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Iotacons, 8-Bit Portraits by Andy Rash
Planet of the Apes Saga The Senate Star Wars Iotacons is a wonderful series of low resolution portraits created by freelance illustrator Andy Rash.
Duane Reade New York City Toilet Paper: From Midtown To Flushing
New York City drug store chain Duane Reade likes to have a little fun with the product descriptions on the packaging of their in-house line…
Wonderfully Eerie Living Portraits by Alexa Meade
Artist Alexa Meade creates portraits by painting directly on to the skin and clothes of her subjects. The results are both eerie and beautiful. Meade…
Beautiful Time-Lapse Video of an Aurora Borealis in Norway
Terje Sorgjerd shot a beautiful time-lapse video of an Aurora Borealis in Kirkenes, Norway near the Russian border. via MetaFilter
BarBot 2011, Cocktail Making Robots in San Francisco
BarBot, San Francisco’s annual showcase of cocktail making robots presented by our friends at RoboGames, is scheduled for April 1-2. Organizer Simone Davalos is raising…
Squid Themed Fabric of the Week Contest on Spoonflower
Fabric design community Spoonflower has posted the top 10 entries in their Squid Themed Fabric of the Week Contest. The winner was “Wondersquids” by Melissa…
The Comic Book Guide to the Mission
The Comic Book Guide to the Mission by Lauren Davis is a book about San Francisco’s Mission neighborhood: its people, history, food, and hipsters. The…
Charon, A New Kinetic Sculpture by Peter Hudson
Artist Peter Hudson, whose remarkable stroboscopic zoetrope sculptures have been featured in the past at Burning Man, is building a new work for this year’s…
I Have Your Heart, An Animation by Crabapple, Boekbinder & Batt
“I Have Your Heart” is a short stop-motion animated film being created by Molly Crabapple (art), Kim Boekbinder (music) and Jim Batt (animation). They have…
Kraken: A New Book About The Science of Squid
Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid, by Wendy Williams, is a new book on what is surely the most handsome cephalopod,…