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Street Fighter: Cat Edition

Street Fighter: Cat Edition

YouTuber Marca Blanca’s latest Street Fighter mashup features cats owning fellow felines or their abusive masters. RKO Cat is OP; Capcom please nerf. Although if you ask us, the moment you take a cat home they’ve already won.

Big Bang Meteorite Pistols

Big Bang Meteorite Pistols

Cabot Guns painstakingly extracted the components of these handguns from a 4.5 billion year-old meteorite which landed in Gibeon, Namibia during pre-historic times. This handcrafted, one-of-a-kind set is valued at over $5 million, and we’d never want to fire them.

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Life with Animals

Life with Animals

“Lenny, come down from the rock! Your whole family is here!” “No.” YouTuber OlanRogers will help you with your Zootopia withdrawal. He dubbed mundane footage of various animals, turning llamas into gourmands, bees into nectar pervs and more.

Mutual Rescue: Eric & Peety

Mutual Rescue: Eric & Peety

“I decided that I wanted to be the person whom he thought I was.” In 2010, Eric’s doctor said he’d be dead in 5 years. He was severely overweight, had high cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes. Then a nutritionist gave him a life-changing advice: get a shelter dog.

The Caged Pillows

The Caged Pillows

(Flashing lights) Go “on a surreal journey through the isolation of technology, media consumption, and the commercialization of our hopes and dreams” in Galen Pehrson’s mind-melting animated short for the new art site Ruins.

McLaren 675LT Spider Carbon

McLaren 675LT Spider Carbon

A very special edition of the already very special 675 hp sports coupe. This lightweight model from McLaren Special Operations gets 40% more of its body panels made from gloss-coated carbon fiber, and looks fantastic. Want one? Too bad. They’re already sold out.

The Dot and the Line

The Dot and the Line

“But even allowing for his feelings, this was probably stretching the point.” Chuck Jones’ Oscar-winning animated short is about a line who reinvents himself in order to woo the dot of his dreams. Based on Norton Juster’s eponymous book.

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Julien Baker: Photobooth

Julien Baker: Photobooth

20-year-old alternative artist Julien Baker (Sprained Ankle) performed a cover of one of Death Cab for Cutie’s early hits for The Onion’s AV Club, turning the brooding Photobooth into a sincere ballad.

Fargo: A Video Essay

Fargo: A Video Essay

Candice Drouet breaks down the quintessential Coen brothers film. Fargo builds on a simple trick to mess with our expectations and drive its point home: that we get by partly by blocking out the horrible things that happen around us.

SOG PowerPlay Multi-Tool

SOG PowerPlay Multi-Tool

This durable everyday carry is small enough to take anywhere, but packs a ton of functionality. It offers 18 total tools including screwdrivers, blades, a saw, bottle and can openers, file, wire cutter, optional hex bits, and more.

Jay Leno’s 1931 Shotwell

Jay Leno’s 1931 Shotwell

Jay Leno shows off one of the more interesting cars in his cavernous garage – the Shotwell. Single-handedly built in 1931 by then 17-year-old Bob Shotwell, this three-wheeled vehicle had well over 150,000 mi on it before Jay had it restored. Test drive at 13:52.

Batman Theme: Piano Cover

Batman Theme: Piano Cover

Costumed as Catwoman, composer Sonya Belousova plays her own wonderful arrangement of Danny Elfman’s classic theme song from Tim Burton’s Batman. As much as we liked the music from The Dark Knight, we always preferred Elfman’s take.

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The Blind Astronomer

The Blind Astronomer

Tim Doucette had surgery that removed the lenses in his eyes to combat his congenital cataract. He can’t stand daylight, but his eternally open pupils also give him a better view of the stars, so much so that he can see the Milky Way at night without using cameras.

Inner Tube Dopp Kit

Inner Tube Dopp Kit
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Hungary-based artist Felvarrom creates bags, belts, and other accessories using upcycled bicycle innertubes. Their 8″ x 4″ x 4″ tube bags are perfect for carrying grooming products, tools, or other small items. Each bag is unique.

Improv Insights

Improv Insights

(PG-13: Language) During a recent episode of Off Camera with Sam Jones, actor Keegan-Michael Key explained some of the split-second mental processes that partners work through when creating an improv scene to keep it from running off the rails. A fascinating watch.

Recycled Skateboard Pencil Holder

Recycled Skateboard Pencil Holder
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Jeff Gray of Scene3Designs makes all sorts of nifty items by stacking, sanding, and laminating layers of cutoff wood from a skateboard maker. One of our faves is this pencil holder. We’d love to see him make a version that holds tools too.

Synthetic Comedy

Synthetic Comedy

From the underappreciated corner of YouTube comes musician Simon Fransman. He loves to make covers and original songs using voice synthesizers, then combines them with hilariously creepy computer animation.

Empire Strike T-Shirt

Empire Strike T-Shirt
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That’s no moon! It’s a bowling ball! Glennz’s smartalec tee envisions the Death Star as the ultimate power in the alley, poised to annihilate Aldepiins with the flick of your wrist.

Molten Copper vs. Dry Ice

Molten Copper vs. Dry Ice

There’s something hypnotic about Tito4re’s slow-motion video of molten copper being poured onto a block of dry ice. While the copper eventually defeated the dry ice, along the copper seemed to take on a life of its own.

Glorious Windows

Glorious Windows

YouTuber syou2at made a cover of Glorious Crown from the rhythm arcade game Maimai Pink using nothing but notification sounds and other audio samples from Windows XP and Windows 10. Download links are on the video’s description.

From Deep Dish to Thin Crust

From Deep Dish to Thin Crust

Munchies and Brooklynite restaurateur Frank Pinello visited Chicago to sample some of the best pizza that the Windy City has to offer, and talk to some of the best local pizza makers and their biggest fans.

FILA x Urban Outfitters

FILA x Urban Outfitters
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Urban Outfitters‘ exclusive collaboration with FILA features silhouettes and details from the sport apparel maker’s 70’s and 80’s archives, including dope tennis shorts, a sweater vest and a reversible bucket hat.

The Greatest YouTuber of All Time

The Greatest YouTuber of All Time

(PG-13: Language, Gross) h3h3 Productions highlights what has to be one of the longest running method acting shticks in the world. Ryan Jaunzemitz makes Joaquin Phoenix look like Jack McBrayer. Remember folks: “It’s the climb, Miley Cyrus.”

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