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A short documentary about two of the many workers in Japan who live in Internet cafes, because they can’t afford to rent an actual apartment. Part of Shiho Fukada’s three-part documentary Japan’s Disposable Workers.
A short documentary about two of the many workers in Japan who live in Internet cafes, because they can’t afford to rent an actual apartment. Part of Shiho Fukada’s three-part documentary Japan’s Disposable Workers.
They may be part of Nike and Sacai’s upcoming women’s sport collection, but we can definitely envision a guys’ version of these. This alternate take on the Air Max 90 drops the laces in favor of an elasticized tongue. Drops 3/19.
Bicyclist Michal Kolbek takes a ride along this smooth red rock formation in Sedona, AZ. While it’s not actually as steep as it looks, we still wouldn’t rider there. We’re just impressed that the drone buzzing overhead didn’t distract him.
Mental Floss looks at some of the worst moves in the history of business. From idiotic CEO moves to missed opportunities to hubris, its proof that senior management generally suck at their jobs. We’re surprised they skipped New Coke.
SkyCaliber is a crazy new waterslide coming to Vernon, New Jersey’s Action Park in 2016. The ride stands 90 feet tall, and sends riders through a loop de loop in a special capsule at speeds up to 50mph. Apparently, they tried this before.
Yuki Kadono won the 2015 Burton US Open Men’s Slopestyle with this video game-caliber run. The 18-year old smoothly pulled off two 1620º somersaults – that’s 4-1/2 rotations – in quick succession. Does he weigh anything?
I Am Big Bird: The Carroll Spinney Story is a documentary about the man behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. It features candid footage of Carroll with Jim Henson and Frank Oz as well as with his wife Debra.
(NSFW) A loner stumbles upon the girl of his dreams, but his childhood obsession twists his reality. This short film is illustrator Charles Burns’ (Black Hole, X’ed Out) contribution to the horror anthology Peur(s) du noir (Fear(s) of the Dark).
It turns out the crew of Furious 7 actually dropped cars from a cargo plane for one of the movie’s stunts. Even though they didn’t actually toss all the cars at once, it was still one heck of an undertaking, especially for the cameramen.
The LEGO 71016 Kwik-E-Mart set has all of Apu’s classic products such as Buzz Cola and Krusty O’s. It also comes with Chief Wiggum’s cop car and minifigures of Apu, Homer, Marge, Bart, Snake and Chief Wiggum. Drops this May for $200.
The KORG Miku Vocaloid pedal is possibly the weirdest guitar effect pedal ever made. Here, guitarist Rob Chapman and his sidekick “the Captain” attempt to get through a review of the voice-generating guitar pedal without losing it.
A small adapter that turns your gadget’s USB head into a reversible one, so it will go into a USB port no matter which side is on top. It comes in packs of three – two black and one white. Ryo also has a reversible flash drive.
“So Much ‘Murica Now!” There’s really not a bad time for fatty, smoky, delicious bacon. Though the firing range wouldn’t be the first place we’d think of cooking a strip. That didn’t stop Dustin Ellermann from giving it a go on his M16’s muzzle.
YouTuber Amazing LP spent over 100 hours carefully superimposing himself into the NEO GEO classic The King of Fighters ’97, turning himself into a real-world opponent for the game’s virtual fighters. We want a Kinect game like this.
DrinkTanks’ Juggernaut is a 1-gallon double wall vacuum insulated growler. It works best with the Kegulator, a CO2 regulator that uses food-grade CO2 cartridges. The Kegulator also works with DrinkTanks’ 64oz. growler.
“Blood, death, boobs…” Jon Snow knows something, Arya is still creepy, Tyrion breaks the fourth wall and Daenerys knows what’s up as the cast of Game of Thrones sum up the show’s past four seasons for Entertainment Weekly.
A retro twist on the all-white or all-black shoe color schemes. Asics’ limited edition Miami Vice release for its classic running shoes comes in white or black fake croc skin upper with orange and blue lining and outsole.
How’s this for emergent narrative? While playing Grand Theft Auto V, YouTuber Coleossal walked up to a cat. He could not have foreseen what happened next. We’d like to think he quit the game after that.
A guy tries the old “pull my finger” flatulence prank on a co-worker, but his victim isn’t having any of it. Then things go South very quickly for the office clown in this ridiculous clip from Cyanide & Happiness.
“All this running around, I can’t fight it much longer. Something’s trying to get out, and it’s never been closer.” The new single from the psychedelic rock band grows bolder as it progresses, eventually turning into a stolid drone.
Vsauce talks about the upbeat topic of human extinction – its probability and possible causes, its impact on our planet and more. He didn’t mention that we’re still merely a blip in time though. We could still get better at this. Or worse.
A critically-acclaimed documentary about Nirvana’s frontman. Director Brett Morgen spent eight years interviewing Kurt’s loved ones and perusing home videos, journals and recordings to make this film. Premieres 5/4 on HBO.
Filmmaker IQ talks about the auteur theory, a mindset that still carries weight today, if only as a marketing tactic. You can skip to 5:34. Remember: art and criticism are not absolute. They are concocted by humans with biases and limitations.
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