Brian Heater
Eric Idle of Monty Python Performs His Swear-Filled Holiday Song ‘Fuck Christmas’
In a clip posted by Monty Python, troupe member Eric Idle (previously) takes to the stage at The Hammersmith Apollo theater in London to perform…
First-Person GoPro Video of a Speedboat Doing an Accidental Backflip
GoPro has posted some first-person video of an H1 Unlimited Hydroplane speedboat doing an accidental backflip after becoming airborne. The whole thing ends in a…
‘Bingle Jells’, A Capacitive Touch Light-Up Holiday Keyboard Created Using Small JELL-O Molds
In “Bingle Jells,” ad agency redpepper created a capacitive touch keyboard using an Arduino microcontroller and LED lights embedded inside of small JELL-O molds that…
A High-Speed M&M Sorting Machine that Captures the Color of the Falling Candy Using an iPhone
Reviewmylife created a new take on the typical candy-sorting machine with a high-speed version that uses an iPhone to capture the color of the M&Ms…
‘Science Friday’ Explores the Science of Snowflakes With ‘Snowflake Guru’ Kenneth Libbrecht
Weekly public radio call-in show Science Friday celebrated the most wonderful time of the year with a pair of discussions about snowflakes featuring Caltech’s resident…
‘Chasing Steam’, A Documentary About an Annual Christmas Eve Steam Whistle Concert in York, Pennsylvania
Chasing Steam is a cable access documentary by cigar box guitar player Shane Speal that explores the York Steam Whistle Christmas Eve Concert, an annual…
The Most Popular Decade-Specific Words in Billboard Song Titles From the 1890s to 2010s
Data visualization site Proofreader mined a list of Billboard-topping song titles gathered by Bullfrogs Pond to determine the most popular decade-specific words, beginning with the…
Daredevil Floats 8,000 Feet Into the Air With 90 Balloons Tied to a Lawn Chair Before Shooting Himself Down
In a “Lifted” video by Rockstar Energy Drink, a crew fills up 90 balloons with 50 helium tanks and ties them to a lawn chair,…
xkcd Describes What Would Happen If Someone Made a Lava Lamp Using Real Lava
In the latest edition of “What If?” by xkcd, Randall Munroe answers a sixth grade teacher who asks what would happen were someone to make…
‘Little Computer People’, An Animated Music Video by Chipocrite About a Superhero Obsessed With Video Games
“Little Computer People” is an animated music video by Philadelphia-based chiptune artist Chipocrite featuring animations by Israeli artist Zach Cohen that follows the bumbling adventures…