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Zoomdoggle’s BuckyBalls, A Highly Addictive Toy Made of Tiny Super Magnetic Metal Balls
A few weeks ago Laura Fitton showed me the Zoomdoggle’s BuckyBalls she had with her, which is made up of 216 tiny BB sized metal…
Amazon.com Has Just Bought Zappos.com
Wow, this is huge, Amazon.com has just bought Zappos.com for $847 million. Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh sent a letter to his employees about the acquisition…
Ad Agency BooneOakley Uses Annotated YouTube Video As Their Main Website
Ad agency BooneOakley uses an annotated YouTube video as their main website in order to tell their story and showcase their work. Very clever.
Cat Ladies, A Documentary That Explores The Real Story Behind Crazy Cat Ladies
“Cat Ladies” is a documentary by Christie Callan-Jones that explores real story behind the “crazy cat lady” stereotype. Cat Ladies is a one hour verité…
Extreme Inline Skating Down a Roller Coaster
Extreme inline skater Dirk Auer set a world record skating down the 860 meter Mammoth roller coaster at the Trips Drill theme park in Stuttgart…
Sam Raimi To Direct Live-Action Film Version of World of Warcraft
Variety is reporting that Sam Raimi has signed on to direct a live-action version of World of Warcraft. Here’s the press release from Blizzard Entertainment.…
The Falcon by The Shamptonian Institute
“The Falcon” by The Shamptonian Institute The Falcon is a short, steampunk, stop-animation film that takes place on an old wooden photo album and is…
Fantastic Public 3D Murals by John Pugh
Santa Cruz artist John Pugh has created a fantastic series of public trompe l’oeil murals that give the illusion of being three dimensional. I have…
Co-Working: Origins and Future, Featuring The Hat Factory and PariSoMa
“Co-Working: Origins and Future” is an excerpt from You 2.0, a documentary being made by Joey Daoud about life hacking. The video features two great…
Hibi no Neiro by Sour, A Music Video Featuring a Montage of Fan’s Webcam Videos
The music video for “Hibi no Neiro” by Sour from their Water Flavor EP features a clever montage of webcam videos of their fans from…