Artist Eduardo del Rio has created “Aquatic Angst” an absolutely captivating oil painting that features the colorful creatures of the deep sea closely fit together, with some attempting to consume others. del Rio stated that this piece, which took over a year to complete, is a symbol of modern society Aquatic Angst. It the depths…
A Deliciously Creepy Hercules Beetle Grub Cake
Katherine Dey of Deviant Desserts has made rather creepy but somehow delicious-sounding strawberry lemon cake that’s covered in buttercream made to look like a garden variety Hercules beetle grub. Larger than life size Hercules Beetle grub made out of strawberry lemon cake and vanilla meringue buttercream. If one of these plopped onto your plate would…
Beastie Boys Share Their Story in a New Documentary Directed by Spike Jonze on Apple TV+
Spike Jonze (previously) is directing the Beastie Boys Story for Apple TV+, which premieres on April 24, 2020. The documentary focuses on live interviews with surviving Beastie Boys members “Mike D” Diamond (previously) and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz. The pair tell a little story about the band and talk about their long history together, including the…
Pixidermy, Brilliantly Pixelated Mounted Animal Head Sculptures Made Out of Wooden Blocks
Chicago sculptor Kentaro Yamato creates amazing animal head sculptures that are pixelated with wooden blocks in a process he calls “Pixidermy”, the meeting of pixelation and taxidermy. This brilliantly modern idea combines the love for mounted heads over the fireplace with the need to save animals of all kinds, some of whom are on the…
Musician Plays ‘Moonlight Sonata’ For Injured Aging Elephant Who Was Rescued From Logging Captivity
Paul Barton (previously), an artist and musician living in Thailand performed an entrancing version of Beethoven‘s “Moonlight Sonata” for an aging elephant named Mongkol. Mongkol had been rescued from captivity from a logging company, who used his size and strength for hauling trees. This cruel occupation poses significant hazards to elephants and Mongkol was no…
Air Force Veteran Is Utterly Floored to Learn That His $375 1971 Rolex Watch Is Now Worth $500K to $700K
In an amusing segment of the PBS series Antiques Roadshow, appraiser Peter Planes was in the midst of a one hour Bonanzaville appraisal in Fargo, North Dakota when he had the opportunity to assess a beautiful 1971 Rolex Oyster Cosmograph watch belonging to an Air Force veteran who bought the watch as a splurge in…
AR Pianist, An Amazing App That Uses Machine Learning to Superimpose a Virtual Pianist on Any Piano
Massive Technologies, the Canadian company behind learn-to-play piano apps, took their educational product to the next level with AR Pianist, an incredible app that superimposes a virtual pianist to play flawlessly on a very real piano. The inner workings of this talented pianist involve machine learning, which improves the performance each time the app is…
Child Survivor of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp Shares a Message of Hope for Future Generations
“Gam zeh ya’avor” …This too shall pass”. In honor of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp on January 28, 2020 (International Holocaust Remembrance Day), AARP shared an incredibly poignant and powerful video featuring Holocaust survivor and author Michael Bornstein. Bornstein, who was one of only 52 children to survive such horrific…