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You Made It Weird #21: Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfield

College Humor’s Jake and Amir go from zero to crispy in under 8 para-seconds. Get into it, weirdos! Visit JakeAndAmir.com and follow @JakeAndAmir on Twitter! Follow @peteholmez on Twitter and Like the show on Facebook! Special thanks to Carvin for supplying us with the equipment we need to record this podcast! Check out Carvin.com for more information on recording equipment, guitars, amps and more! Support the show and… more

The Joy of Books!

This is just amazing! A husband and wife (and a whole lot of others) took over Type bookstore in Toronto after dark. What do your books do when you leave… more

Bob Ross on Meth

Chilean artist Fabian Gaete Maureira bangs out the landscapes with a few flicks of his wrist, and finishes up the painting with a few more.  Fast artist is fast. via [reddit]… more

Music, Art, Charity, Together

Our artist friend Dana Lechtenberg — the guy responsible for that great artwork for the Nerdist Podcast Live shows — is involved in a project about which you should know,… more
 

From Whence The Wild Things Came: A Talk With Maurice Sendak

One thing Nerdist is concerned with is, of course, the process by which creative people create. In that vein, if you grew up with Where the Wild Things Are and/… more

Meet the Nintendo Family. All Of It

Artist Luis Carrasquillo has created this panoramic piece of art featuring every major Nintendo character ever. It even includes characters from other game developers which have some connection, however slight,… more

Two Turntables and a Microphone. And Cameras. And a Video Mixer, And A Lot Of Pictures

We like cool animation, don’t we? This one from Austria, Stuck in a Groove, directed by Clemens Kogler and featured by Future Shorts, is a demo for analog animation using… more
 

Soldiers of Thundura

Seven months, 1,000 hours, and 6 x 11 feet of canvas used in the best way mankind knows how: This epic Thundercats oil painting by Robert Burden, titled Soldiers… more

American Icons

Hey, if you’re in L.A. and want to see a particularly awesome art exhibit that’s right up the alley of most nerds, there’s one opening tonight that you’ll want… more

Better Design Through Chemistry

Did you know that 2011 is the International Year of Chemistry? Okay, maybe YOU knew. I didn’t. Kinda slipped right past me there. The IYC is designed, according to the… more