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Twitter can be used for fun. For art. For everything. That was demonstrated at the second annual Shorty Awards, an award for innovation with Twitter. Newark Mayor Cory Booker won in the government category; he used his account to help residents learn about snow removal (and lots more).
The idea is a simple one: Grab an old photograph of yourself, and take a new one in the exact same pose. Then submit them for online viewing by people around the world. This idea, billed as Young Me, Now Me, is an unexpectedly moving testament to the power of photography. Many of the images are genuinely emotional, as you see the similarities in people's visages, even if they're many years older, wrinkled, and no longer an innocent kid.
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3:09 PM March 3, 2010
Very weird. Genetically modified axolotls (a type of salamander) glow green under a blue light. Beautiful. Mysterious. Strange.
One million: There's something magical and mysterious about the number.
You hear it all the time, but what is it? Can you imagine one million? Can you see one million of anything?
Get ready for a nostalgia-fest, as Anna Jane Grossman's fun and thought-provoking book, "Obsolete: An Encyclopedia of Once-Common Things Passing Us By," delivers a series of mini-essays about a wonderfully disparate assortment of ideas, concepts, and products that have gone from being omnipresent to being obsolete (or close to it).
Looking for a website that brings you a little bit of everything, is a little unpredictable and always fun? Check out Boing Boing.
Does art speak to your inner child? This artist speaks to his outer child, his two, three, now four-year-old daughter.
Download podcasts from adventurous world travelers and get inside tips on how to travel on a budget.
See typography in a new way — through the eyes of a graphic designer who is passionate about fonts.
A week of farce and Dada in Nevada's Black Rock Desert culminates in a colossal act of arson, an orgy of “art,” and probably a little Hacky-Sack.
