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Microsoft Announces That Windows 10 Will Allow Users to Stream and Play Their Xbox One Video Games on a PC
Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox at Microsoft, has recently announced that their upcoming Windows 10 operating system will allow users to stream and play…
Baby Beaver Adorably Enjoys a Snack of Juicy Red Grapes at Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, Washington
A baby beaver named Hazel enjoys a snack of yummy grapes during a “Close Encounter” at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium (previously) in Tacoma,…
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Series ‘Crazy Engineering’ Looks at a Prototype Mars Helicopter
A recent episode of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory series Crazy Engineering looks at a prototype helicopter that could one day be sent to Mars. The…
First-Person Cockpit Video of Seven Spanish Air Force Jets Landing in Perfect Formation
This first-person video from the cockpit of a CASA C-101 Aviojet captures the perfect formation of the six other members of the Spanish Air Force’s…
A Short Animated Interview With Director Mike Mills About the Role California Has Played in His Work
The California Sunday Magazine and Google Play commissioned New York artist Pablo Delcán to animate an interview with Thumbsucker director Mike Mills about the role…
Man Discovers an Exotic New Animal With Googly Eyes and a Giant Underbite on His Living Room Floor
On January 16, 2015 at 2:44 PM, musician UnAFeYeD BuLLyz walked into his home and discovered a strangely exotic animal with googly eyes and a…
Nobody Lives Here, A Fascinating Map of the Many Areas in the United States With Zero Population
Cartography site mapsbynik has created Nobody Lives Here, a fascinating map based on 2010 Census data that highlights the surprisingly common blocks in the United…
Stereotypes of People One Is Likely to Encounter at a Super Bowl Party
In a recent episode of their series Stereotypes, comedy group Dude Perfect demonstrates different types of people one is likely to encounter at a Super Bowl…
A Video Compilation Featuring Some of the Greatest Super Bowl Commercials Ever
World Wide Interweb has created a video compilation of some of the greatest Super Bowl commercials ever. They feature the classic “Budweiser Frogs” (“Bud”, “Weis”,…
Ian Allen (1958-2015), Former Member of Experimental Multimedia Group Negativland
Ian Allen, a former member of the influential and sometimes controversial San Francisco experimental multimedia group Negativland (previously) has passed away at age 56, according…