Archive for the ‘public awesomeness’ Category

Half Naked, Torch Toting, Red Painted Pagans

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 | No Comments

Some things are awesome without commentary…

[Via: National Geographic - of course]

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Mushroom Kingdom Spills Over Into The Lower East Side

Friday, April 25th, 2008 | No Comments

nickgray posted this picture on Flickr (I came across it on Gizmodo).

Apparently, some of King Koopa’s goons tagged this bit of 8-bit awesomeness not long after the photo was taken… sigh.

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Spring is Here!

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 | No Comments

I love this.
Signs of Spring by Mark Jenkins:

The latest project by street artist Mark Jenkins…

[Via: Laughing Squid]

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Tailrace - The Tunnels Beneath Niagara Falls

Thursday, March 13th, 2008 | No Comments

Imagine a tunnel more than ten storeys underground, a hundred years old, bricklined, wet, and completely inaccessible save by descending through a narrow slit in its ceiling thirty feet above the floor, and then returning up the same rope you came down.
Now imagine that this tunnel flows into Niagara Falls, emerging behind the pummeling curtain [...]

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Favorday is tomorrow! March 12th

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 | No Comments

We posted about this before, but here’s a reminder!
Favorday is an awesome, people-powered holiday. Here’s a quote from the Favorday website.

Favorday grew as a response to the overwhelmingly commercialized Holiday season. What started as a season of “good tidings” and “good-will toward men” has become a season of credit cards and cardboard boxes with [...]

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Favorday is March 12th

Sunday, February 24th, 2008 | No Comments

Favorday is an awesome, people-powered holiday. Here’s a quote from the Favorday website.

Favorday grew as a response to the overwhelmingly commercialized Holiday season. What started as a season of “good tidings” and “good-will toward men” has become a season of credit cards and cardboard boxes with Amazon.com printed on the side.
Favorday seeks to make [...]

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DoGooderTV and the Power of Online Video

Friday, February 22nd, 2008 | No Comments

[Via: nirvan]
This video appears on DoGooderTV, which is a pretty awesome new platform for non-profits.

DoGooderTV enables nonprofit organizations to present new videos and existing media assets to new audiences. Once site visitors see the compelling stories of nonprofits, DoGooderTV gives them a direct way to donate to the organization, join, volunteer or simply find out [...]

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