If you've ever watched "Shark Tank," the ABC reality TV show in which entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to a panel of famous investors, you'll notice that each judge is referred to as a "self-made" billionaire.
This idea of being "self-made" is something that show regular Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks and creator of the chat app Cyberdust, instills in his children.
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The artist formerly known as Sean Combs/Puffy/Puff Daddy/P. Diddy announced 10 years ago today that he would henceforth be known as just plain Diddy. Stunningly, the name stuck. The evolution of Diddy:
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Astronauts have captured two jaw-dropping Earth-based light shows from their lofty perch in space.
One of them is incredibly beautiful, the other incredibly rare.
In case it isn't obvious, the beautiful one is up there. It's an aurora that astronaut Scott Kelly photographed on Saturday evening, or whatever time of day an astronaut calls it. One full "day" on the International Space Station lasts 90 minutes, half in darkness and half in daylight.
Read more... http://www.techinsider.io/astronauts-photographed-two-incredible-light-shows-from-space-2015-8
This giant salamander is part of Bordallo II's animal series, curated by MISTAKER MAKER. The video shows how they made this large scale art.
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Japanese artist Shintaro Ohata (previously) currently has two new sculptural paintings on view at Mizuma Gallery in Singapore. Ohata places vibrantly painted figurative sculptures in the foreground of similarly styled paintings that when viewed directly appear to be a single artwork. In some sense it appears as though the figures have broken free from the canvas. These artworks, along with several of his other paintings, join works by Yoddogawa Technique, Enpei Ito, Osamu Watanabe, and Akira Yoshida, for the Sweet Paradox show that runs through August 10th. (via F*ck Yeah Painting, My Modern Met)
