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Space Oddity, A Children’s Book Inspired By David Bowie’s Classic Song
Space Oddity, the classic song about fictional astronaut Major Tom by David Bowie, inspired illustrator Andrew Kolb to create a children’s book by the same…
An Inside Look at The Fake Barf Industry
The old school pranksters delight, fake vomit, is still going strong according to novelty puke experts, Stan and Mardi Timm. Vintage and antiques website, Collectors…
Irene NYC, A Beautiful Short Film About Hurricane Irene in Manhattan
“Irene NYC” by Buffalo Picture House Two young filmmakers went out during Hurricane Irene to document their Manhattan neighborhood. via Gawker, Anthony De Rosa…
PumpTire, A Self-Inflating Bicycle Tire
PumpTire is an ingenious self-inflating bicycle tire that inflates to the correct pressure while it is being used (video). PumpTire founder Benjamin Krempel is…
Two AI ChatBots Attempt To Have A Conversation With Each Other
Cornell Creative Machines Lab wanted to see what would happend if two Cleverbot AI ChatBots had a conversation with each other. via Geekosystem & IEEE…
Cat Wants Lid To Stay Closed
Miku is insisting that the lid stay closed on the kerosine heater. I think we should trust her on this one. Jonathan Mann pays tribute…
High Wheel, Video Art of a Ferris Wheel Without the Wheel
“High Wheel” by Spanish artist Maider López is a video art piece in which the structure of a Ferris wheel was digitally removed, leaving the…
Serving Up Fluffernutters At Archie McPhee’s Store In Seattle
Upon learning of my vacation plans to the Seattle area, David Wahl, the Director of Awesome for pop culture behemoth Archie McPhee, took no time…
GIF.TV, Endless Viewing of Random Animated Gifs
Edwin Tofslie created GIF.TV, which lets you endlessly view a random assortment of animated gifs through a mock television interface. Warning, this can be very…
The MAD Fold-In Collection, Al Jaffee Fold-In Cartoons From 1964-2010
Chronicle Books has published The MAD Fold-In Collection: 1964-2010 is a compendium of 410 MAD magazine fold-in cartoons by Al Jaffee. Jaffee, now 90 and…