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Star Trek's Nine Lives - How The Sci-Fi Saga Keeps Cheating Death

Right now, you can’t turn a corner and not see something Star Trek-related hit you in the face, with the theatrical release this past week of JJ Abrams’ long awaited sequel Star Trek Into Darkness. For nearly fifty years now, the Star Trek franchise has been a part of American popular culture in some form, and many out there see it as something perennial, something that is always there… more

Meet the Butcher Kings

How can we get you to see an art show if we can’t show you any of the art? Hmm. Well, we can try: Alex Pardee and Skinner are artists…. more

Ghosts Of Gaming Past

Title Scream is a web site by Cameron Askin that’s a simple gallery of title screens from 8-bit and 16-bit games, from the obscure to the memorable. NBA Jam, Qix (… more

Don Draper Presents Facebook Timeline

(Yes, we know, it’s been taken down. Sorry) If you’re not excited about the new Timeline feature at Facebook, Don Draper just might will change your mind. via [thd] [Eric Leist]… more
 

Make Cool Stuff: The Nerdist Podcast Edition!

Hi, friends! If you’ve listened to episode #126 of the podcast, you’ve learned the origin story for my column on this site. That’s right, I spent several months worth of… more

9 Famous Sweaters

Found Item Clothing illustrated 9 famous sweaters from pop culture that we all know and love.  I wish I had all 9 of  these so I can wear them according… more

The History Of Game Controllers, Ready For Framing

A cool poster charting the evolution of video game controllers, from the rudimentary Pong controllers through red-button joysticks to Kinect? Here you go: If you’ve ever been a gamer, you’ll… more
 

Dr. Who x Muppets

Naaaaailed it!  Amy Mebberson got it perfect with her Dr. Who and Muppets mashup.  Looks like Amy had the print available at San Diego Comic Con, and since it’s not… more

The Art Of Running

How do you turn people’s daily runs and a sporting goods company’s commercial desires into something sort of arty? Nike and interactive artist collective YesYesNo created this project using the… more

Soft In Da Paint

There was the late Bob Ross, the frizzy-haired, soft-spoken king of speed painting on PBS for many years. There’s a dubstep remix of Waka Flocka Flame’s “Hard in Da Paint.”… more