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Making Cane Sandals

Making Cane Sandals

While we’re out here waiting for Flyknits and Primeknits, Primitive Technology took matters into his own hands and came up with the Protoweave. He made a pair of simple sandals out of loya cane so he can stunt in the jungle. And also protect his wrecked feet.

B-1B Afterburners

B-1B Afterburners

During the 2017 EAA AirVenture air show in Oshkosh, WI, a B-1B bomber took to the skies, and flaunted its mighty afterburners for the crowd. That cloud you see around the plane is a vapor cone formed by instant condensation. Kudos to Airailimages for the awesome video.

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Patrick Carney’s High Standards

Patrick Carney’s High Standards

(PG-13: Language) A hilariously cynical bit from Vice News, in which The Black Keys co-founder Patrick Carney listens to snippets of music from other artists, and rips apart most of it for lazy writing, cheesy instrumentation, or just not being his kind of jam. More here.

Storm 1, Revolving Door 0

Storm 1, Revolving Door 0

We always thought the idea behind revolving doors was to keep the bad weather out of buildings, but in this video captured during a storm in Istanbul, Turkey, it seems the wind and rain got the better of the spinning door, and left quite a mess. Original video here.

The Privates

The Privates

A garage rock band faces a problem interfering with their ability to play gigs. Every time they play a tune, some kind of mysterious energy rips apart their gear. A fun and truly inventive short film by writer/director Dylan Allen and Amalgamated Picture Co.

Puddles: Dreaming

Puddles: Dreaming

We’re rooting for Puddles to take the win on America’s Got Talent, but he’s got some stiff competition. Regardless of the outcome, we’ll always have his YouTube channel. Here, he picks up his guitar and turns in a dialed-down arrangement of Blondie’s 1979 hit Dreaming.

What White Walkers Represent

What White Walkers Represent

ScreenPrism ponders the meaning of Game of Thrones’ white walkers. Are they reminders that our dreams and issues ultimately mean nothing? Or do ice zombies have a literal connotation? Perhaps they’re misunderstood beings with their own problems?

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How to Dial a Phone c. 1949

How to Dial a Phone c. 1949

The next time your smartphone acts up, just sit back and watch this 1949 training film from the Bell System, which walks us through the numerous steps that telephone operators had to go through to connect two parties. Just remember to restore your dialing key, folks.

Mercedes-Benz Automated Valet Parking

Mercedes-Benz Automated Valet Parking

Mercedes-Benz’s parent company Daimler worked with Bosch to create a parking system with cars that park and retrieve themselves. The cars and the car park are equipped with sensors that guide the car to a free space. Drivers use an app to summon their rides.

DIY Punch-activated Flamethrowers

DIY Punch-activated Flamethrowers

To celebrate the launch of Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, Allen Pan of Sufficiently Advanced made one of the coolest – and hottest – gizmos we’ve ever seen: a flamethrower that spits fire when you throw a punch. Insure your fists, then find out how to make them here.

Casually Explained: Video Games

Casually Explained: Video Games

(PG-13: Language) “No matter how good you are, there will always be a million Koreans better than you.” Casually Explained switches the knowledge bombs and wisdom lasers for nostalgia gut punches as he talks about being a lifelong gamer.

Escaping Prison with Tabletop RPGs

Escaping Prison with Tabletop RPGs

(PG-13: Language) “It’s now how you play the game. It’s why you play the game.” Vice Waypoint spoke with a couple of former inmates who played tabletop RPGs such as Dungeons & Dragons while they were in prison to unwind, connect and stay sane. More here.

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DIY LEGO Alien Xenomorph Bust

DIY LEGO Alien Xenomorph Bust

At the 2017 Bricks Cascade, LEGO enthusiast Blair Archer shared his amazing Xenomorph bust with Beyond the Brick. Blair has been working on it for 3 years, mostly looking for certain parts or waiting for them to exist and fit his vision.

A History of MS Paint

A History of MS Paint

MS Paint is dead, long live MS Paint! With the arrival of Paint 3D, Microsoft will no longer update or support its predecessor. Lazy Game Reviews traces the origins and evolution of the beloved application, which started as a clone of a Mac program.

DIY Rocketeer Jetpack

DIY Rocketeer Jetpack

Prop maker David Guyton shares his favorite build yet: a steel replica of the Cirrus X-3 jetpack from The Rocketeer. It’s definitely not for beginners and takes a lot of time to build, but if you’re up to it keep an eye on his store for the free template.

Deadpool: Weird Version

Deadpool: Weird Version

(PG-13: Language, Gross) Aldo Jones doctored up footage from the already pretty over-the-top 2016 flick Deadpool, adding a helping heaping of his own inimitable wackiness to the madness on screen. That helicopter head thing seems legit to us. And marrying Negasonic Teenage Warhead too.

Ants in My Eyes with Drums

Ants in My Eyes with Drums

Drummer David Dockery’s latest rhythm-matching exercise lines up his drumbeats with one of the many classic improv bits from Rick and Morty, as the duo tunes into one of the multiverse’s infinite TV channels, and encounters a salesman with an eye problem.

Inside Game of Thrones’ Ship Battle

Inside Game of Thrones’ Ship Battle

(Spoilers, PG-13: Gore, Language) The crew of Game of Thrones and the actors who played the warring Greyjoys talk about how they shot the climactic battle at the end of season seven’s second episode. It’s a shame we could hardly see anything in the final cut.

Rebuilding a Harley Ironhead

Rebuilding a Harley Ironhead

After showing us what it takes to rebuild a couple of V8s, Hagerty Classic Cars captured the restoration of a V-Twin Ironhead engine from a 1957 Harley-Davidson XL sportster motorcycle. The time-lapse condenses what was surely days of work down to just 5 minutes.

Major Lazer: Know No Better

Major Lazer: Know No Better

Director Philip Andelman and Eko’s interactive music video for Know No Better provides dueling perspectives on the life of a young man. With a click of the mouse or trackpad, you can bounce between his real life and his imagined one on demand.

Lemon Pepper Wings from Atlanta

Lemon Pepper Wings from Atlanta

Binging with Babish shows two ways of cooking one of Paper Boi’s first tastes of preferential treatment: the lemon pepper joints… but with the sauce on ’em. The one from Atlanta has buffalo sauce mixed in, but chef Andrew prefers adding clarified butter instead.

The Philosophy of Fullmetal Alchemist

The Philosophy of Fullmetal Alchemist

(SPOILERS) Wisecrack points out how the excellent Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood urges us not to stubbornly subscribe to an ideology, rational or otherwise, because doing so would dehumanize us by discouraging us from questioning and thinking for ourselves.

Parallax.3: The Corporations

Parallax.3: The Corporations

“We can conclude that the sole purpose of civilization on this planet is to maximize profit.” Adam Westbrook’s criminally unappreciated faux documentary series continues. Here the aliens talk about what they deem to be Earth’s prime inhabitants: corporations.

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