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Nerd Life by MC Frontalot
Nerdcore hip hop artist MC Frontalot teamed up with web application management provider New Relic on the song titled “Nerd Life.” The song’s music video…
Branch, An Online Discussion Service With Less Noise, Is Now Open
Branch, the online discussion service that encourages focused conversation among friends, has completed its closed beta and is now open to the public. Branch users…
Giant LEGO Squid Attacking a Ship
LEGO hobbyist Evan B. (aka “Lego Junkie”) has created this giant squid attacking a ship completely out of LEGO. This is a science fiction remix…
Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter Created Using Pages of a Book
As a commissioned project, Pennsylvania artist and dance instructor Jodi Harvey-Brown built a fantastic Star Wars inspired X-wing starfighter from pages out of a book.…
2012 in 366 seconds, A Photographer Documents His Year in Daily One Second Increments
2012 in 366 seconds, a documentary photographer James Bernal, shows his 2012 year captured within a collection of one-second increments.
Wolverine Rescues a Man Buried in a Snowdrift
In a recent episode of “Wolverine King” on Nat Geo Wild, naturalist and wildlife expert Casey Anderson is rescued from being buried in a staged…
Slow Motion Video of Fireworks Exploding Inside Buckets Full of Paint
Gavin Free and Daniel Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys filmed themselves setting off fireworks pointed into buckets full of paint. They captured the explosions…
Different Strategies for Navigating a Large Convention Floor
As part of their Visual Storytelling series Column Five takes a look at various ways of navigating a large convention. via Tastefully Offensive
Live Action Toy Story, A Shot-for-Shot Remake Using Actors & Toys
For Live Action Toy Story, Arizona-based friends Jonason Pauley and Jesse Perrotta turned Pixar’s animated feature Toy Story into a fantastic live action shot-for-short remake…
I Can Explain!, A Supercut From the Movies
For Slacktory, Debbie Saslaw edited I can explain!, a supercut of characters using that phrase in movies (full list of featured movies). It’s the followup…