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Sexy Sax Man Prank
Los Angeles-based prankster Mike Dahlquist had Sergio Flores pose as a shirtless, mulleted saxophonist and relentlessly serenade local businesses, schools, and all manner of security…
Cobra That Escaped Bronx Zoo Now On Twitter as @BronxZoosCobra
Last Friday a juvenile Egyptian Cobra escaped its enclosure at the Bronx Zoo reptile house. Yesterday, Twitter user @BronxZoosCobra began tweeting about its escapades around…
Criterion Collection Films Available On Hulu Plus
Online video site Hulu has begun offering hundreds of movies from the well-curated set of international film treasures known as The Criterion Collection via their…
My Shit’s In Museums, Brags Extinct Dinosaur
Photo of “My Shit’s in Museums” by Carly Lesser & Art Drauglis.
4squareand7yearsago Shows You Were You Were A Year Ago
4squareand7yearsago is a web service that sends you a daily email showing where you were a year ago based on your Foursquare checkins.
24 Hours of LeMons, An Endurance Race for 500 Dollar Cars
The 24 Hours of LeMons is an auto racing series in which participants are limited to spending less than $500 on their cars (not including…
The Analog Tele-Phonographer, A Mobile Phone Sound Amplifier
Christopher Locke created The Analog Tele-Phonographer, a self-contained mobile phone sound amplifier made using a broken trumpet and some scrap metal. It does not use…
Teaching Quadrocopters to Juggle Balls
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich have taught their quadrocopter robots to juggle and volley balls with impressive skill. The experiments were…
A 1998 Internet Safety Video For Kids
In these scenes from “Internet & Street Smarts Safety Tips For Kids” circa 1998, we are warned that the Internet can show us things that…
Seven on Seven, An Event Connecting Art & Technology
Seven on Seven, an event connecting art and technology organized by Rhizome, takes place on May 14th at the New Museum in New York City.…