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Jetpack Plugin Brings WordPress.com Features To Self-Hosted Blogs
Automattic has just launched Jetpack, a new plugin that brings WordPress.com features to self-hosted blogs. Some of the new functionality includes WordPress.com Stats, WP.me URL…
Next Generation Super Mario Bros. With Modern Day Sound Effects
Jake Kaufman imagines what Super Mario Bros. would be like with a modern-day sound design.
Concerts Will Never Be The Same
“Concerts Will Never Be The Same”, a new Shirt.Woot t-shirt design by Tjost.
Gallow’s Humor by David Normal
“Gallow’s Humor”, the latest painting by David Normal.
Fuzz & Furr: Japan’s Costumed Characters
Fuzz & Furr: Japan’s Costumed Characters is a delightful new book about kigarumi–Japanese fur-suited mascots–by friends-of-Japan Edward Harrison and John Harrison. It is a follow-up…
Pedal Powered Steampunk Parlor Car by The Neverwas Haul Crew
The tinkerers behind the majestic Neverwas Haul (of Burning Man fame) are now building the Parlor Car, based on an 1890’s era drawing of a…
Slow Loris With a Tiny Umbrella
Here’s a Slow Loris with a tiny umbrella. That is all. UPDATE: If you’d like to help the loris (who are under threat of extinction),…
What If Plastic Man Starred In 127 Hours
Franceso Francavilla imagines what it might look like if Plastic Man starred in 127 Hours.
The Mini Rocketman Concept
Concept cars are often the runway models of the automotive world, in that their custom duds will never show up in stores. Hopefully that’s not…
What Pi Sounds Like
Musician Michael John Blake shows us “What Pi Sounds Like” by transposing the number (out to 31 decimal places) to musical notes. A charming little…