Laughing Squid
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How To Be Black, A Satirical Guide From Comedian Baratunde Thurston
Digital director of The Onion and comedian Baratunde Thurston has authored How To Be Black, a “humorous, intelligent, and audacious guide that challenges and satirizes…
Pistol Door Handle by Nikita Kovalev
The bang-bang handle by Russian designer Nikita Kovalev is a door handle shaped like a Makarov pistol. The door handle appears to be just a…
The Bottle of Wits, ‘The Princess Bride’ Wine by Alamo Drafthouse
Austin-based cinema chain Alamo Drafthouse has launched The Bottle of Wits, a signature line of wine honoring the 25th anniversary of The Princess Bride. Creative…
Nano Quadrotor Robots Flying in Formation
These nano quadrotor robots can fly in sophisticated formations, though given their angry bee-like buzz, “swarms” is really a better term. The quadrotors were developed…
Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It, William Shatner’s One Man Show
Actor William Shatner will be starring in Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It, his one-man show beginning with two preview shows on Broadway on…
Things That Cannot Screen For Breast Cancer
Things That Cannot Screen For Breast Cancer by Lian Amaris (see Xeni Jardin’s post on Boing Boing for the backstory) via Lori Dorn & Nick…
Kevin Rose Interviews Instagram Founder Kevin Systrom
Kevin Rose did a really great interview with Instagram founder Kevin Systrom on the latest episode of Foundation.
Surrealist Painter, Sculptor and Writer Dorothea Tanning Dies at 101
Ms. Tanning in 2010 by Sylvia Plachy The Dorothea Tanning Foundation has confirmed that American surrealist painter, sculptor and poet Dorothea Tanning died on January…
Switchblade Spork
Seattle-based retailer Archie McPhee brings us the Switchblade Spork, an ingenious way for “hopped-up punks with uncontrollable appetites” to handily carry a spork, the spoon…
The Pheromone Party, Love Connections Made by Huffing Smelly T-Shirts
The Pheromone Party attendees swap bags of smelly t-shirts in order to potentially make a love connection based on the chemical attraction of other attendee’s…