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Following The Journey of an Apple Seed
“The Seed”, an animated short by Johnny Kelly about the journey of an apple seed. Here’s the making of “The Seed” video. via Neatorama
Machines That Almost Fall Over
Michael Kontopoulos made a wonderful video of “Machines That Almost Fall Over”. via mental_floss
My Life In Tweets, A Book of Twitter Posts by James Bridle
James Bridle has published a hardcover book, “My Life In Tweets: Volume I”, featuring all of his Twitter posts (4100 total from 2/2007 through 2/2009).
Speakeasy, A Fundraiser For The Swimming Cities of Serenissima
Moses Grubb and Spy Emerson are hosting a Speakeasy at Ritual Roasters in San Francisco this Thursday, March 26th from 7-11pm. The event is a…
Miniature Art Urban Installation In The Mission
Over at the popular San Francisco neighborhood blog Mission Mission, Tomi Laine Clark has documented a wonderful micro art installation she found on a wall…
NIMBY Five Year Birthday Party
NIMBY, having recently relocated to their new space in East Oakland, is celebrating their 5th birthday this Saturday, March 28th. Here are my photos and…
Wasting My Time by Superpowerless, A Tribute To Video Games
While thousands of game designers flock to the Bay Area for this years Game Developer Conference, a chiptune artist from Leeds, UK is getting ready…
Get Excited And Make Things, UK Sign Remixed For Make Generation
Inspired by a WWII era poster currently enjoying a resurgence in popularity in the United Kingdom, Matt Jones produced the image above, whose timely call to action…
The Nine AD&D Alignments Represented by Film & TV Characters
The nine alignments of good, neutral and evil, in the style of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, represented by film and television characters. via Nick Douglas…
Miniatur Wunderland: The World’s Largest Model Railroad Installation
If you were to bet that the most incredible model railroad in the world was constructed by Germans, you would win that bet. Miniatur Wunderland,…