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Vito Fun Finally Got Around to Sending Us His SXSW Photos
SXSW is basically where New Yorkers go to pretend they are more successful than they actually are and network with other New Yorkers while draining their bank accounts and sleeping on couches. Here are some pics!
Vito Fun
3.21.13
Motherboard Blog

For Over a Year, BP Has Worked Hard to Clean Up Its Wikipedia Pages
Paid BP employees are skewing the company's entries in its favor, and Wikipedia doesn't know what to do.
Brian Merchant
3.21.13
war

The Worst Gadget: Iraq's Most Popular Bomb Detector Is Actually Just A Toy
The ADE 651 is a small device the Iraqi military uses at checkpoints to detect bombs in and underneath cars. There's just one problem: these little wands were proven to be ineffective three years ago.
ALEX PASTERNACK
3.21.13
Art

Kinetica Art Fair 2013: Exploring Light As An Artistic Medium
From a giant LED sphere to fluorescent fishing line and a reactive dress, these works highlight the versatility of light.
Kevin Holmes
3.21.13
Kinetica Art Fair 2013

Incredible Light Art At Kinetica Art Fair 2013
At the 2013 Kinetica Art Fair, we took a look at several artists who are using technology in interesting and beautiful ways. First, we saw how various artists were using light in their work...
The Creators Project
3.21.13
Stuff

It's World Poetry Day!
We spoke to Toronto’s poet laureate to see if anyone actually cares.
Brad Casey
3.21.13
Motherboard Blog

Is Weed Getting Too Good?
They say you can't spell potency without pot. And that's the problem, if you'd like to call it that.
Brian Anderson
3.21.13
Kinetica Art Fair 2013

A Sculptural Take On The Flipbook At Kinetica Art Fair 2013
A sculptural take on the flipbook.
The Creators Project
3.21.13
Motherboard Blog

Kenya Will Use a Vessel Tracking System to Curb Illegal Fishing
The country is joining the increasing ranks of high-tech fisheries to use tracking systems to help ensure its fish stocks are sustainably harvested.
Derek Mead
3.21.13
Stuff

Komplaint Dept. Why. I Hate. Graffiti.
Have you noticed how lame graffiti in New York has become in 2013? Especially the one-liners you see more and more of, with their pseudophilosophy and visual impairment. Where exactly is the art? And what's the message?
Bob Nickas
3.21.13
New music

Watch the New Video for Azar Swan's "Amrika," Directed by Jason Somma
A beautiful, adorable, and not altogether uncreepy homage to growing up poor and different.
3.21.13
New music

Listen to "Washing Machine," the Heady, Warped New Single from Heavy Hawaii
True to its title, "Washing Machine" is a warped, waterlogged art-pop ditty caught somewhere between the "rinse" and "spin" cycles.
Sasha Hecht
3.21.13
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