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A Smooth Jazz Version of Metallica’s Song Enter Sandman
Back in 2010 Los Angeles musician and composer Andy Rehfeldt created a brilliant video, in which the heavy metal band Metallica appears to perform a…
Shit Girls Say Book, Plus New Shit Girls Say Episode 4
Just when you thought the Shit Girls Say meme had died, there is now a Shit Girls Say book that is being released today written…
Hoffy Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs
Mat company Square-H Brands introduced a product to their line of meats called Hoffy Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs. Yes, a pre-packaged bacon-wrapped hot dog is…
Cat Waits For Mail Delivery, Then Pounces at the Mail Slot Before the Letter Hits the Floor
Watch in this video as The Baron (a cat aka Captain Doctor Mr. Nibbles II esq.) waits patiently for the mail to be delivered and…
Crocodiles Eat, An Anamorphic 3D Painting Installed Inside of a Home
German artist Nikolaj Arndt created Crocodiles Eat, an amazing anamorphic 3D painting that was installed on a floor inside of a home. You can see…
An Aerial First Person View of Burning Man 2012 Shot From a Radio-Controlled Aircraft
Experimental Airlines flew a hand-constructed radio-controlled aircraft over Black Rock City to film their Black Rock City Aerial Tour, a first person view (FPV) of…
Hyper Matrix, Giant Analog Display Made of Thousands of Foam Blocks
photo via Sookyun Yang The installation “Hyper Matrix” is a large scale display in which thousands of styrofoam blocks act as pixels (video). The…
The Popinator, A Voice-Activated Popcorn Shooter That Launches Popcorn Into Your Mouth
Popcorn brand Popcorn, Indiana has been working on their Popinator Project, a voice-activated machine that listens for the command ‘pop’ to aim and launch popcorn…
New York City Soda Ban Explained by Casey Neistat
In his latest New York Times opinion documentary, filmmaker Casey Neistat explains the controversial New York City ban on large sugary drinks, which was approved…
True Muppet, A Painting of Sesame Street’s Count as Bill Compton From True Blood
“True Muppet” is a wonderful acrylic on canvas mashup painting by artist Hillary White that puts Count von Count, a vampire Muppet character that stars…