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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley, A ‘Harry Potter’-Themed Amusement Park Extension
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley is a thematic extension to Universal Orlando’s The Wizarding World of Harry Potter amusement park that focuses…
‘Lord of the Ring’, A Video About an Acrobatic Street Performer Who Maneuvers Around Inside a Giant Steel Hoop
“Lord of the Ring” is a video by production team Kuma Films that looks at the amazing acrobatics of Taiwanese street performer Isaac Hou, who…
Supercut of Every On-Screen Death in Season Four of ‘Game of Thrones’
New York City writer, comedian, and video editor Bryan Menegus has created a two-minute supercut video for Digg of every on-screen death in season four…
The Equalizer Case, An iPhone Case With a Fake Graphic Equalizer That Lights Up Based on Ambient Sound
The Equalizer Case is an iPhone 5/5s case distributed by ThinkGeek that features a dozen rows of colored lights that respond to ambient sound, mimicking…
Fartzenegger, A Ridiculous Compilation Video of Arnold Schwarzenegger Movie Scenes With Fart Sounds Added
Filmmaker Blake Faucette of Distractotron has created “Fartzenegger,” a ridiculous compilation video of Arnold Schwarzenegger movie scenes with a lot of smelly fart sounds added.…
Elders React to Google Glass and How the Technology Works
On the latest episode of Elders React, Benny and Rafi Fine of The Fine Brothers film senior citizen’s reactions as try out the Google Glass…
How to Make a LEGO Key and Cable Holder with Sugru Rubber
Sugru has posted instructions on how to make a clever LEGO key and cable holder out of LEGO blocks, minifigures, and Sugru moldable self-setting rubber.…
Mesmerizing and Surreal Animated GIFs by Micaël Reynaud
Photographer Micaël Reynaud has created a series of mesmerizing animated GIFs that turn everyday sights into surreal animated loops. We’ve posted about Reynaud’s video and…
A Fascinating Article on the Project Looking to Make Use of a NASA Spacecraft Effectively Abandoned in 1997
The New York Times has a fascinating article on the ISEE-3 Reboot Project, a group assembled to try and make some use of the International…
Don’t Tread On My Internet, An Amusing T-Shirt Featuring an Ethernet Cable Homage to the Gadsden Flag
Don’t Tread On My Internet is an amusing Teespring T-shirt featuring an Ethernet cable coiled up in an homage to the Gadsden flag. Full proceeds…