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Virgin America Creates a Six-Hour-Long Video Depicting an Incredibly Boring Cross-Country Flight Aboard BLAH Airlines
To poke fun at competing airlines, Virgin America has created a bizarre, nearly six-hour-long video depicting a cross-country flight aboard an imaginary competitor, “BLAH Airlines.”…
Justin Hall Talks About Putting His Life Online as a Pioneering Blogger at the 2014 XOXO Festival in Portland, Oregon
At the 2014 XOXO Festival in Portland, Oregon back in September, Justin Hall talks about his site Justin’s Links from the Underground, through which he…
CameraBadge, Vinyl Stickers Designed to Cover Computer, Tablet, and Phone Cameras for Privacy
CameraBadge is a line of vinyl stickers created by Etsy maker nilsellis1 designed to obscure a computer, tablet, or smartphone camera for those times when…
WWE Pro Wrestler Randy Orton Digitally Inserted Into Fail Videos to Give People His Signature ‘RKO’ Finishing Move
Steven Manassah (a.k.a. “Steveozzi“) has created a great video where WWE pro wrestler Randy Orton is digitally inserted into fail videos to make it look…
First-Person GoPro Video of a Surfer’s Long Ride Inside the Tube of a Wave
Hawaiian surfer Koa Smith shot GoPro video of an impressive 27-second ride inside the the tube of a wave at Skeleton Bay in Namibia, Africa.…
Tiny Gray Arctic Fox Nibbles on a Man’s Exposed Toes in Absolute Delight
A tiny gray arctic fox nibbles on a man’s flip-flop exposed toes in absolute delight. While it may be unclear if the baby vulpine was…
bottleLoft, Powerful Magnets That Hang Bottles From the Ceiling of a Refrigerator
bottleLoft is a series of powerful magnets that attach to the ceiling of a refrigerator, so users can hang bottles and free up space in…
432 Park Avenue, A New Tower in Manhattan That Is the Tallest Residential Building in the Western Hemisphere
432 Park Avenue is a residential tower in Midtown Manhattan that, at 1,396 feet in height, is the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere.…
Tumblr Launches New App for Mac OS X Yosemite
Tumblr has launched a new app for Mac OS X Yosemite (see previously) that allows users to easily share content from almost anywhere on their…
‘Maus’ Artist Art Spiegelman Gives a Tour of His New York City Studio
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist cartoonist Art Spiegelman gave a tour of his impressive New York City studio to Jeff Newelt of HEEB Magazine. The artist showed…