Sep 07

Link About It: This Week’s Picks : Cardboard boombox, Ai Weiwei selfies, Greg Packer’s ban and more in our look at the web this week

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Link About It: This Week's Picks


1. Selfie Jackpot While we laugh, cry and shake our heads in the midst of the selfie craze, a famed Instagram account featuring loads of ridiculous self-portraits is keeping the mania alive. Chinese artist Ai Weiwei—who is also active in the world of…

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Aug 31

Link About It: This Week’s Picks : Prison farming, the drunk history of Dolly Parton, MLK’s 50th anniversary and more in our weekly look at the web

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Link About It: This Week's Picks


1. Mind Control Laptops, mobile phones, tablets, cameras and more can all be hooked up to the internet, and now researchers at the University of Washington have connected their own brains to the network. The experiment, titled “); return…

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Aug 17

Link About It: This Week’s Picks : Mauritania in photos, a Mr. Bingo rip-off, dog TV and more in our weekly look at the web

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1. Dog TV With 24 hours of advertising-free programming, the first television network for dogs recently launched through DirectTV. As ridiculous as it sounds, the network founders claim the color-enhanced programming can help dogs—whose owners are…

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Aug 10

Link About It: This Week’s Picks : Coffee as Viagra, car crushing, Tokyo in high-def and more in our weekly look at the web

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1. Gary Card’s Abandoned Amusement Park Renowned set designer Gary Card has created larger-than-life, fantastical works for everyone from Lady Gaga and the New York Times’ T Magazine, to the London concept store LN-CC. In his first solo exhibition, “Abandoned Amusement Park Attraction,”…

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Aug 03

Link About It: This Week’s Picks : Banksy’s water tank, Alessi in love, coffee on demand and more in our weekly look at the web

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1. The Science of Champagne That effervescence that defines the most celebratory drink in alcohol’s repertoire happens to be one giant happy accident. As physicist Gerard Liger-Belair explains in his new book, “Uncorked: The Science of…

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Jul 27

Link About It: This Week’s Picks : Branding Prince George, a Deitch-less MOCA, Mysterabbit and more in our weekly look at the web

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1. Grandpa the Pixel Painter Hal Lasko, who now goes by Grandpa, is a 97-year-old former typographer whose medium of choice is Microsoft Paint. Lasko lost most of his eyesight due to macular degeneration but discovered that the computer program could magnify images…

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Jul 20

Link About It: This Week’s Picks : Foldable energy, Herman Miller in 108 seconds, Goodwood 2013 and more in our weekly look at the web

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1. 15 years of Gonz and Adidas It may come as a surprise that the most celebrated character in skateboarding has spent the last 15 years skating for Adidas. To celebrate the mutual commitment between Mark…

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Jul 13

Link About It: This Week’s Picks : Perfect broccoli, comic book infographics and the passing of an iconic stage designer in our weekly look at the web

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1. Origins of Zef-Style South African rap group Die Antwoord brought their unique, subversive style to the world back in 2009. With a mysterious past and alluring themes and imagery, the group has captivated music fans and social critics alike. In this Continue Reading…

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Jun 29

Link About It: This Week’s Picks: Spray-on waterproofing, the fight for LGBTQ rights in photos and exploding Disney princesses in our look at the web this week

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1. Robot Drawing Machines Creating new forms of art by exploring new mediums including glow paint and coding, Chicago-based multimedia artist Harvey Moon is best known for his homemade robot drawing machines. The thought process behind which is particularly fascinating: favoring Arduino-powered, algorithm-reading…

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Jun 22

Link About It: This Week’s Picks : Ace Hotel London, Playboy in Marfa, the Lyto camera app and more in our look at the web this week

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1. Les Bentley Boys The rapturous video “Les Bentley Boys” combines vintage footage of notable races with Bentley glamour to showcase France’s prestigious Le Mans motor race. The annual 24-hour competition carries a 90-year…

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