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As Seen on YouTube, Highlighting Embedded Videos on Blogs
YouTube recently launched their new “As Seen On” YouTube pages, highlighting embedded videos on popular blogs and websites. Here’s the Laughing Squid “As Seen On”…
Cinemagraphs
photo by Jamie Beck Cinemagraphs are the animated photo GIFs that have been cropping up on the Internet in recent months. Photographer Jamie Beck popularized…
Zafirro Iridium, a Sapphire-Bladed Razor That Costs 100,000 Dollars
Zafirro Iridium is a luxury razor that features hypoallergenic sapphire blades and a handle made from extremely rare and dense iridium–all for just $100,000 dollars.…
Boldly Go: Star Trek Social Security Public Service Announcements
Aging television pop icons Patty Duke and George Takei promote Social Security’s online services in a series of eight Star Trek-themed commercials entitled Boldly…
Crazy 4 Cult 5, 100 Artists Take On Classic Cult Movies
Crazy 4 Cult 5, an art show featuring 100 artists’ interpretations of classic cult movies, opens on July 8th at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles.…
Pop Culture Dollars by James Charles
Artist James Charles used actual American currency as his canvas to create these pop culture themed dollars. The dollars were part of the American Iconomics…
Reasons Why Superheroes Aren’t Online More Often
Agent-X Comics takes a look at the Reasons Why Superheroes Aren’t Online More Often. via The Next Web
Can You Draw the Internet? An Art Contest for Internet Week New York
image by Barbara Ana Gomez image by Simon Labbett image by Richard Barrett image by Estephany Lopez image by Anna Charity As part of Internet…
Perform This Way by Weird Al Yankovic, A Lady Gaga Parody Song
“Perform This Way”, the new music video by Weird Al Yankovic, a hilarious parody of “Born This Way” by Lady Gaga. There was a bit…
ICANN Approves Expansion of Generic Top-Level Domains
The ICCAN board has just approved an expansion that will allow a wide range of new generic top-level domains. 300 to 1,000 new top-level domains…