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TripMode

TripMode

A desktop application that makes it easy to select which programs can connect to the Internet. Very useful when you’re using a mobile hotspot and other cellular connections. It also shows the total data consumed for that session. Available for Windows and OS X.

Miniature Madras

Miniature Madras

A wonderful tilt-shifted, time-lapse video which provides a glimpse into the spectacle which is the Mylapore Kapaleeswarar Temple Festival, which takes place in Mylapore, Chennai, India every April. Here we see colorful parade floats moving through throngs of onlookers.

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Beat Breakdown: Big Pimpin’

Beat Breakdown: Big Pimpin’

YouTuber Sandurz demonstrates Timbaland’s genius with this breakdown of the mega producer’s beat for one of Jay Z’s biggest hits. It’s built around Khusara Khusara, an Egyptian swing track by Hossam Ramzy. Man those congos are lit.

Rememory Stencil Pack

Rememory Stencil Pack

If you love Javier de Riba’s floor graffiti and prints, check out Nisnas Industries’ Rememory Pack. It’s a set of four paint patterns, each made of two recycled plastic stencils, based on antique tile patterns in Wadi Salib, Israel.

Magic Photobomb Prank

Magic Photobomb Prank

“This can’t… what?” Comedian Greg Benson pranked tourists at the Hollywood Walk of Fame with the help of a sneaky assistant. He offered to take peoples’ pictures, only for his assistant to come up behind them with a cardboard cutout of Greg.

Jimmy Kimmel: Mom Texts

Jimmy Kimmel: Mom Texts

Mother’s Day is almost here, so Jimmy Kimmel thought he’d poke fun at some of the funny text messages from his staffer’s moms. Listen as the embarassed adults read their mom’s random stories, requests and whatever the hell that last one was.

The Modern HiFi Stereo Console

The Modern HiFi Stereo Console

Department Chicago’s beautiful mid-century-style stereo console. It has a pair of speakers, each with a 100W amp, a 6″ driver and a 1″ tweeter. You can connect to it via Bluetooth or RCA. It also comes with removable record dividers and an adjustable shelf.

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Creative Spark: Brenda Chapman

Creative Spark: Brenda Chapman

Veteran animated film artist, writer and director Brenda Chapman (Brave, The Prince of Egypt, Beauty and the Beast) spoke with the Oscars about her creative process, the idiosyncrasies of editing animated works, and her inspiration for Brave.

Bugatti Chiron Sounds off

Bugatti Chiron Sounds off

While we’ve still yet to see and hear Bugatti’s new Chiron hypercar flogged about at full speed, we’re already impressed by the epic exhaust note of its massive W16 engine, as shown in this video of one of the cars being unloaded for an exhibition in Vienna, Austria.

Run the Jewels: Crown

Run the Jewels: Crown

“Whatever it take I hope you find it, Mike. The look on her face shown that glory replaced all the shame and the hate and that she wears a crown.” Run the Jewels worked with Wevr to make this to the point 360 video for Crown, from their album Run the Jewels 2.

EnKi Stove Wild

EnKi Stove Wild

EnKi’s biomass camp stoves look like tiny cooling towers for a nuclear power plant, but they’re actually quite eco friendly. Powered by a battery or solar panel, they’re designed for cooking and providing smokeless heat by burning twigs, branches, or wood pellets.

Nuts! (Trailer)

Nuts! (Trailer)

Filmmaker Penny Lane (Our Nixon) presents Nuts!, a documentary about the infamous scammer John R. Brinkley. Brinkley became rich and famous by transplanting goat testicles into people as a cure for impotence and other diseases. Which of course didn’t work.

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Pinball DMD Clock

Pinball DMD Clock

Pinball fanatic J.M. Ratkos created this kit which uses a Run-DMD board to convert the dot-matrix display (DMD) from a pinball machine into an awesome animated clock. You can reach J.M. via the Pinside forum if you’re interested in buying one for yourself.

Kirk Drives the Batmobile

Kirk Drives the Batmobile

YouTuber SpockBoy seamlessly combined footage from Star Trek: The Original Series and the awesomely campy 1960s Batman TV show to create a hilarious scene in which Captain Kirk takes Doctor McCoy on the ride of his life.

The Onion Reviews Civil War

The Onion Reviews Civil War

“Who are all these goddamn people?!” The Onion’s film critic Peter K. Rosenthal was thoroughly confused by Captain America: Civil War‘s ensemble cast. Who is Black Widow? Or Falcon? What motivates Random Bystander? Seriously though, stop with the origin stories.

Vans x Nintendo Collection

Vans x Nintendo Collection

Vans dips into one of the bottomless wells of nostalgia with its upcoming Nintendo collection. Mario, Link and other classic Nintendo characters and icons will grace the Sk8-Hi, Old Skool, Authentic and Slip-On shoes this summer.

First Wave

First Wave

In 4/26/86, breakdancing enthusiasts from all over the USSR attended a dance festival in Vinni, Estonia. Break Dance 80s tracked down 50 of the event’s participants – now in their late 40s to 50s – and had them show off their moves for old time’s sake.

Victorinox Rangerwood 55

Victorinox Rangerwood 55
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This elegant EDC from the original Swiss Army Knife maker features a smooth walnut wood handle, and packs 10 functions, including a 4″ blade, corkscrew, screwdrivers, wire stripper, a punch, wood saw, can opener and more.

The Life of a Pro Fingerboarder

The Life of a Pro Fingerboarder

Twenty three-year-old Mike Schneider founded FlatFace Fingerboards when he was 9, believing he could do better than the popular Tech Deck fingerboards. He spoke with Great Big Story about his love for the sport and what goes into fingerboard tournaments.

LEGO My Lunch

LEGO My Lunch

Japanese LEGO fanatic Nobu Tary creates amazing sculptures which make the plastic building bricks look good enough to eat. While the burger and bento box look tasty, it’s the slice of everything pizza with gooey LEGO cheese that has us salivating.

Beats by Bulldog

Beats by Bulldog

Musician and comedian Nic Smal created this brief rhythmic track using only sounds sampled from his English bulldog, Banjoe. While dog farts are pretty funny, it’s the jowl sound that’s really our favorite.

Inside the Svalbard Seed Vault

Inside the Svalbard Seed Vault

Veritasium takes us inside the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which holds seeds from more than 840,000 plant species. At least officially. In reality the facility has no way of verifying if what they have are actual seeds, because they’re not allowed to open the containers.

Lord Huron: The World Ender

Lord Huron: The World Ender

“I’m the World Ender, baby, and I’m back from the grave… They can run for their lives but they cannot be saved.” We got a serious No Country for Old Men vibe from Ariel Vida’s sinister music video for Lord Huron’s vengeance-filled, ’50s surf music influenced track.

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