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Black Truffle and Chablis Mustard

Black Truffle and Chablis Mustard
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Maille offers foodies a taste of something fantastic with their black truffle and Chablis mustard. This intensely earthy condiment combines Dijon mustard seeds, Provence truffles and wine. The elegant stoneware jar is filled by hand and arrives in a gift box.

The Apple Rumormongers

The Apple Rumormongers

Funny or Die introduces us to Yarrot Benz and Wendy Wilderötter of the fictitious site AppleRumors; two people who spend their lives collecting and sharing the mundane, yet overhyped stuff that Apple may or may not be bringing to its next products.

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Feel Good Inc. 3-Neck Cover

Feel Good Inc. 3-Neck Cover

Musician Luca Stricagnoli turns in an amazing cover version of Gorillaz’ hit track Feel Good, Inc. on his unusual, but amazing triple-neck Serracini guit-bass, somehow playing the track’s entire melody and rhythm section with just his two hands.

The C64 Mini

The C64 Mini
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The classic 8-bit computer jumps on the mini bandwagon with a 50% scale version. It comes with dozens of games, a joystick, and has HDMI output with CRT and scanline emulation. The mini keyboard isn’t functional, but you can connect your own via USB. Drops early 2018.

Tunnel Scrubbing Machine

Tunnel Scrubbing Machine

Most of the tunnels we’ve driven through are filthy, layered with exhaust from vehicles driving through. But in Switzerland, Colas Suisse keeps the tunnels spotless with this amazing contraption, which uses an array of spinning brushes to scrub off grime as it drives along.

Making a Mega Blender

Making a Mega Blender

Maker and demolition man Giaco Whatever no longer has a lawn, so he decided to turn his mower’s motor and blade into a massive blender. Along the way, he chops up some ping pong balls and some cans of Coke with spectacular results. The carnage starts at 5:49.

Forever 21 Super Nintendo Collection

Forever 21 Super Nintendo Collection
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Forever 21 is infamous for jacking other brands’ looks. But even they don’t mess with The Big N. Its licensed Super Nintendo collection rocks retro designs based on the SNES, Super Mario World, Super Mario Kart and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

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Scent of Geranium

Scent of Geranium

Poignant and thought-provoking, Naghmeh Farzaneh made Scent of Geranium to share the universally relatable feelings of anxiety, alienation, and isolation she felt as a new immigrant to the United States, with a quirky yet intimate hand drawn style.

Shameless Season 8 (Trailer)

Shameless Season 8 (Trailer)

(PG-13: Language) Frank gets enlightened, Fiona is a slumlord, Lip is still a mess, Carl and Ian are selling meth, and we’re still rooting for the Gallaghers despite all of their flaws. It’s par for the course for the eighth season of Showtime’s award-winning series. Drops 11/5/17.

How to Make a Bluetooth Speaker

How to Make a Bluetooth Speaker

DIY Perks shares his favorite project yet: a handmade Bluetooth speaker. He says its shell is made of concrete, but the only aggregate he used is sand. Nevertheless, his video, templates and list of materials will save makers a lot of time and headaches.

SNL: Levi’s Wokes

SNL: Levi’s Wokes

“They not brown, but they not NOT brown.” Saturday Night Live’s fake commercial for the most ridiculous jeans ever teaches us that refusing to be labeled and put into a box is sometimes a bad thing – at least when it comes to fashion.

GoPro Fusion 360º VR Camera

GoPro Fusion 360º VR Camera

The GoPro Fusion has two lenses that create 360º videos at 5.2K/30fps or 3K/60fps. It has several modes, including a sweet Matrix-like freeze pan effect. Don’t want spherical videos? Crop it at different angles to look like you used multiple cameras. Drops 11/2017 for $700.

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SNL: Papyrus

SNL: Papyrus

Ryan Gosling stars in a hilarious sketch that will be most appreciated by graphic designers, as he portrays a man who just can’t seem to get over the fact that James Cameron’s blockbuster Avatar used the Papyrus font for its subtitles and logo.

Music Genre: Video Game 2

Music Genre: Video Game 2

Seth Everman is back at his Yamaha to resume his hilarious, yet painfully accurate take on video game music tropes, poking fun at everything from unskippable cutscenes to those stupid underwater levels where you run out of oxygen and can’t move like you normally do.

Bill Wurtz: Outside

Bill Wurtz: Outside

“They touched me in an interesting way. And now I’m pregnant. With aliens.” Bill Wurtz sings about running away from the wind, being abducted and arresting crime. How we wish our Internet provider used his songs as on hold music.

Patagonia Worn Wear

Patagonia Worn Wear

Patagonia’s new Worn Wear program offers used but well-maintained Patagonia merchandise at greatly discounted prices. Customers can trade in their Patagonia clothes and bags at stores in exchange for credit.

THIRTY

THIRTY

Filmmaker Patrick (H) Willems just turned 30, so to celebrate he created a short film about the decade he leaves behind on his march into adulthood. That Mr. Thirty seems like a real buzzkill, but Patrick really has the best decade ahead of him.

GoPro Hero6 Black

GoPro Hero6 Black

The GoPro Hero6 Black action camera features improved slow motion – up to 4K/60fps and 1080p/240fps. It also has better image stabilization and low light performance, adds more voice commands, and QuikStories, a new automatic editing mode in its mobile app.

Rushmore: A Young Wes Anderson

Rushmore: A Young Wes Anderson

ScreenPrism treats Wes Anderson’s breakout film Rushmore as the director’s coming-of-age. The movie sees the debut of Anderson’s dollhouse aesthetic – albeit raw and less ornate – and penchant for indie music, while the story and theme are lifted from his life.

Bob’s Burgers Fan Art Episode (Teaser)

Bob’s Burgers Fan Art Episode (Teaser)

The season 8 premiere of Bob’s Burgers drops on 10/1/2017, and was animated entirely using images based on fan art (er, “fart”) submissions. This brief teaser gives us a sense of what to expect, including the opening titles. This should be a fun one.

Casually Explained: Hello Universe

Casually Explained: Hello Universe

“Like most niche interest jokes, I don’t find it funny. But at least I understand it.” Casually Explained imagines how the Universe would be made if a programmer was behind all of it. It’s an elaborate excuse to drop computer science and physics jokes.

Prop.96 Whiskey Glasses

Prop.96 Whiskey Glasses
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We love the look of these substantial rocks glasses, made in the US from crystal-clear, lead-free glass. Their thick base contains a craggy ice formation which produces cool light and shadow effects, and provides a balanced grip.

Rabbit’s Blood

Rabbit’s Blood

Tokyo-based Sarina Nihei’s Rabbit’s Blood is a cleanly and pleasingly framed animated short with an intriguing story about a strange society of two rival groups; sinister looking men and the mysterious neutralist rabbits who live in the underground. Delightfully surreal.

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