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Crack The Surface, A Documentary Series On Urban Exploration
“Crack The Surface” is a web documentary series on urban exploration and its practitioners (see episode 1 & episode 2). The ongoing series is by…
Pop Bottles, Kid-Themed Booze Bottles
Italian model and designer Anna Utopia Giordano has created Pop Bottles, a tongue-in-cheek art project of kid-themed branded booze bottles topped with rubber baby bottle…
RePress, An Internet Censorship Defeating Plugin For WordPress
RePress is an anti-censorship plugin that allows anyone with a self-hosted WordPress site to uncensor a blocked website. The plugin turns the WordPress site into…
Before Watchmen, DC Comics Publishing Prequels to Watchmen Series
DC Entertainment has announced plans to publish Before Watchmen, a “seven inter-connected prequel mini-series” to the popular graphic novel, Watchmen. The announcement, however, has not…
4th Annual Shorty Awards Now Accepting Nominations
The 4th Annual Shorty Awards, the awards show that recognizes the best producers of short content on social media, is accepting nominations via Twitter through…
The Dog Strikes Back, Sequel to The Force Volkswagen Super Bowl Ad
You may remember the tiny Darth Vader using “The Force” last year in a Volkswagen Super Bowl commercial, and now its follow-up ad has…
Has Anyone Said This Shit? A Shit People Say Search Engine
Has Anyone Said This Shit? is a search engine for the many, many spin-off videos from the “Shit Girls Say” meme (the search engine has…
Paper Punk, Paper-Based System for Building Toys & Design Objects
Artist and Stanford University professor Grace Hawthorne is behind Paper Punk, a unique building block system made of paper for creating design objects or toys.…
iVictrola Gramophone, A Phonograph-Style iPhone Amplifier
iVictrola Gramophone by Schreer Design is a 3D printed analog amplifier for iPhone that is inspired by the early 20th century Victrola wind-up phonograph. iVictrola…
Rampart Movie Poster Campaign Features Woody Harrelson as a Cop Beating a Man
The marketing team behind the upcoming movie, Rampart, have been pasting up controversial posters in several major U.S. cities showing Woody Harrelson’s character, Officer Dave…