Graffiti writers carry many weapons in their arsenal — spray paint, markers, etching paste, and stickers. For this series, we went out to document some of the stickers — hand-written ones, specifically — that are currently running on the streets of Manhattan, kicking off with KATSU (above). Check back every Friday for a new photo essay. See the […]
On October 31, 2011, the Earth’s population hit a staggering 7 billion. To celebrate, the people at Worldometers created this site, which represents each of those individuals with a cute little icon. That’s a lot of cute little icons! Hover over a little guy and the site will tell you what number he is. According […]
From Swordfish to The Matrix, from WarGames to, yes, Hackers, the Eclectic Method’s new supercut compiles the most 1337 footage from a slew of code-friendly films. Plus Bob’s Burgers. The beat’s pretty hot, too. […]
“Is God really programme managing an intricate series of tasks, activities and dependencies allocated to over 7 billion resources?” severe skeptic Crispian Jago inquires. Nah, he’s winging it. In his opinion, that God’s Plan is all like… Get the chosen ones lost in desert (LOL) Jago was able to “hack into God’s PC and search through the […]
The popular conception that the South has America’s most obese people may be wrong, according to a new study. Conducted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham, possibly in attempt to regain the South’s good name, the researchers found that the most obesity is actually in the Midwest, in states like Minnesota, Kansas and North and […]
There’s hope yet for those of you regretting your decision to stay in rainy, windy New York instead of shipping out to sunny Indio, California for this year’s Coachella. The festival will be streaming every performance to its YouTube channel, so you can watch from the comfort of your home (or office). Allow a Real […]
Is it the 8th Avenue A/C/E, servicing Manhattan’s ever-growing West Side? How about the L, shuttling the huddling masses out to Williamsburg and Bushwick? No, the fastest-growing subway line in the system is the lowly G Train, which gained no less than 2,000 riders every week in 2012. That’s a big number, but what does […]
Travis, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
One of the best things about Staten Island is the boat graveyard, which is looking ghastlier than ever. (Photo: Steven Siegel/Flickr) […]
This one couldn’t be more terrifying: at a security conference in Amsterdam, hacker and researcher Hugo Teso demonstrated how to hijack a plane’s controls from the ground using his Android smartphone. The details are almost a moot point, but just in case you’re interested, Teso exploited a protocol called the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Report System (ACARS), […]
