bacon Rug
In 1973, British-born artist Ros Cross created Pancakes, Butter & Syrup Quilt with Bacon Rug, a full-sized soft sculpture art quilt as a “response to…
Montage of Stunt Footage Captured by Canon 5D Crash Cameras
“Crash Cam” is a montage of stunning film and TV stunt footage captured by director of photography Shane Hurlburt with the help of some very…
A RoboGames 2012 Documentary is Being Planned
RoboGames founders David Calkins and Simone Davalos have recently started a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter to help finance RoboGames 2012, a documentary film about their…
Cut Money Collage Art by Chad Person
Artist Chad Person creates beautiful collage art from cut American banknotes. His first cut banknote series “Worshipping Mammon” features objects he purchased using a car…
Matt Groening Reveals the Real Location of The Simpsons’ Springfield
Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons, was going to name the main character Matt but didn’t think it would go over well in a pitch…
Bacon & Egg Ice Cream
Over at Instructables, makendo has posted the recipe and detailed preparation instructions on how to make bacon and egg ice cream. The dish was inspired…
Airplane Lavatory Self-Portraits in the Flemish Style
To pass the time during long flights, artist Nina Katchadourian goes to the lavatory, adorns herself in tissue paper costume, and creates hilarious self-portrait photos…
300 Step Rube Goldberg Machine Sets New World Record
A team of engineering students at Purdue University have built a Rube Goldberg-style machine that inflates and pops a balloon in 300 steps—a new world…
Caine’s Arcade, A Wonderful & Inspiring Film About A Boy Who Runs His Own Cardboard Arcade
Caine’s Arcade is a heartwarming film short about Caine, an enterprising 9-year old boy who made an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his dad’s used auto…
drawNYC, Drawings of New Yorkers by Randeep Katari
New York City-based artist Randeep Katari adds character drawings of New Yorkers into snapshots of city life for his Tumblr drawNYC. via BuzzFeed