Listen to “Polybius,” a Song Played on Old Consoles [Video]

This is musician Julian Corrie’s “Polybius,” a song created with sounds from hard drives, floppy disk drives, a Commodore 64, and a SEGA Mega Drive. If you’re wondering where this video was shot, that’s an empty indoor swimming pool. According to Corrie, “The unusual ensemble (controlled live via MIDI) are given a last curtain call […]





Happy Friday! Here’s an Alcohol-Based Periodic Table of Elements

(Click image for hi-res!) It has been a long week. I think we all owe Brazilian designer Mayra Artes a huge, intoxicated thank-you for this beautiful nonsense. On a more personal note, my favorite element has always been Argon, and wouldn’t you know it, there’s my beloved Irish coffee. It is possible that Artes lives […]

All 5 General Mills Monster Cereals Returning to Shelves this Halloween

  Good news, breakfast fans: General Mills is bringing Count Chocula, Boo Berry, Franken Berry, Frute Brute and Fruity Yummy Mummy back just in time for Halloween this year. While Frute Brute hasn’t existed in my lifetime, the cereal did get a brief cameo in Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, which can only mean that it […]