Posts Written by Lambert Varias

An animated short made by Lisa Allen, Bernie Warman and Shaofu Zhang of the Academy of Art University as their thesis. It’s a bit too predictable for our taste, but it’s fun to watch nonetheless.

A bunch of costumed weirdos board the train. Just another day in the New York Subway? Maybe, or maybe it’s Improv Everywhere, making lots of people laugh and smile with their latest skit.

Bored at work? Use your office supplies to recreate infamous disasters using Spitefuls’ free template downloads. Build a paper volcano, a flaming airship, or even molasses. Oh, the humanity!

18-year old design student Andrew Kim designed what he thought a high-end HTC phone should look like. The result is at once sleek and chunky, and we want one. Hit the link for more pics and info.

Did you like the stealthy Audi R8 Valkyrie? Looking for something flashier? Then you’ll love this one, spotted in Moscow, Russia: an R8 wrapped in gold. Our eyes are burning from the shine.

It isn’t a fancy idea, and it is just what it says it is. But it is handy. Plug this thing into a spare USB port and it’ll charge 2 AA batteries in 4 to 6 hours. Comes with 2 rechargeable AA batteries.

Popular Mechanics crosses over to the digital side and succeeds. Their interactive magazine for the iPad is off to a stellar start – as of this writing, it’s rated 4.5 stars overall from 103 ratings.

A one of a kind brand with a one of a kind product, AIAIAI’s Swirl earphones were designed to be practical and comfortable, with tangle-resistant cables and buds that hang over the ear.

If you think kittens, puppies and pandas reign supreme in the videos-of-cute-animals business, think again. Lucy Cooke shot this now famous clip of baby sloths at the world’s only sloth orphanage.

Proof that working in prank shows can be very dangerous. The man running on the left was just pretending to be a thief, but the concerned citizen on the right didn’t know that, did he?

The World Cup may be over, but the battle for virtual soccer supremacy rages on between EA and Konami. The latter’s PES 2011 promises revamped controls, AI behavior, animation and tactics.

It’s what Venkman and company have been adding to their hot coco since 1984, and they still have more than half of Stay Puft left. There’s Something Strange In Your Beverage tee by David Staffell.

Professional animator James Benson makes the characters of Team Fortress 2 even more awesome by giving them slick dance moves. Watch the rest of the videos at Benson’s YouTube channel.

…also known as Hank Azaria and The Others. Though, if we go by character, we’d have to say the most important actor is Dan “Homer” Castellaneta. Any idea why 3 people play Itchy?

We really wish we could come up with a more informative title for this video, but we honestly cannot figure out what went down here. Watch the guy on the right. See? WTF just happened?!

Adrian Riemann gave He-Man and his friends and enemies a 21st century look using clothes that actually exist. Blasphemy? Maybe, but it’s just so well-done it’s hard to look away.