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If it Doesn’t Work, Burn it

by natecooper | May 1, 2009 | art, books, cool, culture

Take some practical tips about writing by the illustrious Mark Twain. The secret is to share your work with a large cross section of people (listed one by one in this video), then, if a book fails to please, burn it. For some reason this video is also narrarated by...

Information Nintendo

by natecooper | Apr 30, 2009 | cool, culture, media

Wow. If you like Nintendo and public transit you must see this video about subways. ExciteBike references, among many other old school NES games abound in this informative video about world transport systems. (via...

Auto-Tune the News

by natecooper | Apr 28, 2009 | cool, media, news

Somehow makes Katie Kouric more bearable. I love how terribly done the green screen effects are also. If you watch only one remix of news clips this week, let this be the one! (via Jordan Harper)

Small Art: WebUrbanist

by natecooper | Apr 26, 2009 | art, cool, photography

WebUrbanist has a great collection of art projects involving the miniature from sculptures carved into needle eyes to tilt-shift photography.

Welcome to Manhattan, Poser

by natecooper | Apr 24, 2009 | Brooklyn, cities, cool, culture, new york

And Brooklyn cheers (though the sign equally applies to Williamsburg). (via eyeonspringfield)

The Twitter Spread

by natecooper | Apr 22, 2009 | cool, culture, internet, Twitter

Spreadtweet is a Twitter application that mimics the design of a spreadsheet. My first reaction was “whahuh? Why?” Then I realized that unlike most of the rest of the civilized world I do not work in an office full of prying eyes. So for all you...