- newHOWTO make cupcakewurst
What happens when you stuff sausage casings with cupcake-batter? That's what Stef from the Cupcake Project set out to discover. Short answer: sheer, heart-stopping deliciousness. Stef's produced a detailed HOWTO for making your own cupcakewurst. Sugg…
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- newA Dallas Scooby-Doo enthusiast keeps sending white powder to churches & schools
Nick Rallo of the Dallas Observer alerted me to this report, written by Eric Nicholson, about someone who has sent nearly 400 packets of white powder to organizations in Texas. The FBI is offering a reward for her (or his) capture. The FBI finds last…
- 29 mins ago, 18 May 12, 6:43pm -
- newTypewriter skull
Jeremy Mayer, the titan of typewriter-part sculptures, has sacrificed some more old beasts for a good cause, producing this wonderful 9"x12"x15" skull. Skull I (Thanks, Jeremy)
- 54 mins ago, 18 May 12, 6:18pm -
- newKevin Mack and Snow Mack art show in LA
Gweek podcast guest Kevin Mack and Snow Mack have an art opening this Saturday at the Barbara Mendes Gallery in Los Angeles. I love their work. Snow was in the 25th Anniversary show of La Luz de Jesus in 2011. Her painting, "Cheesy Rider" is included…
- 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 5:54pm -
- newSpaceX readies for launch this Saturday, May 19, 2012
If all goes according to plan, tomorrow, Saturday, May 19th, SpaceX will become the first commercial space flight company in history to head for the International Space Station. You can watch online, live, at SpaceX.com starting at 1:15 AM Pacific /…
- 1 hour ago, 18 May 12, 5:47pm -
- newLego marijuana art show
The infamous art collective / brand, LA-GO has a show at Known Gallery in LA opening on May 26. It's called Legolize it, and features marijuana plants made from plastic hobby construction bricks.
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- newWhat we teach children about police
"Someone is causing a lot of trouble." Josh Stearns, a reporter who has covered the Occupy movement extensively, asks, "Why is this children's book teaching my kid about SWAT vehicles and Riot Control practices?" From his blog post: Visiting the loca…
- 2 hours ago, 18 May 12, 5:27pm -
- newAssociate editor of Elsevier's Genomics resigns, vows to devote energies to open access
Winston Hide, is an associate professor of bioinformatics and computational biology at the Harvard School of Public Health. He was also -- until recently -- the associate editor of the prestigious (and expensive!) Elsevier journal Genomics. In a colu…
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- newJudge suspends US law that provided for indefinite detention without trial
U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest has issued a preliminary injunction against the clause in the National Defense Authorization Act that gave the administration the power to arrest people and hold them indefinitely, without a trial, if they were b…
- 3 hours ago, 18 May 12, 4:15pm -
- newBeing gay in the world of Mad Men: what It was really like
What was is like to be gay during the 1960s on Madison Avenue? David Leddick (who was worldwide creative director for Revlon at Grey Advertising and international creative director for L'Oreal at McCann-Erickson) wrote an entertaining essay for Huffi…
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