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Speakeasy Dollhouse, Dolls Depict an Unsolved New York City Murder
“Speakeasy Dollhouse” is an elaborate project by Cynthia von Buhler that tells the story of her grandfather’s unsolved Depression era murder in New York City,…
Geek A Week 2.0 Trading Cards by Len Peralta
Illustrator Len Peralta has been working on round 2.0 in his latest set of trading card series titled Geek a Week 2.0. We posted about…
Billboard Grows Bacteria & Mold Cultures To Promote Contagion Movie
To promote their new movie Contagion, Warner Brothers Canada had petrie dish billboards installed in Toronto that overnight grew bacteria and mold cultures forming the…
Rental Car Rally: Austin to New Orleans
The next Rental Car Rally, a chaotic costumed road race, will run from Austin to New Orleans, September 30 through October 2, 2011. Rental Car…
Photos: 4chan Variety Show at Housing Works
Here are a few photos from Wednesday’s 4chan Variety Show at Housing Works in SoHo. The event was in celebration of the release Epic Win…
Metropolitan Etiquette Authority Posts Prank Signs in New York City
New York City artist and manners enthusiast Jay Shells has posted a series of official-looking etiquette signs around Manhattan under the guise of the “Metropolitan…
Animated 9/11 Stories Recorded by StoryCorps
Always a Family On the morning of September 11th, Michael Trinidad called his ex-wife, Monique Ferrer, from the 103rd floor of the World Trade Center’s…
Nike MAG Back to the Future Sneakers Being Auctioned For Charity
Nike is auctioning 1500 pairs of limited edition Nike MAGs, the 80s-futuristic sneakers worn by Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) in Back…
Laughing Squid Unicode Art
Matthew Haggett, who makes wonderful Twitter ASCII art, recently created this awesome version of the Laughing Squid logo as unicode art that he posted on…
Japanese Milk Commercial Shows Off Talented Animation Dancer
Animation dancer Kazumi Kawahara shows off her amazing popping moves in a Japanese commercial for milk. In the commercial, she is disguised as the mother…