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An adorably hungry dog who was watching his human enjoy a cup of yogurt, stared longingly at the sweet dairy treat as it went from spoon to mouth, never looking away, that is until his human tried to return the gaze. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Hungry Dog Generously Offers to Trade His Toy for...

In 2003, filmmaker Edgar Wright directed a very clever music video for the Mint Royale song entitled “Blue Song“. In the video, a car pulls up, three men exit to go rob a bank while the driver (Noel Fielding) was left behind to keep watch. In order to keep himself entertained, the driver put on...

America’s Funniest Home Videos has compiled some really funny clips of different kitties who were slightly impaired by the effects of catnip. Each cat reacted a bit differently than the others, but a great deal of them were just happy to lay back and enjoy the high. Catnip! Cats roll in it, rub their faces...

London artist and filmmaker Guy Larsen of the Penny4 production company created a fascinating video where he uses the shadow from a crumpled up piece of paper to draw a series of strange faces. By simply turning the wad of paper or moving the light source, Guy can quickly illustrate an all new portrait. via...

Talented Korean musician Luna Lee, known for playing popular songs on her Gayageum instrument, has returned to perform a beautiful version of the Game of Thrones theme song. Here is the original song. Game of Goats, A Yelling Goats Version of the ‘Game of Thrones’ Theme SongA Haunting Cover of the David Bowie Song ‘The...

On a life and limb episode of the PBS presented series Deep Look, created by KQED, they explain how daddy longlegs have a defense mechanism where they purposely release their limbs to help them escape from predator attacks. Daddy longlegs’ appendages don’t need to be pulled off because these arachnids, related to spiders, drop them...

A post shared by Damon Belanger (@dmn.belanger) on May 21, 2016 at 11:19pm PDT Graphic designer and street artist Damon Belanger traveled to Redwood City, California and painted fake shadows under random objects that confused and surprised people as they walked by them. He turned the shadows of a bike racks into flowers, a mailbox...

While on location in the Salish Sea for an fascinating episode of “Beyond the Tide“, the inquisitive Coyote Peterson peered under rocks in the tide pools along the coast of Doe Island in Washington to see what kind of intertidal marine life he could find. Along the way he found all sorts of fascinatingly creepy...

A post shared by Emma Ward (@emma_the_ward) on May 1, 2017 at 11:20am PDT Character designer and illustrator Emma Ward posted a very funny tweet in which she noted the hilarious willingness of Olive, her beautiful Jackson’s horned chameleon to wield any kind of weapon handed to her. Knowing she likes to grasp anything that...

Super Deluxe series For The Gram visits Los Angeles artist Brandon Bird to check out a custom memorial art car that he had made as a tribute to the late Law & Order star Jerry Orbach. Brandon was able to bring the memorial car to fruition thanks to supporters of his successful Kickstarter campaign from...

The hi-tech Ukrainian neon and LED dance group, Light Balance, returned to the America’s Got Talent stage during the quarter finals to perform a spooky and exciting glowing dance number to the songs “Swalla” and “If It Ain’t Love” by Jason Derulo. Show host Tyra Banks awarded the dance crew with a golden buzzer back...

Engineer Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day traveled to Crowheart, Wyoming with photographer Trevor Mahlmann and Matt Whitman of The Ten Minute Bible Hour to film and capture photos of the International Space Station passing in front of the sun during the 2017 total solar eclipse. A post shared by Trevor Mahlmann (@tmahlmann) on Aug...

In Pennzoil synthetics‘ “Terrakhana,” rally driver Ken Block of Hoonigan Racing hops into his 600 horsepower Ford Fiesta ST RX43 and races through a dirt playground in Swing Arm City, Utah. The terrain was extreme. The goal was pure domination. With Pennzoil synthetics under the hood, Ken Block was free to bring his vision of...

Eclectic Method has created an adventurous remix using only sound effects from Indiana Jones films. I made a house music video remix using only sound effects clips from the Indiana Jones movies. The sound design is made by Ben Burtt who also made the iconic sounds for Star Wars. So some of the sounds are...

via reddit, Boing Boing Filmmaker Creates a Time-Lapse Documenting Each Mile of His 2,600-Mile Hike Along the Pacific Crest TrailA Google Maps View of Frodo Baggins’ Journey Across Middle-Earth to MordorThe Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack Available in Hardcover

In a rather clever episode of Simon’s Cat, the mischievous feline very capably demonstrated the unique yoga poses that come naturally to most cats. These moves included “Downward Cat”, the “Lazy Butterfly”, the “Flying Pidgeon”, the “Half Lord of Fishes” and the “Full Lord of Fishes” Watch Simon’s Cat unlock all of his chakras in...

In a wonderful interview with Big Think for his new book “A Life in Parts“, actor Bryan Cranston, who is known for playing very distinct characters, including that of Walter White in the groundbreaking series Breaking Bad for five sublime seasons. Cranston graciously shared the story of an event in his life that helped him...

In a truly touching video from Hope for Paws, rescuers Eldad Hagar and Lisa Arturo gently coaxed a scared, seemingly abandoned eight year old German shepherd out from under a parked minivan with yummy pieces of a cheeseburger. The hungry dog followed Arturo all the way in to a fenced in area where the rescuers...

In 1949, legendary animator Chuck Jones created “So Much for So Little“, an Oscar-winning government produced animated short that makes the case for public healthcare. This care consisted of doctors, nurses and sanitation personnel who would work together to ensure that infant mortality rates were lowered, ensure proper vaccinations were received and every child had...

A sweet little baby flamingo named Squish, who was abandoned as an egg, hatched and nurtured at the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore, is learning how to walk. Because he can’t go into the flamingo pond quite yet, the kind human attendants take Squish for his necessary daily exercise but before he goes, Squish dons...

On an interesting episode of Technique Critique by Wired, dialect coach Erik Singer analyzes the work of actors who played real people in movies and television shows. He takes a look at Jamie Foxx‘s on screen performance as Ray Charles in Ray, Cate Blanchett as Bob Dylan (Jude Quinn) in I’m Not There, and Alec...

Filmmaker Michael Tucker of Lessons from the Screenplay created another one of his fascinating video essays. This particular essay looks at the non-linear timeline that director Christopher Nolan employed throughout his 2000 film Memento, which interspersed both chronological (black and white) and reverse-chronological (color) scenes throughout the film and propelled the plot forward with questions...

A post shared by Planet Prudence (@planetprudence) on Jul 3, 2017 at 12:37pm PDT Belgian artist Prudence Geerts has created “Planet Prudence”, a wonderful, slightly self-deprecating and extremely relatable webcomic that features an illustrated version of herself quite frequently comparing herself to other women. At other times, however, Prudence is happy with herself and her...

DaveHax shows how to spiral cut a pineapple using the Pineapple Slicer & Wedger by Tomorrow’s Kitchen. Testing out a Pineapple spiralizer cutter kitchen gadget to see how well it works and make a cool display. How to slice and serve a pineapple. Perfect for a summer party next to a fruit salad. Expert Woodworker...

A post shared by Roberto Benavidez (@roberto_benavidez) on Jul 31, 2017 at 11:06am PDT Roberto Benavidez a multimedia artist who lives in Los Angeles creates gorgeous handmade piñatas. One of his amazing series translated the wondrously eccentric creatures found in the iconic Hieronymus Bosch triptych masterpiece “Garden of Earthly Delights” into highly detailed piñata form....

Adam Savage of Tested received a new set of a Thracian warrior armor that he received in the mail from Prop Store, a memorabilia company that collects and also sells costumes and props from popular movies. A massive box filled with packing peanuts and voluminous zip-lock bags just arrived at the cave! That can only...

A post shared by b.george (@great78project) on Aug 14, 2017 at 3:17pm PDT The Great 78 Project is a collaborative project between the Internet Archive, George Blood LP, and the Archive of Contemporary Music that seeks to work with the community in order to locate and preserve as many 78rpm records as possible. The current...

An adorable cockatoo named Onni took his daily position in front of the window to watch his beloved human Daddy come home. As soon the man walked through the door, the excited bird gleefully jumped upon his shoulder and began yammering about his day in the man’s accommodating ear. Onni cockatoo is ecstatic that his...

A post shared by Lee Hurley (@hurleyfx) on Jul 13, 2017 at 9:52am PDT Artist Lee Hurley has created Grootpool, an awesome 3D printed sculptural mashup of the tree-like comic book superhero Baby Groot and loud mouth antihero Deadpool. Lee posted more photos of his cute mashup on Instagram and Facebook. A post shared by...

“Pixey” is an animated short film created by Callison Slater, starring Brizzy Voices and Matthew Curtis, that is inspired by cartoons from the 1990s. It follows an obsessed man who gets sucked into his television set and meets his cartoon crush. His meeting turns into a classic story of having to save the princess from...

London animation studio Animade has created “Robot & The Robots,” a delightful animated short about a band of talented robots who perform their hit song, “Robot_Song_03.mp3.” Animade shared a behind-the-scenes look at how they created this fun animation on their website. This studio project is a celebration of music, experimentation and of course, robots! We...

A post shared by Johnny (@sgtbananas) on Apr 11, 2016 at 8:24pm PDT Photographer Johnny Wu (a.k.a. “sgtbananas”) has taken an incredible collection of dramatic photos featuring Star Wars action figures. Johnny’s entire series of toy photographs are available to view on Instagram. A post shared by Johnny (@sgtbananas) on Oct 17, 2016 at 8:26pm...

In 2011, young girl Wang Zhuoxin of the Zhuang Central Primary School in Beijing, China set the Guinness World Record for jumping over 110 individual skipping ropes with the help of 55 of her classmates. Standing either side of Wang in two large semi-circles, 55 of her school mates swung the ropes – making sure...

Licensed architect and teacher Doug Patt of How to Architect has created a tutorial on how to hand letter like an architect from A to Z. Hand lettering is a dying art but I still enjoy it and this is how I do it. This video is a quick tutorial on how architects (used to)...

In a rhythmic episode of “Vox Pop“, host Estelle Caswell explained the concept of gated reverb, its incredible soaring popularity in the 1980s, its recent comeback and how it all came about as an accident. During a recording session for Peter Gabriel‘s (“Melting Face”) third album, engineer Hugh Padgham used a new console and found...

bowzer087 made a wonderful timelapse of the 2017 total solar eclipse as seen from Broken Bow, NE. via reddit Stunning Timelapse of a Total Solar Eclipse in 2012Explaining What Happens During a Total Solar Eclipse and the Precautions to Take Viewing OneThe PROBA2 Satellite Captures Extreme Ultraviolet Images of a Total Solar Eclipse

In 2012, we wrote about a miracle cat named Anakin, who was born without a pelvis or back legs. Since that time, his human Carrie Hawks has been doing a lot of documenting, not only of Anakin’s amazing skills, but also of his little orange tabby brother Mika. Mika is also a special kitty who...

A beautiful golden retriever named Harper rested his front paws on the living room ottoman and put his nose directly in front of an iPad playing a video of squirrels romping around the screen. Harper became immediately mesmerized with the virtual sciuridae and made himself completely still, making it known that nothing could drag him...

A post shared by frontstreetanimals (@frontstreetanimals) on Aug 11, 2017 at 6:02pm PDT After her husband died, a wonderfully kindhearted woman named Melani Andrews from Galt, California walked into the Front Street Animal Shelter in Sacramento and asked for the most un-adoptable dog so that she could take him or her out of the shelter...

On August 14, 2017, the Pantone Color Institute in collaboration with the Prince Estate introduced a beautiful custom color purple hue entitled “Love Symbol #2“, in memory of the late, great musician who was widely known for his love of all things purple. Prince’s association with the color purple was galvanized in 1984 with the...

In a rather profanity explicit video, a group of deaf and hearing impaired people graciously demonstrated how to curse using sign language for the cameras of WatchCut Video. Of course, the most obvious form of profanity was offered up first, but as the video goes on, the motions became more creative. How do you swear...

In an enlightening episode of the Canadian artisan series Oú Se Trouve by Stereokroma profiles 40 year glass artist veteran Gerald Collard of the Neon Family design studio in Montreal to get a look at how neon lights are made. Interesting facts about neon signs: Neon is actually a very durable and efficient form of...

While performing at the 2017 Summer Sonic Festival in Osaka, Japan, the fabulous Foo Fighters asked singer Rick Astley to join them onstage and began playing the opening notes of the classic Nirvana song “Smells Like Teen Spirit“. After a few measures, the song quickly turned into a rocking version Astley’s most popular hit “Never...

Netflix released a concrete crushing trailer for The Punisher, Marvel‘s upcoming television series about the comic book character of the same name. The trailer gives us a look at Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) as he talks about coming to collect and finishing the job that he started. The Punisher is scheduled to release on Netflix...

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Musicians Jack Landstreet (flute) and Thillman Benham (cello) teamed up to perform an ice melting cello and beatboxing flute cover of the Game of Thrones theme song. The flute and cello were recorded live at the magnificent undercroft of Baltimore’s Cathedral of the Incarnation. With high arches and stone architecture, this hall sends us back...

Firebox has created the Head Case, amusing personalized luggage covers that you can order with your face or a friend’s face printed on it. They are available to purchase from the Firebox shop. Prevent ‘Baggage Reclaim’ drama and make sure your bag stands out from the crowd by slipping it snuggly inside a Head Case....

In a creative episode of Vox Almanac, host Phil Edwards interviews Boston artist Pat Hines to find out how and why he created such awesome color illustrations for his book, Camp Redblood and The Essential Revenge, with only the use of Microsoft Paint. Vox also shared two videos (part 1 and 2) that show Pat’s...

Looper gives us a glimpse at what the amazing cast of kids from Stranger Things look like in real life. They also go into detail explaining what the group of friends enjoy doing, when not on set. As Halloween 2017 fast approaches, so does the highly anticipated second season of Stranger Things, Matt and Ross...

A post shared by @emilia_clarke on Aug 17, 2017 at 12:11pm PDT Emilia Clarke, who plays Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones, posted a hilarious behind-the-scenes video on Instagram of Kit Harington (Jon Snow) pretending to be a dragon. A post shared by @emilia_clarke on Aug 6, 2017 at 10:12am PDT David Hasselhoff Stars in...