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Richard Pryor Recites The Alphabet on Sesame Street
A classic 1976 episode of Sesame Street featuring the late great Richard Pryor reciting the alphabet.
Kitchen Table of the Future Imagined by The New York R&D Times Lab
Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab recently got a peek of our “reading around the breakfast table” future imagined by The New York Times Company’s Research &…
Handerpants, Underpants For Your Hands
The latest in fingerless gloves “technology” at pop culture store Archie McPhee is Handerpants and they are just what you think they are, underpants for…
Kevin Rose Interviews Foursquare Co-Founder Dennis Crowley
Kevin Rose did a great interview with Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley on episode 10 of Foundation.
Twitter, Faster Than Earthquakes
Twitter made a cute video showing how fast news of earthquakes can spread via Twitter. via Mashable
Portraits of an Elderly Superhero by Andreas Englund
Swedish artist Andreas Englund humorously imagines what a superhero’s life in his golden years would be like in his artwork series of oil on canvas…
Solar Ice Pop Truck Gives Out Free Ice Pops and Home Solar Energy Info
Getting off the grid is now made delicious and fun with the beautiful infographic-ladened solar-paneled truck by Sungevity. One of the Forking Tasty brothers, Jason…
Saints and Sinners by Molly Crabapple
Saints and Sinners is a wonderful series of portraits by Molly Crabapple featuring “66 whores, reprobates, sinners, saints, and scam artists from history”. Prints are…
Fujifilm Announces FinePix X10 Compact Camera
Fujifilm has announced their new FinePix X10 compact camera, styled after the larger X100 camera. Fujifilm Corporation (President and CEO: Shigetaka Komori) is proud to…
What I Did Last Summer
This Twitter cartoon in The New Yorker by Gregory is probably not too far off from reality.