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The Decorative Fabric Filled Potholes of Paris
Artist Juliana Santacruz Herrera has transformed some of Paris’ unsightly potholes into colorful art installations through the magic of brightly colored fabric. photos by Juliana…
Help Laughing Squid Win Best Cultural Blog in The Webby Awards
Hey guys Laughing Squid has been nominated for a Webby Award for best Cultural blog. With your support we can win this thing, here’s what…
Save Yourself, Mammal! A Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Collection
“Save Yourself, Mammal!”, a collection of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comics by Zach Weiner, is now available for pre-order. Proceeds from the sale of the…
How to Make a Modern Hourglass
The Hourglass HGS by designer Mark Newson is a beautiful handmade hourglass that keeps time using stainless steel “nanoballs.” Director Philip Andelman filmed “The…
DON-8r and Dona, Two Donation Requesting Robots
Charity robo-canvassers may soon be a reality. DON-8r by Tim Pryde and Dona by Min Su Kim are two examples of begging robots. As these…
A Visit To Rackspace Headquarters In San Antonio
Here are a few photos from our January visit to the headquarters Rackspace in San Antonio, which is located in converted shopping mall. We use…
San Francisco Model Made Using One Hundred Thousand Toothpicks
Scott Weaver’s “Rolling Through the Bay” (which we wrote about back in 2008) is a beautifully intricate model of San Francisco made of 100,000 toothpicks.…
Humblebrag, Bragging That Masks The Brag In a Faux-Humble Guise
Harris Wittels, a standup comedian and writer on “Parks and Recreation”, created the Twitter account @Humblebrag, to call out “Humblebrags” which he describes as “a…
Coffee Brewing Guides by Independent Coffee Roasters
Portland’s Stumptown Coffee Roasters created an excellent step-by-step Brewing Guide for various ways of making coffee, including Press Pot, Chemex, Moka Pot, Vacuum Pot, Melitta,…
Pixels Hall Of Fame, A Brief History of Famous Pixels
Pixels Hall Of Fame, a brief history of famous pixels by Riccardo Bucchioni. via Rampaged Reality