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LUSH x The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Bottles of Mario and Luigi shower gel (in red and green, respectively)

LUSH is collaborating with the Super Mario Bros. Movie to bring fans a collection of Mario-related bath and shower products.

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PINBALL: THE MAN WHO SAVED THE GAME (Trailer)

The story of Roger Sharpe, the young midwesterner who overturned New York City’s 35 year-old ban on pinball machines.

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Ordering pizza on a Nintendo Wii in 2022 because why not?

It works, the pizza was hot, and it was tasty.

Learn more about the Damae Channel.

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JSTOR on the evolution of Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid, a trailblazing British-Iraqi architect, passed away seven years ago at the peak of her career. As a woman of Arab descent, she defied the traditional mould of what an architect should be and left an indelible mark on the field of contemporary design.

JSTOR looked at how she changed architecture.

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Quit more

Why Quitting is Underrated:

This is the issue with grit. It can get you to stick to hard things that are worthwhile, but it can also get you to stick to hard things that are no longer worthwhile – like after your fibula snaps at mile eight. Throughout our lives, it turns out we are not very good listeners when the world tells us that we should stop.

There are a host of reasons why we ignore obvious signals to quit, not the least of which is that quitting has a nearly universal negative connotation. If someone called you a quitter, would you ever consider it a compliment?

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Remember eWorld, Apple’s attempt at an ISP?

eWorld was an online service operated by Apple Inc. between June 1994 and March 1996. The services included email (eMail Center), news, software installs and a bulletin board system (Community Center). Users of eWorld were often referred to as “ePeople.”

Based on a similar service from America Online, eWorld was expensive compared to other services and not well marketed, and failed to attract a high number of subscribers. The service was only available on Apple’s Macintosh and Apple IIGS and had limited support on the Newton MessagePad handheld devices, though a PC version had been planned.

vai Wikipedia

More on eWorld:

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Every Pokémon Is Someone’s Favorite

Every Pokémon Is Someone’s Favorite is an internet axiom that asserts every one of the 1,000-plus Pokémon in the Pokémon franchise is at least one person’s personal favorite.

via KnowYourMeme

Never a truer word said. With over 7 billion people on the planet and just over 1,000 Pokémon in existence, I like those odds.

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Popcorn jazz!

“No audience, no player, no composition: this popcorn controlled robotic drumset is the most hygenic and the random performance we ever built.”

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The history of the Margarita

One of the most popular stories about the origin of the Margarita comes from Tijuana, Mexico, where it is said that the drink was first mixed in the 1930s or 1940s by a bartender named Francisco “Pancho” Morales. According to this story, Morales was experimenting with different cocktail recipes when he came up with the Margarita. He mixed together tequila, lime juice, and a touch of orange liqueur, and served it in a salt-rimmed glass, creating a classic recipe that is still popular today.

(via Moss and Fog)

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Artist tributes to Pelé

The outpouring of grief from artists and designers around the world demonstrates just how much he meant to everyone in Brazil, and beyond.

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