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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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Tiny Metal

Tiny Metal

Tiny Metal is an upcoming 3D turn-based tactical strategy game. In short, it’s a new Advance Wars except in name. Aside from its neat visual style, it also has hero units that level up throughout the story mode. Drops Q3 2017 for the Switch, PS4, Windows and MacOS.

Deal: Biopop DinoPet

Deal: Biopop DinoPet
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This desktop aquarium is home to a microcosm of bioluminescent dinoflagellates. They produce a cool blue glow after exposed to a little sunlight, water, and a little shake. The creatures ship separately to ensure they arrive safely. Way cooler than Sea Monkeys!

3D Printed Destiny Ghost Replicas

3D Printed Destiny Ghost Replicas
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“You’d be surprised how little I understand what you’re thinking.” Etsy shop 3DDuplicator makes 3D printed replicas of the Ghosts from Destiny. There are a variety of shells available, including a Pokémon-themed one. The replicas each have a semi-poseable and backlit eye.

The Art (and Science) of the Fade out

The Art (and Science) of the Fade out

You might think that ending a song with a fade out is a bit of a cop out, rather than finding a conclusive way to wrap up the tune. Vox explores the theory that beyond making songs end less abruptly, gently fading out a piece of music has a positive impact on listeners.

Personalized Monopoly Board Game

Personalized Monopoly Board Game
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Etsy shop CustomMadeKitsch makes personalized Monopoly board games. They’ll make practically everything – the locations, the game pieces, the board, the box – to your specifications. You can also order only a custom box or game pieces.

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Can We Build a Road Around the World?

Can We Build a Road Around the World?

RealLifeLore and Half as Interesting wondered if it would be possible to build a road around the world. The answer… is a resounding “no.” Even at their most optimistic, they’re not even willing to consider the thought. But they did uncover interesting roadblocks along the way.

How to Learn Anything Quickly

How to Learn Anything Quickly

Mike Boyd has picked up 25 unique skills in the past 2 years – not by using or doing anything special – you can see the evidence on his channel. Here he shares the steps he takes to learn a new skill. It all comes down to being a disciplined but practical student.

LCD Soundsystem: American Dream

LCD Soundsystem: American Dream

(PG-13: Language) “And all the hits are saying the same thing. There’s only tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, and life is finite. But sh*t, it feels like forever.” Funny, catchy, and tired of all of this. LCD Soundsystem picks up right where it left off.

How to Stop a Riot

How to Stop a Riot

Wendover Productions used the recent events in Charlottesville to explain the basics of riot control. Security officers intend to slowly but surely separate opposing parties and arrest violence – not people. It’s a calculated but ultimately idealistic endeavor.

Acer Nitro 5 Spin 2-in-1 Gaming Laptop

Acer Nitro 5 Spin 2-in-1 Gaming Laptop

A versatile and affordable gaming laptop. The Nitro 5 Spin has a 15″ 1080p touchscreen and a 360º hinge so you can set it up in various ways, including as a simple tablet. But unlike most hybrids it can run most modern games thanks to its GTX 1050 GPU. Drops 10/2017 for $999.

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VFXcool: Back to the Future (Pt. 1)

VFXcool: Back to the Future (Pt. 1)

The always educational Captain Disillusion takes a break from debunking viral videos and questionable crowdfunding to kick off a new series about the masters of visual effects. The first episode looks at the ahead-of-their-time visuals in the Back to the Future trilogy.

Nike Gakou Flyknit Shoes

Nike Gakou Flyknit Shoes
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Flyknit canvas. Nike’s new casual running shoes have a simple monochrome color scheme. But it comes with seven Nike logo rubber stencils so you can personalize your pair, among other things. Available in white or black.

Smooth Metal

Smooth Metal

Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas’ hit Smooth already had a great lead guitar track, but musician Leo Moracchioli went and built on that with his hard rockin’ interpretation of the tune, which isn’t necessarily better than the original, but is still pretty darned awesome.

HVRNT Custom Axes & Knives

HVRNT Custom Axes & Knives
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Minnesota artists HVRNT take quality new and restored axes, hatchets, and knives and hand-embellish their wood handles with natural and native imagery, much in the way one might have their skin tattooed. The designs are burned into the wood and then painted in some cases.

Living Dead: Horrors of Copyright

Living Dead: Horrors of Copyright

Video essayist Kaptain Kristian explores the film that created the zombie genre as we know it today, and how the misstep of not displaying a copyright notice on George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead created a self-replicating monster all of its own.

MoneySuperMarket: Dirty Dancing

MoneySuperMarket: Dirty Dancing

Looking for the ultimate showdown between He-Man and Skeletor? You won’t find it here. Instead, the two Saturday morning arch-enemies put aside their differences to celebrate the cash they saved at MoneySuperMarket. Directed by The Bobbsey Twins From Homicide.

Jack Black Wants a Cracker

Jack Black Wants a Cracker

Jack Black posted this wonderfully wacky improv of Nirvana’s Polly Wants a Cracker – complete with mouth-sound rhythm section – which he sang Carpool Karaoke style while he was stuck sitting in traffic, . All we can say is… “Shikaflaow!”

MOVI Electronic Standing Desk Add-on

MOVI Electronic Standing Desk Add-on

MOVI lets you convert standard desks into standing desks. Its electronic lift can be adjusted in 0.5″ increments and go up to 18″ high. You can save your preferred height on the control panel, which also has a USB charging port. Its 45″ wide surface is made of bamboo.

Sculpting the Night King

Sculpting the Night King

Watch as sculptor LoreCraft takes a block of white clay, and gradually transforms it into the evil leader of the whitewalkers on Game of Thrones. In addition to the sculpting and painting, he made that sweet armor by hand too. Impressive!

MemoryWall Interactive Picture Frame

MemoryWall Interactive Picture Frame

The MemoryWall picture frame has an arm that lets you lift, tilt and turn it away from the wall. Each MemoryWall unit has four independently movable 4″ x 4″ frames. Buy more and connect them to form shapes, patterns or a large collage.

The North Face Duffle Bag Remakes

The North Face Duffle Bag Remakes
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Designer Junya Watanabe looked to The North Face’s duffle bags for his collaboration with the outdoor specialists. The Duffle Bag Remake jackets and shirts feature PVC duffle bag fabric as well as backpack straps, oversized logo print and other duffle bag details.

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