DIY Skateboarding in ‘Skate Heads’

Arts and culture publication Booooooom teamed up with Flexfit to bring weirdness back to skateboarding. In their new Zenga Bros-directed film, “Skate Heads,” they’ve found a way to combine a DIY portable fort, boat and mobile toolshed with street skating. In the opening scene, skaters paddle to shore on a homemade skiff, flip the boat over and then proceed to use its modified hull as …

Pocket Points Rewards Phone-Stashing Students

A new app called Pocket Points is encouraging students to shelve their smartphones while in class by offering up rewards. The way it works is simple: before beginning class, students will open the app, lock their phone, and as long as the phone stays locked, they’ll rack up points. These points can be redeemed at partner businesses and restaurants for discounts or free food. So …

Help Update Wikipedia with Art+Feminism

With less than 13% of its contributors identifying as female, Wikipedia has had difficulty keeping its content equal between the genders and has been known to be missing articles on many notable women. To help bring balance to the online database, Art+Feminism is holding an international edit-a-thon to update Wikipedia with art- and feminism-related entries. The weekend-long event will begin on 7 March 2015 and …