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A LEGO Tribute to the Polaroid Camera
You might still have a vintage Polaroid camera lying around the house that you’re glad you held on to for its modern-day cool factor. But is your Polaroid cool enough to be made out of LEGO bricks? LEGO artist Chris … Continue reading
NCAA Bans Football Field Hashtags
Sports Twitter was thrown into a minor tizzy Wednesday afternoon when word got out that the NCAA had issued an edict banning the presence of hashtags on college football fields The first on-field hashtag appeared in the endzone at Mississippi … Continue reading
47 Top Typography Tools and Resources
Typography is the foundation of design on the web. Back in 2006, designer and founder of iA Oliver Reichenstein even went so far as to proclaim “web design is 95% typography.” It’s imperative, then, to have a thorough, grounded education … Continue reading
Stephen Colbert Asks Snapchat Founders if Their Profit Disappears Too
The co-founders of Snapchat — Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy — appeared on The Colbert Report this week to clear up Stephen Colbert’s confusion about their photo-messaging app, which sees and deletes 150 million photo uploads every day Colbert hurled … Continue reading
Tiny ATM Takes Your Money and Gives You Bitcoin
Trying to figure out an easy way to convert your oldschool printed money to Bitcoin? Try the Bitcoin ATM, a tiny computer that takes your dollars, euro or other currencies and instantly converts them into Bitcoin. The Bitcoin ATM first … Continue reading
Adobe Reveals Cloud-Based Lightroom-Style iPad App
Adobe’s already graced the iPad with Photoshop Touch, a simplified version of its venerable desktop photo editing application, Photoshop. Now the company’s offered a sneak peek of an iPad app that promises many of the most powerful capabilities of Lightroom, … Continue reading
‘Monsters University’ Preview: What to Expect When You Enroll
It’s almost that time of year again — when Pixar releases its annual movie, and kids and adults alike flock to the multiplex to see if the company that revolutionized animation can do it again. This time it’s Monsters University, … Continue reading
Hello, Handsome: Google Glass Owners Can Now Take Photos With a Wink
Although developing apps for Google Glass isn’t currently a very lucrative endeavor — ads aren’t allowed, and the device costs $1,500 — developers are creating new ways to use the wearable device every day Case in point: an app that … Continue reading
Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat Sue Warner Bros.
The cats of the Internet are coming together in a lawsuit against Warner Bros. for copyright and trademark infringement. The feline memes in question? Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat. A Warner Bros. game called Scribblenauts Unlimited features two Easter eggs … Continue reading
Top Obama Tech and Political Staffers Launch Consulting Firm
Several of President Barack Obama’s former top technology and political campaign staffers are launching a consulting firm to bring the data and analytics know-how of the Obama campaign to a variety of companies, advocacy campaigns and other clients. Former Obama … Continue reading