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Idiotarod NYC 2012, A Costumed Shopping Cart Race In New York City
The NYC Idiotarod 2012, a costume-mandatory shopping cart race, takes place on January 28. The Idiotarod is based on the Urban Iditarod organized by The…
Time-Lapse of Lightning Storms in Africa As Seen From Space Station
Lightning storms flash across Africa while the Milky Way is visible beyond Earth’s horizon in this beautiful time-lapse video recorded by the crew of the…
Behind Photographs, A Series of Portraits of Famous Photographers Posing With Their Iconic Photos
Famous photographers pose with their favorite or most iconic photo in the "Behind Photographs" portrait series by Tim Mantoani
Daredevil Rides a Dirt Bike on Top of a Snowy Colorado Mountain RIdge
Dirt bike enthusiast and daredevil, 87mcmahan87, attached a GoPro video camera to his helmet and posted several videos of himself riding in precarious environments, like…
A Jim Henson Robot Explains Data Communications in 1963
Robot is a 1963 short film about the emerging technology of data communications that was made for the Bell System by Jim Henson. The film…
Violinist Responds to Concert Interruption by Cell Phone With Improvised Nokia Ringtone Song
When a cell phone ringtone interrupted his viola recital, Slovak musician Lukáš Kmit responded by improvising his own classical version of the Nokia ringtone. The…
Portlandia Season 2 Mixology Poster by DKNG
California-based design studio, DKNG, was recently asked by IFC’s Portlandia to create a poster for their upcoming Season 2 release. The poster they created was…
Plushes, Wonderfully Geeky Plush Art Dolls
Yoda Plush, commissioned piece, by Deadly Sweet Canadian artist Michelle Coffee crafts her delightful art plush dolls, Plushes, in the shape of all kinds of…
Shouter, iPhone App That Adds The Shout Feature Back To Foursquare
Shouter is an app developed by The Bavarian Group that adds the “Shout” checkin feature back to foursquare. via Rick Webb
Reading Kills, Animation Shows the Deadly Consequences of Reading
Brazilian animator Beto Gomez has imagined “a world where the simple act of reading” has “turned deadly” in the animated short, Reading Kills. The short…