Darth Vader: Corporate Lapdog?
The guys from Retina Burn explore how Darth Vader’s image has been used for both good and evil in commercials. But do you really think that putting him silly situations makes him any less evil?
The guys from Retina Burn explore how Darth Vader’s image has been used for both good and evil in commercials. But do you really think that putting him silly situations makes him any less evil?
The beloved Steven Van Zandt plays a former member of the New York mob who is relocated to Lillehammer, Norway for the FBI’s witness protection program in Netflix’s new original series.
These Finnish divers head underwater to look for fish, capturing and sharing their adventures below the ice. It’s even more amazing once you realize where they’re standing. (Thanks, everyone!)
Long after Jimmy Kimmel’s cruel pre-holiday prank was over, parents continued to mess with their kid’s heads and tell them they were getting crap for Xmas. Broccoli = the new lump of coal.
Did your Movember efforts last a little longer than usual this year? You may have found yourself on the receiving end of something very similar to what filmmaker Zak Stoltz does in this short then.
Who says that circuit boards need to look the way they do? Using a conductive pen, ferrous paper and some magnetic conductors, you can turn any sketch into a functional electronic circuit.
Here’s the latest in a series of videos that must simply be made for the internet: there is something wrong with this ceiling fan, but we can’t quite put our finger on it… (Thanks Chuck!)
Not into classical music? Well once you hear the Vitamin String Quartet kicking out their rendition of Daft Punk’s Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, you just might be. More cool string covers here.
A combination ranged and melee weapon from Joerg Sprave. On one end is a regular slingshot, on the other end there’s a huge steel ball and a 5.9″ steel spike, complete with a “skull ejector.”
Actually, this is just a regular fire truck, but the daring and brave men of Eltham, Melbourne Australia don’t let deep flood waters stand in the way of getting to their destination.
While this was shot as a promo for a Samsung camcorder, it’s does a better job showing off the precision card-throwing skills of its subject than the quality of the camera. Ad fail. Performance win.
Riley the brown dog has already been rewarded with treats for performing tricks, but it seems like she’s still hungry for food – or attention. Or maybe she just really wants to be her owner’s friend.
Remember that joke where the build-up to the punchline was the joke itself? Kinda like this guessing game but not really, and it turns out there really is a punchline at the end? This is that joke.
This adorable chimp loves three things – fruit, hugs and his new favorite, magic. Watch as he proves just how smart his kind can be as he tries to analyze and is wowed by the magician’s tricks.
An online group has dedicated itself to finding all the instances of The Lick, a particular series of notes that’s almost always played at the same speed and duration. Ferguson, you damn genius.
Here is iGlide of the dance crew Remote Kontrol. Now, here is iGlide once he has his coffee. With buttery smooth moves like that, there’s a good reason they call him iGlide.
We’re enjoying the beginning of this new year even more, now that we’ve added some excitement from seeing the world’s largest fired fireworks shell ever (allegedly), at 42″, set off in Japan.
ShortList.com put together this collection of fan-made posters for Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic The Shining, ranging from the abstract to minimal to flat out creepy. REDRUM, indeed.
We usually end up on the wrong end these sort of malfunctions, with our Twizzlers wedged against the glass despite all attempts to shake them loose. For every misfortune, there is also a triumph.
The Awesomer: Awesome Stuff for Awesome People | Copyright 2008-2011 Technablogs | For Cool Gadgets, Games and Gizmos, Visit Technabob