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Astronomical, The Solar System Represented Across 6000 Pages
“Astronomical” is a representation of the Solar System across 6000 pages of a 12 volume set (video). Each page represents one million kilometers of distance…
Schrute Farms Spinoff of The Office Starring Rainn Wilson In The Works
It looks like NBC is proposing a mid-2013 spinoff of the hit television comedy series, The Office, which would feature Dwight Schrute, the character played…
Xbox Controller-Mounted Hot Pocket Dispenser
In an effort to reach new heights of laziness, Ben Heck built his own Xbox 360 controller-mounted Hot Pocket dispenser. via Geekosystem
Still Life, An Interactive Picture That Can Be Tilted by the Viewer
“Still Life” by artist Scott Garner is an interactive picture that can be tilted by the viewer, causing the objects in the picture to be…
Microwaves Ruin Everything, Video of Items Exploding in a Microwave
In “Microwaves Ruin Everything,” a microwave oven destroys a variety of items, from a watermelon to a bottle of champagne. The video is an ad…
Coming Soon, Ferris Bueller is Back in 2012 Super Bowl Teaser Ad
Actor Matthew Broderick is back as his character Ferris Bueller (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) in Coming Soon, a ten-second Super Bowl teaser ad posted by…
Stereogranimator, A Site for Browsing and Sharing the New York Public Library’s Stereograph Archive
Stereographs, side-by-side photographs that when viewed together produce a 3D effect, normally can only be viewed with a stereoscope. Stereogranimator is a site that lets…
High Resolution Image of Earth by NASA’s New Suomi NPP Satellite
This beautiful high resolution composite image of Earth was taken on January 4 by NASA’s recently launched Suomi NPP Earth-observing satellite. via Flickr Blog photo…
Snowman Cross-Section
Snowman Cross-Section by Lunchbreath
One Hour of Video Is Uploaded to YouTube Every Second
YouTube ceated a visualization showing off their astonding rate of video uploads at One Hour Per Second. Every second, one hour of video is uploaded…