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Video Game Controllers Repurposed as Useful Desk Organizers
Nintendo 64 Controller Desk-Mate Ogden, Utah-based Graeme Abraham, owner of the Etsy store GreenCüb, has repurposed a collection of recognizable video game controllers as useful…
Octopus Lamp Sculpture Made of Recycled Parts
Sculptor Karl Dupere-Richer has created an octopus lamp using recycled objects like garden hoses, Christmas ornaments, and a hanging globe. More pictures of the unique…
Felted TV Dinner Complete With Felted Can of Hamm’s & A Television
Portland, Oregon-based fiber artist LeBrie Rich has made not only an amazing needle felted wool TV dinner but has also made a felted can of…
A Pirate Pancake Griddle That Makes Skull and Crossbones Pancakes
The Pirate Pancake Griddle is a brilliant cast-iron mold by Chicago-based sculptor ad fabricator Joe Sandor. The griddle displays an intimidating looking skull and crossbones…
YouTube Adds Slow Motion Effect For YouTube Videos
Normal Speed YouTube has added a new Slowmo effect that allows users to create slow motion version of their videos by using the Enhancements tool…
A Tweet of a Vine of an Instagram of a Tumblr Post of a Facebook Post of a Tweet
Dan Rollman of RecordSetter has made a Tweet of a Vine of an Instagram of a Tumblr post of a Facebook post of a Tweet.…
cdza Serenades Little Italy Tourists With ‘That’s Amore’ & Other Music
Over Memorial Day weekend, New York City-based experimental music group cdza serenaded tourists with “That’s Amore” and other music from above Mulberry Street in Little…
BMX Expert Tim Knoll Performs Incredible Freestyle Bike Tricks
In this video compilation edited by Tony Schneidewind, Milwaukee-based BMX expert Tim Knoll performs an incredible series of freestyle bike tricks. music by Phillip Knoll…
Stylized Portraits of Every Character in George R. R. Martin’s ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’
Jon Snow Macedonian artist The Mico has endeavored to draw every character from A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. So…
Tropes vs Women in Video Games — A Damsel in Distress: Part 2
The second video in the Tropes vs Women in Video Games series by Anita Sarkeesian further explores the overused trope of the Damsel in Distress.…