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North West England filmmaker Lewis Bond of Channel Criswell created a great new video back in July that explores the world of color and its importance as a storytelling tool in movies. via Nerdcore

Qoopy offers luxury daycare for pet chickens in Brooklyn, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon. The service seeks to ease the minds of their humans who worry about their downy babies while they are away from home because of work, social obligations or their annual trip to Burning Man. Richard Wyatt, a current customer, sings Qoopy’s […]

Skilled helicopter pilot and aerial film operator Alan Purwin passed away on September 11, 2015 as a passenger in a plane that crashed in Colombia, South America. Purwin was in the middle of working on the upcoming Tom Cruise thriller film, Mena, when the tragic accident occurred. Michael Bay recently created a touching video montage, […]

Improv Everywhere recently conducted their twelfth MP3 Experiment in Prospect Park‘s Long Meadow in Brooklyn, New York. Participants all downloaded an MP4 file (previous experiments used MP3 files) and detailed instructions about what to bring with them and details of when and where the event would take place. In total, over 4,000 people descended on […]

Universal Pictures has released a sneak peek of their upcoming Back to the Future short film where Doc Brown Saves the World once again. The short will be included in the 30th anniversary Back to the Future trilogy Blu-Ray and DVD sets, which will both release on October 20th. The Blu-Ray and DVD sets are […]

“Everything Wrong with Trendy Restaurants” is a comedy sketch by CollegeHumor that highlights the real issues encountered at very trendy and expensive restaurants. The wonderful deadpan delivery of the dialogue includes the things that people often think, but would never normally say. I have a few things are explained to you we do small plate […]

20th Century Fox has released an official trailer for The Revenant, a dramatic new western thriller film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu that stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, and Will Poulter. The new movie, which is based on true events in 1823, follows fur trapper Hugh Glass (DiCaprio) who is attacked by a bear, robbed […]

Dan Gruchy and Gavin Free of The Slow Mo Guys hit different colored blobs of gelatin with a tennis racket to quickly slice them up into long snake-like strands of goo. They filmed the process at 2500fps with a Phantom Flex high speed camera resulting in some really cool super slow motion video.

In the latest episode of Anglophenia, host Kate Arnell explains why the names of certain vegetables are different in the United States and in the United Kingdom. The most common reason comes from the etymological roots of how the produce was introduced to the country. For example, a long green squash that’s known as courgette […]

The Late Show host Stephen Colbert takes an introspective look to answer the question “Who Is Stephen Colbert?” in the first installment of his “who knows how many parts” series Who Am Me? In the first part of the series, Colbert takes a Myers-Briggs personality test and learns what he has in common with Johnny Depp.

In a three-minute time-lapse video by Mode Glam, a beautiful model named Lolly Howie dons 100 years of traditional wedding dresses decade by decade, commencing with a very ornate dress and culminating with a minimally sleek look. This is the sixth video in Mode’s “100 Years of Fashion” series. Say “I Do” to our blushing […]

ThinkGeek has released an officially-licensed inflatable Star Wars lawn decoration resembling the vile gangster known as Jabba the Hutt. The six foot tall polyester lawn ornament, which also lights up, is available to purchase online. The very first time you saw an inflatable in somebody’s yard, you immediately thought of this, too, didn’t you? Jabba’s […]

A wonderfully lively English Bulldog named Bentley happily retrieved his beloved toy from behind a bar and then backed himself up in a style hilariously reminiscent of Michael Jackson’s famous “Moonwalk”. Bentley also employees this technique while avoiding the mysterious house vacuum. It also seems that Bentley loves to go forward as evidenced by an […]

Nicola Pavan of Pavan Wood Works has created a wonderful, fully functional guitar that sports a body and headstock completely made from LEGO bricks. The entire series of photos showing off his cool guitar are available to view on Facebook. photos via Pavan Wood Works via Guitar World, Mental Floss

Mule Design, run by the wonderfully quirky and talented team of Mike Monteiro and Erika Hall, has brought back their brilliant “Welcome Squid Overlords” t-shirt design, available in blue, black and green, for a limited time, despite the fact that they stopped selling shirts years ago. The design was revived in order to honor the […]

Google has introduced the second generation of their Chromecast video streaming device as well as a separate Chromecast Audio for audio streaming. The updated version of the Chromecast features a design meant to fit more easily into a television crowded with wires, two new colors, and improved Wi-Fi support for smoother viewing. The Chromecast Audio […]

In her first official video for Halloween 2015, makeup artist Promise Tamang expertly applied the tools of her trade to create a realistic second set of features onto her face, which resulted in a disconcertingly dizzying effect. This is my first official video for Halloween 2015. I have a lot of other creepy, cool videos […]

The SKEYE Pico Drone is an unbelievably small quadcopter that measures just 2.2 x 2.2 cm. The Pico is even smaller than the SKEYE Nano that we wrote about previously that comes in at just under 4 x 4 cm. For a limited time, the tiny SKEYE Pico Drone is available in our Laughing Squid […]

FOX has released the first official trailer for The X-Files series reboot. Fox Mulder is determined to uncover the truth that is being covered up by the government and needs Dana Scully as his side once again. Episode one of The X-Files reboot premieres as a two-night event starting on Sunday, January 24th, 2016 at […]

Topmix Permeable is a new concrete developed by Tarmac that absorbs water rather than allowing it to pool on its surface. This could help prevent flooding by better managing storm water than traditionally paved surfaces. Tarmac has released a demonstration video that features a trunk dumping 4,000 liters of water onto a parking lot paved […]

The Skarp Laser Razor is a new advance in shaving technology that uses a compact laser to burn hair rather than cut it. The device promises to reduce both the irritation and waste produced by traditional disposable razor blades. The developers of the Skarp Laser Razor have launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the device, […]

Jamin Warren of Kill Screen attempts to explain the weirdness found in Super Mario Bros. video games on the latest episode of PBS Game/Show. The Mushroom Kingdom is…weird. From evil mushrooms, carnivorous plants, plumbing used for transportation, and flying turtles, Mario’s world stands out as one of the most bizarre universes of its era. But […]

Screen Junkies gives their Honest Trailers treatment to Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron Relive the super-sized superhero sequel super set up to never be able to meet the super fans’ super huge expectations: Avengers: Age of Ultron!

Screen Rant points out ten blockbuster movie mistakes you may have missed the first time around. It’s almost impossible to release a film that doesn’t include a single flawed stunt, unexpected mistake, or even a minor plot hole most fans will overlook. When the budgets get bigger and the action sequences and running times grow […]

Photographer Jose Antonio Hervás captured a beautiful composite image of a lightning storm against a backdrop of the recent “Super Blood Moon” lunar eclipse. Hervás combined more than 200 photos to create the final image which captured the eclipse over several hours from the island of Ibiza, Spain. image via Jose Antonio Hervás via Astronomy Picture of the […]

The clever Dave Hax demonstrates how to burn a wax candle underwater in his most recent video tutorial. This can be done by simply putting the candle into a large bowl, filling the bowl with water until it’s almost to the top of the candle, and then lighting the wick. As the candle burns from […]

Photographer Lisa Bettany has created a thoroughly detailed comparison between the camera quality on every version of the iPhone from the original to the newly-released iPhone 6s. The post includes interactive comparisons of photos in a variety of situations like macro, backlighting, and low light that allow users to see all nine version side by […]

Rylai is a beautiful 5-month old domestic red fox with white fur who makes for a very lively companion for her family, which includes two dogs and her loving human. While life can be interesting with this adorable vulpine youngster, Rylai’s human also posted a comprehensive FAQ about the realities of caring for a domestic […]

PIXOMONDO has shared an amazing visual effects breakdown of how Daenerys Targaryen‘s dragons were digitally brought to life in season five of Game of Thrones. music by Ramin Djawadi via GeekTyrant

Rhei is a truly beautiful ferrofluid clock by designer Damjan Stankovic that uses magnets to control the liquid display. The project took Stankovic a year to build with collaborator Marko Pavlovic. The Rhei works similarly to the Ferrolic display we covered previously, but appears to be a dedicated clock. images via Rhei via Product Hunt

Burger Fiction share some of their favorite movie scenes where the camera pushes in on the hero or villain.

When he’s not playing with his kitten, Bernie the affable English Bulldog gets to go outside for his daily walk with one of his loving humans. His favorite seems to be Jake, the resident 11-month year old who doesn’t make Bernie walk too far, if at all. A few days after that, Bernie made it […]

In a new animated short by Andrew Bridgman of Dorkly, the true identity of Batman‘s greatest villain is “revealed.” One of the people closest to Bruce Wayne turns out to be the one pulling all of the mischievous strings in Gotham City.

In the most recent episode of the animated series Blank on Blank, the incredibly talented and verbose Tom Waits spoke about such random topics as behaving in church, moles that live under Stonehenge, the surreal strife of living in New York City and how he goes about writing songs in a rare 1988 interview with […]

Grant Thompson, “The King of Random,” demonstrates how to make awesome Star Wars-themed gummies using melted gummy bears in his most recent tutorial.

The Netflix Switch is a DIY device to let users “Netflix and chill” with just one press of the button. The streaming service released step-by-step instructions for building the switch and programming it to activate Netflix, dim the lights, silence their phones, and order food using some simple electronics, programming, and a microprocessor. photos via […]

Earlier this year, Dislife, a disabled-rights advocacy organization in Russia, had advertising agency Bird Strategy put together a brilliant campaign that highlighted the far too prevalent issue of non-disabled people taking parking spots reserved for disabled persons. In order to prevent this inexcusable behavior from continuing, they installed cameras at a Moscow mall to project […]

While on an underwater exploration to capture footage of coral in the waters off the Solomon Islands, marine biologist David Gruber encountered an affable turtle whose shell glowed with red and green biofluorescence, a feature not ever before seen in a reptile. This sighting was extremely rare as this type of turtle, a hawkbill sea […]

In 2012, Japanese designers Yusuke Imai and Ayami Moteki won the Kokuyo Design Awards for their “Nameless Paints“, an innovative paint set that show the combination of primary colors involved in creating the color inside each tube, rather than giving the color a name. The intention, per the designers, is “to eliminate stereotypes with respect […]

Francisco Aguilar posted a video titled “My Son the Genius” of his clever baby using pillows to cushion his fall as he plots a daring escape from a bed. via reddit

Internet prankster Jack Vale and magician Rahat Hussein recently teamed up to utterly confuse fast food drive-thru employees by covertly switching places in the driver’s seat while the employees weren’t looking. A couple of people caught on to their clever prank, but most of the surprised workers were freaked out.

An adorably tiny lion cub made his first attempt to roar, only to have it come out as a teeny squeak. The little cat didn’t seem at all discouraged and with a bit of practice, he will be roaring loudly and proudly as he grows into a magnificent “king of the jungle“. via Esquire, Neatorama

In “How to Make a $4,000 Suit in Only 10 Months“, Andy George, host of the video series How To Make Everything, personally handcrafted a suit including hemp pants, a cotton shirt, a wool vest, an alpaca felt jacket, a leather belt, and a silk tie. George spent 10 months gathering the raw materials for each step of […]

A willful Fox Mulder refuses to give up the fight for the truth, no matter what Scully, Skinner or anyone else has to say in the new trailer for The X-Files series reboot. The first episode premieres as a two-night event beginning Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 10 PM and culminating the next night during […]

Pablo Fernández Eyre created a facinating side-by-side comparison of the the classic Alfred Hitchcock films Psycho (1960) and The Birds (1963), highlighting the similarities between the shower scene in Psycho and bedroom bird attack scene in The Birds.

Kansas City, Missouri-based artist Josh Lane has created Hero-Glyphics, a wonderful modern take on an ancient Egyptian form of communication where pop culture characters from video games, comic books, television shows, and movies are illustrated as hieroglyphic images that tell their story. Prints of Lane’s Hero-Glyphics series are available to purchase from Society6 and The […]

Grace Brett is a lovely 104-year old Scottish woman who decorates her town in the Scottish Borders with original crocheted designs. A member of the Souter Stormers, Brett and her fellow guerrilla yarn-bombers recently lent their collective talent to Brett’s hometown of Selkirk for the Yes Festival. Called the Souter Stormers, the group hit various […]

Vox highlights the eleven principal actors that provide voices more than 100 characters on The Simpsons. The Simpsons just entered it’s 27th season and has been renewed for a 28th. As the longest-running primetime scripted series on television, The Simpsons has produced hundreds of characters, each with a different voice — but not necessarily a […]

Film critic Tommy Edison, who has been blind since birth, describes some of his least favorite things to touch.