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Painstakingly Programming a Really Old Doorbell to Play ‘Megalovania’ From the Video Game ‘Undertale’
Game music guitarist Jules Conroy of Family Jules discovered that the San Diego house in which he was living had a really old doorbell that…
A Teeny Tiny Shrek Successfully Completes the Westminster Dog Show Agility Course in Record Time
Video game editor Chanbahni very cleverly reimagined footage from the Westminster Dog Show by replacing the canine in the scene with a teeny tiny Shrek…
How Honey Reacts to Microgravity in Space
Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques took some time out of his day working on the International Space Station to open a container of honey…
Cookie Monster Practices Self-Control, Denying Himself the Pleasure of Eating Cookies Until His Friend Arrives
A famished Cookie Monster joined NPR Education reporter Cory Turner for what he thought would be a nice plate of cookies to enjoy. Instead, Cookie…
A Look Inside the Reconstructed Eero Saarinen Mid-Century Modern TWA Hotel at John F. Kennedy Airport
We previously wrote about the former TWA Flight Center designed by Eero Saarinen at JFK Airport as it was being renovated into a lavish 1962…
Aaron Paul Joins ‘Westworld III’ as a Construction Worker Trying to Remain Human in a World of Robots
In a teaser trailer for the third season of the HBO series Westworld, a weary blue collar worker (Aaron Paul of Breaking Bad) tries to…
Woman Seeks Advice From Her Overly Generous Mother Who Takes Care of Too Many Kids and Dogs
In an amusing semi-autobiographical stop-motion animation entitled “Freaks of Nurture” by filmmaker Alexandra Lemay, a young woman needing career assistance calls her mom for advice.…
Bewildered Man Finds Himself Looking For Existential Answers From a Rather Talkative Talking Tree
In the wonderfully surreal short film “The Talking Tree” by Stefan Hunt and Matthew Webb, a young man (Eka Darville of Jessica Jones) was cutting…
Absurd Object Personifications Set in Motion
Russian filmmaker and graphic artist Vladimir Tomin has “Continued” his wonderfully surreal series of absurd object personifications that are set in motion in order to…
Exquisitely Detailed Papercraft Installations Inspired by Two Very Different Nobel Prize Winning Novels
Working with the Nobel Prize Museum on their “Sharing Worlds” project at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation in Dubai, artisans Lucie Thomas…