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Sarah Pickering: Explosions

Posted on April 6, 2007 Under Art

Josh and I first saw Sarah Pickering's explosive photography at Scope Miami during Art Basel last year, and I was excited to see her featured in the current pHytonics issue. It's undeniably the pyro in me that's drawn to Sarah's…

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B.M.W.: Pursuit Across Europe

Posted on April 5, 2007 Under Design

When I saw this nifty BMW promo on Motionographer, I couldn't understand all of the lingo they were using to describe it. Terms like "3D cutscenes" and "sprite based games" may as well have been written in greek. But I…

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The Arctic Man

Posted on April 5, 2007 Under Travel

Part speed skiing, part sledneck, The Arctic Man is event I would describe as "uniquely Alaska." I actually found out about it because a friend of a friend will be competing in this year's event, which is taking place at…

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Whisky Militia

Posted on April 4, 2007 Under Life

We're all familiar with sites that buy up products in mass quantities and then dump them us for drastically discounted prices-- some examples that I like: Steep And Cheap (for skiing) and Woot (for techie stuff I'll never buy). Whisky…

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Springy Bed: Up To You Toronto

Posted on April 4, 2007 Under Design

The Springy Bed (A.K.A. the neighbor pisser offer) is a bed that I would certainly love to 'test.' Besides the obvious benefits of having bed that contacts the floor with four car suspension springs, these beauts are designed handsomely and…

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A.M.P. Street: Heeerre's Johnnnny!

Posted on April 4, 2007 Under Fashion

A.M.P. Street has been around since 2002, but many of us haven't heard of the label because it's from Bangkok-- they create street art, tattoo designs, clothing, accessories, and prints. All of their t-shirts are hand screen printed, appear to…

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Lisa Nova: 300 Spoof

Posted on April 4, 2007 Under Art

Thisss is LIIIISSSSAAAAA!!! Many of you know her by now, but if you need refreshing-- Lisa Donovan (a.k.a. Lisa Nova) is the uber talented YouTube queen that was responsible for the infamous spoof of Diddy's futile YouTube channel purchase idea.…

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Find Internet TV

Posted on April 3, 2007 Under Life

On the heals of David's helpful and exciting post about Joost this morning, I thought you may also want to know where to find TV programming online. Find Internet TV is a good place to start. This site provides both…

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Nail House Gets Hammered

Posted on April 3, 2007 Under Life

Because we received so much feedback from the original post, I felt compelled to inform you all that Yang Wu and Wu Ping have succumb to the Chinese Government and the real estate developer that will build a shopping mall…

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Trust Us: We'll Never Use PayPerPost

Posted on April 3, 2007 Under Life

There's something about this Jason Calcanis interview of Ted Murphy (founder of PayPerPost) that makes us cringe. The very idea of masking paid product placements as genuine blog posts flies squarely in the face of what we as writers and…

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