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Zoetrope cake pays tribute to Tim Burton
Confectioner Alexandre Dubosc made this Tim Burton themed zoetrope cake, which animates to display iconic imagery from many of Burton's best-loved films. There's even a sneaky Jack Skellington up... Continue reading »
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3D printed, pre-assembled robot hand
Chris writes, "The Anthromod Mk2 hand is a robotic hand where everything, apart from the tendons, are 3D printed. Unlike other printed hands the Mk2 requires minimal assembly, and is also available... Continue reading »
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Tech entrepreneur secretly lives at AOL HQ for two months
An enterprising young fellow named Eric Simons secretly lived at AOL headquarter for two months. He was given a badge while working a short stint at AOL's Imagine K12 incubator event for young... Continue reading »
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Manatee and kid
CMGW Photography snapped this beautiful shot, "First Contact," in which a young girl and a manatee share a moment through a pane of glass. First Contact Continue reading »
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Letterpress edition of Pride and Prejudice seeks funding
James sez, "The Bowler Press is taking on printing a letterpress, three-volume edition of Pride & Prejudice, and they are trying to fund the costs of getting the materials to do so with crowd... Continue reading »
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Critical Mass 20th anniversary poster
Hugh sez, "San Francisco muralista Mona Caron has created a stunning to poster to mark the 20th anniversary of Critical Mass in San Francisco this September." Critical Mass 20th Anniversary Bike... Continue reading »
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Lady Gaga, Queen of Demon
Muslim women hold posters during a protest objecting to U.S. singer Lady Gaga's Indonesian concert, at Jakarta's business district May 24, 2012. Pop star Lady Gaga has been refused a permit to... Continue reading »
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YouTube launches new Human Rights channel with Witness.org and Storyful
This week, YouTube announced the launch of a new Human Rights channel in partnership with advocacy nonprofit WITNESS, and social news-gathering service Storyful. The new channel is "dedicated to... Continue reading »
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Father John Misty: "This Is Sally Hatchet" (music video)
[Video Link] Above, a new video from Father John Misty’s "Fear Fun" album on Sub Pop Records. Video directed by Grant James. Richard Metzger first turned me on to Father John Misty (the new project... Continue reading »
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On the importance of audiobook performers
In the New York Times, John Schwartz writes about audiobook performers, who may be "little known outside of the community of devoted listeners," but serve an important role. "If somebody’s going to... Continue reading »
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Steampunk bicycle from Roger Wood
The latest from Roger Wood of Klockwerks: "I was asked to make a kinetic Steampunk sculpture for a show in New York; here it is." Continue reading »
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Arthur, Animated: Stop-motion progression of crocheted portrait (video)
[Video link] Fiber artist Jo Hamilton says, This is a stop motion video I made to document my process of crocheting one of my larger than life portraits in yarn from start to finish. In my work I use... Continue reading »
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The secret world of swamp mud
Earlier this week, I showed you how scientists can use a simple, hand-operated tool to collect stratified core samples of mud at the bottom of a swamp. The deeper the samples go down, the older the... Continue reading »
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Tron: Uprising first episode online
Tron: Uprising first episode online By David Pescovitz at 3:16 pm Friday, May 25 Tron: Uprising premiers on June 7 on Disney XD. They've posted the first episode, titled "Beck's Beginning, in its... Continue reading »
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If Tetris was a (stupid, Battleship-style) movie
Warialasky's trailer for a big-budg apocalyptic science fiction movie based on Tetris is all too plausible in the era of Battleship: the Movie: "Official Tetris Teaser Trailer. The invasion is... Continue reading »
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Robert Johnson meets the Devil, or not
It's perhaps the most famous story in the history of the blues: In the 1920s, a mediocre guitarist named Robert Johnson went to a Mississippi crossroads at midnight where the Devil "tuned" his guitar... Continue reading »
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Philip K. Dick Festival coming to San Francisco, September 22-23
The Philip K. Dick Festival, scheduled for September 22-23 in San Francisco, is sure to be a heady, reality-bending time. Organizer and Total Dick-Head blogger David Gill informs us that he's lined... Continue reading »
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Google publishing data on all copyright takedowns it receives
For many years, Google has published a "Transparency Report" with the number of non-copyright-related takedown notices it receives from governments, police, courts, individuals and corporations. Now,... Continue reading »
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Bores Gore and Swords Season 2, third best Game of Thrones podcast
I recently spent a couple of days catching up on my absolutely favorite podcast: Boars Gore and Swords. San Francisco based comedians and hosts Ivan Hernandez and Red Scott are back at making getting... Continue reading »
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Life before plastic
Stewart Brand sums up Susan Freinkel's Long Now talk: "What Common Objects Used to Be Made Of," a history of the world before plastic: “Bakelite was invented in 1907 to replace the beetle excretion... Continue reading »
