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Dogs Maymo & Penny Wear Costumes and Go Trick-or-Treating For Halloween
Maymo the lemon beagle — of Ultimate Dog Shaming fame — and his sister Penny go trick-or-treating in a variety of Halloween costumes, most of…
Old Video Stores Like Blockbuster Explained to the Kids of Today
BuzzFeedYellow has created a video that explains how old video stores like Blockbuster and local alternatives used to work, and wistfully describes pros and cons…
Everything Wrong With ‘Paranormal Activity’ In 7 Minutes Or Less
For their ongoing series, CinemaSins has released a creepy new video that finds “Everything Wrong With Paranormal Activity In 7 Minutes Or Less.” Still on…
Thru Tokyo, Music Video Remix of the Sights & Sounds of Tokyo by Kutiman
“Thru Tokyo” is a fantastic music video remix of the sights and sounds of Tokyo by musician and video artist Kutiman. The video features a…
DIY Paper Star Wars Snowflakes
Boba Fett Paso Robles, California graphic designer, father, and geek Anthony Herrera has created a new series of DIY paper Star Wars snowflake designs for…
Pro Bono Promo, Logos Recreated With the Products They Represent
Ontario-based artist Dorota Pankowska has created “Pro Bono Promo,” a street art collection of logos made out of the products they represent. For example, the…
Hilariously Bizarre Footage From a Rejected Advertising Pitch Video
The bizarro short “pitch videos” features thoroughly baffling footage from an advertising pitch video by director Tony Benna of ad agency Mekanism. According to Benna,…
A Cake Made to Look Like a Real Bowl of Ramen
A Japanese blog of home-cooked meals called Create Eat Happy has created a cake that looks surprisingly like a real bowl of ramen. It’s a…
Artist Turns 1988 Ford Fiesta Into Sculpture of a Squatting Transformer
UK artist Hetain Patel has taken an old 1988 Ford Fiesta subcompact car and turned into a sculpture of a squatting Transformer robot. Hetain’s “Fiesta…
Dithyrambalina, A Village of Interactive Musical Houses in New Orleans
Back in 2011 we posted about “Dithyrambalina,” a collaborative project in which artist Swoon and the New Orleans Airlift art program built an interactive village…