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Newcastle Ale Billboard Shadow Effect Created by 3000 Bottle Caps
Artists Ellis Gallagher and Pablo Power affixed 3000 bottle caps to a Newcastle Brown Ale billboard, creating an amazing shadow effect that is only…
Lost 1992 Press Video For The Smiths
Rhino UK has discovered a lost press video for The Smiths from 1992. Bonus, here’s a 1995 TV ad for The Smiths “Singles”.…
Scanning a Braille Playboy Into the Internet Archive
Archivist Jason Scott describes the process of scanning a 1992 Braille edition of Playboy magazine into the Internet Archive. The Archive, originally founded in 1996…
Beastie Boys Action Figures Being Sold To Raise Money For Charity
The recently released action-packed music video from the Beastie Boys titled, Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win, features plastic action figure toys in…
Gymkhana 4, Ken Block Races Around Universal Studios Backlots
In “Gymkhana 4,” action sportsmaster Ken Block displays his astonishing precision driving skills while racing around the backlots of Universal Studios in a 600 hp…
Arc Welding With Chris Hackett
Chris Hackett shows Matt Richardson the basics of arc welding on a recent episode of Make: Live. This is a really great intro for those…
Long Beach Free Store, A New Give-Away Shop In Southern California
With the motto “Share what you have, find what you need“, the new give-away shop, the Long Beach Free Store, opened August 14, 2011 to…
Raygun52, Design Project Featuring 52 Rayguns In 52 Weeks
Google designer Alex Griendling created the project Raygun52, a curated virtual museum of imaginary weaponry, to collect sci-fi raygun conceptual designs. According to the site,…
Winnebago Man, A Documentary About The Angriest Man On Earth
Winnebago Man, the documentary by Ben Steinbauer about Jack Rebney, a famously angry Winnebago salesman. We previously wrote about the documentary shortly before its theatrical…
Cookie Monster as Tom Waits Singing ‘God’s Away On Business’
Here’s a wonderful video of Cookie Monster as Tom Waits singing “God’s Away On Business”.