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Everyday Things You Never Knew Had Names
BuzzFeed has compiled a very informative video that visually identifies Everyday Things You Never Knew Had Names. The video is based off of their written…
Average Party, A Fake Movie Trailer Mocking Lame High School Parties
“Average Party” is a fake movie trailer by Tony Yacenda, Dan Perrault and Sean Carrigan of Woodhead Entertainment that pokes fun at and mocks typical…
True Facts About The Fruit Bat by Ze Frank
True Facts About The Fruit Bat by Ze Frank
Pokémon Nesting Doll T-Shirts
Illustrator Michael B. Myers has created colorful Pokémon nesting doll t-shirts. The designs display the evolutionary stages of Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle, and encase each…
CubeSensors, Wireless Cubes to Monitor Your Environment
CubeSensors are small, wireless cubes that measure temperature, humidity, noise, light, air quality, and barometric pressure, and continuously stream the data to a smartphone app.…
‘Call Me a Hole’ by pomDeter, NIN Mashed Up With Carly Rae Jepsen
“Call Me a Hole” by pomDeter is a splendid mashup of “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen and “Head Like a Hole” by Nine…
Buzludzha Monument, Abandoned Saucer-Shaped Communist Party Headquarters on a Bulgarian Mountaintop
photo via Vacaciones Bulgaria The Buzludzha Monument is a massive saucer-shaped communist-era building high atop a mountain in Bulgaria. Completed in 1981, the building features…
The Atlantic Ocean Comedy & Music Festival
“Comedy. Music. Shuffleboard.” The Atlantic Ocean Comedy & Music Festival is a three-day cruise presented MaximumFun.org, Splitsider and KCRW. It will feature comedic and musical…
Commercial for Australian Bakery Imagines a Free Range Bread Farm
In this clever commercial for Abbott’s Village Bakery of Australia, loaves of bread roam across open pasture at a “free range bread farm.” The commercial…
Confess Your Tech Sins to Get a Free Ride in the SXSW TechCab
If you are headed to SXSW and are willing to confess your technological sins, you can get a free ride in the orange Kendo UI…