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Explaining Cricket
Springtime turns American minds to college basketball, but the world is not watching. No, everyone else is fixated on the Cricket World Cup, going on right now, which brags a TV viewership of 1.85...
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Choosing skin color in comics
Ronald Wimberly is a comics and animation artist, the author of Vertigo's Prince of Cats, and a character designer for Black Dynamite: The Animated Series. Wembly has illustrated a work experience he...
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Paul Dini's cyber garage sale
Paul Dini is having a garage sale, and you're invited. No, it's not for charity, and these are not big ticket items, it's just, in his words, "Original art, collectibles, One-of-a-kind pieces,...
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The new VW California van you can't have in California
Here's a new protest movement for all you old Hippies out there: "Bring the T5 VW Camper to USA". This sweet ride is like a Robocop update of the old VW bus, full of RV-like amenities including a...
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Edible barcodes to prevent food fraud
The idea of "spray DNA" sounded very sci-fi when I first read it, until further investigation showed me how behind-the-times I was. (more…)
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Little League star Mo'Ne Davis pitches for change
One of the biggest baseball stories of 2014 was made by Philadelphia Little League pitcher Mo'Ne Davis, whose no-hitter in the Little League World Series made history. Now Because I Am A Girl is the...
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Kosha Dillz Passover Playlist
Passover is coming! To get you into the mood for matzoh, America's latest cool Jew—rapper Kosha Dillz—(SoundCloud) has a Passover playlist to rock your noggin. This is not a musical rendition of the...
View ArticleTinker Crate
Tinker Crate is a monthly subscription service, delivering cool toys to encourage engineering-style skills in kids aged 9 to 14. Instructions are included, but they also produce slick videos like the...
View ArticlePixar's Renderman released for free
Pixar has released its Renderman imaging software to the public free to download. This version is identical to the software it uses on it's own films, which was invented in-house, and is used today by...
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Katusha: Girl Soldier of the Great Patriotic War
Amid the real war reporting on Medium's online magazine War Is Boring is a profile of comics artist Wayne Vansant, who, at 65, is still drawing wartime comics with his signature attention to accuracy...
View ArticleYes, an Iranian vampire western film noir
It's in Farsi, it's beautifully-shot film noir, it has a female lead, and you have to see it. (more…)
View ArticleIs American invention at risk?
Comedian, commercial director and documentarian Jordan Brady hosts a great podcast on commercial filmmaking called Respect The Process. He recently interviewed Ryan Berman, Chief Creative Officer for...
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Terrible American clothing now available
Online clothing boutique Shinesty wants you to Shine On. Their mission is "to bring you the most outlandish collection of clothing the world has ever seen", and they deliver. (more…)
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Looking for smart people at Brilliant.org
How do we identify and encourage smart kids? Y'know, like we do with kid athletes? Sue Khim, CEO of Brilliant.org, contrasts the U.S. to India, where there are more honor students than America has...
View ArticleHow being 12 years old is like being a toddler again
New York Public Radio WNYC has launched a new series, Being 12: The Year Everything Changes. The website features broadcasts and videos around the thesis that age 12 is our most difficult age--the...
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You could totally grub down some Poop Bread right now
When we visited Taipei, my wife and I made it our singular goal to eat at Modern Toilet, even though we knew the bathroom-themed restaurant had caught on and was a bit of a tourist trap. That same...
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DK's Snow Sculptures
Duck Dynasty snow sculpture In the small southwestern Wisconsin town of Lone Rock, Darren Klingaman makes fantastic painted snow sculptures on his lawn. (more…)
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Stop the Belieber Invasion!
Justin Beiber, one-time YouTube star, then chart-topping heart throb, then TMZ regular. Justin Beiber, recently roasted by the cool kids of Comedy Central. And now Justin Beiber, blasted out of space,...
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Conversations with Matt Dwyer
The internet calls it the golden age of audio podcasts. (more…)
View ArticleA Book of Mojo, on Indiegogo
The Book of Mojo is a webcomic whose creators hope will become an animated series or feature. The main character, Creepy, is an African-American girl with magic powers; and her unlikely partner, Mojo,...
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India's $11 cellphone could change the world
The mobile market in India is flooded with new phones: three a day last year. Local provider Micromax has a gamble to claim a slice of that. (more…)
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35 Secret hiding places in your home
Ordinarily, the folks over at Family Handyman Magazine are a straight-laced bunch, but their slideshow 20 Secret Hiding Places shows that their practical creativity might be hiding something, such as...
View ArticleGenius mash-up of 6 Country hits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vapt5C3yDeY Country songwriter Gregory Todd, a.k.a Sir MashAlot got famous for six songs, all by top Country artists, which he brilliantly cut together into one very...
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8-bit instant photo gun
Yes, you read that right. This video shows a gameboy, connected to a handgun, that when you point and shoot, takes a picture. Which then prints out on a thermal paper rollm like a grocery store...
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Lee Harvey Oswald's car on Ebay
You snooze, you lose. You have just missed the chance to bid on, and possibly own, the last car driven by Lee Harvey Oswald, which just sold on ebay. (more…)
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Real-life eyeshine surgery trial
In the Chronicles of Riddick series, a shiner is an outlaw who has undergone eyeshine surgery to give them night vision. That same thing, incredibly, is happening in a garage in a small town in...
View ArticleRube Goldberg's Passover Seder
Engineering, Architecture and Planning students at Technion--Israel Institute of Technology are remembering the story of Moses this Passover as only engineers, architects and planners can. (more…)
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Taxidermy clearance sale
Every retailer has the right to lower prices to drive interest. (more…)
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From Napkin to blog to book: Matta
Comedy writer John Matta has written for numerous comedy, sketch and cartoon shows, but he is most well-known for what he has written on napkins. (more…)
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The perils of group blogging in one gif
Say, I'll bet our readers will love this wonderful thing! I'll just spend 20 minutes meticulously creating this gif. Sure hope no one else saw this wonderful thing yet. ::rechecks scheduled posts::...
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