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Teenage Girl Plays Van Halen’s ‘Eruption’ Guitar Solo With Laser Precision and An Amused Look on Her Face
Teenager Tina S plays the complicated guitar solo from the classic Van Halen instrumental “Eruption” with laser precision and amused look on her face. via…
GIF Inventor Steve Wilhite: It Is Pronounced ‘Jif’
The GIF has been enjoying a renaissance in recent years, but that resurgence has a dark side: the simmering controversy over exactly how to pronounce…
Swedishness, A Satirical Look at Swedish Culture
“Swedishness” is a hilarious mockumentary that takes a satirical look at Swedish culture. According to the video, the Swedes have 100 expressions for “parental leave,”…
Togo Burger, A Folding Cardboard Tote to Hold Fast Food
Rhode Island School of Design industrial design student Seulbi Kim has created the Togo Burger, an innovative folding cardboard device to hold fast food with…
Zombie & Headless Car Driver Pranks Fast Food Drive-Thru Employees
Magician Rahat Hussein and Philadelphia-based prankster Ed Bassmaster have joined forces to add a flesh eating zombie to Rahat’s original “Headless Car Driver Prank.” As…
Art Student Freaks Out and Destroys Her Painting After a Critique
“I think it should like, make a high contrast between the figure and the line. Cause I feel like. It’s like…” An art student freaks…
Obscure Video Games, A Tumblr Blog Dedicated to Animated GIFs & Art of Long-Forgotten Games
Gunbarich Obscure Video Games is a Tumblr blog that collects pixel art and animated GIFs of obscure, unsuccessful, or long-forgotten video games. The blog’s owner…
Death Star Destroys Enterprise, A Battle Between ‘Star Wars’ & ‘Star Trek’ Spacecraft in San Francisco
IGN has released “Death Star Destroys Enterprise,” an amazing video by Mike Horn showing an epic battle between Star Wars and Star Trek spacecraft in…
Art of Science, A Princeton University Art Gallery Featuring Artistic Science Photos and Diagrams
Brainbow rainbow The 2013 Art of Science competition hosted by Princeton University features artwork created during the pursuit of scientific discovery. The sixth annual exhibition…
Amazing Cell Phone Video Shows Oklahoma Tornado Up Close
Moore, Oklahoma resident Charles Gafford captured amazing up-close footage of the May 20th, 2013 tornado that struck the area by sticking his smartphone out the…