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HI Maintenance

HI Maintenance

A couple’s ups and downs, as punctuated by the word “hi.” Actor and musician Jacob Anderson aka Raleigh Ritchie aka Game of Thrones’ Grey Worm wrote, directed and starred in this short film for Topman. The song is Cowards from his album You’re a Man Now, Boy.

Samurai Captain America Action Figure

Samurai Captain America Action Figure
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Shield. Sword. Shuriken. Bandai’s latest Manga Realization action figure is an armored samurai version of Captain America. The action figure is nearly 7″ tall and comes with four swappable hands and a star logo that doubles as a shuriken.

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Scorn (Gameplay)

Scorn (Gameplay)

(Gore) A first-person horror adventure featuring dark and creepy imagery that clearly draws inspiration from the work of the late, great artist H.R. Giger. Its gross organic environments and weapons are almost scarier than the enemies at this point in development.

2018 Polaris Slingshot

2018 Polaris Slingshot

We spent the day on the winding canyon roads above the Malibu coast driving the 2018 Polaris Slingshot – the latest generation of this slick 3-wheeled sports car – to see if this power toy is as much fun as it looks.

Babish: Hors D’oeuvres Sandwich

Babish: Hors D’oeuvres Sandwich

Binging with Babish takes on another classic movie meal by replicating Rodney Dangerfield’s improvised delicacy from Back to School – a sandwich made from small food – including deviled eggs, meatballs, and spanakopita, stuffed into a big hunk of Italian bread.

Rally Bentley Continental GT

Rally Bentley Continental GT

This mud- and rock-loving Bentley was built for the Nat Geo UK series Supercar Megabuild, and now it can be yours. It’s got an external roll cage with tire and jerry can storage, off-road suspension, lug tires, skid plates, racing lights and more. See it in action here.

Graphing YouTube’s Biggest Videos

Graphing YouTube’s Biggest Videos

Abacaba used a combination of line graphs and sounds to represent the history of YouTube’s most popular viral videos from Charlie Bit my Finger to Gangnam Style to Despacito. Frankly, we’re not sure the sounds added much value, but the moving chart was fascinating.

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Making a Fancy Wood Beer Koozie

Making a Fancy Wood Beer Koozie

Most beer koozies are made from foam or fabric. But Ollari’s shows us how to make a super slick koozie from carefully segmented blocks of walnut, maple, and padouk, glued together, then turned on a lathe. A layer of clear lacquer protects it from condensation.

Isn’t She Lovely: Fingerstyle Cover

Isn’t She Lovely: Fingerstyle Cover

12-year-old guitarist Lanvy is the very personification of the song she’s performing, as she deftly makes her way through Stevie Wonder’s 1976 classic Isn’t She Lovely on her beautifully embellished Luna guitar.

Man Crates’ Caveman Crate

Man Crates’ Caveman Crate
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Fill up your favorite protein lover’s belly with the delicious jerkies and nuts in Man Crates’ Caveman Crate. It comes with buffalo, beef, turkey, and venison jerky, along with tasty butter toffee almonds and chili citrus cashews, all packed in a sturdy wood crate.

Could We Build a Planet?

Could We Build a Planet?

It’s the stuff of science fiction at this point, but it’s certainly worth exploring the idea that building a planet capable of supporting human life could be an alternative to colonizing an existing, less hospitable planet. Life Noggin ponders this question in this all-too-short video.

EDC Trending Gear: 8/17

EDC Trending Gear: 8/17

Our pals at Everyday Carry gathered up the best gear they spotted last month, from useful and beautifully-designed knives, to tools that stow in an iPhone case, to compact and easy to carry wallets. But what we want most is that stunning bronze Helberg CH6 wristwatch.

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Sony 3D Creator

Sony 3D Creator

Sony’s Xperia XZ1 and XZ1 Compact phones come with a 3D scanning app, which can capture images of faces, heads, food, or other objects along with a 3D depth map, resulting in impressively detailed 3D models which can be used in other apps, or even output to a 3D print.

Despacito: Calculator Edition

Despacito: Calculator Edition

There are already a gazillion cover versions of the Luis Fonsi megahit Despacito, but we can honestly say this is the first time we’ve heard it played on a couple of musical calculators. Is it wrong that we like this version better?

Once Upon a Time in Pulp Fiction

Once Upon a Time in Pulp Fiction

(Gore) Filmmaker and editor Antonio Maria Da Silva pays tribute to two masterpieces of cinema – Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, and Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West. The result is a crazy tense scene that had us on the edge of our seats the entire time.

Lomo’Instant Square Camera

Lomo’Instant Square Camera

Lomography makes Fujifilm’s Instax square film even more of a nostalgia bomb with the Lomo’Instant Square Camera. The analog shooter has a compact bellows mechanism, a 95mm glass lens, long and unlimited exposure modes and much more.

Dunkey Reviews The Shining

Dunkey Reviews The Shining

(PG-13: Language) Videogamedunkey casts his analytical eye on his favorite horror film, The Shining. It’s a movie that needs no further introduction. But until every single human being has watched it, we think it qualifies as underappreciated.

Bandit9 Dark Side Motorcycle

Bandit9 Dark Side Motorcycle

“A handmade motorcycle so perfect in its crafting it puts stock motorcycles to shame.” Bandit9 shows Harley-Davidson’s designers how to shape a cruiser. Based on the Street 750, the beauty of the Dark Side starts with its museum-worthy unibody. Limited to 9 units.

Beyond the Wall VFX Breakdown

Beyond the Wall VFX Breakdown

(Spoilers) VFX house El Ranchito shares some sweet behind-the-scenes footage and effects shot breakdowns for Game of Thrones’ Season 7 penultimate episode, Beyond the Wall. That shot with the bony walker from behind is one of our favorite visuals of the entire series.

Specdrums Electronic Musical Rings

Specdrums Electronic Musical Rings

Specdrums are electronic rings that let you map notes or sounds to any color around you. You can wear them, put them on sticks, and more. Their app lets you map colors to a variety of instruments as well as your own sounds. You can also use Specdrums with other MIDI apps.

Why Not Throw Trash in Volcanoes?

Why Not Throw Trash in Volcanoes?

SciShow host Hank Green answers the question none of us were asking, as he explores the rather ludicrous sounding idea of sending our garbage to the nearest volcano, and then just dumping it in. We don’t really need to explain why this is a bad idea, do we?

The Broad City Coloring Book

The Broad City Coloring Book
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Join Abbi, Ilana, and their pals for a series of ribald New York City misadventures in this most definitely adult coloring book, illustrated by Mike Perry, who also created the show’s hypnotic title sequences. Four and Three and Two and Buy!

Kevin Durant vs. Hot Wings

Kevin Durant vs. Hot Wings

“Sweatin’ like you’re at the free throw line. I love it.” The Golden State Warriors’ efficient scoring ace Kevin Durant talked about his favorite hip-hop shoutouts, his Rick James tattoo, growing up in DC and more while trying to shake off the spice of Hot Ones’ hot wings.

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