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An In-Depth Tour of MythBuster Adam Savage’s San Francisco Workshop
Tested has created a video providing an in-depth tour of MythBuster Adam Savage’s San Francisco workshop, a location affectionately referred to as “the Cave.” Savage’s…
Art Prints of Arrangements of Peonies, Roses, Tulips, & Sunflowers Featuring 50 Types of Their Respective Flowers
Pop Chart Lab has created a new series of art prints that feature floral arrangements of peonies, roses, tulips, and sunflowers that each include 50…
Mouth, An Online Retailer Featuring Indie Food Products
The Great Guest Mouth is an online retailer of indie food products. The retailer specifically features food products that are handmade over mass-produced goods. The…
A First-Person View of What Goes on in George R.R. Martin’s Mind as He Writes Deadly Scenes for ‘Game of Thrones’
Filmmaker Michael Tivikoff (a.k.a. “Mr.TVCow“) has created a video featuring a first-person view of what goes on in the mind of author George R.R. Martin…
A Dad Makes His Six-Year-Old Son a LEGO ‘Star Wars’ Boba Fett Minifigure Costume
The Dented Helmet member and father CGS1 recently made his six-year-old son an awesome LEGO Star Wars Boba Fett minifigure costume to wear at a…
A Comic Imagining What Marvel’s Avengers Might Look Like in Real Life
Artist Andy Kluthe of Nerd Rage and Andrew Bridgman of Dorkly have created an amusing comic that imagines what Marvel’s Avengers might look like in…
What If Google Search Were a Real Person, Part 3
CollegeHumor returns for another round of a theoretical world where Google’s search engine is actually a person that everyone consults. In the latest video, Google…
’11 Paper Place’, A Computer-Animated Love Story About Two Anthropomorphic Pieces of Office Paper
“11 Paper Place” is a wordless computer-animated short directed by Vermont-based filmmaker Daniel Houghton about two 8.5″ x 11″ pieces of paper who magically come…
xkcd Figures Out How Many Snowflakes It Would Take to Cover the World in Six Feet of Snow
In the latest edition of “What If” by xkcd, Randall Munroe answers a reader whose seven-year-old son wondered how many snowflakes it would take to…
Paleo Ultra ‘Barefoot’ Running Shoes Made From Stainless Steel Chainmail
Paleo Ultra is a line of shoes by German footwear maker Gost-Barefoots designed to embrace the natural running trend. The shoes are built from a…