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The Portable Cell Phone Booth
Boston based performance sculptor Nick Rodrigues came up with a brilliant concept, The Portable Cell Phone Booth. The Portable Cellular Phone Booth provides a visual…
Collectors: Undercover Surveillance of Art Collectors
Earlier this year San Francisco artist Jill Miller completed her project “Collectors”, where after training with a licensed private investigator, she spent six month doing…
GotchaBox, Real Gift Boxes For Fake Products
Arik Nordby has created the GotchaBox set, a series of realistic gift boxes for fake products, like the one for the USB Toaster, that are…
Foamee, Tracking Who You Owe Beers To
Foamee is a new service created by Dan Cederholm of SimpleBits that uses Twitter to help you keep track of who you owe beers to…
Jones Soda Releases Unusual Flavors for Christmas and Chanukah
Jones Soda is preparing for Christmukkah with the release of some unusual new flavors. The Christmas pack features Christmas Ham Soda, Christmas Tree Soda, Egg…
Radiohead Perfroms ‘The Headmaster Ritual’ by The Smiths Ritual and ‘Ceremony’ by New Order
Last night Radiohead did their “Thumbs_Down” live webcast where they performed several songs, including great covers of “The Headmaster Ritual” by The Smiths and “Ceremony”…
SF Chronicle Article On The Urban Playground Movement
Last week I was having a conversation with Justin Berton, a staff writer at the San Francisco Chronicle. We were talking about all of the…
Guinness Commercial Featuring a Giant Game of Dominoes
“Tipping Point” is the latest in a series of “Good Things Come to Those Who Wait” Guinness advertisements, this time featuring a giant, escalating game…
D.I.Y. OR DIE: How To Survive As An Independent Artist
“D.I.Y. OR DIE: How To Survive as an Independent Artist” is an excellent 2002 documentary by Michael W. Dean, who recently decided to upload his…
Stop Motion Animation by Paul Whittington
“Android 207” and “L19: Disposed” are two great stop motion animated films made by Canadian filmmaker Paul Whittington and his production company Carrotkid Films. Paul…