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While touring around the country to promote his book, the very cute Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund had a bit of fun dressing up like a distinguished airline captain at the airport, complete with his very own tiny rolling suitcase dragging behind him. Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund dresses up as a commercial airline pilot for Wiener […]

Six very silly and playful Boer goats very politely took turns bouncing around on a trampoline parked next to a little green and yellow truck that served as a boost, on a crisp autumn evening just before the sun went down.

The Enigma Cafe in the Cluj-Napoca area of Romania is a beautifully designed, steampunk-themed restaurant that features working kinetic sculptures, costumed characters and an elaborately riveted brass cocktail bar. images via 6th-Sense Interiors via My Modern Met

The Under-The-Jack Pack by Betabrand is an ultra-slim laptop bag that conceals easily under a jacket. The bag comes in 13-inch and 15-inch versions both measuring only 1.5 inches thin. images via Betabrand via Product Hunt

In a recent episode of “Frame by Frame” by the Film Theorists, host Kyle explains how the movie Birdman used a series of cleverly hidden edits to make the movie appear as if it were filmed in one continuous shot and how Alfred Hitchcock employed tricks in his classic film Rope in 1948. Most continuous […]

Just one month after Stumptown Coffee Roasters was acquired by Peets Coffee & Tea, the company excitedly announced the arrival of their limited “Grand Cru Cold Brew”, a bottled, foil-wrapped brew that’s the culmination of a 10-year project which started with rare Gesha seed stock. This is a project that has been long in the […]

Cars are reduced to scrap in a matter of seconds after being fed through an enormous ARJES VZ 950 E industrial shredder. ARJES has created a YouTube channel that features video of a variety of their machines in action. via Sploid

Artwork by DKNG Studios Gallery1988 has collaborated with Disney, Lucasfilm, and Bad Robot to present Art Awakens, an upcoming art show inspired by the upcoming film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The exhibit will take place this weekend (November 14th and 15th) at Gallery1988 (West) in Los Angeles. A majority of the paintings and prints […]

Ukrainian lamp-worker Nikita Drachuk of Glass Symphony has created an amazing menagerie of handblown glass animals, arachnids and cephalopods, all of which are available for purchase through his Etsy site. images via Glass Symphony via Colossal

Krampusfest 2015 is upon us once again and the celebration of the traditional European Christmastime Krampus monster will be taking place in Los Angeles from November 28 to December 14. Now in its third year, the festival will again include an opening Krampus Costume Talk, the Krampus Ball, a Krampus Art Walk with Austrians with […]

BMX cyclist Kriss Kyle rides through a moving, colorful, and mind-bending course in the Red Bull film “Kaleidoscope: See Things Differently.” The obstacles in the course shift and create optical illusions as Kyle pulls off a series of impressive tricks. Red Bull released a behind-the-scenes video about the building of the course.

Botanical Gin The British company Master of Malt has put a lively kick into staid tradition with their “Drinks by the Dram Spirit Advent Calendars“, which provide a daily dose of alcohol as the countdown to Christmas begins. Do you remember as a child, rabidly clawing open Advent Calendar doors to get to the chocolate-y […]

#ALLMYMOVIES is a live streaming performance art piece that began on November 10, 2015 where actor Shia LaBeouf is watching all of his movies in reverse chronological order continuously for three days. LaBeouf has partnered with artists Nastja Säde Rönkkö and Luke Turner for the exhibition. Fans can join LaBeouf for free at the Angelika Film […]

Video editor Grable424 has created “Walt & Jesse” an excellent montage that looks at the entire Breaking Bad series from Jesse Pinkman‘s point-of-view. In doing so, the piece highlights Jesse’s desperate need to hang onto some semblance of his humanity while functioning in such an inhuman world. This is my entry for contest I’ve been […]

Las Vegas-based video editor Robert Jones has created supercut tribute to modern-day and classic movies that take place in the future. Robert features films like Back to the Future Part II, Blade Runner, and more. music by Huey Lewis and the News – “Back in Time“

Snail Mail My Email, an annual November event during which talented volunteers from around the world create elegantly handwritten and illustrated letters from emails that have been submitted through their website. The project is currently up and running through November 13th and is completely free of charge. Snail Mail My Email is a worldwide community […]

Land’s End is a new virtual reality game by ustwo, the creators of Monument Valley. The game gives players the challenge of awakening an ancient civilization in an immersive world. Land’s End is available exclusively for the Samsung Gear VR and can be downloaded through the Oculus store. images via Land’s End

Actress Charlyne Yi made a recent appearance on Conan where she demonstrates some of the hilarious impressions she has done for Saturday Night Live auditions including George Bush, Tracy Morgan, and an incredibly convincing turtle. Charlyne Yi’s (@Smellyi) uncanny impression of a turtle -> https://t.co/BWmHfFumrE #CONAN pic.twitter.com/qfc9yuRgHU — Team Coco (@TeamCoco) November 10, 2015

In this video by Alexey Kuvaev a fairly normal looking car is driving around a race track when it suddenly splits in half and then the two sides of the car start comically driving around each other. via reddit

The Oatmeal has masterfully adapted and illustrated a remarkable story, told to him by his friend Matt Harding, of a young co-pilot who, in 1947, did everything he possibly could to help the frightened passengers of a doomed flight from Calcutta. The 25-year old aviator took on many roles of hero – from comforting a […]

Nine-year-old martial artist, Jesse Jane McParland, wowed an audience at the WAKO Cadets & Juniors World Championships in 2014 when she demonstrated her amazing sword skills. She came back for the 2015 championships and put on another awesome show with her impressive karate routine. image via JJ “Golden Dragon” via RocketNews24

An adorable and skilled five-year-old mechanic named Phoenix replaces the wheel bearing on his dad’s 2001 Toyota Corolla in an instructional video. Phoenix’s father recently shared the video on reddit. via reddit

JetPack Aviation gives a flight demonstration of their JB-9 JetPack, which they call “The world’s only true JetPack”. It’s the same JetPack that recently did a test flight around Statue of Liberty in New York City.

Eight Sensible Gifts for Hanukkah is the final holiday-themed mystery gift promotion by Cards Against Humanity. It follows in the tradition of their earlier 12 Days of Holiday Bullshit and 10 Days or Whatever of Kwanza campaigns. Cards Against Humanity is asking customers to send $15 now in exchange for a series of eight daily […]

Mehdi Sadaghdar of ElectroBOOM shows how to make a human-powered hand-cranked mobile phone charger.

Stong Bad pokes fun of some of their fans who dressed up as Homestar Runner characters for Halloween.

NASA has released an animation by astronomer Mark Showalter that demonstrates the unusual ways the moons of Pluto spin in their orbits. Most inner moons in the solar system keep one face pointed toward their central planet; this animation shows that certainly isn’t the case with the small moons of Pluto, which behave like spinning […]

Smosh Games gives their honest trailer treatment to the Tomb Raider video game franchise. From the developer of games about clowns, goths, and the Geico Lizard comes the series that taught boys more about masturbation than sex-ed class.

In the not-too-distant future Mystery Science Theater 3000 could return to television. Series creator Joel Hodgson has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to produce new original feature-length episodes of the cult film-riffing classic with a new host. Hodgson hopes a successful campaign will demonstrate to television executives that fans would like to see MST3K find a new […]

On the latest episode of Man at Arms: Reforged, the talented team of blacksmiths and craftsman at Baltimore Knife and Sword built a real-life version of the Gravity Hammer, a powerful melee weapon used by the Jiralhanae in Bungie‘s popular Halo video games. The demonstrated their hammers weight and power by smashing pumpkins, cans of […]

Maru the box-loving cat very patiently indulged his human and lent his adorable little face to complete a variety of paper and crayon masks that she made specifically for him.

The Philadelphia-based Hog Island Press print shop has created The Great American Novel, a historical map of the United States that features the locations of 42 wonderful classic works of fiction. The hand-drawn, hand-screened map is currently available for pre-order and will ship the week of November 18, 2015. From Ahab off Nantucket to Ignatius […]

In a fairly recent episode of the BBC One series “Richard Hammond’s Miracles of Nature“, the towering host explained the amazing adaptive camouflaging ability of the simple cuttlefish. He then put that ability to the test in an underwater tank designed as a typical living room. Needless to say, the flexible cephalopod more than met […]

The recently launched Outer Space Vodka is a neutral multi-distilled spirit made from midwest American grain that claims to have been filtered through “meteorites more than 4 billion years old” and is “best enjoyed by earthlings when released from a cryogenic freezer.” Whether that statement is true or not, Outer Space Vodka does come in […]

Rachel Peters of Franken Toys, who we have written about in the past, is back with part two of her ongoing series where she makes deformed toys from the mixed-and-matched limbs of discarded children’s dolls. A “Parasitic Dora” the Explorer looks for a new home, Anna and Elsa of Frozen merge as one for a […]

Mode Video pays tribute to 60 years of James Bond with a pair of beautiful male and female models who take turns showing off the distinct fashion found in 007 films, decade by decade. The video starts with Goldfinger from 1964 and concludes with the current film Spectre. You know the music. You know the […]

The Clip In Man Bun is a hairpiece accessory that gives men an instant bun without the commitment of growing long hair. The product description also highlights the importance of being easily worn or removed depending on the circumstances. This attachable—and, equally important, detachable—man bun lets you blend in with your surroundings, putting it on when you […]

A determined long-haired dachshund named Arvo who wanted to take a nap with his favorite teddy bear, doggedly attempted to pull the oversized plushy into his undersized crate until he finally succeeded, completing his task with just the right amount of panache. via Daily Picks and Flicks

Screen Junkies gives their Honest Trailers treatment to the trailer for Terminator Genisys. Arnold is BACK – and worse than ever in the disappoint prequel-sequel-reboot-spelling error that is: Terminator Genisys!

In a recent episode of AsapSCIENCE, hosts Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown use whiteboard illustration to explain some of the really amazing features of human anatomy, even in death. When it’s all said and done, human decomposition begins around 4 minutes after death. This process is known as self-digestion, in which your enzymes and bacteria […]

Dumb Cuneiform is an online service that translates texts and tweets into cuneiform and carves them on physical clay tablets. photos via Dumb Cuneiform via Product Hunt

In the most recent episode of the wonderfully animated series Blank on Blank, legendary author Kurt Vonnegut speaks to a classroom full of NYU students in November 1970 about his childhood in Indianapolis, recalling his beloved nanny Ida Young and pondering the fact that he was older than some of his heroes when they died. […]

Screen Rant host Rob Flis takes a look at ten movie references and easter eggs hidden in popular television shows. The days of television being seen as the smaller, cheaper version of films is long over, with some of the best TV shows and their rabid fan bases putting blockbuster movies to shame. But when […]

American artist Shannon Goff has crafted “Miles To Empty“, an amazingly detailed cardboard recreation of her grandfather’s 1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V. From the logo to the wheel well to the hand-carved steering wheel, Goff left no part, no matter how insignificant, of the car unaddressed. In an interview with designboom, the artist recalls the […]

Washington-based web applications developer Ian Martin of Dejarik Creations has created a functioning, full-size version of the Holochess (Dejarik) table from Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. In the movie, C-3PO watches as R2-D2 and Chewbacca play a game of Holochess aboard the Millennium Falcon. Martin’s full collection of Holochess photos are available […]

Dory remembers something which leads to an adventure in the first trailer for Pixar‘s Finding Dory, the sequel to Finding Nemo. The film stars Ellen DeGeneres as the voice of the comically forgetful Dory, and the trailer premiered on Ellen where the film was originally announced back in 2013. Finding Dory will be released in theaters on […]

Commander Shepard welcomes new explorers in the official Mass Effect N7 Day 2015 video. The day is celebrated by fans of the video game series Mass Effect on November 7 each year. You are an explorer. Know that wherever you go, we will be with you. Never forget where you came from. Happy N7 Day! […]

In his elegant photo series “SUR-FAKE“, French photographer Antoine Geiger has disturbingly visualized the truly parasitic nature of the universally ubiquitous smartphone by demonstrating how the singular interaction of checking one’s phone can lead to the loss of body and soul. This series is an echo project of Geiger’s sur-face series, which featured faces being […]

The latest James Bond film, SPECTRE, was recently awarded a Guinness World Records title for the Largest Film Stunt Explosion ever. The award was accepted by producer Barbara Broccoli, as well stars Daniel Craig and Léa Seydoux, in Beijing, China on behalf of special effects supervisor Chris Corbould. The explosion was filmed in Erfoud, Morocco […]

On the morning of November 4, 2015, Liezel Kennedy of Pilgrim Farms in Shamrock, Saskatchewan went to check on her massive flock of shorn sheep but had a bit of difficulty locating them at first. An overnight snow in the area conveniently camouflaged the ruminant animals, making them seem like they were hiding in plain […]