Mad Quickies 3.27
Does it feel like Friday or is it just me? We’ve got some hella great stuff here, so let’s begin…
- The Lenape made a damn fine potato chip. Unfortunately, it was also kind of toxic. Maggie Koerth-Baker wrote The case of the poison potato. {via Elizabeth F.}
- Hey, the Bad Astronomer made this list! 140 best twitter feeds of 2013. {via Amanda D.}
- Alexis Ohanian asks Dear Fellow Geeks: WTF? and writes an excellent essay. {via Steve D.}
- Now you can subscribe to the awesome Colossal dude on Quarterly and he’ll send you “limited-edition artworks, fun design-y objects for your workplace, toys, kinetic sculptures, and things made by hand.”
- In which Minecraft is used to create a working neuron.. Is there nothing this game cannot do?! {via Emily F.}
- Infographic: Hackers create an amazing, illegal portrait of the internet.
- Welcome to the internet, please follow me. {via Maggie by way of SpArkLecoRn}
- Here’s another gem from sharpwriter: John F. Kennedy Alien Hunter. {via Smashley}
- Cake Wrecks celebrates the journey of Phileas Fogg and his attempt to circumnavigate the globe… with a lot of purdy cakes.
- Manga Steve Jobs.
- The Human Centipede necklaces? Being John Malkovitch matryoshka dolls? Oh yes, plus other movies we cannot believe have merchandise tie-ins.
- Retail find: From paramecium wall art to Pi cuff links Vasilia’s Etsy store, “In Science We Trust” is charming and lovely. {via @Artologica}
- Book of the Day: Simon Monk’s 15 Dangerously Mad Projects for the Evil Genius.
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Homemade Horse
Found at The Mary Sue: The Horse, Confusing Seahorses Everywhere
from the page
You can use bed sheets to make a fort, or in this case, make them into a horse that will take you on an adventure.
Art and Narration
Mel Kadel – MelKadel.com
Animation and Editing
Jim Dirschberger – EightyFourFilms.com
Words
Andreas Trolf – Facebook.com/Andreas.Trolf
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Jay Smooth on the Creative Process
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Culture Warriors – SMBC Theater
{via Ryan}
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