It’s the Friday Quickies! Surf’s up!
- The most successful pirate of all time? Cheng I Sao. A woman.
- Peter Smart attempts to solve 50 problems in 50 days.
- Electric Ikebana – Douglas Coupland’s data-based art project.
- 11-year-old Frank Epperson changed summer forever.
- The Met invites artists to 3-D print its collection, and art history will never be the same. {via Joseph K}
- We told you before that we like Shikhei Goh‘s work. So does Colossal And it looks like he has a lot of new macro images. {via Mary B}
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- Friendly Atheist crochets to help raise funds for the Secular Student Alliance. {via Anne S}
- The New York Times explains why they constantly redesign the Magazine’s table of contents.
- Crafting Croft: two deaths that defined Tomb Raider. {via Maria}
- Today’s finds: 3-D printed scale armor and a suit of armor hoodie.
- Social media: explained in donuts.
- Omigosh, you guys! A PIZZA VENDING MACHINE!
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Batgirl demands equal pay
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The Marmalade shoots high-speed photography
http://vimeo.com/43455552#
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Featured image is Horsefly by Shikhei Goh.
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Oh my goodness, I remember seeing that Batgirl PSA as a child. I was old enough to understand the message, too — but my main reaction at the time was frustration because it just reminded me that they had stopped playing Batman reruns in the afternoon.