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Daily, An App Featuring Hand-Picked Content Suggestions by Buffer
Daily is an app by Buffer that features hand-picked content suggestions. Users can swipe through to indicate whether they’re interested in any given suggestion, right…
Modified Volkswagen Golf Engine Emits Strange, Motorcycle-Like Sounds
YouTube user Dawid Jankowski attempts to get to the bottom of some strange, motorcycle-like sounds coming from the engine of a modified Volkswagen Golf. via…
Musician Rob Scallon Demonstrates How to Communicate Through Guitar Riffs With ‘Binary Metal’
Chicago-based musician Rob Scallon shows off a new, somewhat inefficient method for communicating by rapidly moving one’s finger on and off a guitar fret in…
A Groovy 1980s Remix of the ‘Game of Thrones’ Theme Song
Moscow, Russia musician Steve Duzz has created a super groovy 1980s remix of the Game of Thrones theme song that will get you up out…
‘Bless You’, An Animated Short About Sneezing on the Subway
“Bless You” is an animated short directed and animated by Montreal-based filmmaker David Barlow-Krelina about a man who has a particularly explosive sneeze while riding…
Cardboard, A Simple Box That Transforms an Android Smartphone Into a Basic Virtual Reality Headset
Cardboard is a simple experimental project by Google that transforms an Android smartphone into a basic virtual reality headset using what amounts to a little…
‘Donation’, A Short Comedy Film About What Happens When You Give Blood Three Times in a Single Day
“Donation” is a comedy short directed by Los Angeles filmmaker Paul Emerson that stars Veep actress Dana Powell as a woman who donates blood three…
Another Unnecessarily Censored Version of Disney’s ‘Frozen’ That Makes Innocent Moments Seem Dirty
The Jake Vale Show has created another censored version of Disney’s Frozen in which ordinarily innocent words and actions have been bleeped and blurred to…
‘The Viking of 6th Avenue’, A Documentary About the Eccentric and Influential New York City Street Musician Moondog
The Viking of 6th Avenue is an upcoming documentary directed by Brooklyn-based filmmaker Holly Elson that examines the life of Louis “Moondog” Hardin, an eccentric…
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Pokes Fun at Even More World Cup Fans in New York City
“Stomp on the cannolis! Stomp on the cannolis!” On a new episode of Conan, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog went back out into the streets…