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Hannah Hart of My Drunk Kitchen Jaunts To Canada
Hannah Hart of My Drunk Kitchen recently went on a jaunt to Canada, resulting in this little travelogue “HANADA”. While in Canada, Hanna made episode…
Are You A Real Person? From Song A Day Album by Jonathan Mann
Jonathan Mann “writes a song every single day and posts it, along with a video, onto the internet”. We wrote about him in the post,…
The City, A Beautiful Time-Lapse Video of San Francisco
“The City”, a beautiful time-lapse video of San Francisco created by Wesley Townsend Kitten (WTK Photography) over a period of a year.
Instagram 2.0
Instagram has just released the 2.0 version of their popular mobile photo sharing app that includes a bunch of new features along with a “complete…
Music Created From the Sounds of a Dry Cleaning Shop
Composer and sound designer Diego Stocco created a music composition solely from sounds found in a dry cleaning shop. Stocco has created music using a…
Book of the IS, Essays by Chicken John on Engineered Disperfection
Only Chicken John Rinaldi would self-publish a book to save one of the few remaining art spaces in San Francisco. This is the man who…
Coissoné by They Might Be Giants
“Coissoné”, the latest music video by They Might Be Giants, from their new album Join Us. TMBG’s John Flansburgh, who directed the video, provides some…
Nestio, A New Service that Streamlines Apartment Hunting
Nestio is a new service that helps apartment hunters find a new place (see a video demo). The service and companion iPhone app allow users…
Faces, An Eerie Showcase of Realtime Face Substitution
In “Faces,” Spanish computer engineer Arturo Castro seems to replace his face with those of a variety of famous personalities, thanks to “realtime face substitution,”…
Stewie, The World’s Longest Cat
A Maine Coon named Stewie holds the record for The World’s Longest Cat at 48.5 inches long (see previous post).