Having the right information on hand when your flight gets cancelled can mean the difference between getting rebooked or being stuck in the airport. Create your own info “packet of power” before each trip so you’re ready to exercise your air travel rights when you need to.
It’s easy to stand out as a tourist when you don’t follow the social norms of a country’s culture. Beyond that, there are some seemingly harmless habits that can actually get you in a bit more trouble. Smarter Travel runs down eleven weird laws in other countries that tourists should know about.
It’s just that we’ve forgotten how magical glowing embers are since we discovered glowing black rectangles of metal and glass.
Enorme soirée hier soir au vernissage de l’expo DC Comics « De Gotham à Metropolis » à la French Paper Gallery ! Un vernissage qui n’a pas désempli malgré la pluie, et nous vous remercions infiniment d’être passés nous voir pour ce premier grand événement de notre galerie parisienne dédiée à la pop culture. Vous avez pu découvrir des sérigraphies et des prints inédits et exclusifs, tous issus de notre collaboration avec Warner et DC Comics. Un grand bravo à tous les artistes participant et à tous les heureux acquéreurs des prints exclusifs à la galerie… Pour les autres, pas de souci : l’exposition dure jusqu’au 7 octobre, et nous sommes ouverts du mardi au samedi. Enfin, pour les non parisiens, rassurez-vous : ces beautés seront bientôt en ligne sur French Paper Art Club. Encore une fois, un grand merci à toutes les personnes présentes, et à toutes celles qui ont permis que cette soirée se déroule aussi bien (qui se reconnaitront). Et ce n’est qu’un début !
Yesterday was a great night ! The premiere of our official DC Comics art show « From Gotham to Metropolis », with dozens of pieces inspired by the DC-verse and created by artists from the whole world ! Thanks so much for coming to this first major event of ou brand new parisian pop culture gallery in Paris. If you couldn’t make it yesterday and grab a few exclusive prints, don’t worry : the art show last until the 7th of october. The prints will also soon be available online on French Paper Art Club . Stay tuned on don’t forget : it’s only the beginning !
Stan and Vince – Batman Regular
Stan and Vince – Batman Variant
Paul Pope – Catwoman Cover
Nychos – Two Face
Nicolas Delort – The Blessing of Athena
Mark Summer – Batman 66
Stan Sakai – Batman on Gargoyle
M. Garcin – Superman
M. Garcin – Flash
Guillaume Singelin – The Christmas Fall
Kevin Wada – Gotham All Stars
FugScreen Studios – Vote for Me
Dave Perillo – The Caped Crusader (Regular)
Daje Jonhson – Two Face Cover
BadMoon Studios – Batman 1939-2014
How do you make coffee? Do you buy it at Starbucks? Support your local coffee shop? Just pour a mug at work? Or are you one of those fancy types who make coffee by roasting their own beans and like, performing high-level science experiments with it? Here’s a fun little animation that shows different ways people make coffee.
This is ridiculous. Nobody needs this much Nerf gun. But the nice thing about Nerf’s new Modulus blaster is you get to pick just how much you want.
“It’s Nerf or nothing.” Remember that phrase? It’s no longer true. Now, it’s either Nerf or this giant honking Sylvester Stallone-in-Rambo machine gun that rains down 72 rounds of flying rubber. Behold: the BOOMco Colossal Blitz.
Yoga can be more than a relaxing way to spend a rest day. It can be a challenge in itself : you can build serious strength working up to impressive poses like Crow or Dancer.
iOS: With so many different candidates with years of political experience, navigating politics and researching politicians can be an overwhelming process. Voter simplifies it by treating it like dating.
After four years of drought, California’s snowpack levels have already been declared the lowest since records began about a century ago. Now with new information gleaned from tree-ring data, scientists think that California’s snowpack is the lowest it’s been in over 500 years—and maybe even 1000.
You can buy stick-on decals that will make your fridge look like a giant Game Boy, or you can do what Daniel d’Entremont did and actually turn your fridge into a giant playable Game Boy using a Raspberry Pi 2.
When Louisiana state officials announced their plans to terminate Planned Parenthood’s state Medicaid contract in late August, they argued that there were plenty of doctors who could take on the more than 5200 patients the reproductive health organization sees each year in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
Former Disney animator Glen Keane doesn’t need much of an introduction. He’s the man who drew The Little Mermaid’s Ariel. And Aladdin. And Pocahontas. And Beast. Now, he’s embracing the latest tool for digital artistry.
It’s good to know that people are focusing on what’s really important. Local governments in a few different U.S. cities and towns have looked past the problems of homelessness, crumbling city services and displacement, to tackle the real crisis: people are putting up tiny “take a book, leave a book” libraries.
Turns out, Tyrion isn’t just the god of tits and wine, but also an avatar. Truly a man of many talents.
News broke yesterday afternoon that Australian media mogul and climate change denier Rupert Murdoch has purchased a majority stake in National Geographic, a magazine and scientific organization that has been staunchly non-profit since its first issue in 1888.
Salad spinners are great for quickly removing water from things. Why not keep one in your laundry room?
It’s been ages since we heard about any forward motion on Netflix’s TV show version of A Series of Unfortunate Events, but now at least we know who will be in charge: Mark Hudis (showrunner of True Blood) will be the showrunner and Barry Sonnenfeld will direct. Both will be executive producers.
The easiest way to prevent an avocado from browning is to eat the whole thing in one sitting, but if you just want a couple of slices, a thin coating of oil can prevent the rest from oxidizing.
Je suis tombé sur le travail de Bryan Lee, concept artist passionné de super héros et de pop culture, et suis immédiatement tombé sous le charme de son côté Norman Rockwell ! Je vous invite à découvrir son portfolio ici.
I stumbled upon the work of concept artist Bryan Lee and immediately loved his Norman Rockwell vision of pop culture and horror movies. You can check his online portfolio here.
Writing labels on bottles and jars is a great way to keep organized, but those labels tend to smear with regular handling. You can fix this with a quick application of clear nail polish.
If you have a fourth grader, your family can get a free national park pass for the entire year. The National Park Foundation has introduced a new initiative: Every Kid in a Park.
I love writing stuff down. Well, I love the idea of writing stuff down. Often I abandon the actual task because keeping track and archiving written notes is a huge pain in the ass. Wacom has a new toy called Bamboo Spark that digitizes your handwritten notes without you having to think about it...much.
Most surveys are written with the intent of finding something out. The XKCD survey, written by stick-cartoonist extraordinaire Randall Munroe, doesn’t have an end game — it’s just trying to collect random information from as many people as possible, and then find unlikely correlations.
Ever since Disney and Pixar announced they’d be making The Incredibles 2, I’ve been obsessed with it. Partially that’s because I’m such a huge fan of Brad Bird’s original, pitch perfect superhero team/family film. But also it’s because I can’t figure out how the hell they’re going to make it work.
In the electronics world, Sony has made a name for itself with the occasional off-the-wall design . But in the watchmaking world, it’s a company called MB&F who’s responsible for some of the craziest clocks you’ve ever seen. And its latest creation will give arachnophobics the creeps.
You thought the marching Pikachus were mesmerizing ? They were! And so are these dancing electric rodents .
Khan Academy and Pixar have launched Pixar in a Box, a new course meant to teach kids the practical uses for all the stuff they’re learning in school and the basics of working on creative projects.
