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Square, Accept Payments Everywhere
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has just announced his new company Square, a new service that allows you to accept secure payments everywhere using mobile devices.…
Santacon Meets Burning Man As Giant Santa Catches on Fire in Brazil
Izismile has some wild photos of a giant Santa catching on fire in Santa Catarina, Brazil. It’s like what would happen if you combined Santacon…
Scot Nery Gives 8 Reasons Why You Should Juggle
photo by Evan Young Our friend Scot Nery, an accomplished pancake juggler, comedian and all around awesome performer, offers up 8 reasons normal people should…
Zombie Reagan Raised From Grave To Lead GOP
Zombie Reagan Raised From Grave To Lead GOP
Man vs Toddler
“Man vs Toddler” by the comedy duo Barats & Bereta. Who will win? via Nick Douglas
Vegetables Are All Your Body Needs
“Vegetables are all your body needs”, a brilliant ad campaign by JWT for the International Vegetarian Union, which promotes vegetarianism worldwide. via Likecool
Tim Burton Art Exhibition at MOMA and New Book
A retrospective art exhibition featuring the work of Tim Burton has just opened at The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and will be on display…
Spacious Thoughts, by N.A.S.A. Featuring Tom Waits & Kool Keith
“Spacious Thoughts” is the latest music video by N.A.S.A., featuring Tom Waits and Kool Keith. The video recently debuted on Boing Boing Video and featured…
Blast Off! Building The Raygun Gothic Rocketship
“Blast Off!”, a wonderful documentary short by Sean Donnelly about Sean Orlando and his crew building the beautiful Raygun Gothic Rocketship for Burning Man 2009.
The Evolution of Storage: Music, Photos & Data
Curtiss Spontelli created a really great infographic illustrating the Evolution of Storage, broken down by music, photos and data. Here’s a larger version. via Gizmodo