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A Fascinating Profile of Omni Consumer Products, A Developer of Real-World Versions of Fictional Movie Products
Fast Company recently posted a fascinating profile about Omni Consumer Products, a San Francisco Bay-area company that develops real versions of fictional products from movies.…
A Miniature Cake Pan by ThinkGeek That Creates Small Cakes Shaped Like a d20 Die
ThinkGeek has created a lovely miniature cake pan that creates small cakes shaped like a d20 die. Each mold creates four 3″ cakes, and ThinkGeek…
Alley the Cat Sets the World’s Record for the Longest Jump Made By a Cat
A rescued cat named Alley, who currently performs with The Acro-Cats (see previous), has set the World Record for the longest jump made by a…
Naughty Dog Celebrates Thirty Years of Video Game Development With an Art Show at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, CA
Uncharted 3 by Patrick Brown Naughty Dog will be celebrating thirty years of video game development with a group art show tribute at Gallery Nucleus…
Daring Dachshund Goes on First Skydiving Trip Strapped to His Adventurous Human
A daring dachshund named Riley went on his very first skydiving trip strapped his adventurous photographer human Nathan Batiste, who said stated that the jump…
Forklift Operator Picks up a Coin and Drops It in a Soda Bottle With Expert Precision
A forklift operator picks up a coin and drops it in a soda bottle with expert precision. via Boing Boing
‘The Animal That Wouldn’t Die’, A Short Film That Tells the Story of the Seemingly Immortal Hydra
“The Animal That Wouldn’t Die” is a short film produced by the NPR science blog Skunk Bear that tells the story of the hydra, a small…
Wily African Grey Parrot Focuses Intently On a Child’s Remote Control Car As It Goes Around the Track
A wily African Grey parrot focuses intently on a child’s remote controlled car as it goes around, knocking it off its track as much as…
Russian Worker Feeds Cookies to a Gentle Russian Bear Through a Service Window
A worker in Kolyma, Russia feeds cookies to a gentle but insistent Russian bear through a service window, although the worker seemed to push his…
Burning Moments, A Short Video of Surreal Sights From the 2014 Burning Man Festival
To mark his first Burning Man experience, videographer Ari Fararooy collected various surreal moments that he filmed at the 2014 festival and assembled them into…