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Samuraiguitarist Plays a Robotic Cover of Brenda Lee’s ‘Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree’
Skilled musician Steve Onotera (a.k.a. “Samuraiguitarist“) has released a video where he plays a robotic cover of Brenda Lee‘s classic 1958 Christmas song “Rockin’ Around…
Art Prints Featuring Song Lyrics by The Smiths as Classic Penguin Paperback Book Covers
UK art director and illustrator Chris Thornley (a.k.a. “Raid71“) has made art prints of his awesome illustration series from 2012 that uses song lyrics by…
Steven Hawking and Zoe Saldana Use Quantum Physics to Rescue Simon Pegg’s Cat Schrödinger
In “Quantum Is Calling” Steven Hawking and Zoe Saldana use quantum physics to rescue Simon Pegg‘s cat Schrödinger from a puzzle that spans space and…
MysteryGuitarMan Photoshopped Into Stock Photos While Singing Paper Lions’ Song ‘Believer’
Joe Penna (a.k.a. “MysteryGuitarMan“) has created “Stock Photo-shop,” a new music video where Joe is magically Photoshopped into a bunch of stock photos while singing…
Nick Offerman Silently Sips Single Malt Scotch Whisky Alone to Celebrate New Year’s Eve
Nick Offerman silently sips Lagavulin‘s single malt Scotch whisky alone for an hour while counting down the end of 2016 and welcoming the beginning of…
Realistic Illustrations of the Four Starter Pokémon
Kingston, London concept artist Joshua Dunlop has created realistic illustrations of the four starter Pokémon (Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander). Fans of Joshua can help…
A Mesmerizing High Definition Video of M&M’s Chocolate Candies Dissolving in Water
Yan Liang from Beauty of Science captured through mesmerizing high-definition video, the absolutely beautiful images that unfolded when colorful candy shell of M&M’s chocolate candies…
Large Mechanical Gauntlets Made With a Laser Cutter Using Wood, Leather, Steel, and Brass
Bellingham, Washington artist Ivan Owen of Danger First has created large, highly detailed mechanical gauntlets with a laser cutter using wood, leather, steel, and brass.…
The Entire Script for ‘Bee Movie’ Whispered in an Ear-to-Ear ASMR Video
Maple ASMR whispered the entire script for Bee Movie to create a unique autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) video with an added ear-to-ear effect. The…
Clever Interactive U.S. Maps That Plot the 100,000 Most Commonly Used Words on Twitter by Region
Quartz reporter and coder Nikhil Sonnad has created the “The Great American Word Mapper“, a very clever set of searchable, interactive maps of the United…