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Know What, A Curated City Guide App
Know What is a new city guide app for iPhone that features recommendations from local writers, bloggers, and critics. The app currently covers Los Angeles…
Tony the Pigeon Regularly Commutes on the New York Waterway Ferry
For the past three plus years, Tony the crumb-eating pigeon has been riding the New York Waterway ferry from Manhattan to Weehawken. Tony even has…
HowAboutWe, Online Dating Site Focuses on Making Real World Dates
HowAboutWe.com co-founders Brian Schechter and Aaron Schildkrout In 2010, longtime friends Brian Schechter and Aaron Schildkrout started dating site HowAboutWe.com as a way to “build…
The Nyan Cat Variations, Musical Variations of the Nyan Cat Theme
“Nyan Cat Variations” by Craig Davis Pinson is a 17 minute musical composition for classical ensemble based on the infamous Nyan Cat theme. It was…
Stunning Time-Lapse of Milky Way & Aurora Above the American West
“Temporal Distortion” by Randy Halverson is a beautiful time-lapse video of the Milky Way, aurora borealis, and meteors in night skies over the Western United…
Alcoholic Monkeys Stealing Cocktails from Caribbean Beach-Goers
In 2009, the BBC television show Weird Nature went to the West Indies island named St. Kitts to film vervet monkeys snatching cocktails from beach-goers…
The Least-Funded Kickstarter Campaigns of All Time
Mad Magazine’s The Idiotical takes a look a The Least-Funded Kickstarter Campaigns Ever.
Pinterest on The Joy of Tech
Pinterest on The Joy of Tech
Inner Message Ring, Jewelry that Imprints Inside of Wearer’s Finger
Jewelry designer Jungyun Yoon has created the Inner Message ring, a beautiful ring that imprints the inside of the wearer’s finger with a custom message…
The Sexy Vegan, Chef Brian Patton Combines Comedy with Good Food
Brian Patton, aka The Sexy Vegan, is the executive chef for Los Angeles-based vegan food-delivery service, Vegin’ Out. He also hosts an instructional cooking video…