Awesome Etc

Did you know that a drop of seawater contains some of our planet’s most important, most beautiful and most terrifying organisms? A look at the sea’s micro empire, courtesy of TED Education.

Our attempts to skip stones across the water usually result in a splash or two – maybe three on a really good day. But check out this guy and his epic stone skipping skills (and his magical beard.)

This bald eagle spotted a dead fish floating on a lake and tried several times to swoop in and fly away with it. But the fish seems to be quite heavy, so the bird is left with just one option.

Think Mamadou is huge? Meet Paul “Tiny” Sturgess, one of the newest members of the world famous Harlem Globetrotters. At 7’8″, Tiny can hang onto the rim with both his feet still touching the floor.

A guy drops a paper airplane from the 18th floor of a building, and as it makes its lengthy descent, something unexpected happens. We can only assume the birds of prey thought it was lunch.

Our pals at TokyoFlash Japan are offering one lucky Awesomer reader a chance to win the cool digital watch of their choice. Fill out the entry form for a chance to win. (Ends 12:01am EDT, 4/17/12)

Nike asked filmmaker Casey Neistat to create a short film based on the phrase “Make It Count”. He took the shoot budget and spent it all on an inspiring 10 day trip around the world with his pal.

It’s official: dogs hate seeing other animals locked down. Whether it’s a canine relative or a rabbit that’s not really even in any danger, they’ll gladly help any prisoner break out.

Add whimsy to any room with this escapist decal designed by Dan Golden as part of his FUNBUS collection. The decal measures 35.5″ x 33″. We don’t recommend that you test the portal though.

Music & Memory is a non-profit organization focused on providing personalized music to the elderly and infirm because of its ability to reanimate and reinforce senses of identity.

Clemens Wirth takes us to the mysterious, creepy and lively world of microscopic creatures using a Canon 5d Mark II attached to a monocular microscope. The music is by Radium Audio.

YouTuber picklified’s cat Puppet has her own beloved pet. Puppet probably posts videos of Puff the bearded dragon – perhaps while Puff is playing videogames – on the cat version of YouTube.

To promote his rolling papers, Snoop Dogg teamed up with Pereira & O’Dell to create Rolling Words. Its pages are filled with song lyrics and double as rolling papers. The spine acts as a match striker.

Blind since infancy, 15 year-old Kuha’o has only been playing piano for 3 years but can already learn songs after hearing them once. Check out his interpretation of Freestylers’ Cracks at 5:45.

A 65-piece magnetic set to help you document the steps in “troubleshooting your unique baby system.” Includes both practical and humorous advice. Your baby sitter will thank you for it.

The Nostromo has become the Chocstromo in this special Easter edition of Alien. When will explorers learn not to mess with the eggs of unknown species – no matter how delicious they look?

If we ever tried to toss a pizza, we’d end up covered in dough, so that just makes seven year-old Michael Testa’s pizza-tossing talents that much more impressive. (Thanks Derek!)

We already know how to peel garlic in a jiffy, so let’s add one more speed-up to our kitchen repertoire, with the fastest way to remove a baked potato skin (though we still like to eat ours.)

This kid clearly has the best Dad on the planet. Just check out his custom Caddy stroller – complete with neon undercarriage lights and a special surprise from the exhaust system.

Using just Peter Hollen’s voice, and Lindsey Stirling’s violin combined from 120 individual tracks, this should replace the theme that shipped with Skyrim: Elder Scrolls. (Thanks Kevin)

A group of colorful beings bring an equally colorful city to life with their mind in this eye-popping animated short film by Argentinian design and motion graphics studio 2veinte.

(Spoilers) Time travel – neat cop out or inescapable plot hole? CollegeHumor continues its SNES-ification of TV shows and takes on the Eleventh Doctor’s head-scratching adventures.

While we think the idea of of Google’s Project Glass looks pretty cool, we’re just happy that it’s not running on Windows, as demonstrated by this snarky video from YouTuber Vlakkeland.