Created by intermixing purple and yellow-leafed kodaimai rice with local green-leafed tsugaru-roaman variety, imaginative farmers in rural Japan grow mass scale rice paddy artworks in their fields.
According to Pink Tentacle, “In recent years, a growing number of local governments around Japan have started organizing rice paddy art projects as a way to attract tourists and [...]

Discovering that the sensuous Russian woman you’ve been talking dirty with and sending money to online is actually a man (part of one of the many disturbing Russian mafia rings making a fortune off of such scams) can be heartbreaking!
Creativity Online recently published the 2008 Creativity 50. Radiohead, Yugo Nakamura, Johnathan Harris and The Coen [...]

In Vancouver, fixie fanatics need look no further than Super Champion, the city’s only shop dedicated to repairing, building and selling single-speed brakeless bikes. According to the self-professed merchants of death, “The premise of Super Champion is to promote and support the cult following of the track bicycle. Whether a solider of the street, a [...]

Publishing long and descriptive blog posts is a waste of time. People who read the web are lazy bastard “informavores” solely after the “low hanging fruit”. If not intrigued within a split second, they’ll click off of your page. Think bulleted lists, short sentence fragments, loads of links and explanatory subheads. 
Does North America even innovate [...]

Wordspy is an informative website created by Paul McFedries that cites, documents and defines emerging vocabulary within the English language. Although words/phrases like “hectivity”,”junk sleep” or “facadectomy” may seem improper, they have appeared several times in books and magazines, newspapers and other recorded sources. That said, the creation of new words provides interesting insights into [...]

In Vancouver, fixed-gear bikes have achieved a cool factor that’s been compared with skateboarding culture circa ‘92 - ‘95. They’ve evolved from being the lightweight and low maintenance choice of bike couriers into a sought after fashion accessory. Is Vancouver’s single-speed obsession more about being seen with a fixie than actually riding one?
In Paris, fixie [...]