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Roboticist Dances With Two of His Groovy Robots at the World of Dance Competition in Paris
Roboticist Audrick Fausta (a.k.a. “Drikybot“) danced alongside two of his groovy robots while competing and qualifying at the World of Dance competition in Paris. A…
A Comprehensive Look Behind the Scenes of the Spike Jonze ‘Welcome Home’ Apple HomePod Ad
In early March 2018, we wrote about “Welcome Home” a brilliant ad for the Apple HomePod that was directed Spike Jonze and featured singer, dancer…
How Twizzlers Are Made
On a season one episode of the Cooking Channel‘s series, Unwrapped, Marc Summers narrates as plant manager Tony Tassone gives us a look at how…
Miss Piggy Sings Along to ‘Diamonds’ by Rihanna
Miss Piggy sings along to Rihanna‘s song “Diamonds” in a marvelous Muppets mashup created by Adam Schleichkorn (a.k.a. “Mylo the Cat“). Here is the original…
A Group of NASA Astronauts Answer the Web’s Most Searched Questions About Space
A group of NASA astronauts (Nicole Stott, Jeffrey Hoffman, Chris Hadfield, Jerry Linenger, Leland Melvin, Mae C. Jemison, and Mike Massimino) sat down with Wired…
A Beautiful Metallic Screen Print That Incorporates Songs About Weather Inside a Golden Barometer
The Dorothy Collective has released “The Barometer of Popular Music – Open Edition“, a beautiful metallic screen print that incorporates 300 song titles that reference…
Tom Waits Compiles a Spotify Playlist of His Songs To Introduce Listeners to His Varied Musical Style
Tom Waits is a brilliant musician known for his unique use of the English language, his roaring gravelly voice and a truly diverse musical style.…
Toy Story Voice Actors Recording Their Characters
ScreenSlam shared incredible behind the scenes footage of voice actors from Pixar’s 1995 animated film Toy Story making vocal magic as they record their characters.…
Whimsical Ink Illustrations of Big Cats With Tails That Carry Self-Directed Motivational Messages
A post shared by Kamwei Fong (@kamweiatwork) on Mar 21, 2018 at 11:13am PDT Malaysian artist Kamwei Fong has created a wonderfully whimsical series of…
How to Hydro Dip Items at Home Using Water, Spray Paint, and a Large Bucket
Nate of The King of Random demonstrates how to hydro dip items at home using water, spray paint, and a large bucket.