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Baby, This Song Is for You

Baby, This Song Is for You

The word “baby” frequently turns up in song lyrics to refer to one’s girlfriend or significant other. Israel-based comedy group Tachles imagines what these songs would have been about if they were speaking of actual infants.

Prop Wars: Prop Harder

Prop Wars: Prop Harder

Sneaky Zebra offers up an all-out battle for geek supremacy, with its soldiers equipped entirely by awesome and iconic replica props from sci-fi and superhero series, and a heaping helping of VFX to bring them to life.

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HP Powerup Backpack

HP Powerup Backpack

The Powerup Backpack can charge up to three devices at once, including a laptop, thanks to its removable 22400mAh battery. Its guide loops and rubber-lined slots secure charging cables neatly. It comes with two microUSB cables and an HP laptop charging cable.

Sticker Self-portrait

Sticker Self-portrait

Artist Noah Scalin painstakingly collected hundreds of colorful stickers, from everything from kid’s play sets to Wacky Packages. He then carefully arranged each one based on hue, saturation, and brightness to create a bold and abstract portrait of himself.

A Week in North Korea

A Week in North Korea

Avid traveler Jacob Laukaitis shares the highlights of his seven-day trip to Pyongyang, North Korea. Like many tours, Jacob got to see only the nice parts of the capital, his every move was scrutinized. It’s a lot of risk for an experience that’s both mundane yet bizarre.

Air Jordan 1 Retro High Ultra

Air Jordan 1 Retro High Ultra

Old school basketball meets cutting edge soccer tech in this upcoming variant of the OG Jordans. The Air Jordan 1 Retro Ultra High features an upper made of lightweight material and an ankle bootie borrowed from Nike’s new soccer cleats and futsal shoes. Drops 8/13/16.

DIY Odometer Fix

DIY Odometer Fix

Broken odometers are one of the most common problems in older cars, but they’re relatively easy to replace. ChrisFix shows us how and explains how odometers work in the process. All you need are flathead and Torx screwdrivers.

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Braided Nylon USB Cable

Braided Nylon USB Cable
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Massdrop has a group buy for mini USB/micro USB-to-USB cables that are wrapped in braided nylon. Each cable measures 4ft long and has gold-plated connectors with heat-shrink protective sleeves. Available in eight colorways.

Sampling Dry Aged Steak

Sampling Dry Aged Steak

Eater’s The Meat Show sat down at Dallas’ luxury steakhouse Knife to sample its dry aged steaks, which were aged and infused with mold for 45 to 420 days. The 420-day steak seemed nasty, but it still made us hungry.

Exo360 Drone

Exo360 Drone

Currently raising funds on Indiegogo, the Exo360 promises to capture full 360º aerial video, thanks to its five built-in cameras, and automated stitching technology. We highly recommend going for the pricier 4K model, as lower res VR video tends to look muddy.

IKEA: Let’s Relax

IKEA: Let’s Relax

IKEA’s satirical commercial takes some time to develop, but you’ll get what it’s trying to say soon enough. The thing is, if we could paint something that good that fast, we’d probably share it with everyone too.

Wildfire

Wildfire

A firefighter begins to admit that her passion for her work lies in her attraction to the very thing she’s supposed to stop. This animated short by Hugues Opter and his fellow Gobelins students feels like a trailer for a cool movie.

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Cavity Creep

Cavity Creep

Artist Blake Neubert has an ongoing series of layered paintings that are best appreciated in motion. Watch him put the finishing touches on his art, scraping away the top layer to reveal what’s underneath. You can purchase his original art and prints here.

Weird Japanese Commercials

Weird Japanese Commercials

We almost think that our lack of understanding the language makes this reel of wacky ads from JPCMHD all the more entertaining. The formula seems simple: any combo of animals, anime, boy bands, girl bands, cosplay, singing, and group choreography will do.

American Beauty: The Missing Pages

American Beauty: The Missing Pages

(SPOILERS) After discussing what American Beauty got right, Lessons from the Screenplay talks about what it nearly got wrong. The film’s screenplay contained passages that could not be conveyed onscreen, as well as nearly 20% of the film that was cut at the last minute.

Drill-Powered Thru-Wrench

Drill-Powered Thru-Wrench

Carpenter Izzy Swan demonstrates a neat invention of his – a gadget which attaches to a standard power drill, allowing it to tighten bolts on long threads way faster than you can do it by hand. He plans on producing a version you can buy soon.

Pokémon Theme in 20 Styles

Pokémon Theme in 20 Styles

Ten Second Songs catches the Pokémon hypetrain by covering the cartoon version’s theme song in the style of 20 different artists, from Chumbawamba to Björk. The transitions between artists were too fast for us, but he did have to work with a short song.

Dancing Robot World Record

Dancing Robot World Record

Guinness World Records shares this video of an army of tiny robots, all dancing in sync during the Qingdao Beer Festival in Shandong, China. In total, over 1000 robots participated. There were also a number of other robots on hand serving beer, ice cream, and performing.

Qixels 3D Toy Printer

Qixels 3D Toy Printer

Qixels are tiny plastic blocks which fuse together permanently when you wet their sides. The new Qixels 3D kit now lets you create 3D voxel models one layer at a time, giving you a sort of Minecraft IRL 3D printer. Includes 600 blocks. 1200 additional blocks go for $18.

DIY Aluminum Baseball Bat

DIY Aluminum Baseball Bat

You might not know it, but store-bought aluminum baseball bats are hollow inside. MP Dragon decided to create a solid, if flawed, aluminum bat by first sculpting his own wood bat, then creating a sand cast, pouring in molten metal, and finishing it on a lathe.

The Incal: Fan Trailer

The Incal: Fan Trailer

Animator Pascal Blais enlisted the help of his friends to make this fan trailer for an animated adaptation of The Incal, the classic sci-fi comic book series by author Alejandro Jodorowsky and illustrator Moebius.

Homesick Candles

Homesick Candles
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US state-themed scented candles. For example, the Southern California candle smells like cactus, oranges and the ocean, the Northern Carolina candle smells like blackberries and BBQ sauce, and we don’t want to know what the New York candle smells like.

Deal: Tailor & Spruce

Deal: Tailor & Spruce
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Tailor & Spruce offers premium, stylish, and practical products for today’s man. Their selection includes shave, dental care, body and skin care, dopp kits, desk valets, and other essentials. Try out $50 worth of products for just $29 in The Awesomer Shop.

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