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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…
House(hold) Beat, A Song Created From Household Sounds
Musician Andrew Shum created a catchy tune by sampling 11 sounds he recorded around his house, from a vacuum cleaner whine to a cellphone ringtone.
Feline Agility Training With an Adorable Kitten-in-Training
The Cat Fanciers’ Association, the world’s largest registry of pedigreed cats, has a real competition called Feline Agility where cats go through ten obstacles successfully.…
Floor 1997-2000, A Glass Floor Supported by 180,000 Plastic Figurines
In the art installation “Floor 1997-2000” by South Korean artist Do Ho Suh, more than 180,000 plastic figurines support a glass floor that viewers can…
StuckUp Stickers, iPhone App for Finding & Sharing Street Art Stickers
Stuck Up Stickers is a free iPhone app for finding, documenting, and sharing art stickers wherever they are found. The app was created by All…
Shit Support Agents Say
Our friends at Zendesk (we use their awesome cloud based help desk system) made Shit Support Agents Say featuring Matthew Latkiewicz, their contribution to the…
Douchebag Merit Badges
Douchebag Merit Badges by Pleated Jeans
Years, A Modified Record Player That Creates Music From a Tree’s Growth Rings
“Years” is a modified record player that analyzes the growth rings on a cross section of a tree and translates the information into ghostly piano…
Beautiful Time-Lapse Video of Yosemite National Park
Sheldon Neill and Colin Delehanty created a beautiful time-lapse video of Yosemite National Park as part of their Project Yosemite. The video is set to…