Just days before the only known copy of the Atari 2600 game Red Sea Crossing was set to go up for auction, Travis at Medium Bob’s Curiosity Shop came across a copy of his own. According to a press release, “The game was created in 1983 by Steve Stack, Inc. The found game was thought [...]

Three Penn students are working on Freedom Bike Share, a start-up that is “working to bring you the very latest high tech, green bicycle sharing system in the country.” They’ve recently set up a crowd sourcing website to see where residents would like to see bike share locations set up. So far, more than 80 [...]

Labor Day weekend’s Made In America music festival promises to be … interesting. The paid event will be open (obviously) to ticket holders only, and fencing off the area and keeping non-ticket-holders out will be a bit of a nightmare in itself, we’re sure. In a press release issued today, the Mayor’s office said that [...]

As summer begins to wind down, we once again come face to face with our old mosquito-spread nemesis, West Nile Virus. Eight cases have been confirmed in Pennsylvania (including one in Montco and two in Delco) this year so far. And after weekends at the shore, vacations, or just being outside for more than ten [...]

Here is one difference between you and nearly the entire rest of humanity: You’d never even consider entering a Bon Iver remix contest, would you? Well, the boys in Work Drugs did, and here it is in its full Peter Cetera/Spandau Ballet/Karate Kid II glory. (Soundcloud, if you want it, here.) Bon Iver plays the [...]

When Seth Williams took over as District Attorney a few years ago, he pledged to raise the city’s dismal conviction rate. His plan was to force police to collect more and more evidence, appropriately fit the charges to the crime, and go to trial with solid cases more likely to get convictions. The restult? “His [...]

Chart reveals, at long last, that there truly is not much wrong with a little bump ‘n’ grind. Because he is an infographic-making PIMP, our good friend Doogie Horner has bravely charted out The Seven Deadly Sins… so that one can enjoy them more freely and in an informed state. Or at least, that’s how [...]

Last week, we told you about how the nominees for the 30th Annual Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards would be coming down. And indeed they have, and in the words of Maude Lebowski, proud we are of all of them. But the nominations tell an interesting story: Though 6ABC/Action News continues to utterly crush the competition in [...]

Not pictured: One old lady, smoking a cigarette, hanging 1/3rd out the screen door, monitoring all. Attn. Urban Planning nerds: When Mayor Nutter decreed, back in 2009, that each and every Philadelphia street should be viable to “all users of the transportation system, be they pedestrians, bicyclists, public transit users, or motor vehicle drivers,” you [...]

As the food arrived, Gary Oldman looked across the table at Harrison Ford‘s meal. “That looks good,” he said, “Mind if I try some?” Without waiting for an answer, Oldman reached his fork across the table onto Ford’s grilled octopus. Infuriated, Ford looked up from his food, and placed his fork calmly on the table. [...]