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Minimalist Bert and Ernie Posters
San Francisco-based designer Thom Pastrano created these wonderful minimalist posters of Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie. The posters are available as limited edition screen prints.
DoYaThing, Song & Video by Gorillaz with Andre 3000 & James Murphy
Gorillaz, Andre 3000, and James Murphy collaborated on the song titled “DoYaThing” for Converse’s 3 Artists, 1 Song project. The track is available for…
World Record for Greatest Distance Flown by Paper Airplane
A paper airplane designed by paper aviation enthusiast John Collins was thrown 226 feet by former college quarterback Joe Ayoob (video). If confirmed, this will…
How To Get Coffee
How To Get Coffee on Toothpaste For Dinner
Peter Weyland TED Talk From The Future at TED2023
Actor Guy Pearce plays cybernetics pioneer Peter Weyland in this imagined TED Talk from the year 2023. The video is a viral promotion for the…
Kellogg’s Totes Amazeballs Cereal, Custom Made In Response To The Charlatans’ Front Man Tweet Request
Lead singer Tim Burgess of the British rock band The Charlatans recently tweeted that he wanted to have his own cereal. Cereal giant Kellogg’s UK…
The Art of Video Games, An Upcoming Smithsonian Exhibit
The Art of Video Games is an upcoming Smithsonian exhibit on the evolution of video game art over the past 40 years (video). The exhibit…
Facebook Launches Timeline for Facebook Pages
Facebook has just launched Timeline for Facebook pages (regular uses have had it for a while). Currently pages have an option to preview Timeline until…
Cat Sitting Up Watching Star Wars
This grey Scottish Fold cat is just sitting around watching Star Wars in this footage uploaded by ignoramusky. via Gwen Harlow and Gary Barker
Cool Geometric Illustrations of Pop Culture Icons by Liam Brazier
Freelance illustrator and animator Liam Brazier makes cool geometric illustrations of familiar pop culture icons like Darth Vader, the Incredible Hulk, and more. Signed and…