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Reese’s Dog
“Reese’s Dog” by Jed Heuer via Colossal
Raising Unicorns, A Quirky Book That Explores Unicornomics
Exploring Unicornomics has never been easier thanks to Jessica S. Marquis’ quirky new book, Raising Unicorns: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Starting and Running a Successful…
World Trade Center Twin Tower Cameos In Movies (1969-2001)
Dan Meth created a really great compilation highlighting appearances the World Trade Center Twin Towers in films, starting in 1969 when they were under construction…
Peanuts Inspired Norah Jones Poster by Matt Leunig
Last year San Francisco illustrator Matt Leunig created a wonderful Peanuts inspired poster for Norah Jones and Corinne Bailey Rae at the Greek Theater in…
Lightning In Toronto
Cinematographer/editor Jon Simonassi shot a beautiful video of lightning in Toronto during a recent thunderstorm.
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…