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Convos With My 2-Year-Old: Episode 5 ‘Playtime’
Episode 5 of the web series by Warmland Films, Convos With My 2 Year Old, features 2-year-old Coco (as played by a grown man) spending…
Digg Begins Rolling Out Invitations For Digg Reader
Digg has begun rolling out invites for the beta version of its RSS reader, less than one week before Google Reader’s imminent shutdown on July…
Iron Man Gorilla Sculpture at GoGoGorillas Exhibition in Norwich, UK
British artist Martin Wall created this Iron Man-themed gorilla sculpture for GoGoGorillas, a city-wide outdoor exhibition of 53 gorilla sculptures in Norwich, UK. Each artist,…
WTF-ing, Guy Approaches Strangers in Amsterdam & Randomly Starts Slapping His Stomach
Andrew Hales of the comedy prankster group Losing All Hope Was Freedom (LAHWF) has released a new social experiment, “WTF-ing,” where he approaches strangers in…
The Hero’s Journey by Glove and Boots
Internet puppets Fafa the Groundhog and Mario of Glove and Boots explain Joseph Campbell’s famous “Monomyth” theory and show how it works in their…
Robot Adam Z1, Building A Robot With the Intelligence of a Three-Year-Old Child
Robot designer and researcher David Hanson is working to create Robot Adam Z1, “the world’s smartest robot” with the intelligence of a three-year-old human child.…
Louis Armstrong Talks About His Chops in 1964 Interview
Louis Armstrong explains the origin of his nickname, “Satchmo,” and the secret to maintaining his “chops” in this animation by Patrick Smith. Armstrong’s words stem…
Winston Smith and the Art of Dead Kennedys on The Art of Punk
The latest episode of “The Art of Punk” looks at the art of the influential San Francisco hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys. The short documentary…
NYC: One Sec Shots, A Rapid Fire Montage of the People & Places of New York City
“NYC: One Sec Shots” is a rapid fire montage of the people and places of New York City as seen through the lens of San…
Honest Movie Trailers: Independence Day by Screen Junkies
Screen Junkies released an honest movie trailer for the 1996 military science fiction film, Independence Day. Previously, we wrote about their ongoing series of honest…