Gau Jal, A Hindu Soft Drink Made From Cow Urine
photo by Andrew Storms The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is a Hindu nationalist organization in India that is venturing into the soft drink industry. While…
Student Converts School Locker Into a Covert Lending Library for Banned Books
guest post by Burstein! photo by Sarah Atwood In an amazing Yahoo Answer, Kat Atredies (most likely a pseudonym) a student at a private school…
Mail Art From Spy and Moses in Slovenia
As part of our continuing coverage of the Swimming Cities of Serenissima, we have obtained some lovely mail art from embedded artists Spy Emerson and…
Using a 1964 Modem To Connect To The Internet
phreakmonkey made a demo video of him using an antique 1964 Livermore Data Systems “Model A” Acoustic Coupler Modem to connect to the Internet at…
The 24 Hour Community Spacewalk Detroit 2009
Back in 1997 and 1998 our friend Warrior Girl organized the epic 24 Hour Community Spacewalk through San Francisco’s Mission District. Since then she’s taken…
Plants vs. Zombies
Plants vs. Zombies is a super fun Tower Defense style game made by PopCap. A mob of fun-loving zombies is about to invade your home,…
Just The Backgrounds of Popular Internet Memes
Andy Baio shows what popular Internet memes look like with their backgrounds only in his series “Meme Scenery”. Kind of leaves you with an empty…
Piss Clear Book Release Party
RE/Search Publications recently released “Burning Man Live”, a new book featuring 13 years of Piss Clear, the wonderful Black Rock City alternative newspaper published by…
Cover of The New Yorker Created Entirely on an iPhone Using the Brushes App
Jorge Colombo created the June 1st cover of The New Yorker entirely on an iPhone in one hour using the Brushes app. Colombo’s phone drawing…
Intel TV Ad Campaign Celebrates Nerd Rock Stars
Intel’s amusing new ad campaign “Sponsors of Tomorrow” celebrates nerd rock stars, such as USB co-inventor Ajay Bhatt (that’s not really Ajay in the ad,…