Awesome Leisure

Our fingers are tired just from watching musician Alan Gogoll and his epic 14-minute acoustic solo. Click play and listen as he performs a hypnotic sequence of harmonics on his acoustic guitar. Is he a man, or is he a machine? You be the judge.

2in1 Bricking loves to create LEGO machines that can walk or drive. This particular model is designed to amble along the ground no matter which edge it’s placed on. Can you imagine giant robots or vehicles getting around like this?

The word “stop” has appeared in countless songs over the years, and musicians just can’t resist taking a breath after singing it. Todd in the Shadows put together this great compilation of songs that momentarily stop after the word, including tracks like U Can’t Touch This, Where Is My Mind?, I Try, and Suit & Tie.

Written by ex-con Gustavo “Goose” Alvarez and actor Clifton Collins Jr., this unique cookbook offers up more than 65 recipes made by inmates using instant ramen and other items they could get from the commissary while incarcerated. Among the contributors: Slash, Shia LaBeouf, and Danny Trejo.

This custom-made chess set from 3DCubedPrinting comes with pieces that look like ammunition. Its 3D-printed plastic pieces are based on different calibers of ammo, from .45 ACP pawns to a .50 BMG king. The set includes a storage box and all 32 chess pieces. An optional camouflage vinyl chess board is also available.

Our fave standard issue 8×25 waterproof binoculars by Nocs Provisions now come in an Honor Native Land bundle in limited-edition Dewdrop Blue or Dewdrop Gray. Comes with a Nocs Photo Rig Smartphone Adapter for telephoto snaps and a woven tapestry strap in a pattern designed by Amelia Winger-Bearskin. An REI exclusive.

Inspired by the torpedoes on a submarine, electrosync wanted to see if he could make a tiny version to launch in a swimming pool. He designed 3D-printed shells for the mini torpedoes and powered them with CO2 cartridges. A spring mechanism gives them an initial push. Grab the STL files for free on Thangs.com. (Thanks, Bruce!)

Looking for a fun Halloween decoration that encourages recycling? Off the Grid Makes shows us how you can transform plastic milk bottles into plastic skulls. You’ll need a heat gun and a resin skull to mold the plastic around, but then the only limit is time and how many milk jugs you have lying around.

This high-intensity reality competition show from Japan pits celebrity contestants against an army of hunters attempting to catch them on foot. The longer they evade their captors, the bigger the cash prize, but get caught and lose it all. Coming to Netflix 11.15.2022.

A while back, Techmoan showed off the Atari Video Music, a device that produces colorful patterns from audio. YouTube channel Atari Video Music CRT Garage makes music videos with the 8-bit box, displaying its images on a roomful of TV screens. There are more than 40 videos in the series. Here’s a playlist of our faves.

This isn’t the first LEGO Hulkbuster, but it is the biggest and the best. With 4049 pieces, this 20.5″ tall model is the biggest LEGO Marvel set yet. The mech suit has a fully-articulated upper body, light-up arc reactors, and unique gold and glow-in-the-dark pieces. It also opens up to hold an optional LEGO Iron Man figure.

She-Hulk season one is over, and while it isn’t the greatest Marvel show ever, we got some good laughs from its self-referential humor. Screen Junkies offers up their smart-alecky critique of the show, including its lack of courtroom drama, Tatiana Maslany’s improbable dating problems, and its Deus ex Kevin Feige.

Modelmaker 3JWings made this miniature replica of MD 530F helicopter using popsicle sticks. He cut and layered the sticks together, then sanded them smoothly to form the chopper’s body. After cutting and attaching details like its skids and rotors, he applied a yellow and black paint job to bring it to life.

“The flaming heart can’t get his fill / But the flaming heart will try as he will.” M. Ward’s song has inspired seven editions of Flaming Heart whisky, with the label art a nod to classic rock posters. The peaty 2022 release is a power trio of whiskies from Laphroaig, Talisker, and Caol Ila distilleries.

It’s been a while since Sneaky Zebra have attended New York Comic-Con, but they made it this year and shot this great video featuring some of the best cosplayers strutting their stuff. It’s one of the few spots where you can catch She-Hulk, Din Djarin, Doctor Strange, and Buzz Lightyear in the same place… except Disney+.

Sylvester Stallone stars in this fish-out-of-water TV drama from Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone, 1883) and Terrence Winter (The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire). It follows the story of a recently-released mafia capo who gets bounced from New York City to Tulsa, Oklahoma as his new territory. Coming to Paramount+ 11.13.22.