The Marginalian
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7 Image Search Tools That Will Change Your Life
7 Image Search Tools That Will Change Your Life

What martinis have to do with reverse art lookup and obscure German calendars from the 1990’s.

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Building Rome in a Day: Crowdsourced 3D Cities
Building Rome in a Day: Crowdsourced 3D Cities

Reconstructing Rome, or what 496 computer cores and an autistic savant have in common.

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Similarities: Because It’s All Been Done
Similarities: Because It’s All Been Done

What Einstein has to do with copyright, where indie bands get their concert posters, and why there’s no such thing as creativity.

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Photoshop: As Real As It Gets
Photoshop: As Real As It Gets

Art imitates life imitates art, plus 61 cups of paint and a rubber glove.

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Mad Men Illustrated
Mad Men Illustrated

What Madison Avenue and Upright Citizens Brigade have in common.

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Urban Hackscapes: Augmented Reality 1.0
Urban Hackscapes: Augmented Reality 1.0

iPhone vs. pencil, or what the Library of Congress has to do with cartoon dinosaurs.

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Illustration Spotlight: Plan 9.001
Illustration Spotlight: Plan 9.001

The 1’s and 0’s of home, or what the Olsen twins have to do with John Locke and God.

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Lights, Camera, Ticket
Lights, Camera, Ticket

Time-lapsing across the Atlantic, or what airline bankruptcy has to do with ethereal photography.

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Pepsi: Can It?
Pepsi: Can It?

How Tim Burton could’ve made $1 million today and why the road to social media is paved with good intentions.

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Image Search Redefined
Image Search Redefined

How to hunt down interestingness by its hexadecimal color.

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