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Our Secret Fantasies

Our Secret Fantasies

(PG-13) “A fantasy isn’t a plan. It’s a disguised but very precise acknowledgement of what would never work but needs to be aired.” The School of Life reminds us that having fantasies – no matter how absurd or horrifying – is a normal part of being human.

Driven: Ferrari 575 Superamerica

Driven: Ferrari 575 Superamerica

Beyond its awesome V12, what makes the Ferrari 575 Superamerica special is its rotating hardtop that lies flat with a flip of a switch, and electronically-controlled transparency to vary the light coming in. Our friends DriveWithDave show off this special car in action.

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NBA Playgrounds (Trailer)

NBA Playgrounds (Trailer)

A two-on-two arcade-style basketball game in the vein of NBA Jam. It features stars both past and present from all NBA teams, and solo, local multiplayer and online multiplayer modes. Drops 5/2017 for Xbox One, PS4, Switch and PC. No need to activate big head mode either.

Russell Westbrook: Mr. Triple-Double

Russell Westbrook: Mr. Triple-Double

Oklahoma City Thunder’s tireless point guard Russell Westbrook has become only the second NBA player ever to average double digits in points, assists and rebounds for a season. He’s also tied Oscar Robertson’s record for most triple-doubles with a couple of games to spare.

BioLite SolarPanel 10+

BioLite SolarPanel 10+

BioLite’s latest portable solar-powered USB charger sports two solar panels that generate up to 10W of power. The SolarPanel 10+ can charge a phone in as little as 1 hour under direct sunlight. It also has a built-in 3,000mAh battery for storing captured energy.

A History of Mavis Beacon

A History of Mavis Beacon

Lazy Game Reviews sums up the story of the first cover model for the Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing series before unboxing and running through the software’s original MS-DOS version. A 62-page manual for a computer game. Good times.

Why Train Trips Are so Expensive

Why Train Trips Are so Expensive

In developed countries, passenger train trips between towns or cities are often more expensive than a plane trip between the same points. Wendover Productions explains why that’s the case, and how ticket prices are adjusted to cover the operator’s expenses.

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The Norton Redemption

The Norton Redemption

“He had a walk and a talk that just wasn’t normal around here. “ On The Graham Norton Show, Morgan Freeman gave his two cents about why The Shawshank Redemption tanked when it first came out. Then he read a parody of his voice-over about Andy Dufresne.

Chuck Taylor All Star x Nike Flyknit

Chuck Taylor All Star x Nike Flyknit
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After adding the Lunarlon insole, Nike gives the timeless sneaker another modern upgrade. This release of the Chuck Taylor All-Star has a fully knit upper to make it lighter and even more comfortable. Drops 4/27/17 in six colors.

Chicken Bucket Airplane

Chicken Bucket Airplane

Peter Sripol and his pals like to fly r/c airplanes, but he tried something a bit different for his latest flyer by building a plane that uses two spinning KFC buckets to get airborne, courtesy of the Magnus Effect. Flight KFC185 hits the skies around the 11-minute mark.

HBO: Ahhhh

HBO: Ahhhh

HBO flaunts its roster of shows with a pair of ads that sees the characters from Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley and more recreating the channel’s opening sound effect. Naturally, John Oliver had something to say about it.

The Farthest Place from You

The Farthest Place from You

RealLifeLore ponders what is a fairly simple question to answer – what’s the farthest point away from you on Earth at this very moment? Our antipode is far off the coast of Perth, in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Find your opposite spot here.

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Head of the Class Container

Head of the Class Container
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A fun take on the old Victorian medical tool. Regardless of your diagnosis, this flip-top ceramic phrenology head will always cure what ails you – especially if you fill it with your favorite candies, or maybe a pile of pills.

Give It Away in 20 Styles

Give It Away in 20 Styles

Ten Second Songs‘ Anthony Vincent channels Anthony Kiedis, then takes a quick left turn to perform the Chili Peppers’ classic Give It Away in the style of 20 other musicians, from The Beastie Boys to Guns N’ Roses to David Bowie. The Twenty Øne Pilots bit was hilarious.

Cup Noodle Candle

Cup Noodle Candle

This cheeky candle from Japan looks just like a cup of Nissin instant ramen, the dining mainstay of students around the globe. It’s supposed to be unscented, but this guy thinks it smells like noodles. Sadly, shipping one from Japan costs more than the candle itself.

Water Droplet Painting

Water Droplet Painting

Illustrator Adam SB shows us how the simplest of mediums – plain old H2O – can be used to create art. By dripping precise amounts of water onto a smooth surface, he creates a temporary artwork that’s sure to satisfy any obsessive need for order.

The Force Awakens Bad Lip Reading

The Force Awakens Bad Lip Reading

Bad Lip Reading not only made us laugh our asses off with their take on Episode VII, they managed to get Mark Hamill himself to play the voice of Han Solo. Admiral Ackbar made us spit out our coffee, and “I like monkeeeee… You’re the monkey” is the new “I love you. I know.”

Vespa Rocking Horse

Vespa Rocking Horse
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The only thing wrong with Urban Avenue’s Italian scooter-inspired rocker is that it’s designed for little kids, and us adults can’t fit on one. Someone needs to start building larger ones at adult scale, or maybe we need to head into the workshop this weekend.

Deeply Artificial Trees

Deeply Artificial Trees

If you think Bob Ross should always be painting happy little trees, you might want to look away from Alexander Reben’s horrifying clip, in which they ran footage from The Joy of Painting through deep-learning audio and video processing software. The brown acid is bad.

Floppy Drives Killed the Video Star

Floppy Drives Killed the Video Star

Paweł Zadrożniak’s incredible orchestra of floppy drives, hard drives, and stepper motors is accompanied by a rare human appearance in this computer-controlled cover of The Buggles’ MTV-launcher, Video Killed the Radio Star.

Rick Astley: Highway to Hell

Rick Astley: Highway to Hell

“In an alternate universe, this is what could have been.” If you were expecting to be Rickrolled when you click play on this clip, you’d be wrong. Though there is something just so wrong it’s right about the soulful pop singer doing a cover of the AC/DC classic Highway to Hell.

Puma x Atmos Disc Blaze Night Jungle

Puma x Atmos Disc Blaze Night Jungle
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A hot new colorway of Puma’s laceless Disc Blaze sneaker, created in collaboration with Japanese retailer Atmos. We love the combination of forest green camouflage suede and electric green details, which will ensure these shoes will definitely be seen.

Casually Explained: Alcohol

Casually Explained: Alcohol

“You’ll notice that alcohol quickly makes you better at many things…” Mr. Explained explains how booze lives up to its “liquid courage” nickname, and how confidence times ounces consumed is inversely proportional to the intelligence of your actions.

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