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Protéigon, A Wonderful Stop-Motion Papercraft Animated Short
In the first two months as an intern for Partizan, Steven Briand (aka BURAYAN) directed this wonderful stop-motion papercraft animated short, Protéigon. The film is…
Miss Fat and Beautiful, 1962 Newsreel About Plump and Lovely Fashions
In what may be one of the earliest evidence of mainstream fat acceptance, this vintage clip called Miss Fat and Beautiful (from a longer piece…
YouTube For Schools, YouTube Opens Up Educational Content Program
YouTube is piloting a “teacher-friendly” educational program called YouTube For Schools to allow schools access to safe video content for students. YouTube for Schools…
Baby Rhinos Making Cute Squealing Sounds
For 40 seconds of extreme cuteness, take a look and listen at this video uploaded by ddarlingx3 of two baby rhinoceros in South Africa ‘talking’…
Superheroines Give Self Exams In Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign
Breast Cancer Campaign She-Hulk by MaÃsa Chaves Breast Cancer Campaign Wonder Woman by MaÃsa Chaves Breast Cancer Campaign Catwoman by MaÃsa Chaves Breast Cancer Campaign…
Glow in the Dark Night Surfing
On November 30, 17 surfers donned TRON-like electroluminescent wetsuits and surfed at night at Bondi Beach in Australia. The night surfing stunt was a…
Amazing Freestyle MPC Dubstep Performance by araabMUZIK
araabMUZIK covers Cinema (Skrillex Remix) by Benny Benassi in this freestyle dubstep performance on a Music Production Center (MPC).
Jotly, The Parody iPhone App for Rating Everything Is Now Real
Back in October we wrote about Jotly, a hilarious parody iPhone app for rating everything (video). At the time the app was just a…
HTTP Status Cats, HTTP Status Codes Displayed Using Cat Photos
Proving again that the internet is made of cats, Tomomi Imura has combined HTTP status codes with familiar cat images in her HTTP Status Cats…
Facebook Launches New Timeline Profile Layout
Today Facebook officially launched their new profile layout Timeline, which presents the user’s updates, photos, and other activity as a chronology (video). Once enabled,…