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Natural Skateboarding, A Skateboard Deck Made Out of Coarse Tree Bark
Natural Skateboarding is a fully rideable skateboard deck designed by French artist Christophe “Mr. Plant” Guinet that is made of unrefined tree bark. The otherwise…
Art of the Title Shares Some of the Best Film, Television, and Video Game Title Sequences of 2014
Design site Art of the Title has compiled a year-end list of its top ten title sequences of 2014, pulling from the worlds of television,…
Skiplagged, A Travel Site That Games the Airfare Multi-Stop Flight System for Better Prices
Skiplagged is a site founded by New York-based entrepreneur Aktarer Zaman that promises travelers deeply discounted flight prices by gaming the traditional flight connection system.…
A Breakdown of Industrial Light & Magic’s Visual Effects Work in Marvel’s Film ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’
Visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic has released a video detailing the stunning visual effects work that they put into the Marvel superhero film…
Nebraskan Dad Illustrates the Adorably Funny Things His Three-Year-Old Daughter Says
Omaha, Nebraska-based illustrator and father Martin Bruckner‘s three-year-old daughter Harper Grace has some insightful observations and an adorable way of describing things. Bruckner drew colorful…
The Nerdwriter Explores Whether the Universe Is Actually a Hologram
Evan “The Nerdwriter” Puschak (previously) questions whether the Universe is actually a hologram in a recent video. He uses the sci-fi film Interstellar to help…
‘Projections in the Forest’, A Short Film That Captures the Magical Beauty of Luminescent Life in the Forest
Projections in the Forest, a short time lapse film by Friedrich van Schoor and Tarek Mawad, captures the incredible beauty of luminescent plants and animals…
A Supercut of Some of the Most Epic Explosions in Movie History
Dan Murrell and Louis “The Sleepy Skunk” Plamondon recently teamed up to create a supercut video for Screen Junkies of some of the most epic…
‘Shanks FX’ Recreates the Millennium Falcon Scene From ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Using Stop-Motion Animation
On a recent episode of Shanks FX (previously), a web series by Joey Shanks and produced by PBS Digital Studios, the talented Mr. Shanks recreated…
A Late 1980s Promotional Video for a Computer Sound Card Featuring State-of-the-Art Bleeps and Bloops
YouTube user GreatMewtwo uploaded what appears to be a late 1980s promotional video for sound cards from Ad Lib, a Canadian manufacturer known for the…