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Maisie Williams at a Geek Store

Maisie Williams at a Geek Store

(PG-13: Language) “What? You think I’m this? This is a little boy.” Nylon had Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams take over a board game store in Santa Monica, CA. She gave away GoT merchandise to folks who were willing to act out scenes from the show.

Jason Bourne (Trailer)

Jason Bourne (Trailer)

Matt Damon reprises his role as the brainwashed super spy. We’re not sure what his deal is this time, but Damon has said he wouldn’t star in another Bourne flick if it didn’t move the character forward. Which is why they should have called this David Webb.

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Sale of the Century

Sale of the Century

A dying company sees a mote of hope when the impossible happens. RocketJump visualized a joke so old they felt compelled to explain it afterwards, which is just depressing for those of us who got the punchline.

Why We Procrastinate

Why We Procrastinate

E-commerce platform Shopify digs into the science and psychology which drives us to blow off work and not get things done, and even though we might think you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, there is hope for chronic dilly-dalliers.

DR30 Nissan Skyline: The Red Panda

DR30 Nissan Skyline: The Red Panda

Petrolicious features Jay Kho and his 1983 R30 Skyline. The series that revived the Skyline model, Jay and many of his fellow gearheads pined for the R30 even more because it was never sold in the US. There are days when Jay still can’t believe that it’s in his garage.

Spinning Rings Illusions

Spinning Rings Illusions

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen this sort of act, but every time we see someone perform with these spinning rings, we can’t resist. We’re just simply too hypnotized to avoid it. Kuma Films shares some fascinating footage of the performance art known as Buugeng.

Drumeo P4 Practice Pad

Drumeo P4 Practice Pad

Designed by veteran drummer and instructor Pat Petrillo, the P4 is the world’s first drum practice pad to have multiple height levels and four different pads that mimic the feel of percussion instruments. The variety helps you stay creative and keeps exercises fresh.

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Making Stop-Motion Puppets

Making Stop-Motion Puppets

Georgina Hayns is a Creative Supervisor at Laika, the animation studio behind Boxtrolls, Coraline and more. She recently spoke with The Oscars about how they bring a stop-motion puppet to life, a process that takes up to 6 months per puppet.

Fallout: Choose Your Own Apocalypse

Fallout: Choose Your Own Apocalypse

YouTuber Many A True Nerd spawned a new kind of let’s play video. He made an abridged playthrough of Fallout: New Vegas in the style of Choose Your Own Adventure books to let us dictate how the video plays out. Turn annotations on.

SunBrite Pro Series 4K Outdoor TV

SunBrite Pro Series 4K Outdoor TV

An 84″ weatherproof 4K TV. The Pro Series SB-8418UHD has a sealed aluminum case that protects it from water, dust, insects and more. It also has an anti-glare screen and a temperature control system that lets it operate between -44ºF to 122ºF.

The Nice Guys: Couples Therapy

The Nice Guys: Couples Therapy

(PG-13: Language) The Nice Guys’ Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling star in this meta-viral video for their film where they consult a shrink (Big Bang Theory‘s Melissa Rauch) to settle their issues. Longer versions here and here.

The Paradox of Unanimity

The Paradox of Unanimity

TED-Ed shares a statistical study that backs up the idiom “too good to be true.” The researchers say we should be suspicious of incredibly consistent observations or agreements by an overwhelming majority, because it’s more likely that an error or a deception has occurred.

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Forging the Green Destiny

Forging the Green Destiny

Man at Arms: Reforged made a replica of the highly coveted sword from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It may not look as imposing or complex as the other weapons they forged, but it took a lot of time and finesse to create the details on both the blade and the guard.

Marshall Major II Bluetooth

Marshall Major II Bluetooth

Everything you want from a pair of Bluetooth headphones wrapped in Marshall’s classic cabinet style. The Major II Bluetooth lasts up 30h per charge and has a built-in microphone as well as a playback and volume knob and can share music via its 3.5mm jack.

Allegedly High Performances

Allegedly High Performances

To celebrate weed’s high holy day, JoBlo Movie Trailers compiled a list of 10 movies in which one or more of the actors was allegedly stoned out of their minds. Though it appears that most of these guys were on harder stuff than just pot.

Multidrive x NSV 6×6 Land Cruiser

Multidrive x NSV 6×6 Land Cruiser

Dubai auto shop NSV shows off its 6×6 Toyota 70 Series Land Cruiser. A collaboration with 4×4 and 6×6 conversion specialist Multidrive, this homely pack mule has a 398hp 4L V6 and an active third axle.

NERF Team Fortress

NERF Team Fortress

Corridor Digital and their friends played a round of Team Fortress 2‘s Payload in real life using their cache of NERF guns. They swapped the goals of Red and Blu and there are not enough hats, but the Engineer’s turret is awesome. We give it Half-Life 3/10.

The Magnificent Seven (Teaser)

The Magnificent Seven (Teaser)

Another day, another Hollywood reboot. While we’re cynical that the MGM classic should have been remade at all, we have to hand it to the guys who created this trailer for making us want to check out Antoine Fuqua’s (Training Day) fresh spin on John Sturges’ 1960 western.

Cats in Famous Movie Scenes

Cats in Famous Movie Scenes

(PG-13) PistolShrimps reenacts a handful of classic movie scenes with felines in place of human actors. Those Wolf of Wall Street bits make us want to see every Martin Scorsese movie remade with cats. “You meowin’ to me? You meowin’ to me?!?”

Fireball Football

Fireball Football

Football freestylers Joltter, Andrew Henderson, and Melody Donchet show off their impressive soccer ball juggling skills surrounded by a ring of fire, and with the ball itself ablaze in this cool short film from COPA90. The track is When a Fire Starts to Burn by Disclosure.

The Misunderstood Poem

The Misunderstood Poem

Many people interpret Robert Frost’s famous poem The Road Not Taken as an encouragement to take risks. Ironically, it’s actually Frost’s lighthearted jab at a friend who experienced the paradox of choice regarding literal paths on their frequent walks.

Splyt Light

Splyt Light
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A modular lighting fixture that lets you build branching table lamps or chandeliers. It comes with a base Y-piece with a male socket and three female sockets, and an assortment of small and large Y-pieces with one male socket and two female sockets. Works with E12 bulbs.

Warbits

Warbits

Advance Wars for iOS. Warbits scratches your tactical turn-based strategy itch with 20 campaign missions and local or online multiplayer, all wrapped in a colorful and lighthearted aesthetic. You can play with up to three other players and customize matches.

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