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Concerned Kitten, An Adorable Eight-Week-Old White Kitten Born With a Distinct Set of Questioning Black Eyebrows
Gary aka the Concerned Kitten is an eight-week-old white kitten born with a distinct set of questioning black eyebrows who lives in Bolton, Greater Manchester,…
Astonishing Videos of a High-Performance Quadcopter Performing High-Speed Passes and Acrobatic Tricks
A quadcopter flies at astonishing speeds and performs aerial acrobatics in this remarkable video uploaded by YouTube user quadmovr. The extraordinary speed of the quadcopter…
A Leaf Blower Turns an Outdoor Fireplace Into a Fire-Belching Smoke Machine
odog88 and his dad recently discovered that a leaf blower can turn an ordinary chimenea (outdoor fireplace) into a fire-breathing smoke machine. As the tail-end…
Bill Nye Uses Emoji to Explain How Holograms Work
Bill Nye explains how holograms work — with the aid of some emoji.
‘Absolutely Anything’ Trailer Showcases What Someone With Absolute Power Would Do
Absolutely Anything, an upcoming film directed by Terry Jones, features a man (Simon Pegg) gifted with absolute power by a bunch of aliens voiced by…
Strikingly Colorful Pixel and Glitch Tattoos
Moscow-based tattoo artist Alexey creates strikingly colorful tattoos that incorporate pixelation and glitch effects in the manner of contemporary digital art. Alexey can be followed…
‘The Imperial March’ Theme Song From ‘Star Wars’ Played on Floppy and Hard Disk Drives
Arganalth (previously) has created an awesome rendition of John Williams‘ iconic “The Imperial March” theme song from Star Wars using a collection of floppy drives…
A Gorgeous Line of Journal Books That Depict Imaginative Scenes Crafted From Polymer Clay
Artist Aniko Kolesnikova aka Mandarin Duck has created a gorgeous line of hand-crafted clay polymer journal covers that depict wonderfully fantastic scenes in rich and…
‘Star Wars: The Binks Awakens’ Imagines Jar Jar Binks as the Star in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Lighting technician and motion graphics artist Michael Murdock has created “Star Wars: The Binks Awakens”, a silly video that imagines Jar Jar Binks as the…
The Geotagger’s World Atlas, An Interactive Map That Visualizes Geotagged Flickr Photos
New York City Back in 2011, we posted about Eric Fischer‘s beautiful maps visualizing the location of geotagged Flickr photos. Since then, Fischer has been…