“Geeks are definitely the new rock stars,” goes the tagline to Bravo’s goofy new reality show about “startup culture,” and hamfisted a sentiment though it may be, at least one proposed mega-high-dollar business transaction is playing right into it! Reddit cofounder and Brooklyn native Alexis Ohanian told Bloomberg News Tuesday that he’s “absolutely” interested in […]
Artists Evan Roth (F.A.T., Graffiti Research Lab, Eye-Writer) and Geoffrey Lillemon (holy shit look at his website) teamed up for a new project, Image-of-Edessa. Image-of-Edessa explores the notion of worship, the Internet and identity. A portrait is rendered entirely of animated gifs, a medium native to the web and commonly used to represent self in the form of […]
This ingenious infographic, created for the New Yorker by designer Larry Buchanan, illustrates New York City’s wealth disparities by plotting median household income against every subway stop in the city. Each train line is displayed individually, making it very easy to see the close relationship between geography and money. Witness the immense dropoff between Grand Street and […]
A group of Harvard students has a novel and very zeitgeisty solution for helping the visually-impaired to experience paintings. Using 3D printing, the students hope to turn 2D images into relief sculptures, so the blind can approximate the act of “seeing” the paintings with their hands. “We want to bridge the gap between the visually […]
According to MTA board member Charles Moerdler, there’s only one thing standing in the way of the 7 Train extension: the Hudson’s dreaded electric eels. The line should use plastic pipes for its plumbing, Moerdler argues, or run the risk of the system becoming electrified by the slimy marine creatures. Local experts, you may be […]
Chris, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Graffiti writer KATSU gave Mark Zuckerberg a black eye at Eyebeam and on the street. (Photo: allan molho/Flickr) […]
Six astronauts are coming to train at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in the Utah desert on April 20th. The Utah desert is very much like Mars in its terrain and its crushing loneliness. The Russians are coming specifically to practice “maintaining domestic life on Mars.” That sounds exciting. And boring. But exciting. The biggest challenge […]
Spanish video artist Nacho Guzman knows how to make your brain feel fuzzy with some simple low-budget lighting techniques. In this clip from his upcoming music video for French electro group Opale, he expertly manipulates the lighting on his subject’s face, creating a series of eerie, psychedelic optical illusions. Using a Canon 5D Mark II DSLE, two lenses, […]
I’ve been desperately trying not to comment on Amanda Bynes, seeing as celebrity meltdowns are nothing new or particularly interesting, however… I want @drake to murder my vagina — Amanda Bynes (@AmandaBynes) March 22, 2013 At this point, I’m convinced that what Amanda Bynes has been doing on Twitter and in public is purely intentional. It may very […]
