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First Flight of the Phantom, Aerial Footage of NYC Captured With a Quadcopter
Using a DJI Phantom quadcopter, a Zenmuse H3-SD Gimbal, and a GoPro HERO3 camera, filmmaker Nicolas Doldinger created “First Flight of the Phantom,” beautiful aerial…
Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise Spatula
“To boldly er… spatula.” The Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise Spatula from ThinkGeek is a handy piece of kitchenware designed to look just like a certain…
Pranksters Dress as Beekeepers & Pretend to Stir Up Dangerous Beehives in Public
“Oh god! Bees! Oh God!” Roman Atwood and Dennis Roady pulled off a crazy new prank where they dress up as beekeepers and pretend to…
Guy Tells People His Foot Fell Asleep & Asks Them to Tuck It In
“Can you please tuck it in?” Jimmy Craig of the Billerica, Massachusetts-based sketch comedy group FATAWESOME recently pranked people in downtown Boston by telling them…
Casey Neistat’s System for Recovering Lost Items: A Note That Reads ‘Please Do The Right Thing’
In the short video “Do The Right Thing,” filmmaker Casey Neistat demonstrates his novel system for recovering lost items: he writes a note on his…
Porcelainia, Documentary About a Retired Teacher’s Science-Inspired Porcelain Art
The mini documentary “Porcelainia” takes a look at the beautiful porcelain art of Bobby Jaber, a retired chemistry and physics teacher who makes spherical sculptures…
Digital Detox’s Device-Free ‘Disconnect To Reconnect’ Spot at Outside Lands 2013
The folks behind tech-free event Camp Grounded, Oakland-based organization Digital Detox, offered a place to power down in the woods of Outside Lands 2013. Festival…
The 12th Annual San Francisco Zine Fest
The 12th Annual San Francisco Zine Fest, a celebration of zines and the indie artists and writers who create them, takes place August 31 to…
10 Bets You Will Always Win, Part 7
Richard Wiseman of Quirkology shares part 7 of his ongoing series “10 Bets You Will Always Win.” via Tastefully Offensive
Pepsi Cheetos
“New sense of surprise snacks can play a ‘swooshing’ at the moment when I put in the mouth.” Steve of The Impulsive Buy recently posted…