Three years ago Matthew Stott, David Bussell and Ben Ricketts wrote and shot a sketch comedy pilot called "Missing Scene." It was, unfortunately, never picked up but, fortunately, now available to view in its entirety online. Stott has some additional insight about the show but mostly you just need to know that it has Kevin Eldon and a heap of absurdity.

Take a few moments out of your day to read through this 1860's book The Nine Lives of a Cat. The children's tale that accompanies the illustration is a little lacking but, fortunately, the imagery on every page more than makes up for it. You're welcome.

These Chinese Landscapes from artist Yao Lu are brilliant, beautiful and tragic. You can't tell at first glance but each one is actually a landfill - each mountain a mound of garbage, the green pastures being protective nets. The fact that they are digital creations makes them a little less depressing but the impact of beautiful trash still rings true.

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Have you seen Argo yet? No? Well, the basic premise is that the CIA is sneaking six US diplomats out of Iran under the guise of everyone being involved in a fake science fiction film. It's based on a true story and, awesomely enough, the original sketches for the faked film were done by comic legend Jack Kirby. This collection of images shows off the concept boards for "Lord of Light" and the accompanying theme park that was also going to be built. The pieces are mind bogglingly awesome and I'm more than a little bummed that they never became a reality.

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There are many reasons to be excited for the new record, The Stand-In, from Caitlin Rose. My friend Rachel Briggs did the artwork. My friend Aaron Hartley is her manager. Her backing band is awesome. But beyond all that, the record is just highly enjoyable. Her first record, Own Side Now, was a treat but The Stand-In continues to show prime examples of how she's killing it recently. The album has more of everything - production values, confidence and heartbreak included. It's seriously great. This teaser video should give you a pretty good incentive to go forth and preorder it now.

I've listened to the first three episodes of the new podcast - By The Way, In Conversation with Jeff Garlin and I can't imagine the quality level dropping anytime soon. The conversation between Garlin and his guest is recorded live at the Largo in LA and then broadcast mostly uninterrupted. So far his guest list has been Larry David, Lena Dunham, Jeff Tweedy and JJ Abrams. It's fascinating and well worth adding into your rotation.

It's usefulness has yet to be fully proven but Follow Shows allows you to "follow" whatever TV series you prefer and then have their new episode airing schedule displayed on a handy grid - complete with links of where to legally watch them (Hulu, Amazon, etc). I won't lie, this is exactly like the behavior of torrenting / nzb software but with the download portion missing. That being said, it could be a healthy legal alternative to keep up with your stories.

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Many thanks to Tony Kiernan for the heads up on the Rutherford Chang art project, We Buy White Albums and this Dust and Grooves interview with Chang himself. An art show consisting of only the White Album might not seem compelling at first but once you see the condition of some of the records, it should make sense.

Beyond the physical collection of albums he has also created a 100x Layering of the album, each layer being a different physical version of the record. The outcome is surprisingly listenable and just a bit haunting.

All and all - Great Art. Good job.

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Finnish astrophotographer J-P Metasavainio captures a lot of beautiful images of space but I am particularly taken by his series of Volumetric 3D images - particularly the Stereo Pairs. The site is incredibly dense, it's easy to get lost but in doing so you might just stumble on something great. Well worth some digging around.

The mystery of photographer Vivian Maier has been brewing for awhile. The Kickstarter for a documentary about her life was funded back in March of 2011 and now there is finally an official trailer for the film. Finding Vivian Maier will, hopefully, tell the story of an incredibly talented street photographer that had absolutely zero interest in being recognized for her work - she seemed to be interested only in the craft and the documentation process. It's sort of sad to think the attention her work is getting now would be unwelcome but the story is fascinating regardless.

Back in November I posted about some TechCrunch startups to keep an eye on - TypeForm being one of them. I'm sure I've look at their demo before they're still in beta and I am anxious to try it out. Basically, it looks similar to other Form building sites but done even smarter / easier. I love that animation on the homepage and the overall cleanliness of the design.

I've not used it yet but Do looks like a pretty promising bit of software for task, contact and project management. They also appear to be offering a plethora of related apps to work in conjunction with their own - Wufoo, Harvest, FancyHands and Contactually are all on the Featured Apps page. Seems like it's a set of good tools, well designed and extensible. Anyone tried this? I'm quite curious.

Loving this solution from Zach Holman for collaborative music broadcasting on shared speakers - i.e. What Gets Played At Your Office. Play is open for everyone to use and best explained in this screencast - which is, surprisingly, entertaining. Now I just need to get back into a shared office space...

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