Laughing Squid
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Astonishing Life Size Horse Puppet by Handspring Puppet Company
The TED talk “Handspring Puppet Company: The genius puppetry behind War Horse,” introduces puppeteers Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones, and their gorgeously life-like (and life…
World Backup Day 2011
March 31st, 2011 is the official World Backup Day. The official site has a few special offers from backup service providers, so now is your…
MakerBots Making Things In The Botcave Lobby In Brooklyn
Last Night’s Mozilla Labs DemoParty took place at NYC Resistor in Brooklyn, which happens to be in the same building as MakerBot Industries. While walking…
Zero Day by MC Frontalot
The new music video for “Zero Day” by MC Frontalot, from his latest album “Zero Day”. The video was directed by Mohit Jaswal and features…
Bog In Mine Skull by Graham Erwin
“Bog In Mine Skull”, an amazing new print by Graham Erwin, available in his Etsy store.
Audrey Penven Reveals The Hidden Beauty of Microsoft’s Kinect
Audrey Penven created strange and beautiful images that reveal the unique patterns of infrared light by the Microsoft Kinect.
Robert Krulwich Takes a Look at the Billion Bug Highway Above Us
Robert Krulwich of Radiolab fame narrates “Look Up! The Billion-Bug Highway You Can’t See,” a rather fascinating animation about the huge number of surprisingly high…
Quentin vs. Coen, A Tribute To Quentin Tarantino & The Coen Brothers
Spoke Art presents “Quentin vs. Coen”, an art show that pays tribute to the films of Quentin Tarantino and The Coen Brothers, takes place on…
Stumptown Comics Festival 2011
The 8th annual Stumptown Comics Festival takes place April 16-17 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, OR. The Stumptown Comics Fest was started almost…
Reality, A Social Network Based In Real Life
Reality, “a social network based in real life”, re-launched this week. Described as a fully portable, crossplatform social network with an endlessly flexible API, Reality…