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WAGS' GUIDE: Author Alison Kervin on bringing back WAG Tracie Martin
By Trashionista in culture , 24 minutes ago
Super-WAG Tracie Martin is back - for Alison Kervin's WAGS' Guide to Euro 2012, which is available to download now. Here, Alison writes about bringing back Tracie and what's next in store for her hilarious heroine... Wags' Guide to Euro 2012by Alison Kervin It's a funny thing when you write a novel and create a cast... Continue reading »
Over Here: Three Americans in London, Testing the Boundaries between Object and Subject
By artcritical in culture , 46 minutes ago
Report from… London Will Corwin: Mt. Zion at George and Jørgen; Pascual Sisto: FILL_IN_THE_BLANKS at Seventeen; Trisha Baga: Rock at Vilma GoldInstallation shot of William Corwin sculptures (all 2012, hydrocal plaster, from left) Blue Boy, Ugly Duchess, King and Termites. Courtesy of George and Jørgen... Continue reading »
Castle made of Starburst
By Boing Boing in culture , 54 minutes ago
DeviantArt's Ashleyisthebomb shows off a Starburst chewies castle whose individual bricks were melted together with a glue-less hot glue gun: "because there was no glue or anything, it was completely edible. My family and I had fun eating it until we got sick of starbursts, then i threw it out. It took FOREVER and... Continue reading »
TEEN PICK: Dissing You Already by Kate Kingsley
By Trashionista in culture , 1 hour ago
Young, Loaded and Fabulous has been described as perfect for fans of Gossip Girl and The It Girl, and Dissing You Already, the new book in Kate Kingsley's teen series about the glam worlds of students at St Cecilia's, will be published on 7th June. Read on for the blurb... Addictive, risque, glamourous fiction series... Continue reading »
Schoenberg
By MyClassicalNotes in culture , 1 hour ago
Kurt Masur conducts Schoenberg & Bruckner Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46 Friedhelm Eberle (narrator) Israeli Opera Chorus The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Kurt Masur Kurt Masur, Honorary Guest conductor, takes the helm of the IPO for Schoenberg’s... Continue reading »
Wordless Wednesday: Seward & Kenai Fjords 2008
By girlmeetsbulgaria in culture , 1 hour ago
Killer whaleHumpback whale! ***Happy Wordless Wednesday!Hope your week is going great.Please support this lil’ blog by subscribing or following my RSS feed, and by helping me reach my goal of 100 followers on Facebook and Twitter!W. Continue reading »
Balloons that look like meat
By Boing Boing in culture , 1 hour ago
These meat-shaped balloons were created as a storefront display by Object Design League, who will sell you a steak or sausage model for $8. DesignBoom has tons more pics and notes on the production: at the japan premium beef storefront, chicago-based design studio ODL (object design league) have created a... Continue reading »
Bad news for people who love space, dinosaurs, and space dinosaurs
By Boing Boing in culture , 2 hours ago
Back in April, chemist Ronald Breslow published a fairly routine research paper on the topic of molecular evolution. His paper concluded with a left turn into dire warnings about the possibility of dinosaurs on other planets. Sadly, this paper has now been recalled by the Journal of the American Chemical Society.... Continue reading »
A practical use for volcanic lightning (besides metal album covers)
By Boing Boing in culture , 2 hours ago
Here's a story that combines two favorite bits of volcano news into one interesting discovery. You know those great, freaky photos of volcanic lightning? (In case you don't, I've got one posted above.) Remember how the Icelandic volcanic eruptions totally screwed up everybody's airplane travel plans? Apparently,... Continue reading »
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Newest sketch :) [Flickr]
By Igor and Andre in culture , 2 hours ago
Danny Roberts posted a photo: Continue reading »
Climbing a rickety stair to the top of the forest
By Boing Boing in culture , 2 hours ago
Seventy-one feet above the Harvard Forest, you can stand on a plywood platform attached to a slightly swaying tower of metal scaffolding, and look out over miles of hemlock groves. On the ground, the trees are massive—trunks reaching up and up and up. From the top of the tower, though, the view feels a bit like... Continue reading »
Mozilla Webmaker: teaching people to make the Web
By Boing Boing in culture , 2 hours ago
Mozilla's new Webmaker project is a global initiative to "move people from using the Web to making the Web." They're running a series of events, including an upcoming Summer Code Party with interactive and recorded sessions on making stuff (I'll be doing one of these). That's just one piece; Seth Rosenblatt has more... Continue reading »
New Yorkers: Spend Memorial Day with Maggie and Dean!
By Boing Boing in culture , 3 hours ago
Neither I nor Dean Putney—BoingBoing's intrepid web developer—live in New York City. But we realized recently that we're both going to be visiting at the same time. So we're planning on meeting up for a little, informal Memorial Day picnic in Prospect Park, and we'd like you to join us. We'll be meeting up... Continue reading »
The Hunger Games DVD and Blu-ray release date set
By Filmonic in culture , 3 hours ago
Lionsgate has set The Hunger Games Blu-ray release date for August 18, 2012. An official countdown will begin this Friday, when the Blu-ray and DVD will become available for pre-order. Interestingly the DVD, Blu-ray, and Digital Download will become available at 12:01am on August 18th as Lionsgate hopes to recapture... Continue reading »
New trailer for The Watch with Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, and more
By Filmonic in culture , 3 hours ago
You may remember Hot Rod director Akiva Schaffer’s new movie The Watch from its formal title, Neighborhood Watch. (The film’s marketing team decided to change the name in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting.) The film stars Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, and Richard Ayoade, and is about four... Continue reading »
Pirate Bay announces new IP address, proxy-friendly design
By Boing Boing in culture , 3 hours ago
Courts around the world have instituted censorship regimes that require ISPs to block the Pirate Bay. In response, TPB has added a new IP address (194.71.107.80) by which it can be reached. It also has a new design that is especially friendly to proxies who wish to provide local, unblocked access. TorrentFreak... Continue reading »
New feature - The poly-feminist manifesto: towards a feminist non-monogamy
By The F Word Blog in culture , 4 hours ago
How do you ensure a community is anti-sexist? It's difficult work whatever the community, no less, it turns out, in the polyamorous community. A group of workshop participants, writing anonymously, have put together a manifesto with the aim of addressing sexism in their particular poly communities, which we publish at... Continue reading »
James Lecesne Will Replace an Injured Michael McKean in 'Best Man'
By ArtsBeat in culture , 4 hours ago
Mr. McKean, who was struck by a car, is hospitalized in stable condition. Continue reading »
Chinese technicians perfect hovering technology
By Boing Boing in culture , 4 hours ago
The Back to the Future hover skateboard is on its way! (Via Photoshop Disasters) Continue reading »
Willis Earl Beal – (773) 295-2135
By BOOOOOOOM! in culture , 4 hours ago
Call up Willis Earl Beal and he’ll give you a song. Watch below! willisearlbeal.com via: yourstru.ly Continue reading »