Awesome Leisure

The linear windows of Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic structures are the perfect subject for Marc Hagan-Guirey’s book, which comes with 14 cut-and-fold models based on buildings from the Frederick C. Robie House to Taliesin West and the Johnson Wax building.

iZotope’s compact cylinder is perfect for solo musicians, providing a complete recording studio in a portable package. It’s got a studio quality microphone, two XLR/TS inputs, built-in effects, and can mix and position up to 8 tracks with its iOS app. More here and here.

Word has it that Quentin Tarantino is really working on a Star Trek film – and we so want to see that. While we wait and see how that turns out, Nerdist went ahead and made a trailer for what they think it might be like, using footage from The Original Series.

While most snowboarding videos are all about action and extremes, we’ve got to hand it to editor Kurtis Jackson, boarder Alex, and his cameraman Ryan for putting together this wonderfully soothing video of a ride through the trees, set to Debussy’s Clair de Lune.

Skier Candide Thovex is incredible on the powdery slopes, but in this collaboration with Audi, he shows off just how little snow matters to him, as he tears down rocky cliffs, dirt trails, over grass, rocks, lava stone, and just about any place he can point his tips downhill.

Will Forte, Domhnall Gleeson, Martin Mull, and Emmy Rossum star in this comedy biopic about the late Doug Kenney and the outlandish comedy empire he and his friends built at the National Lampoon back in the 1970s and 80s. Coming to Netflix 1/26/2018.

A brief, look at an upcoming crowd physics game being developed by tha ltd. which appears to be a modern take on the 1990s classic Lemmings, as you direct throngs of thousands of virtual tiny humans through its levels, many of whom to their demise.

The latest version of GPD’s gaming-focused Windows handheld. The GPD Win 2 has a 6″ 720p screen, a 1.00 GHz Intel Core m3-7Y30 CPU, Intel HD 615 graphics, 8GB RAM, 128GB replaceable M.2 SSD and a 6-hour battery. It also has built-in gamepad buttons.

The military aircraft simulator Digital Combat Simulator World (DCS World) is preparing to launch its “most authentic and detailed simulation” yet. Developed with the help of Boeing, this upcoming add-on introduces the versatile F/A-18C Hornet.

The second trailer for the Tomb Raider reboot wants to prove just how faithful it is to the spirit of the video game reboot. In other words, prepare to wince and gasp in what appears to be one long quicktime event. Mash the X button, Lara! Mash!

This wouldn’t be the first time we saw a machine gun that fires rubber bands, but this time out, we’ve got The Q showing us step-by-step how he built his from cardboard, wood, string, hot glue, and popsicle sticks. If you’d rather not DIY, you can buy a wood one here.

Kidrobot presents an awesome series of blind-boxed collectible mini vinyl figures for any fan of Nickelodeon cartoons of the 1990s. Includes characters from Ren & Stimpy, Hey Arnold!, Rocko’s Modern Life, Spongebob Squarepants, CatDog, Rugrats, and more.

Multitalented musician Elise Trouw turns in an wonderful live-looped mashup of Foo Fighters’s 1997 hit Everlong by Bobby Caldwell’s 1978 jazz-soul classic What You Won’t Do for Love. There’s a lot of talk about the “it” factor in the music biz, and Elise has got “it” in spades.

RinkyDink3D’s tiny 3D-printed crossbow is designed to shoot matchsticks 50 feet or more. It’s got built-in storage for up to 10 extra projectiles, and features a locking mechanism with a thumb release trigger. (Not recommended for kids under 16 years old)

Adam Fieldson of WhipWorks makes beautiful bull whips by weaving nylon paracord. Here, he walks us through the painstaking process of making one of his whips – a gift he presented to Tested and Mythbusters star Adam Savage. You can purchase his work in his Etsy shop.

Joaquin Phoenix plays the late cartoonist John Callahan. A car accident left Callahan a quadriplegic at age 21. Already an avid drinker, he turned to the bottle to save himself. But along the way, he also discovered his talent for making funny cartoons. Premieres 5/11/18.

Nintendo Labo are upcoming video games for the Nintendo Switch that have a DIY component. The games come with flat pack cardboard objects that work with the Switch’s sensors to become controllers. There’s a variety kit and a robot kit. Drops 4/2018.

Scribblenauts Showdown is a multiplayer party game spinoff of the one-of-a-kind word puzzle video game. Play over 25 mini-games with the computer or up to three friends using the game’s 35,000-word dictionary. There’s also a sandbox mode. Drops 3/6/18.

In Russia, there’s a dashcam in just about every car these days. Dmitrii Kalashnikov’s intense documentary is assembled entirely from dashcam footage, which captured everything from a meteor crashing to Earth, to gas station fires, to some of the craziest road rage ever.

Jason of JK Brickworks shows off another slick mechanical LEGO build – a canoe being paddled by a pair of brick-built French-Canadian fur traders. Like his other models, it can be hand-cranked or run with a LEGO Power Functions motor. More build details here.

Tinkerer of things DoodleChaos set up a maze of Jenga blocks, dominoes, sticks, magnets, and other bits and bobs, and precisely placed them such that a series of ball bearings dropped into the them syncs up perfectly with Tchaikovsky’s Waltz of the Flowers.

LEGO fanatic Shadow Elenter created this sweet Technic setup – a thrill ride for Minifigs that combines elements of a roller coaster, a spinner, and other amusement park rides in a small footprint. This should be an official LEGO Technic set. POV footage at 1:45.

Kingdom Hearts co-creator Tetsuya Nomura reimagined the Joker as a wheelchair-bound old man. But he’s become more powerful and demented with age. The figure comes with seven wildly different heads, and his wheelchair transforms into a prosthetic weapon.