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Mister Rogers & Me, A Documentary Film About Fred Rogers by his Real-Life Summer Neighbor
Mister Rogers & Me is a documentary film produced by MTV producer Benjamin Wagner who was Fred Rogers’ real-life neighbor in the summer of 2001…
Southwest Flight Attendants Urge Passengers to Play With Their Food
Flight attendant Mandy showing off a finished “Key Lime Cookie Dough Sort Of” recipe on Southwest flight 1200 On my Southwest Airlines flight to SXSW…
Anonymous Releases Their Own Operating System: Anonymous-OS
Anonymous has just released Anonymous-OS, their own Ubuntu-based operating system that uses the MATE desktop environment. It was created to help check the security of…
Eerie Shadow Projection Trash Sculptures
British art duo Tim Noble and Sue Webster create trash sculptures that, when lit, project eerie shadow images. via My Modern Metropolis & wicked game
Foie Gras Fluffernutter
Chef Corey Cova of ABV restaurant in New York City combines high brow and low brow in his Foie Gras Fluffernutter, a Wonder Bread peanut…
A New Garbage Pail Kids Feature Film is Being Made by PES
According to Deadline New York, Michael Eisner’s The Tornante Company is making a feature film based on the Garbage Pail Kids, the Topps trading card…
Brilliant Tape Sculptures by Mark Jenkins
Street artist Mark Jenkins creates wonderful packing tape sculptures and installs them in cities around the world. Jenkins reveals his rather time-consuming process in this…
How To Pour the Perfect Pint of Guinness From A Can
CHOW.com’s kitchen editorial assistant Lisa Lavery shows how to pour the perfect pint of Guinness from a can in this short tutorial.
American Hipster, Online Channel Features Hipster-Focused Programs
American Hipster is a new YouTube channel that will feature original hipster-focused programming.
Metamorphosis, Stunning Animation Inspired by Hunter S. Thompson & Kafka
“Metamorphosis” is a stunning Kafka- and Hunter S. Thompson-inspired animation that is a promotion for Goodbooks International, a bookseller that donates all profits to Oxfam.…