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Foursquare Launches Swarm, An App for Easily Connecting With Friends
Location-based social networking company Foursquare has launched Swarm (see previous post), an app for easily connecting with friends. Some of the features found in Swarm,…
Analog Drum and Bass Set Performed by a Robotic Drum Kit
New Zealand musician KinetiX has programmed a robotic drum kit and a room full of synthesizers to create live analog drum and bass music completely…
Exploring The Many Similarities Between Domestic Cats and Wild Cats
In this very cute video, Big Cat Rescue explores the great many similarities between domestic cats and wild cats. Despite the obvious difference in size,…
A Video Exploring the Evolution of Visual Effects in Film
Video editor Jim Casey has put together “The Evolution of Visual Effects”, a video featuring a chronological exploration of visual effects in film. The video…
Glove and Boots Explain How the Robin Hood Foundation Helps Fight Poverty in New York City
In the video “Robin Hood 101,” internet puppets Fafa the Groundhog, Mario, and Johnny T of Glove and Boots bring the funny while promoting The…
Herd of Elephants Work Together To Rescue a Baby Elephant Caught In River Current
In this amazing footage captured by a guest of the Kicheche Laikipia Camp in Kenya, a herd of elephants crossing the Ewaso Nyiro in the…
‘Punk the Capital’, A Documentary About the Washington DC Hardcore Punk Scene
Punk the Capital is an upcoming documentary about Washington DC’s hugely influential 1980s hardcore punk scene by filmmakers James Schneider and Paul Bishow. The still…
Successful People With Unique Hobbies
Mental Floss host John Green discusses a number of successful people with unique hobbies in “48 Successful People With Unique Hobbies”. For example, Green notes…
An Art Print by Pop Chart Lab That Breaks Down Famous Action Movie Quotes Into Sentence Diagrams
(larger) Pop Chart Lab has created “A Diagrammatical Dissertation on Notable Lines of Cinematic Action,” an art print that breaks down famous action movie quotes…
Super Slow Motion Video of Paint-Filled Piggy Banks Being Destroyed in Various Ways
The team at Slow Mo Lab have brought out the Phantom camera once again to capture some splatter-filled super slow motion footage of paint-filled piggy…