Brian Heater
Beastie Boys Album ‘Paul’s Boutique’ Reimagined Using the Original Samples, Vocal Tracks, and Commentary
“Caught In The Middle Of A 3-Way Mix” is a tribute to the groundbreaking Beastie Boys sophomore record Paul’s Boutique created by DJs Cheeba, Moneyshot,…
‘Sea Chair’, A Short Film About Building Furniture From Plastic Garbage Found Floating in the Ocean
“Sea Chair” is a wordless short directed by Dutch filmmaker Juriaan Booij of Studio Swine that follows fishermen as they collected discarded plastic garbage from…
‘Urban Isolation’, A Short Skateboarding Film Set on Empty Los Angeles Streets and Highways
“Urban Isolation” is a short skateboarding film directed by filmmaker Russell Houghten set on completely empty streets and highways in Los Angeles. The short, which…
The Plusses and Minuses of Raw and JPEG Image File Formats Explained
Connecticut photographer Tony Northrup breaks down the advantages and disadvantages of raw and JPEG images — including file size, quality and when one option is…
ClockONE, A Large Minimalist Digital Wall Clock With an E Ink Display
ClockONE is a meter-wide minimalist digital wall clock created by Boston company Twelve24 with a thickness of four millimeters and year-long battery life — thanks…
A Brief History of the Theremin, An Eerie-Sounding Early Electronic Instrument That Gave Rise to the Synthesizer
Engineer Guy Bill Hammack offers some insight into the birth of the theremin, an eerie-sounding electronic instrument created by Russian inventor Leon Theremin that helped…
Photograph of San Francisco Street in 1957 Shot at Virtually the Same Moment as a Scene From Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’
User rsyung recently posted a photo to image archive Shorpy of a San Francisco street shot by his father in 1957, and another user noted…
Optical Illusion Turns Dots Moving in a Straight Line Into a Spinning Circle
Optical illusion enthusiast Brusspup has created a video demonstrating how a series of dots moving in a straight line can be transformed into a moving…
Mother, A Surreal Black-and-White Animated Short Featuring Floating Objects and Factories
“Mother” is a wordless black-and-white animated short by London-based designer Fabrice Le Nezet that features strange and surreal objects quietly drifting through their surroundings. Half…
Comedian Baratunde Thurston Gets to the Bottom of the Science That Propels Jets
“How Does a Jet Engine Work” is a video by General Electric featuring comedian Baratunde Thurston interviewing Todd Wetzel, the company’s Leader of the Thermal…