This Is The World’s Most Expensive Photograph
Every year there are billions of photographs taken. It's not just a number, it's actually the truth, and it is a growing industry. Not only have our cameras gotten way better, we have gotten a million more uses for our pictures with the Internet. You can do pretty much anything with them. The option ...
A World Map Created From Recycled Computer Parts
Just last month, I wrote an article about the city of Helsinki created from recycled motherboards. It was an extraordinary piece of art, and the shape of the city was almost immediately recognizable when you looked at the picture of the whole thing. If you want to see it for yourself, you can go to ...
DIY Holiday Snow Globes: Create Your Own Winter Wonderland
Everyone I know loves snow globes. They are so magical, and there is just something about shaking them up and watching the snow fall that never gets old. Did you know you can easily make them at home? It's the perfect weekend project because with only a little effort and a quick trip to the craft st ...
Underwater Egg Trick: Divers Crack Egg Deep In The Ocean
Do you know what happens to an egg if it's cracked deep in the ocean? In this example, the egg was cracked 32m below the surface. It's one of those interesting tidbits of information that might help you on some random Saturday night when you are playing an obscure trivia game with a case of beer and ...
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SPAM: Email Bandits Cause Insane Global Pollution [Infographic]
I think everyone is annoyed by the massive loads of email spam that continuously gets slammed into our inboxes. People have tried over and over to come up with the ultimate spam filter, but there are always some emails that slip through that shouldn't, and some that go into the spam inbox even thoug ...
Catapult Boy: Its Only Purpose Is To Be A Douchebag Item
What are you to do when you are a kid, you're insanely bored, and the only thing you have around you are a few friends to annoy the heck out of? Well, as a kid, you could probably think of a thousand things; however, as an adult, things become a little more complicated. After all, even though many p ...
Mekkanika: Most Intricate Steampunk Typeface In The World
I remember back at the end of the '80s when I was just starting high school and our biology class incorporated computers into our daily learning process. We had those bulky one piece Macs with a monochrome screen on them. It was the first time any of us really came into contact with fonts and an int ...
The Entire Internet Weighs As Much As A Strawberry
Have you ever wondered how much the Internet weighs? When I did my research for an article I wrote a few months ago called Global Data Storage: How Much & Where It Is, I learned that there are about 600 exabytes of data stored on the Internet right now. If you put all the information from one ex ...
Delicious Girl Scout Cookie Lip Balm
I could really go for some Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies today. According to GirlScoutCookies.org, they go on sale here in Atlanta in 58 days, 10 hours, 49 minutes and 35 seconds. Hmm... That’s good to know, but what will I do in the meantime? I think I have the solution. I just found out that Lip Sm ...
The Fascinating Font Created From Leg Hair
Here's a scenario for you... Let's say you are attending an art university and the instructor of your design class gives everyone an assignment to create a brand new font that has never been seen before, without the use of a computer. What would you do? Computers and fonts go together like peanut bu ...
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7 Billion: How We Became So Many So Fast [Video Infographic]
Not too long ago, earth's 7 billionth citizen was born, and the world marked another milestone on its long timeline. There is a lot of information that can be derived from this number, and what it represents, that we really don't know much about. You might think that 7 billion is just a number that ...
The Nokia Twist: The Flexible Mobile Phone
If you have followed the technology industry updates the last few weeks, you have seen that some companies, or Samsung rather, is going to introduce a flexible cell phone in the coming future. I have always wondered why a flexible cell phone would be beneficial in the first place. However, now that ...
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World’s Most Realistic Ground Battle Warfare Simulator [Video]
Have you played any games lately? Maybe even an 8-bit game from the past? If not, I totally think you should. It will inspire you as retro games seem to do that if you are a big retro fan like me. I usually get very into anything that has to do with 8-bit, and if games are progressing the way they a ...
Holiday Blood Pack Design: Bring Joy Where It’s Needed Most
Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, I hope you can feel the cozy warmth and joy from these very special holiday stockings. Although many of us look forward to the holidays because they represent spending time with our family and friends, for a lot of people, it's a difficult time of year.
Man ...
Creative Cartoonist Draws & Live Tweets During NYC Marathon
When I ran the Peachtree Road Race (one of the largest 10K races in the world) in 2009, I saw all kinds of crazy stuff along the way. It was the most fun I've ever had while exercising. I saw a couple getting married while running (their bridesmaids and groomsmen were also running), I saw a priest t ...