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Kim Jong-il Dropping the Bass
Kim Jong-il Dropping the Bass documents the North Korean ex-dictator’s little known side job: DJ. Thanks to Ben Popper for the tip!
Slow Motion Smashing Mugs, From 500 to 10,000 Frames Per Second
To demonstrate what different slow motion framerates look like, Gavin Free of The Slow Motion Guys smashed coffee mugs at 500, 1000, 2500, 5000, and…
Shit Girls Say, Web Comedy Series Created From One-Liner Tweets
Toronto filmmaker Graydon Sheppard stars (in drag, no less) with actress Juliette Lewis in Shit Girls Say, a comedic web series based on a Twitter…
Google Zeitgeist 2011, The Year in Google Searches
Google Zeitgeist 2011 features data visualizations of the top searches of the year, from “Steve Jobs” to “Google+.” Google has also released a companion video…
Taxi Driver Sweded by Michel Gondry
French director Michel Gondry and Partizan Films has created a sweded version of the cult classic from Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. The dubbed film short stars…
The US Highway System As A Subway Map
Australian designer Cameron Booth has created a map of the U.S. Routes highway system in the style of a subway map. U.S. Routes (such as…
1960s Batman TV Show Intro Recreated Using LEGO
L.G.F.B. recreated the intro for the 1960s Batman TV show as a LEGO stop-motion animation. via The Mary Sue & Bleeding Cool
A Trick Contest Between a Cat and a Dog
Kaiser the Bengal cat goes up against Nana the Border Collie dog to see who can do the best tricks in Cat vs. Dog: A…
The Dark Knight Rises, Final Film in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy
A new trailer has been released for The Dark Knight Rises, the final installment of the Batman trilogy directed by Christopher Nolan. The film is…
Twitter-by-Post, A Snail Mail Project Uses Postcards to Create Tweets
Freelance writer Giles Turnbull had an idea to respond to his Twitter feed by snail mail using postcards. For each tweet he received from the…