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Maximum Strength Placebo
Placebo: Max Strength is a box containing sugar pills that are “as effective as the leading homeopathic treatment” according to its creator, UK humorist Darren…
NYC Unplugged, Long Exposure Photos of New York City During the Power Outage Blackouts
NYC Unplugged is a beautiful series of long exposure photographs by Randy Scott Slavin taken during the recent blackouts in New York City (due to…
The Gang’s All Here, Star Wars & Disney Mashup Illustration
In response to the announcement that Disney acquired Lucasfilm, artist Paul Shipper updated his Star Wars illustration, featuring the main good guys, into an excellent…
Crystal Blue Persuasion, A Breaking Bad Halloween Tribute
Indianapolis-based Casey Atchley created Crystal Blue Persuasion, a great Breaking Bad tribute video where he takes on the role of Jesse Pinkman but instead…
Body Crash, 17 Painted People Form Sculpture of Crashed Car
Australian artist Emma Hack created this astonishing body art sculpture of a crashed car, entitled “Body Crash.” The sculpture is made of 17 people—they were…
Time-Lapse of Hurricane Sandy Over New York City
SMvideoChan created this time-lapse video that captures Hurricane Sandy rolling in over New York City at 30s per frame. It starts around 1 PM on…
Star Wars Episode 7 Official Trailer by NMA
After yesterday’s announcement that Disney acquired Lucasfilm and plans to release the Star Wars Episode 7 film in 2015, Next Media Animation TV (NMA) created…
The Open Wireless Movement
The Open Wireless Movement is a coalition that advocates for open wireless networks in order to make the Internet more open and available. The coalition…
Rot, A Stop-Motion Animated Short About a Girl’s Eerie Transformation
Rot is a stop-motion animated short film directed by The Reel‘s Erica Luke with sound by London-based sound artist Matthew Perryman. In it, a…
Pinball Love, A Video Filled With Classic Pinball Machine Beauty
In “Pinball Love”, filmmaker Blake Faucette (who is also part of Distractotron), camera operators Rick Burnett and Micah Moore of Beat Down Boogie traveled to…