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Help The Lifesize Moustrap Travel To Maker Faire Detroit and Maker Faire World in NYC
The Lifesize Mousetrap, an amazing full size version of the classic board game, needs help getting to Maker Faire Detroit and Maker Faire World in…
Ron Wayne, Apple’s Forgotten Co-Founder
San Jose Mercury recently did a story on Ron Wyane, Apple’s third, now forgotten co-founder. Ron, who designed the first Apple logo, sold his 10%…
Amputee Cat Receives New Bionic Rear Feet
Oscar the cat makes medical history when he quickly learns how to walk with bioengineered prosthetic limbs that replaced his rear feet which were lost…
Play Public Pianos In The Streets of NYC & London
photo via Play Me, I’m Yours British artist Luke Jerram has been setting up pianos around New York City as part of his project Play…
Hipstamatic + iPhone 4 = Broken
For those of us who secretly (or not so secretly) love the Hipstamatic app on the iPhone and upgraded to the newly released iPhone 4,…
What If Dogs Wrote Cat Fancy Magazine?
Windowless Van images what it might be like if dogs wrote “Cat Fancy” magazine. via BuzzFeed
Kal Spelletich Raising Funds For NYC Art Show
Our friend San Francisco artist Kal Spelletich has a big art show “Cosmicism and Contemporary Forestry From Northern California” coming up on August 6th at…
Harvey Pekar Kibbitzin’ With Douglas Rushkoff on Pekar Project
Sean Pryor illustrated the latest web comic on the Pekar Project which features Harvey Pekar and Douglas Rushkoff together Kibbitzin’ About How Life Got Incorporated.…
Fort of July, Building Awesome Forts on July 4th
sketch by Bonnie Bastien People around the world are making plans to build some awesome forts on the July 4th to celebrate the Fort of…
Trailer For ‘The Social Network’
Here’s the trailer for the upcoming film “The Social Network” directed by David Fincher about the founding Facebook. The film is scheduled fro release in…