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The Daily Do-cember Fun-athon, A Calendar of Whimsical and Creative Activities for Each Day in December
photo via Mark Krawczuk To help keep people active this winter, Mark Krawczuk (previously) and Robin Lehto have devised the Daily Do-cember Fun-athon, a calendar…
Freaky the Scary Snowman Frightens Unsuspecting People as They Walk Past Him in Newport, Rhode Island
Freaky the Scary Snowman (previously) returns in a new video by RipFilms to frighten and get a laugh out of unsuspecting people as they walk…
Sony Reveals a Limited Edition Original Gray PlayStation 4 in Celebration of the PlayStation’s 20th Anniversary
Sony Computer Entertainment has revealed a limited edition PlayStation 4 console featuring the first console’s original gray finish. The new limited edition console was designed…
Theoretical Physicist Stephen Hawking Would Like to Play the Villain in a ‘James Bond’ Movie
In an interview in the January issue of Wired magazine, physicist Stephen Hawking said he would like to play the villain in a James Bond movie, saying…
A Comprehensive Examination of the Typography Used in the Classic Sci-Fi Film ‘Alien’
Sci-Fi font blog Typeset In The Future takes a close and comprehensive look at the various typefaces used in the 1979 Ridley Scott space-horror classic,…
Bandanas Designed to Turn Their Wearers Into Japanese-Style Transforming Superheroes
The Kaiju Killer Bandana is a kerchief created by Brooklyn’s Sleek and Destroy that features patterns designed to make their wearers look like a classic…
Extreme Yoga Guru Performs A Serious of Complex Poses While Riding a Speeding Motorcycle
Gugulotu Lachiram, a 40-year farmer from the Khammam District in the Telangana state of India has mastered the incredible art of performing complex yoga poses…
Quotes From the Film ‘Love Actually’ Paired With ‘Peanuts’ Comic Strips Go Together Surprisingly Well
Jen Lewis from BuzzFeed has paired quotes from the film Love Actually with a collection of Peanuts comic strips, and the results go together surprisingly well. The full…
Japanese Man Proposes Marriage With the World’s Largest GPS Drawing
In 2010, Yasushi “Yassan” Takahashi set out on a six-month journey that became the world’s largest GPS drawing, according to Guinness World Records. The artist…
A Collection of Infinitely Looping Animated Videos That Reimagine the Yule Log Holiday Tradition
Yule Log 2.014 is a collection of 70 infinitely looping animated shorts curated by design studio Oddfellows that attempt to reimagine the traditional holiday yule…