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Recycled Island Is Hawaii On Floating Trash
It was a couple years ago that our older siblings at VICE went to visit the Pacific garbage patch. Locked in the North Pacific Gyre, it’s a massive eddy of floating trash sent from all over the world.
Derek Mead
10.26.11
Photo

Jim Mangan's Painted Naked People Are Coming to LA
Jim Mangan's pictures of naked people covered in pigmented bear fat climbing around on rocks will be hanging in a fancy gallery in LA tomorrow night.
Smellis Groans
10.26.11
Tech

Why Not Build Your Own Island Country?
Stop whining about how much you hate where you live and do something about it.
Harry Cheadle
10.26.11
Film

User Preferences: A Tech Q&A With AV Design Studio No-Domain
Each week we chat about the tools of the trade with one outstanding creative to find out exactly how they do what they do.
Kevin Holmes
10.26.11
Motherboard Blog

Occu-π: The Strange History of Counting To Pi, 3.14159265301...
The latest calculation of _pi_ required a programmer, a hacked together 48-terabyte hard drive, a lot of hours and a very patient spouse. But humans have been crunching the number Pi since people were scrawling on papyrus.
Lara Heintz
10.26.11
Music

Listen And Download Rashaad Newsome's Swag The Mix Tape
The soundtrack to his current New York solo show.
Kevin Holmes
10.26.11
Music

Elevating the Penis
Finally, Mike Haliechuk is giving dicks the respect they deserve.
Andy Capper
10.26.11
Motherboard Blog

When the Human's Away, the Cat Will Play With a Robotic Arm
Telepresence, to say nothing of digital interaction, is already a part of the board room and the bedroom. It stands to reason it belongs in the cat room too. And now, of course, it does.
Like many good ideas, the thought of playing with a cat using...
ALEX PASTERNACK
10.26.11
Pen Pals

Sweet Release
You want sweet release? Go on a mealworm diet for two weeks and then feel the unadulterated ecstasy of eating a Cambodian creamsicle out some foxy strumpet's starfish.
Bert Burykill
10.26.11
Motherboard Blog

Yes, Glowing Psychedelic Scorpions Are A Real Thing
It's been a few weeks since news broke that "cats are glowing now":http://www.vice.com/read/front-of-the-book-0000025-v18n10. They aren't radioactive feline superheros or anything; instead, the cats glow because scientists infected their embryos with...
Derek Mead
10.26.11
Stuff

Our Friend Scalped Himself
God almighty that is gross.
Glen Coco
10.26.11
Fashion

Shirt Heads: Copson St.
True or false: Maria Falbo started Copson St. after seeing some pictures of near-naked beefcake models in a German calendar?
Jamie Clifton, Styling by Sam Voulters
10.26.11
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