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  Watch this: 4Chan's Chris Poole on the transformation of online culture

  By Bryan Bishop on May 13, 2012 11:44 am + 33 comments

  When we visited ROFLCon this year, it was clear that memes — once the province of select internet Continue reading…

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  ROFLCon: 'I saw God and put it on YouTube'

  By Laura June on May 10, 2012 02:05 pm + 50 comments

  You may have already heard that we were at ROFLCon 2012 last weekend. As a convention, ROFLCon is a Continue reading…

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  Australian billionaire plans to build a replica of the Titanic

  By Evan Rodgers on April 30, 2012 01:31 pm + 44 comments

  Clive Palmer, an Australian billionaire vying for a seat in the nation’s federal parliament, has Continue reading…

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  Mixing video mashups in the days before YouTube

  By Sam Byford on April 8, 2012 10:47 pm

  Social media may make it easier than ever to create and share a video mashup, but that doesn't mean Continue reading…

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  Google Art Project now has over 30,000 works including the White House Gallery

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 3, 2012 05:04 am + 4 comments

  Google just announced that its Art Project is expanding to cover a more diverse range of mediums. Continue reading…

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  Outlier: creating the most high-tech pants you've ever worn

  By Ellis Hamburger on April 2, 2012 02:40 pm + 64 comments

  Outlier is a New York-based company that makes really nice pants for the modern urban man: they're Continue reading…

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  Stunning interactive map traces the course of the wind

  By Aaron Souppouris on March 29, 2012 09:26 am + 11 comments

  Wind direction: it's not the most exciting subject we can think of, but visualization designers Continue reading…

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  Tim Cook: I'm not going to permit the undoing of Apple's unique culture

  By Ross Miller on February 14, 2012 04:48 pm + 101 comments

  Apple CEO Tim Cook's appearance at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference has lead to Continue reading…

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  Alan Lomax's entire multimedia archive being digitized — 17,000 tracks for free in February

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 1, 2012 07:27 pm + 11 comments

  Alan Lomax’s contributions to music and culture have been extraordinary — he was single-handedly Continue reading…

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  Outgoing chief says Canada's broadcast commission can't protect Canadian culture from the internet

  By Dante D'Orazio on January 23, 2012 03:39 pm + 29 comments

  The head of the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission), Konrad von Continue reading…