V. Vale Reflects Upon on the Death of J.G. Ballard
V. Vale shares his thoughts on the recent death of J.G. Ballard photo by V. Vale “Death always presents the face of surprised recognition,” wrote…
La Machine’s Giant Robotic Spiders Visit Yokohama For Expo Y150
A pair of giant mechanical spiders created by the French art collective La Machine are in Yokohama right now as part of the Expo Y150…
Best Cleveland Tourism Video Ever
bishopvids quickly put together this awesome Cleveland Tourism Video, if this doesn’t make you want to visit Cleveland, nothing will. “Fun times in Cleveland today,…
Bokito Viewers Passed Out at Zoo to Avoid Eye Contact With Gorilla
On May 18, 2007, a gorilla named Bokito escaped from the Rotterdam Zoo and attacked a female visitor who frequently visited the zoo and made…
Tweetie For Mac, A Fantastic New Desktop Client For Twitter
Loren Brichter has just released Tweetie For Mac, the highly anticipated desktop version of the popular Twitter iPhone app Tweetie. I’ve been using it since…
Jason Fortuny To Pay $75K In Damages For Craigslist Experiment
In 2006 internet troll Jason Fortuny conducted his infamous “Craigslist Experiment” by posting a fake Women Seeking Men ad on Seattle Craigslist. What makes this…
The Six Philharmonicas Performing Harmonica Version of ‘Powerhouse’
The Six Philharmonicas performing an all harmonica version of “Powerhouse” by Raymond Scott from the 1939 short film “The Dipsy Doodler” by Larry Clinton and…
Cryptozoological Play Set by Archie McPhee
Cryptozoological Play Set by Archie McPhee Have we discovered all of the major species on this planet or are there some out there that have…
Sonya the Slow Loris Loves Being Tickled
Dmitry Sergeyev shot a video of his slow loris Sonya getting a good tickling. UPDATE: If you’d like to help the loris (who are under…
J.G. Ballard (1930-2009), Author of Crash & The Atrocity Exhibition
New Wave surrealist writer J.G. Ballard, author of “Crash” and “The Atrocity Exhibition”, has passed away at age 78 after battling a long illness. Our…