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An Adorable Felt R2-D2 Handbag
Lyuba and Max of Krukrustudio in Moscow have created a fantastic felt Star Wars handbag that looks just like the cute astromech droid R2-D2. It…
Barber Offers Disciplinary ‘Benjamin Button Special’ Haircuts to Misbehaving Children to Make Them Look Like Old Men
Barber Russell Frederick of A-1 Kutz in Snellville, Georgia is offering the “Benjamin Button Special” haircut to discipline misbehaving children. The haircut is designed to make…
Bop.fm, A Music Discovery and Sharing App That Aggregates Songs From Services Like Spotify and SoundCloud
Bop.fm is a San Francisco-based music discovery and sharing site and iOS app that makes it possible to search for songs across a variety…
‘Computers in Our Lives’, A 1980 Educational Film About the Exciting Roles Computers Play at Work and Home
YouTube vintage news reel enthusiast ponyryder uploaded the 1980 education film “Computers in Our Lives,” which cheerfully extols the virtues of computer usages at work…
The Public Domain Project, 80,000 Videos, Photos, Audio Clips, and Other Media Made Available Online for Free Use
Online media marketplace Pond5 has opened The Public Domain Project, a resource for free public domain media content, including videos, photos, audio clips, 3D models,…
How to Make a Matchbox Microphone Out of a Matchbox and Pencil Leads
Dave Hax (previously) shows how to make a matchbox microphone out of a generic matchbox and pencil leads. To hook up into the homemade microphone,…
‘The Jack and Triumph Show’, A New Adult Swim Series Starring Jack McBrayer and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
The Jack and Triumph Show is a new series on Adult Swim starring Jack McBrayer, known for playing Kenneth on 30 Rock, and Triumph the Insult…
Engineers Developing a Retainer That Could Let the Hearing Impaired Experience Sound With Their Tongue
Researchers at Colorado State University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering are developing a retainer that could circumvent the need for cochlear implants, instead helping people with…
A Xylophone Player Demonstrates Remarkable Speed While Playing Along With a Band in the Recording Studio
Xylophone player Antti Ohenoja demonstrates his remarkable speed while recording along with the Finnish jazz band Dallape.
‘Poltergeist’, A Horrifying Remake of the 1982 Film Featuring More Ghosts, a Creepy Toy Clown, and Sam Rockwell
20th Century Fox has released the first official teaser trailer for Poltergeist, a horrifying remake of the 1982 horror film of the same name that…