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Now I Know: Learn Something New Every Day, By Email
Dan Lewis runs Now I Know: Learn Something New Every Day, By Email, a free daily email newsletter that delves deep into fascinating bits of…
The Coffee Cycle
Grant Snider explains The Coffee Cycle on Incidental Comics.
Mr. Wu the Cat Getting Served at a New Orleans Bar
The Cajun Boy snapped this shot of this cat being served (fresh whipped cream in a tiny go-cup, no less) at a bar after the…
3 Story Tower Made of 15,000 Books About Abraham Lincoln
This 3 story tall tower of books features 15,000 different titles about President Lincoln. The tower is on display at the new Washington DC Center…
New York City Subway Portrait Project
Brooklyn-based illustrator Sophie Blackall was recently asked to create a poster for New York MTA Arts for Transit, a program that “encourages the use of…
Twisted Valentine’s Day-Themed Short Independent Films
These short films are not your ordinary romantic fare, both modern variations on the idea of Cupid the arrow-slinging Roman god of “desire, affection and…
1000 Car Horn Symphony in Los Angeles
Artist Zefrey Throwell is hosting the “1000 Car Horn Symphony” on February 15, at 6:00 pm in Los Angeles. Applicants will be assigned scores based…
A Frank Chu Valentine
Brody Qat has turned out this awesome Frank Chu Valentine greeting where Frank’s famous sign now reads “I Chu-Chu-Chuse You, Happy Valentines.” It’s a great…
Mr. Happy Man, Documentary About A Man on a Mission to Spread Happiness One Motorist at a Time
“Mr. Happy Man” is a charming short documentary about Johnny Barnes, an 88-year old Bermudan who spends every weekday morning at a traffic roundabout waving,…
Self-Leveling Maritime Pool Table
This gyroscopically stabilized pool table aboard Royal Caribbean’s cruise ship Radiance of the Seas makes it possible to play pool while at sea (the rolling…