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Roku has announced their latest streaming video player, the Roku 4, with 4K resolution and new discovery features. Users can now search across channels to see where a specific show, movie, or video is available. The new version of the Roku also features a lost remote finder button on the streaming box that triggers a sound […]

During TTITD this past year, the incredible folks of the Burning Man Department of Public Works (DPW) launched a flaming piano with a trebuchet onto the playa floor. If that wasn’t amazing enough, some of them immediately piled into a truck, drove out to where the piano landed, made sure the fire extinguished and then […]

Snow Peak, the outdoor lifestyle creator, knows that every traveller must have the proper glassware when seeking to imbibe while in the great outdoors. With this in mind, they created a sturdy line of silicone glassware – highball for mixed drinks, rocks for straight spirits and a stemless wineglass for the perfect vintage – that […]

Ubisoft trailer director Benjamin Combes has created a 30-minute supercut video of everyone Jean-Claude Van Damme has killed in movies. The Rules: 1. Guns, blades and projectiles always kill unless otherwise depicted 2. Close proximity explosions kill unless otherwise depicted 3. Indirect kills as a result of an explicit action by JCVD count 4. Kills […]

British designer Clive Roddy has created “Cacti Coasters” a fun set of cleverly designed wooden surface protectors that can be creatively stacked in a variety of succulent designs or just be stored neatly away in their terra cotta pot. Cacti Coasters are designed to protect work surfaces whilst having the remarkable ability to blend into […]

Scrivener 2 is a powerful writing and project management tool by Literature and Latte that helps writers with every step of the process from working out a loose idea, outlining, managing research, and putting together a polished final draft. The software includes formatting options for novels, scripts, plays, and more to serve as an all-in-one tool […]

Magician Rahat Hussein recently freaked out a few unsuspecting delivery drivers by inviting them into his house and then allowing them to meet his scary coat rack that all of a sudden comes to life. One of the delivery drivers showed the coat rack how quick his reflexes were.

Upvoted is a new online “Redditorial publication” by reddit that highlights the original content created by Redditors. The new site follows the recent trend by reddit to promote the work of its users with things like its Upvoted podcast and r/upvoted subreddit. image via Upvoted

HBO has just released the official trailer for Vinyl, an upcoming series that focuses on the incredible talent of the New York City music scene and the extravagant excesses of the recording industry in the 1970s that is set to premiere in January 2016. HBO previously released a teaser promo in early August. images via […]

“Don’t Look At The Comments” is a funny comedy sketch by CollegeHumor about how bad comments on social media are irrelevant to one’s daily life and can ruin the mood for doing such things as creating a comedy sketch, even though one can’t help but read them. Acting as the voice of reason, Mike Trapp […]

Twitter Moments is a new feature that lets users quickly find the best of what’s happening on Twitter at any given time. Users can simply tap the new lightning bolt icon to be taken to the Moments tab which features a collection of stories pulled from popular events, accounts, and topics on Twitter. New! Find […]

“A History of Pets” by Belgian animator and graphic artist IZeMo is a morbidly nostalgic but strangely entertaining animation that tells the story of each pet the narrator had as a child and how each one met his/her tragic end. A black humoured requiem for all the childhood pets, who found their end in the […]

When asked to provide a short introduction video for the San Sebastian International Film Festival, French filmmaker William Laboury put together “Hello” a masterfully edited video self-portrait that mashed together clips from old and new movies and television in order to express his directing desires, his editing ability and the work of his idols. via […]

The Boston-based comedy group FATAWESOME is back and recently released “Cat-Friend vs. Dog-Friend 3,” a new sequel to their funny Cat-Friend vs. Dog-Friend video series where two humans act like mischievous house pets. There is plenty of butt scooting, cats using the restroom, and more. Fans of FATAWESOME can help support their work on Patreon.

Know Your Booze Before You Choose The Essential Scratch & Sniff Guide to Becoming a Whiskey Know-It-All offers readers a basic education of the distilled spirit with humorous illustrations and scratch & sniff scents. The book was written by master sommelier Richard Betts, illustrated by Wendy Macnaughton and designed by Crystal English Sacca and is […]

On a recent episode of Glove and Boots, Mario has a bad dream and a puppet version of Freddy Krueger sings him a creepy cover of the classic song “Dream A Little Dream of Me.”

Stephanie Arne, the first female host of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, was given an opportunity to swim (fully clothed) with the otter ambassadors of Nurtured by Nature sanctuary in Valley Center, California. Instead of swimming however, the gleeful host was adorably swarmed by the highly affectionate animals. This is the most amazing thing. You […]

“O” is a short film by Takahiko Watanabe shot with a water lens created using the surface tension of a drop of water inside the hole in the middle of a Japanese five yen coin held over the camera lens. The effect is a unique perspective through which Watanabe tells a story adapted from the poetry of […]

Leiden, Netherlands-based motion designer Iskander Krayenbosch has created “The Hero’s Journey,” a great animated look at the 12 stages that every hero has to walk through in movies. Iskander made the animated short as part of a graduation project for HKU University of the Arts Utrecht. Since the beginning of time people are fascinated by […]

While flying his DJI Phantom 3 Professional over a field in Norway, photographer Kolbjørn H. Larssen captured the sight of a wild moose serenely enjoying the crisp autumn day. As he flew his drone in closer, the curious animal became somewhat intrigued with the motion of the machine and even tried to follow it before […]

Sad Topographies is an Instagram account that chronicles the most depressingly-named places on Earth. The account posts screen grabs from maps of places like Shades of Death Road, Mount Despair, and Disappointment Island. images via Sad Topographies via The Atlantic

Pepsi will be releasing a limited edition of Pepsi Perfect, the iconic drink that Marty McFly purchased at the Cafe 80’s in Back to the Future Part II. Marty bought the drink on October 21st, 2015 in the film and that is the exact date that Pepsi will release the limited supply of bottled Pepsi […]

You want to watch Orange Is the New Black. Your roommate wants to watch Chef. You’ll probably end up watching Serpico for some reason. “Netflix Settle” is a sketch by the Mashable series The Watercooler about a new Netflix feature that helps couples pick something mutually disappointing to watch rather than arguing needlessly about it.

Vanity Fair imagines what it would be like if Game of Thrones took place in Silicon Valley with tech companies battling each other for superiority.

Baltimore-based filmmaker Jacob T. Swinney has created “First and Final Frames Part II,” a new supercut that plays the opening and closing shots of 70 films side by side. This time around, Jacob covers movies like Sunshine, Ex Machina, Mad Max: Fury Road, and more. We previously wrote about part one of Swinney’s ongoing First […]

Screen Rant highlights their top ten worst video game glitches. Who says a video game has to actually work to be unforgettable? No matter how many hours developers spend making a game as polished as possible, some technical bugs are bound to make it through. Newer games, like the PC version of Arkham Knight, may […]

Bratislava, Slovakia Photographer Richard Silver has created the amazing photo series “Vertical Churches” that encompasses absolutely gorgeous vertical panoramas of the beautifully ornate houses of worship that he’s visited around the world. Silver started this project in 2012 in his hometown of New York City and has since visited at least 75 countries and 220 […]

CollegeHumor has created a painfully accurate drug commercial parody focused on the problem of chronic adulthood. The sketch plays on common tropes seen in drug commercials including overly-cute animation styles to portray serious problems.

Scientists Barna Páll-Gergely and Takahiro Asami from Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan, András Hunyadi from Budapest, Hungary, Adrienne Jochum from the University of Bern in Bern, Switzerland have discovered seven new species of land snails, including one so small that it fits inside the eye of a sewing needle. These microsnails were gathered through soil samples […]

Host Adam Conover explains how the TSA fails to stop terrorist attacks in a clip from his new truTV show Adam Ruins Everything. Conover explains that the agency mostly performs “security theater” to give the illusion of safety rather than provide any real protection. He also brings in security theater expert Bruce Schneier to discuss the issue.

Artist Alexandre Dubosc has once again created an incredible zoetrope for his stop motion animation “POP Melting.” The zoetrope, which features Pac Man characters appearing to eat popcorn kernels and Rolling Stones logos consuming the popped result upon a spinning chocolate cake, is Dubosc’s tribute to pop culture. Dubosc also generously provided behind-the-scenes photos. images […]

NASA has released beautiful enhanced color images of Pluto‘s moon Charon taking during the New Horizon mission’s closest approach to the Pluto system on July 14, 2015. The images combine red, blue, and infrared images taken by the New Horizon’s Ralph/Multispectral Visual Imaging Camera (MVIC) and show a much greater variety of surface features than scientists were […]

New York City-based Venezuelan comedienne Joanna Housman, who has offers an insightful verbal tour of various Spanish speaking countries, performing each regional dialect herself (except for that of the Dominican Republic). Many people speak Spanish… but we speak it in TOTALLY different ways. Dominicans don’t sound anything like an Argentinians. Meanwhile, Chileans sound like they’re […]

Peggy Hill of the animated television series King of the Hill sings Nicki Minaj‘s vocals in a new Vulture Remix of the David Guetta song “Hey Mama.” The remix was created by Adam Schleichkorn (a.k.a. “Mylo the Cat“). Here is the original song for comparison:

Paleontologists at the University of Michigan recently unearthed the partial remains of a wooly mammoth who wandered the lands of Lima Township, Michigan approximately 12,000 – 15,000 years ago. James Bristle, farmer and property owner first came across the bones while digging a trench in his wheat fields. We didn’t know what it was, but […]

“Abilify for Candidates” is a Saturday Night Live sketch about curing republican candidates of their presidential dementia with medication. The sketch features Miley Cyrus who hosted the episode as the wife of candidate Jim Gilmore as well as Taran Killam playing Rick Santorum and Bobby Moynihan playing Mike Huckabee. For Rick Santorum (Taran Killam), Mike Huckabee (Bobby Moynihan) and […]

In a new video by Screen Rant, host Rob Flis explores seven dark and terrifying origin stories behind some of the most popular Disney movies. Rob covers Frozen, Snow White, Tangled, and more.

No Tech-Zone is an art project by Ivan Cash that is centered around “No Tech-Zone” signs placed in San Francisco parks, “encouraging people to question the role technology plays in our lives and environment.” Cash and his accomplices put a number of the official-looking signs up on poles near other signs to help sell their authenticity, and […]

Home security cameras caught the amusing sight of a 20 pound black French bulldog chasing after a couple of curious bear cubs who had innocently wandered onto his Monrovia, California property. Even though they were backed into a corner, one of the bears tried to make a break for it, but the dog was faster. […]

In honor of the release of The Martian, Burger Fiction takes a look at movies that have featured Mars.

In honor of the upcoming Fallout 4 video game and his newly built house, IT manager Trey Hill built an awesome functional Fallout-themed 404 Vault Door that leads to his basement gaming room. Trey has also posted finished and build process photos of the vault door on Imgur. images via Trey Hill via reddit, Fallout

Google behind-the-scenes series Nat and Lo takes a look at the history of easter eggs in Android releases. Previously they explored the tradition of Android releases being named after sugary foods.

Lionsgate has released a new clip for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, the fourth installment of the ongoing Hunger Games film series. The clip features Katniss Everdeen and Squad 451, the “Star Squad,” planning their dangerous attack on President Snow and the Capitol. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 is set to […]

Actor Seth Rogen and Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak joined host Jimmy Fallon to play “True Confessions” on a recent episode of The Tonight Show. Each player has to tell one of two stories, one being true and one being a lie, and then the other players have one minute to interrogate them before deciding if they […]

Pope Francis appears to perform a classic tablecloth magic trick at a mass at the Washington National Cathedral during his recent visit to the United States thanks to some impressive editing by The Ellen Degeneres Show. To clear up any doubts about whether the Pope would perform a magic trick during mass, Yoshiro Sato created a side-by-side comparison […]

Hollywood Reporter recently reported that CBS and Furious 7 director James Wan will be bringing the action-adventure series, MacGyver, back to television. There is no word yet on an official release date. Based on the Richard Dean Anderson starrer that ran for seven seasons on ABC, the CBS take is described as a reimagining of […]

bd594 created a wonderful cover of “Break On Through (To the Other Side)” by The Doors using vintage electronic equipment and a Stephen Hawking like sythensized voice. Here’s a full list of what was used: HP ScanJet 3C – Vocals DECTalk Express – Vocals Yamaha CX-5M Computer – Saw Wave Bass Yamaha CX-5M Computer – […]

They Might Be Giants has released “Moles, Hounds, Bears, Bees and Hares”, the new animated music video co-directed by David Cowles and Jeremy Galante and designed by Alison Cowles, that was created for week 39 of their year-long Dial-A-Song Direct series.

A little dog named Daisy acts as a capable driver for her young human Oliver in a tiny red car whose acceleration was being controlled by Oliver’s mom because “neither of them can reach the peddles”. While not even close to the subject matter, this adorable scened nice little twist on the title of of […]

Photo archivist Kipp Teague has uploaded more than 8,400 high-resolution photos from the NASA Apollo missions to the Moon to the photo sharing site Flickr. According to Teague, the page includes every photo taken on the lunar surface during the Apollo missions as well as many others taken by astronauts during spaceflight to and from the […]