Monthly Archives: November 2009

New Oxford America Dictionary names 'unfriend' the Word of the Year

No doubt inspired by the unfriending frenzy brought on by people thoughtlessly friending others on Facebook, the term “unfriend” has just been coined the 2009 Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary. Other words which were up … Continue reading

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Walter Wick stacks 117 objects on top of a single Lego piece

Artist Walter Wick stacked 117 objects on top of a single Lego piece for the Kids Gallery of the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford. Wick took about a week to perfect the balancing act and in the end used small … Continue reading

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James and Karla Murray show off photos from new project

James and Karla Murray unveiled this neat panorama of 66th Street station along the 1 Line in an upcoming project with Prestel Publishing and the MTA. From this image alone, it looks like I’ll be very much into the project … Continue reading

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Photos of New York City by Tim Grimshaw

Photographer Tim Grimshaw has some great black and white images featured on PDN today. Head on over there to check them out. Share this:EmailFacebookRedditDiggStumbleUpon

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Demolition of Drexel smokestack in slow-motion

Consumerist posted this nice short video of the demolition of a smokestack in Drexel, PA. The demolition took place on the morning of November 15, 2009 near the 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. Share this:EmailFacebookRedditDiggStumbleUpon

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300,000 birds fly in formation

Title says it all (I just wish there was a bit more information — ie: what type of bird, where this was filmed, how they estimated that number, etc.). Thanks Elin! Share this:EmailFacebookRedditDiggStumbleUpon

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