Brick builder Alexander Holroyd shows off yet another unconventional use for LEGO – creating kinetic sculptures. Beyond the Brick caught up with Alexander and his hypnotic mechanical toys at BrickCon 2016. More here and here.

Alessandro Grespan posted this video back in 2011, which he created by perfectly timing the playback of LCD Soundsystem’s New York I Love You, But You’re Bringing Me Down, along with Miles Davis’ improv performance from Louis Malle’s 1958 film Elevator to the Gallows.

Clickspring edited down footage from their extensive 23-part video series of a long-term build which took them over 1,000 hours to create – an elegant, fully functional timepiece built entirely in their machine shop. Sit back and chill for the next 12 minutes of wonder.

(PG-13: Language) Rapper, radio host and superthug N.O.R.E. talks about the booze of hip hop, record label CEOs and more while unabashedly bromancing Hot Ones’ Sean “Dude” Evans and getting wasted on Tiger Bone and hot sauce.

Musician Seth Everman returns with a special holiday version of his game genre music video, in which he plays classic Christmas tunes in the style of classic games. Our favorite is the Super Mario 64 version of Deck the Halls.

(PG-13) Editor Alexandre Gasulla reminds us that Joel & Ethan Coen are still two of our favorite filmmakers, with this captivating supercut of emotionally powerful, tragic, darkly comic, and visually stunning scenes from the Oscar-winning brothers.

It’s Chrissy time in the Land of Oz, so save a prawn for me! The guys from Aunty Donna sing us a little holiday tune that teaches us some of the many differences in the way that Christmas is celebrated in the Southern hemisphere compared to here in the U.S.

Saturday Night Live takes on the overly fake and hackneyed customers typically found in commercials, and gives us a much more realistic view of a typical customer at your neighborhood donut shop, courtesy of Casey Affleck.

TaylorMade updates its vaunted M1 metalwood driver with a lower density titanium and 43% more carbon composite, while the new M2 features a new “Geocoustic” design with a larger and more forgiving head, increased stiffness, and a great sound. Out 1/27/17.

ElectroBOOM’s Mehdi Sadaghdar debunks the outlandish claims of Biba Struja, aka “The Battery Man,” who says he’s not only impervious to electric shocks (which Mehdi knows all about,) but that his body actually generates a meaningful amount of power.

Kate McKinnon’s awesomely weird character Ms. Rafferty is back with yet another otherworldly encounter. This time, she meets up with some of Santa Claus’ lesser known helpers during her latest abduction.

A hilariously weird video in which 11,000 penguins take on 4,000 Santa Clauses, courtesy of the upcoming game Epic Battle Simulator. As insane as it is, what’s truly impressive is the sheer number of characters on screen at once, all using an off-the-shelf PC and graphics card.

Denis Villeneuve (Sicario, Arrival) takes over the directorial reins from Ridley Scott for the long-awaited sequel to one of the greatest science fiction movies of all time. We know little about the plot yet, but we can’t wait until October 2017 to see this one.

This simple countdown timer automatically can count down a pre-set amount of time. Simply place the time you want to count face up, and its alarm will go off when time’s up. Available in 5/15/30/60 minute, 1/5/10/15 minute, and 1/3/5/7 minute versions.

A neat way to keep memory cards organized. Durham 3D Printing can make you one of these bladed memory card holders based on Dranoweb’s Thingiverse design. Print your own with a good 3D printer, but Durham’s version has a bonus slot for a USB memory stick.

Snack cakes in ice cream form with the help of Nestle. There’s CupCakes: chocolate ice cream, chocolate cake, cream frosting; Twinkies: buttercream ice cream, sponge cake, vanilla frosting; and Sno Balls: marshmallow ice cream, chocolate cake, coconut swirl. Coming soon.

(PG-13: Language) High schooler Evan walks us through his overly-complicated preparations for talking to girls. Because chance favors the prepared. The prepared are favored. High Fidelity meets I Love You Man in David Shane and Scott Organ’s rad ’80s comedy short.

During his recent appearance on The Late Show, Michael Stipe joined Stephen Colbert and James Franco to sing a little ditty to send off 2016, a year that wasn’t exactly on most of our “best year ever” lists.

Turtle power! These radical enamel pins are based on the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, featuring all four turtles as well as Shredder, Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady. You can get them for $10 each or in hero/villain four-packs for $35.

Engineer Mark Rober teamed up with Jake from Vsauce3 to take on some classic scenes from Christmas movies to see if they’d hold up in the real world. Check out Jake’s Home Alone video here. The paint bucket test alone is worth the price of admission.

A cross between a resume and a personal website. It has a very convenient drag-and-drop interface and clean templates to choose from, and automatically adjusts for print, desktop and mobile viewing. It’s free to use; pay $10 to access more templates. Sorry, no actual cake.

Fill their stocking with something that’ll take the edge off the family visit this holiday season with one of these Christmas stockings which holds a plentiful 2.25 liter portion of your favorite drink. Order by 12/20 to receive by Xmas eve.

A different perspective from Simone Giertz’s visit to Huaqiangbei in Shenzhen, China, The Verge stopped by the massive electronics marketplace which has long been home to countless knock-offs, but has been gradually becoming a center for innovation.