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Barnaby Dixon Debuts an Adorable Furry ‘Four-Legged’, Big Nosed Puppet That Glows in the Dark
Barnaby Dixon, the highly creative puppeteer behind MANU the incredible performing warrior finger puppet and a rather playful Raptor puppet, has debuted yet another wonderful…
How Michael Scott’s Bumbling Style of Management in ‘The Office’ Made Him an Effective Leader
Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of ScreenPrism evaluated the performance of Michael Scott, the bumbling manager of The Office. They took in to account his…
A Little White Dog Hilariously Mimics a Feisty Teddy Bear That Bares Its Teeth When Squeezed
A couple purchased a Feisty Pet after discovering it looked a lot like their little white Pomeranian, Dao Hui. After testing out the bear’s functionality,…
The Best of Jim Halpert on ‘The Office’
A ten minute compilation featuring some of the best of moments of Jim Halpert on The Office.
A Brilliant Self-Propelled 3D Printed Robot That Rapidly Writes Letters and Phrases Onto Sand
Spanish engineer Ivan Miranda has created a brilliant, self-propelled, 3D printed, programmable robot that is able to rapidly write letters and phrases onto sand through…
A Hilarious Inflatable Pink Coffin Pool Float
Designer Andrew Greenbaum and Ian Felton have created the Pink Coffin Float, an inflatable pink lidded pool float that can double as a coffin for…
Boy Holds a Super Mario Bros. ‘Tap to Here Power Up’ Sign During a Marathon to Encourage Runners
A post shared by Manuel Villegas (@manevigas) on Jul 2, 2018 at 8:07pm PDT While running a marathon, athlete Manuel Villegas captured an absolutely adorable…
Scottish Editor Tests Siri, Alexa and Google Voice Assistant to See Which Understands His Accent
In June 2018, we wrote about a frustrated Scottish woman who had quite the time trying to get the voice assistant Alexa to understand what…
A Pixelated Recreation of Donald Glover Dancing in ‘This Is America’ Video Made With a 1990 Mac SE
New York City filmmaker, artist and animator Wahyu Ichwandardi aka Pinot, is working on an absolutely incredible recreation of the highly expressive dance that Donald…
Talking Pied Crow Asks People Passing By on Street ‘Y’alright Love?’ in a Strong Yorkshire Accent
A family on a trip to Knaresborough Castle came across an African Pied Crow who asked "Y’alright love?" in a strong Yorkshire accent.