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ABC Monsters, A Film That Quizzes Your Movie Monster Knowledge
ABC Monsters by La Pompadour is a short animated film that quizzes your knowledge about movie monsters and villain types. Everything you wanted to know…
A Suspended Train Replica by Jeff Koons Proposed for the High Line
A design rendering of Jeff Koons’ Train at the High Line. Artist Jeff Koons has proposed bringing his art piece titled Train to suspend over…
Chi-Noceros by Octophant
Chi-Noceros, a new limited edition of screenprints by Octophant.
Colonel Ostomy by Nemo Gould
“Colonel Ostomy” (aka “Col. Ostomy”) is a wonderfully creepy kinetic sculpture by artist Nemo Gould (video). Col. Ostomy is a casualty of war. His injuries…
Google Street View Tour of the Amazon
View Larger Map View Larger Map Last August, Google sent a team to Brazil to create Street View maps of some of the waterways, forests,…
Incarnate, A Human Skull Carved Into Old Software Manuals by Maskull Lasserre
“Incarnate (Three Degrees of Certainty II)” is a sculpture of a human skull that is carved into a stack of old software manuals. The sculpture…
Things That Seem Normal When You Live Alone
The weirdest roommate ever: yourself. Melinda Taub made her directorial debut with the short humorous film, titled Things That Seem Normal When You Live Alone.…
Parkour Style Bike Stunts by Andrew Dickey
Stunt bicyclist Andrew Dickey performs incredible parkour style bicycle tricks around Melbourne, Australia. via BuzzFeed
Giant QR Code on Roof of New Facebook Headquarters
Facebook employees recently painted a 42 foot wide QR code on the roof of their new headquarters in Menlo Park. The QR code arose when…
How to Bake Sweet Little Cakes in Canning Jars
In this instructional video, Karen Solomon of CHOW shows how to bake small cakes in glass canning jars. The recipe for these sweet cakes is…