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Hacking Hollywood’s Contributors On Homelandville And Westwingistan, Matthew Weiner’s Resilience, And HBO’s Leap Off The CliffChic Woven Leather Baskets, Inspired By CowboysHow Big Data Could Replace Your Credit ScorePick Your Own Food At This Vertical Farm Built From Shipping ContainersThe Grey Zone Of Gluten-Free RegulationSteve Wozniak Isn’t A Fan Of Ashton Kutcher’s “Jobs”Anti-Social Apps Will Help Us Avoid Our FriendsThese Sandcastles Far Exceed Bucket-And-Shovel StandardsThese Sandcastles Far Exceed Bucket-And-Shovel StandardsAn Artist’s Clever, Surrealistic Takes On Everyday ObjectsThe Recommender: Margaret Rhodes, Fast Company’s Associate EditorThis Bitcoin ATM Would Let You Exchange Cash For Bitcoin IRLCoca-Cola Debuts “Life” Brand, Highlights Deadliness Of Regular CokeCoca-Cola Debuts “Life” Brand, Highlights Deadliness Of Regular CokeA Simple Red Clip Turns Park Benches Into Public LibrariesA Simple Red Clip Turns Park Benches Into Public LibrariesParametric Architecture Rattles The Italian AlpsCoke’s New Ads Claim It’s Part of a Healthy LifestyleWhy Google Axed Its “20% Time” PolicyThink Most TV GIFs Seem Random? These, From “The Wire,” Were Made By A RobotMeet “Pirate Joe’s,” The Trader Joe’s BootleggersTake An Early Peek At Images From The 2014 Pirelli CalendarApple Goes On A Hiring Spree In ChinaThe FCC Isn’t A Fan Of Verizon’s Plan To Discontinue Landline Phone ServiceHPV Is Linked To Throat Cancer–So Be Safe Out There, KidsYour Google Glass Will Integrate With Your Next Mercedes-BenzFallen Disney Princesses Bring A Dose Of Reality To Disney’s Feel-Good AttitudeFirefox OS Could Find Low-End Relevance Alongside iOS And AndroidMicrosoft’s New Ergonomic Keyboard Just Wants To Be SexyMicrosoft’s New Ergonomic Keyboard Just Wants To Be SexySlack, The “Email Killer,” Already Has 8,000 Companies On BoardFilmmaker Casey Neistat’s Simple Trick For Getting Your Lost Stuff BackPeople Are Changing Their Internet Habits Now That They Know The NSA Is WatchingNokia’s Hottest Rumor Yet: A 10-Inch Windows TabletThis Smokin’ New Scooter Is Made With HempWhat Is The Deal With These Posters of Fake Movies Mentioned On “Seinfeld”?Ashton Kutcher On Preparing To Play Steve Jobs The Way Steve Jobs Prepared For PresentationsHow To Succeed At A Startup While Still Passing Middle School5 Keys To Making Beautiful Websites For Non-DesignersBlinkLink Burns Your Photos After 100 Views (Or Less)Sweat Equity: Discipline Lessons From Inside The Ring To Use Outside The BoxYour First Personal Jetpack Could Actually Go On Sale Next YearCreate A Police Sketch Of Your Favorite Face With This Excellent Time Waster“The Butler” Director Lee Daniels On Unknowing OprahWith Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Unveiled, A Greyhound Exec Looks Over His ShoulderExplore The Entire Cosmos Of Comics In This Book Of InfographicsRe-envisioning The Manhattan Skyline To Reflect The City’s Jarring Income InequalityExplore The Entire Cosmos Of Comics In This Book Of InfographicsAttacking Outbrain, Hackers Aim To Control Your Reading RecommendationsUbuntu’s Edge Smartphone Just Out-Crowdfunded Pebble’s SmartwatchHere’s What Business Travel Will Look Like In 2014What We Should Be Talking About When We Talk About Innovation7 Sweet Ways To Relish The Last Days Of SummerWhen To “Lean In” To An Unpaid Internship–And When Not ToFree Your Mind And Your Apps Will Follow: This Week’s Best (Free!) iPhone And Android AppsThe Sticky Connection Between Smoking Pot And Being A Super Successful EntrepreneurThe Quiet Power Of Silencing Your Phone6 Signs Your Company’s Culture Stinks10 Most Popular Stories Of The Week: Happiness Tips, Jobs Of The Future, And MoreWhy 28% Of Recent J-School Grads Would Do Things DifferentlyCleverly Designed Bracelets To Help Mothers Remember Their Kids’ VaccinesTweets And Twangs: Duck Dynasty Dominates Twitter, RatingsCan Humanitarian Gamers Really Save The World?Pay For Your Cab Ride From Your Phone With The Way2Ride AppA Secret New York Tunnel Opens Up…To Free SpeechA Secret New York Tunnel Opens Up…To Free SpeechNeed To Take Carbon From The Atmosphere? How About Planting Trees In The DesertIs Your Urban Beehive Actually Bad For Bees?NBA Star James Harden Reveals That His Beard-growing Talents Outstrip His Singing In This Foot Locker Ad/Music VideoHow The Weather Channel Predicts What You’ll BuyWhy Americans, Especially Men, Continue to Pay So Much for ESPNThe Man Behind The Black-Market Drug Site Silk RoadHere’s What Memoto Does With Your Entire Life After Photographing ItGoogle’s New Cloud Encryption Is Nice, But Not NSA-ProofAereo Claims It Needs Fewer Than 1 Million Users To Turn a ProfitKickstarting: An Innovative Bamboo Bike, Designed To Create Jobs In AlabamaNorth Korea’s Home-Grown Android Phone Is Incredibly UnderwhelmingLenovo Sells More Tablets And Phones Than PCs, And That’s Important102-Year-Old Artist’s Stunning Work Paints Disney In A Whole New LightHow To Find The One Metric That Really MattersWant To Woo Venture Capitalists? It’ll Take More Than A New Social Media ToolThis Wind Power Thing Is Really HappeningNot Science Fiction: A Brain In A Box To Let People Live On After DeathThe 10 Places You Should Live In The U.S To Avoid Natural DisastersDo We Need An Error Message For Banned Websites?Don’t Love Your Job? Teach Yourself A New OneCNN’s Redesign Will Color Code News, Like A “Mood Ring”Catfishers, Take Note–This Is The Easy Way To Fake Having a Girlfriend On InstagramWatch: App Turns Any Surface Into A TouchscreenInfographic: Analyze Hitchcock With This Statistical Breakdown of His MoviesTXTL8R App Would Prevent You From Texting While DrivingApple Gears Up For The Video Discovery WarsWill Equipping Police With Cameras Create Nicer Cops Or A Surveillance State?Designer Paula Scher Weighs In On The Jane Austen BanknoteFacebook Is Testing A New Mobile Payments System [Update]Your Instagram Followers Are Good For More Than Just Likes: Now They Get You DealsThis “Hyperlapse Postcard” Makes You Want to Go to GeorgiaScubaTone Powers Underwater Communication Using Landline Tech From 1963This Is Iraq’s First National ParkThe Right Way For Brands To Respond To PR Disasters They Didn’t CauseCan You Tell How Dangerous A Neighborhood Is From Just A Picture?Mynd: A Free Scheduling App That Is Way More Than A CalendarHelp Judge This Amazing Art–Created By ChimpsFeeling Sad? Study Says Facebook Is To Blame8 New Jobs People Will Have In 2025An Online Retrospective Shows Why Braun Still MattersSeptember: The Month Apple And Samsung Play A Big-Stakes GameIn Apps For Mobile Advertising, Brands Pay You To ListenHow To Get The Most Out Of 5, 15, 30, And 60 Minutes Of Downtime At Work4 Tips To Master Thinking With Both Sides Of Your Brain, And Boost CreativityCan Amazon Monetize Anything?Borrow These 5 Smart Startup Habits To Maximize Your ProductivityWay Beyond A Company BBQ: How To Truly Improve Employee MoraleWhat Entrepreneurs Can Learn From The Bustle BacklashVoices in Your Head: How Google Glass Lets a Half-Deaf Person HearGoing Barefoot At Work Cuts Stress And Feels Great. Going Barefoot At Work Is Gross. DiscussThese Musical Cubes Remix The Way We Play With One AnotherHere’s What Viewers Of “Duck Dynasty” And “Pretty Little Liars” Have In CommonSkip the Store: Grocery-Delivery Service Blue Apron Expands To The WestWhat People Hate About The Most Popular Fitness TrackersStartup People Have Tons Of Stickers On Their LaptopsA Deskside Storage Unit Inspired By The Swedish SuburbsBill Gates’s New Text-To-Video Patent Smells Like Troll FoodBecause You’re SpecialSorry Apple TV, Roku Is America’s Most Popular Streaming BoxAudi’s App Turns Your iPhone Into An Interactive User’s ManualWho Needs Batteries? These Sensors Run On Cellular SignalsPeople Really Love The Canary Smart Home Security DeviceA Self-Contained Bike Share To Make College (Or Your Office Park) More FunThe Underground Market For Spam Twitter AccountsChegg, The “Netflix For Textbooks,” Looks To Raise $150 Million In IPOHome Depot’s Bee-Friendly Plants Are Actually Killing The Bees“The Shazam for Wine” Lets You Buy Vino By Snapping Its LabelRobert Downey Jr. Anchors $1 Billion, Acronym-Based HTC CampaignYour Old Yahoo Email Address Is Up for Grabs TomorrowKickstarting: An Elegant 19th-Century Lens That Syncs With Any Modern CameraSpaceX’s Grasshopper Just Blew Our Minds With Its Latest LaunchWant To Sell Your Stuff? Advertise On The IPadNow Congress is Concerned About BitcoinThis Panoramic View Of Tokyo Is The Second-Largest Photo EverLouisiana’s Giant, Terrifying Swamp Rats Set To Invade Rest of America, Thanks To Climate ChangeCreep Hacks Baby Monitor, Yells At ToddlerTwitter Is Testing A TV Feature That Highlights Trending Shows In Your TimelineWould You Eat A Stranger’s Leftover Lasagna?Inside The School That Teaches Code Like PoetryThis Form-Fitting Cast Will Heal Your Broken Bones Without The HasslesFlickr Cofounders Launch Slack, An Email KillerAt Pandora, Every Listener Is A Test SubjectOn View: Ghostly X-Rays Of NASA SpacesuitsJapan Wants to Build An Underground Ice Wall To Stop Radioactive LeaksNPR Radically Changes Its ViewsGoogle Is Offering Grants For Women To Attend Tech ConferencesA Fake Mountain On Top Of A Chinese Skyscaper–Why Not?“I’m With Phil” Trailer Shows How A Quirky Internet Stunt Became MeaningfulReddit Cofounder Alexis Ohanian On The Power Of The Internet To Level The Playing FieldPangea Redrawn With Today’s Political BoundariesThe Facebook App You’re Not Allowed To Use Unless You’re A CelebHow The Makers Of “Americans In Bed” Captured Intimacy On CameraMan With OCD Performs Love Poem About OCD While Exhibiting OCD SymptomsWhat Fear-Based Business Models Teach Us About User MotivationThis 11-Year-Old Documentary Filmmaker Took On Disgusting School LunchesApple’s Newest Purchase Could Help It Reinvent TVA Sustainable Factory Farm That Spits Out CricketsWhy Are We Still Plugging In Our iPhones?How Much Did This Hyperloop Lookalike Inspire Elon Musk?See The Worst Videos From BoooTube, A Showcase Of Everything Wrong With The Internet, Life In GeneralCan Good Graphic Design Help The Homeless?An Easy Exploit Could Leave Philips Hue “Smart Light” Owners In The DarkSamsung Accused Of Abusing Workers In BrazilWhy 80 Percent Of Your Emails Are A Total WasteThe Key To Getting Meetings With Insanely Busy PeopleHeartwarming Leadership Lessons From The Beautiful GameHow Using 15 Minutes Of Downtime At Work Can Realign Your Work-Life Balance5 Ways Marketing Can Turbocharge Sales6 Simple Mindfulness Practices To Reframe Your PerspectiveDaniel Kahneman’s Advice For Strengthening Your Decision-Making SkillsThe Shocking Stats About Who’s Really Starting Companies In AmericaNew School: Two Apps That Let Teachers Remix Lessons Like DJsHow A NASA Scientist Helped Size My BraWatch: With Cyborg Instruments, Dancers Turn Movement Into MusicYou Could If You Wanted To . . .With 600M Sold, Taco Bell Unveils The Fiery Doritos Locos TacoA Stove That Cooks With Molten SaltPirate Bay’s Browser For Bypassing Censorship Downloaded 100,000 Times In 3 DaysBitTorrent Begins (Legally) Distributing TV ShowsNow You Can Write That Novel-Length Yelp Review On Your SmartphoneBillionaire Investor Carl Icahn Made Apple Shares Surge With A TweetThe Xbox One Controller Almost Emitted Smells?!?Infographic: 4,000 Years Of Human History Captured In One Retro ChartThe Xbox One Controller Almost Emitted Smells?!?Fitbit Raises $43 Million, Says It Will Accelerate HiringResearchers Create Lab-Grown Human Heart Tissue That Can Beat By ItselfThis Is How Three Huge Viral Hits Went Viral, According To TwitterWant To Recruit Better Developers? Give Them Broken CodeComcast Expands Cheap Internet Packages For Low-Income FamiliesUPS Bets Big On Retail 3-D PrintingCan We Build A Real Golem? These Academics Think SoFor $15, This Service Will Deliver A Quick Design FixCould Google Glass Track Your Emotional Response to Ads?Today’s Most Creative People: The Scientists Behind The World’s First Working, 3-D-Printed Kidney“Hacking Hollywood” Contributors On Martin Scorsese’s Courage, Mel Brooks’s Rebellious Creativity, And MoreJell-O Tries To Prove It’s Still Fun With New Ad CampaignHow Evernote Plans To Turn Everyone Into A Premium UserPlay Dizeez, An Online Game, and Help Scientists Crack Genetic CodesNeglecting To Eat An Apple A Day Is Keeping Trillions Of Dollars AwayThis Is A 12-Course Gourmet Meal In A CanMicrosoft Backtracks, Says Xbox One Will Work Without The KinectThis Machine Kills Government SecretsWhile We Await Hyperloop, Take a Virtual Robot Tour of Italy With San PellegrinoGoodbye, Spotify: Is This The Secret To Artist-Friendly Music Distribution?Why The Hyperloop Is A Great Idea That Won’t Ever Be BuiltWhy The Hyperloop Is A Great Idea That Won’t Ever Be BuiltEmoji Major No. 1: The “Breaking Bad” PremiereUber is Coming to ChinaFacebook To Acquire Mobile Technologies For Speech-Recognition TechnologyFab.com Says It Could Do Better, Promises To Make Users SmileCoffee Deprivation, Exhaustion, and Spying: The Inside Tricks Of Peace NegotiationsSketchagram: Travel-Happy Artist Draws Everywhere She’s BeenRebranding A NYC Bookstore To Evoke The Golden Age Of TravelTicketmaster’s President Nathan Hubbard OutYes, Google Play Is Growing, But Apple Is Still WinningWhat Happens Every Single Second On The InternetThe Scary Japanese Museum Where Kids Can Mess With Mona LisaScience Explains What The State Of Your Desk Says About YouWith BlackBerry Up For Sale, Is Microsoft A Serious Buyer?J.C. Penney’s Largest Shareholder Resigns From The Board Amid ConflictCan Elon Musk’s Design Fiction Be Good For Innovation?Can Elon Musk’s Design Fiction Be Good For Innovation?Google Glass Update Hints At What The Final Product Will Be Like5 Ways To Craft A Killer Content Marketing Strategy–Without Creating Any ContentHow To Turn The Job You Have Into The Job You WantVSCO Cam, The Anti-Instagram, Is The Future Of Mobile PhotographyThe 25-Hour Work Week, And Other Radical Ideas For Better Employee ProductivityWhy You Don’t Want A Job That (Only) Makes You HappyIf You Want A Big Exit A La Tumblr, Make People Love Your StoryWhy You Need A Diverse NetworkThink LinkedIn Knows Your Network? Relationship Science Digs DeeperFirst Round Capital Gave 11 Students $500,000, And This Is What They Did With ItThis Monkey Robot Swings Around On Dangerous Power Lines, Checking Them For Damage3 Ways Hackers Will Invade Your Smart HomeBiodegradable Utensils That Let You Eat (With) Your Vegetables10 Modern Wonders That Prove The Hyperloop Could Be BuiltAbandonment IssuesYour Body Parts Are Ripe For Gene HackingWith IFTTT Channel, The New York Times Makes It Easy For You To Customize Your NewsExploring The Precedent, Possible Science Challenge In HyperLoopBret Easton Ellis Narrates Forensic Dissection of a Moment In This Music VideoSoon You’ll Be Able To Make OpenTable Reservations Without Leaving FacebookShould Your App Run On iOS 7 Only?To The NSA, Internet Surveillance Is A GameHonda Wants You To Help Save Drive-in Movie TheatersLooking For A Parking Spot In NYC? There’s An App For ThatHaptic Lab’s New Ship Kite Sails Through The Skies“Game Boy Back” Is A Real Medical Ailment for Gamers With Bad BacksTurning Your Two-Hour Layover Into a Vacation With SkillShare.com, SoulCycle, and NatureCheck Out Your New BBQ Setup–Powered Entirely By The SunWaiting For The Hyperloop? Here’s Where You Can Actually Travel The Fastest Right NowMeet A Few Of The 100,000 People Who Have Applied To Go To MarsDead Girl From “The Ring” Movies Wants To Know If You’d Like Fries With ThatTweets (Even Negative Ones) Help Politicians Get ElectedUpCounsel Lets Lawyers (And Clients) Escape Life At The Law FirmKickstarting: A Smart System For Learning Chinese With Minimal Pain And PostersThe Surprising Story Behind The iPhone’s Iconic Text Message SoundLooking For Customers? Be A Hunter, Not A GathererScott Belsky On Treating The Time You Give Like An InvestmentLondon Turns Off Snooping Trash Cans That Tracked Pedestrians’ PhonesMilitary Supermarkets Testing E-Commerce TechLady Gaga Fans Start An Anti-Piracy Campaign To Prevent Leaks Of Pop Star’s New SinglePuppy-Babies: The Ultimate In Cute, Or The Stuff Of Nightmares?An Alabama Town Revives Local Manufacturing With Bamboo BikesA Better Stronger Sunscreen–Powered By Ancient Underwater BacteriaIndiegogo And Kickstarter Are Why Your Neighborhood Bookstore Hasn’t Been Crushed By AmazonIs The New IPhone Coming September 10?Grow Your Own Delicious Pet Bugs, And Then Cook And Eat ThemFab Partners With Itochu Corporation To Launch In Japan By 2014Music Discovery UX Is Broken–Here’s How To Fix It4 Keys To Creating A Mood From Director David Gordon GreenLessons In How To Build A Successful Contest, From The Knight FoundationExplosions in the Sky Sheds Its Musical Skin With “Prince Avalanche” Soundtrack CollaborationTrailer For “The Star Wars” Comics Offers A Look At George Lucas’s Original Vision For The “Star Wars” UniverseInfographic: America’s Strongest And Weakest Coffee MakersInfographic: America’s Strongest And Weakest Coffee MakersCan The White House Really Walk The Line Between Open Data And NSA?How A Video Game Called Infinity United The Disney-Pixar UniverseWhy Your Next Judge (Probably) Won’t Be A RobotThe Next Sea Monkey: A Dino-Shaped Nightlight Powered By Glowing AlgaeBlackBerry Loses Its Final Sweetness, Looks Into Options For SaleA City In The Sea, Built Inside Wind TurbinesWerner Herzog On His Devastating Anti-Texting-And-Driving DocOn A Years-Long Mission To Mars, How’s The Food?Sylvester Stallone Isn’t Ranting, He’s Winning At Twitter With His “E3” Play-By-PlayHow Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley Lost The Narrative To Yelp’s Keith RaboisHow Self-Expiring Medicine Packaging Could Change The WorldIndiegogo Is Being Used To Help Sneak News Out Of North KoreaThe Crucial Body Part All Great Leaders Must EnhanceLG Is Building A $300 Million HQ On The Hudson RiverA Real-Life, Risk-Filled Example Of How Unsinkable Optimism Helps You WinHow Adopting A Dog Helped WePay’s Founders Commit Fully To Their Startup’s SuccessWant To be More Productive? Go Somewhere ElseThe Career-Advancing Secrets Of 3 People With Awesome CareersQuit Your “Group Grope” Now: Original Mad Man George Lois On The Dark Side Of CollaborationTimeless Branding Lessons From A Young Steve Jobs10 Simple, Science-Backed Ways To Be Happier TodayNBC Wants You To Report The News, So It Bought A Mobile Video Startup