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In an interesting technical tutorial Filmmaker IQ, host John P. Hess explained the specific formulas used to calculate the forced perspective illusion, a camera technique that uses distance to make subjects appear larger or smaller than they actually are. ** ERRATA ** at 2:49, it should be width divided by the distance…It’s one of the...

To help prepare us for the upcoming second season of Stranger Things landing on October 27th, actor Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin Henderson) stopped by Teen Vogue to unleash a seven-minute refresher course on everything that happened in season one of the spooky Netflix series. Gaten, who plays the lovable Dustin, stopped by Teen Vogue to recap...

Victoria, British Columbia arts and crafts shop, miniLAND, has created a series of miniature wooden foosball tables for dollhouses that are highly detailed. The tiny soccer players move around but, according to miniLAND, the mini foosball tables are not a toy and for display only. They are available to purchase from the miniLAND website and...

Responding to the word “Go”, a beautiful blonde greyhound took a running leap and soared over a 6 foot 6 inch obstacle fence as well as a human standing behind it. The dog amazingly cleared both barriers without touching either before gracefully landing on her feet. That clearance! via reddit, Digg Hot Nosh 24/6, Buy...

Vietnamese shop, Wood Marble Machine has created an amazing wooden marble contraption that uses gears and lifts to endlessly push marbles down three separate tracks. The machine is available to purchase from their Facebook shop. via The Awesomer The Wintergatan Marble Machine, A Hand-Cranked Instrument That Uses 2,000 Marbles to Make MusicGiant Rube Goldberg Marimba...

A post shared by Esteban Diacono (@_estebandiacono) on Oct 17, 2017 at 6:38am PDT Buenos Aires, Argentina motion graphics designer Esteban Diacono has created a captivating animation that features a realistic rubber face getting punched by a flying rubber fist. via Digg Whimsical Stop Motion Animation Demonstrates the Noise Dampening Abilities of Moldable Sugru RubberDisney...

The Fowdry is featuring a collection of stylish novelty socks that are designed to look like realistic baked goods and cakes. Realistic enough to fool a panel of patissiers at a croissant convention, each cunningly patterned pair is hand-rolled to look just like its tasty namesake. In fact, they’re so convincing you might want to...

The Snowman stars Michael Fassbender and Rebecca Ferguson joined Vanity Fair to review clips from popular serial killer movies. They dove in and shared their thoughts on films like American Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, and No Country for Old Men. From Hannibal Lector and Buffalo Bill, to Patrick Bateman and Anton Chigurh, find...

Netflix released a new trailer for The Punisher, Marvel‘s upcoming television series about the comic book character of the same name. The action-packed trailer follows Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) as he uses violence to extract the truth from his enemies. The Punisher will emerge November 17th, 2017 on Netflix. After exacting revenge on those responsible...

Pop music cover band Postmodern Jukebox along with Alisan Porter, the 2016 winner of The Voice, performed a sultry orchestral cover of the classic Nirvana song “Smells Like Teen Spirit“, which is available for purchase on iTunes. https://t.co/gXczD9sbdI pic.twitter.com/9KxgEUMeEn — Alisan Porter (@alisanporter) October 19, 2017 A Powerful Cello Cover of Nirvana’s Song ‘Smells Like...

While out on a walk in the park with her human, an adorable Siberian husky puppy was exploring amongst the rocks of a working water feature. After sniffing around a bit, the dog inadvertently sat on one of the timed fountains, which erupted right onto her little bottom. Siberian Husky Mom Teaches Her Puppies How...

A post shared by Stefan Draschan (@stefandraschan) on Oct 8, 2017 at 1:18am PDT Photographer Stefan Draschan has created “People Matching Artworks“, a remarkable photo series that captures museum visitors wearing outfits that match and/or coordinate with the art they are viewing. This type of series requires a great deal of patience, however being that...

Chris Poole, the affable human to the feline duo Cole and Marmalade, put together a list of the wonderfully silly things that ailurophiles do for their beloved felines such as retrieving a favorite yet unwanted toy, easily giving in to anything because of cuteness, dancing in front of cats and even asking a cat for...

For the Netflix special Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond – Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton, comedian, artist and actor Jim Carrey opens up about his profound experience of portraying the late Andy Kaufman in the 1999 film Man on the Moon, particularly how he so embodied Kaufman’s enigmatic character...

New York City sound designer Matt McCorkle of NEW INC has created a spooktacular interactive Halloween themed soundboard that “allows users to experiment with eerie ambiances, twist music into otherworldly soundscapes, and play sounds reminiscent of horror movies.” submitted via Laughing Squid Tips 12,000 Dominoes Fall Over in a Spooktacular Halloween Display by Lily HeveshThe...

A really affable guy named Steve of Key West Kayak Fishing was out in the water about four mile from shore when he came across a very tired iguana who swam over to his rig, and after a few cautious moments and some encouraging words, jumped aboard to rest awhile. Concerned, the compassionate kayaker decided...

Last year, trapeze artist Nicholas Port of the Bloomington High Flyers gave us a look at the principles of physics and inertia by capturing slow motion footage of Ada Port falling onto a net covered in leaves. via y-haruka, Sploid Flying Trapeze NecklaceDiving Onto a Large Trampoline Filled With 1,000 Mousetraps in Super Slow MotionSlow...

A post shared by Lifestyle•Travel•Sport•CG (@owen_buggy_photography) on Mar 7, 2017 at 6:25am PST BVI Art Reef, a collaborative project comprised of Sir Richard Branson and a global network of philanthropists and artists, salvaged the Kodiak Queen, a decorated WWII ship, from the scrap heap and transformed it into a magnificent underwater art gallery with a...

DestructionNation posted a series of videos where they drive virtual vehicles over 100 consecutive speed bumps at high speeds in the simulation video game, BeamNG.drive. They slow down the footage as semi trucks, Jeeps, sports cars, and junkers explode into pieces after being slammed across the speed bumps. via Boing Boing Russian Bus Driver Angrily...

ThinkGeek has released their new set of four ceramic Fallout Tiki Mugs that include Dogmeat, a set of Power Armor, Vault Boy, and a Deathclaw. Star Trek: The Next Generation Ceramic Tiki MugsCeramic Guardians of the Galaxy Tiki MugsStar Trek: The Original Series Ceramic Tiki Mugs

An adorable quartet of pretty pigs, including the very stylish Priscilla and Poppleton were comfortably snuggled inside a shopping cart with their good pug buddy Pigtail riding shotgun while their human went shopping at the local Tractor Supply Company . It’s not unusual for this fivesome to be seen like this. They bathe, together ride...

Last month, photographer and caring mother Christy Keane of The Blushing Bluebird Blog and her husband found out that their sweet newborn daughter, Charlotte, suffered from bilateral profound congenital hearing loss. After receiving hearing aids, the family captured footage of emotional little Charlotte almost being moved to tears as she heard her mother’s voice for...

someone who is good at science please help which is the correct anatomy of hamburger helper pic.twitter.com/TRW1Ah8lod — michael SCAREa (@soongrowtired) October 14, 2017 Last week, Jackson Costa (a.k.a. “michael SCAREa“) of Somerset, Massachusetts tweeted a question asking about the correct anatomy of Hamburger Helper‘s iconic mascot, a four-fingered glove with a face named Lefty....

In recognition of National Bullying Prevention Month, the fast food chain Burger King partnered up with NoBully.org to perform an unusual experiment. They staged a loud, demonstrative teenage bullying situation (with actors) inside one of their restaurants to see what customers what do. On the other side of the counter, Burger King employees “bullied” a...

In the entertaining trailer for the 1940s Hollywood themed, black and white Louis CK film entitled “I Love You Daddy“, a divorced television writer Glen Topher (Louis CK) looking for his next break unexpectedly plays host to his spoiled 17-year old daughter China (Chloë Grace Moretz). During her visit, China turns his life into utter...

The incredibly talented Nancy Cartwright of Spotted Cow Entertainment posted a fantastic video where she does seven of her voices from The Simpsons — Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Database, Todd Flanders, Kearney Zzyzwicz, Ralph Wiggum, and Maggie Simpson — in less than forty seconds. Nancy Cartwright Surprises a 13-Year-Old Boy After Revealing She is the...

German airline captain, Niels Herbrich, designed and built the world’s fastest remote-controlled airplane. Equipped with a Behotec 180 turbine jet engine, the RC beast reaches insane speeds of up to 451 MPH. RC MEDIA WORLD posted footage (part 1 and 2) of Herbrich somehow keeping sight of and controlling his RC plane during a world...

To celebrate The Foreigner releasing in theaters, GQ helped Jackie Chan go undercover on the internet as “ActuallyJackieChan” and respond to people’s real comments on Twitter, reddit, YouTube, Wikipedia, IMDb, Yahoo Answers, and Quora. Nick Offerman Goes Undercover on the Internet and Responds to People’s Real CommentsIce Cube Goes Undercover as ActuallyIceCube to Interact With...

German insect enthusiast and breeder Adrian Kozakiewicz of Insecthaus who likes to let his amazing bugs crawl around on his hands and face, showed off an absolutely gorgeous giant atlas moth whose earth colored wings covered the entirety of the young man’s face. A post shared by Adrian Kozakiewicz/Insecthaus® (@insecthaus_adi) on Aug 2, 2017 at...

British artist Sandy Gardner has created an absolutely gorgeous line of cotton scarves that feature the colorful wingspans of such birds as the magpie, the woodpecker, the kingfisher, the pheasant phoenix, the barn owl and the three eyed raven. The scarves are available for purchase through Gardner’s Etsy store. Each design begins with a combination...

Video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter took a deep dive into the work of director David Fincher, specifically the deliberate camera techniques he uses in order to bring the audience in and view the world through the eyes of his characters, almost as if they are in the scene with the...

?????????????????Don't mimic me ?????????????????#??????#??????????????? pic.twitter.com/FIMKDtSYui — ??????@LINE??????? (@daifuku_channel) October 11, 2017 An adorably vocal Shiba Inu became a bit perplexed when one of her toys immediately began barking back at her whenever she barked. As the confused dog came closer in an effort to understand what was going on, the toy fell over and silent,...

Aram Pan, a Singaporean photographer working for NKNews amazingly captured the world’s first 360° aerial footage of the city of the North Korean capital city Pyongyang while flying above the city in an microlight aircraft. In an enlightening interview, Pan explained how he was able to film in such a secretive country. I asked if...

Visual designer Saad Afrid aka afridimensional has created “Neo Tokyo Metro“, a beautifully mesmerizing video of a kaleidoscopic train ride through downtown Tokyo and set it to a really relaxing soundtrack of two remixed songs by the late musician Nujabes – FUU performed by Japanese Names and Feather as performed by City Lights via Digg...

A post shared by paperboyo (@paperboyo) on Oct 5, 2017 at 3:01am PDT In 2015 we wrote about photographer Paperboyo and the very clever way in which he used paper cutouts to instantly change the context of iconic landmarks around Europe. Since that time, Paperboyo widened his travel destinations to different continents and has put...

Tetovo, Macedonia woodworker Tode Sekuloski posted two videos where he gets into The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim spirit and carves a Dragon Priest mask and a Konahrik mask out of reclaimed pieces of walnut. Both masks are available to purchase from his WoodworksGeek Etsy shop. A post shared by Tode Sekuloski (@t_sekuloski) on Aug 22,...

Master builder Mahjqa spent three months creating the Khagaan, a giant motorized LEGO planetary exploration landship. The 20-pound and 43-inch long planetary crawler was built out of 25,000 LEGO pieces and comes equipped with two smaller rovers for further exploration and resource gathering. Mahjqa also made a fascinating video of the Khagaan in action on...

A really cute beagle puppy named Oliver pulled every trick in his arsenal to wake himself up when he felt his beloved human nearby. The little dog stretched, groaned, whimpered, barked and repeatedly rubbed his eyes until he felt ready to face the day. Enormous adorableness ensues as Oliver wakes up from a long nap....

Adam Savage of Tested got a behind the scenes look at the filming of the Blade Runner 2049 prequel short, 2048: Nowhere to Run, and showed us “how the production builds a believable science fiction world out of the pieces of our own reality.” He also appeared as an extra in the short film. Here...

Stéphane Gigandet of Origami Plus has created fantastic tutorial where he demonstrates how to make a super strong origami paper chain by folding copy paper. Gigandet tested the strength of his paper chain, which was made without the use of glue or tape, by lifting a 35-pound weight with it. How to Make an Origami...

The incredibly talented musician Steve Onotera aka Samuraiguitarist took a look at some of the most unusual inventions that have been created “in the name of making a better 6 string.” In July 2017, Onotera also tried out some of the weirdest guitar pedals that have been invented over the years. A Raucous Slide Guitar...

Filmmaker Seb Montaz posted a video in 2014 of the Flying Frenchies, a group of daredevils who participate in all sorts of death-defying stunts for an adrenaline fix, attempting to walk across a highline that was anchored between two hot air balloons. Each partcipant was equipped with a parachute for whenever they accidentally fall off...

A pair ferret siblings named Atlas and Orion hilariously wrestled one another over the water bowl to determine who would have sole possession of the single water bowl. The two little mustelidae rolled around on the floor, adorably soaking themselves in that very same water they wanted in the first place. Funny English Bulldog Siblings...

In 2015, the American robotics company MegaBots Inc. and their giant Mk.III fighting robot issued a challenge to the Japanese Suidobashi Heavy Industry and their Kuratas mech to an epic duel and they respectfully responded with a definite yes. The wild robotic war finally went down this year and Megabots posted footage of all of...

Filmmaker Matthew Sumner of Beat Down Boogie created “Epic Clown Battle,” an amusing live action short where two competitive clowns — Dickie The Clown (Brian Lee) and Honky The Clown (Matthew Sumner) — face off in an over the top battle at a kids’ birthday party. Clown vs. Mime Smackdown on The Streets of San...

In a high-flying episode of Great Big Story‘s Planet Earth, they sit down with voice actor Robert Paulsen as he shares the inspiration behind his voices in the Animaniacs and many other 1990s cartoons. You know his voice from your favorite ‘90s cartoons; he gave life to Pinky from “Pinky and the Brain,” Yakko from...

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly sat down with Wired to answer common astronaut related questions that were asked by people on Twitter. How fast is the international space station? Can you see the eclipse from space? NASA Astronaut Mark Polansky Will Be Posting To Twitter Live From The Space ShuttleAn Unexpected Gorilla Chases an Astronaut...

Fahrenheit 451 – the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns… Super Terrain, a really creative publisher in Europe, is printing up amazing heat sensitive editions of the iconic Ray Bradbury novel Fahrenheit 451, which depicts a future in which all books are burned. Playing upon that theme, this particular edition is only...

A post shared by ???/azuki (@hedgehog_azuki) on Oct 5, 2017 at 5:00pm PDT An absolutely adorable teeny tiny hedgehog named Azuki decided to go on a short camping trip in order to find some rest and relaxation under the big starry sky. Luckily, he had all the proper gear to make his trip a comfortable...

To celebrate the autumn season, caretakers at the Oregon Zoo hollowed out a pumpkin, filled it with fish and tossed into the otter pool. Chaos ensued almost immediately as the resident raft of otters adorably competed for possession of the yummy Halloween bounty. We tossed a pumpkin stuffed with fish into the water, and it...