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We’ve seen some pretty amazing advancements in Photoshop’s capabilities over the years, but some of the more specialized features should get their fair shake too, like the new Hover Hand tool.

While dogs are pretty good at learning tricks, we’re impressed that any cat will take this much direction. Richie, the kitten seems to thrive on the whole training thing. The secret? Sausage treats.

Conan O’Brien’s been back on TV for a year now. Here’s a montage of some of the episodes from the first season of Conan. We give it a solid B, but only because bearded Conan isn’t represented.

Vsauce Michael is back with another science-y goodness – this time explaining how much the Internet… weighs. Even packing its massive wealth of information, it manages to keep a slim figure.

A beautiful, sad and creepy claymation by Allison Schulnik. The song is It’s Raining Today by Noel Scott Engel. That monotone string section is going to haunt our dreams for some time.

…in this supercut of the classic action flick Big Trouble in Little China. A montage of Kurt Russell’s confused and bewildered moments from the movie. What? Where are we? What does that say?

You won’t find Google’s Halloween doodle online, because the search giant decided to get with tradition and carve its logo out of real – and huge – pumpkins, a process that took over 8 hours.

You asked, and now you shall receive. Our new tumblog offers bonus content, reader’s faves, and other juicy morsels. Think of it like the savory leftovers after a hearty Thanksgiving meal.

The fansite StarCraft Legacy teamed up with animator Chris “Freespace” Ciocotisan to make this impressive CGI short film about the events shortly before and after Brood War.

The defibrillator in the Battlefield games has to top our list of FPS gadgets which can both heal and kill. Here, the guys from CorridorDigital put the trusty lifesaving gadget through its paces, IRL.

The title could use some work, but other than that this documentary by Sebastien Montaz-Rosset seems like a winner. It’s about the Skyliners, thrill seekers who practice highlining and BASE jumping.

A silly video documenting made-up deviations from the simplest of bike moves – the no hands. The Def Leppard drummer bit is just so wrong. Directed by Ninian Doff, with music by Martin Brooks.

Mom wants the boys to grow up healthy and strong, but it doesn’t look like the kids have any desire to go that route in this episode of Kid History about good food and bad food. (Thanks John!)

We don’t know about you guys, but we prefer to savor our beer when we drink. But this strange character at a Japanese bar gulps down an entire mug of the cold, frosty stuff in one second flat.

Step inside the blazing-hot and thankless world of fire-fighting in Detroit with this incredible POV footage shot with a Contour HD helmet camera. Help fund the completion of the documentary here.

(NSFW: Language) It was only a matter of time before Zero Punctuation’s snarky game reviewer would get his hands on a Microsoft Kinect. Take one guess: Do you think he actually enjoys it?

Science teacher Chris Bergmann demonstrates the power of chemistry, while at the same time carving his Halloween pumpkin the best way possible. Why is it our teachers were never this cool?

Magician Simon Pierro built his 2011 Halloween magic show using an iPad 2 and a custom iOS app as his primary gimmick. We wish our iPads would dispense jellybeans too. Maybe the iPad 3 will.

PBS Arts’ Off Book episode on the history of video games. Featuring interviews with designers Eric Zimmerman and Syed Salahuddin, journalist Leigh Alexander and professor Jesper Juul.

We’re not too sure about his costume skillz, but Eric Calderone (aka 331Erock) sure knows how to shred, as he kicks out this hard-rockin’ medley of Halloween favorites.

Cadbury is doing everything they can to keep Team GB pumped for London 2012 – check out Rebecca Adlington as her swim training is disrupted by a band of supporters. (Thanks Matt!)

Justin and Jimmy are up to their hijinks once again, educating us on the history of rap – taking on everyone from De La Soul to The Fresh Prince to Young MC to Coolio and the Beastie Boys.

This rather amusing infographic offer some frightening speculation on what’s coming to get us depending on where we live. We truly want to know why the Succubi is coming for Minnesota.