If you’re not familiar with Fiverr, it’s basically a site that allows you to hire someone that is willing to perform a specific task for $5. Some people offer to do wacky things like record any script you’d like in a cartoon voice, or create a finger puppet show using your script….
wnyc:mothernaturenetwork: Oil rig hotel? Yep, you read that correctly. Take a gander at a stunning vision of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico transformed into an eco-resort and spa
You’ll have a whale of a time. —A.P.
theeconomist:Daily chart: video games. The gaming industry is now more than twice the size of the recorded-music industry, nearly a quarter more than the magazine business and about three-fifths the size of the film industry. It is growing faster than any other form of media.
They’re more likely to be seen in sexy clothing (25.8 percent to men at 4.7 percent) and more likely to be partially naked (23.6 percent to 7.4 percent).
Is it time to change that ratio?
Women Are Underrepresented, Oversexualized In Top Films: Study
Gaga’s Workshop: If Santa Claus traded sugar cookies for psychedelics, the result might look something like Gaga’s Workshop, the gonzo holiday collaboration between Lady Gaga, her fashion director Nicola Formichetti and Barneys. Michelle Ruiz talked with Formichetti about the holiday display.
TOP: “I always wanted to make her into a spider,” Formichetti told Flash of the Gaga arachnid. “We’ve talked about elongating her arms and legs. It’s kind of impossible, but we’re trying actually. Now it’s a sculpture. I need this in my house.”
BOTTOM LEFT: Gaga and Formichetti imagined the hair-raising boudoir- inspired window with renowned hairmaster and Gaga collaborator, Bob Recine. “It’s surreal,” Formichetti said.
BOTTOM RIGHT: At the center of Gaga’s Workshop is a Mother Monster sculpture by Eli Sudbrack, with Stretch Armstrong limbs. “It’s not very ‘us’ in a way — it was a bit more like pop art,” Formichetti said. “We just wanted to do something a little … off.”
via thedailyfeed
Mapping Missed Connections via The Atlantic. Excerpt below:
What’s the loneliest place in New York City?
I would say it’s Union Square. It’s a major train interchange, and most Missed Connections happen on the subway. Also, it’s a large public space, and second to subways, Missed Connections tend to happen on street. Whole Foods, also, is a really lonely place.
