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Rickshaw Reflective Backpacks

Rickshaw Reflective Backpacks

Rickshaw Bagworks is working on backpacks with durable reflective tweed. The backpacks are available in striped or solid reflective patterns. The shop also has reflective messenger bags, hip packs and phone cases.

Mortal Breakup Inferno

Mortal Breakup Inferno

A man (cowardly) breaks up with his girlfriend. Bad move. To be fair, he does have his reasons. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned in this visual tour de force by Paula Assadourian and her fellow Gobelins graduating students.

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SanDisk 512GB SDXC Card

SanDisk 512GB SDXC Card
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Previously maxed out at 64GB, SanDisk has expanded its Extreme Pro UHS-I memory cards with 128GB, 256GB and a mind-boggling 512GB SDXC capacities, with up to 90MB/s write and up to 95MB/s read speeds. Your move, Lexar.

Dads at One Direction Concert

Dads at One Direction Concert

Angelina Castillo’s photographs of fathers at a recent One Direction concert have gone viral. YouTuber Jeremy Y. made a slideshow of the images and set it to Mad World. Nashville Scene’s made up captions are funny as well.

Kormaran Boat Concept

Kormaran Boat Concept

The Kormaran can function as a monohull, katamaran, trimaran, or as a floating deck thanks to mechanisms which can open and close sections of the boat and has retractable hydrofoils. With a top speed of 38 knots, it’s bound to be fun too.

How a Bean Becomes a Fart

How a Bean Becomes a Fart

Men’s Health manages to take an embarassing subject that you probably never cared to know about, and turns it into an amusing and informative animation, courtesy of illustrator Rami Niemi and director Giant Ant.

Willie Nelson’s Story Card Trick

Willie Nelson’s Story Card Trick

Willie Nelson tells his sister and bandmate Bobbie a story about a poor but slick porter using a classic card trick. The Three of Spades was like, if you’ve got the money honey, I’ve got the time.

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Sand Drawing Machine

Sand Drawing Machine

Kinetic sculptor David Bynoe created this cable-driven machine which can create crop-circle like drawings using sand as its medium. The machine was built for the Telus Spark Science Centre in Alberta, Canada.

Iron Vault Desk

Iron Vault Desk
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Restoration Hardware’s sheet metal desk is about as substantial as they come, with its construction and storage compartments inspired by classic jewelry store and office safes. Measures 69″W x 29″D x 31″H and weighs a whopping 360lbs.

ROYGBIV

ROYGBIV

Rishi Kaneria pays tribute to the use of color in Pixar’s animated films by identifying scenes which predominantly align with the colors of the spectrum, then playing them in order of hue. They seem to like green a bit more than other colors.

Tuuli Armor Tornado Shield

Tuuli Armor Tornado Shield

The Tornado Shield helps protect up to three people from being pierced or cut by flying debris, thanks to its layers of padding and ballistic nylon. Its bottom layer is made of ripstop nylon so you can breathe while you’re inside.

How Crayons are Made

How Crayons are Made

WIRED recently went inside the Crayola factory for a brief tour of the colorful and messy process which turns raw wax into about 12 million crayons every day. Sesame Street covered the same ground 30+ years ago, with fewer robots.

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Stacked Firewood Art

Stacked Firewood Art

82-year-old Montana artist Gary Tallman gathers firewood each spring and stacks it into intricate mosaics based on size, shape and color. He seems to especially love owls. Head to Bored Panda to check out more work from other wood pile artists.

Lie Witness News: Fashion Week

Lie Witness News: Fashion Week

Jimmy Kimmel Live went to the Fashion Week shows in New York City and asked people about designers, events and clothing that don’t exist. We can barely believe that this is real. What’s so wrong with saying “I don’t know?”

Robin Williams – In Motion

Robin Williams – In Motion

(NSFW: Language) Tony Zhou pays tribute to the late Robin Williams in his signature way – with a technical analysis. Tony looks at Robin’s talent for expressing his character through movements, and how directors let Robin use this ability.

Scammer vs. Troll

Scammer vs. Troll

Some phone scammers steal credit card details by claiming that they’re from Microsoft. One such scammer called YouTuber Nath Robinson, who proceeded to waste the douchebag’s time. Turn captions on. First call here.

Stanley Clip Grip Mug

Stanley Clip Grip Mug
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Stanley one-ups the carabiner mug with its 16oz. Clip Grip mug. You can clip the cup with your drink already inside it, thanks to its leakproof lid. Keeps drinks hot or cold for up to 1 hour. 20oz. mug also available.

Super Bad Mario

Super Bad Mario

(NSFW: Language) Like Blanka before him, it turns out that Mario is a serious troll. At least if this amusing compilation of fail videos from Pastek is to be believed. We think every clip needs to end with the Mario death theme.

5BORO VHS Skateboard Decks

5BORO VHS Skateboard Decks
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Remember when skate videos came on tape? 5BORO NYC remembers. It has skateboard decks with prints that emulate the logos of VHS tape brands. Best of all, they’re not sold off as art and slapped with insane price tags.

Tsunami Mountain Bike Trick

Tsunami Mountain Bike Trick

You’ll have to watch competitive biker Szymon Godziek’s insane mountain bike Tsunami flip a few times to understand the sheer amount of strength and coordination required to pull off such a difficult trick.

Ricoh WG-M1 Adventure Camera

Ricoh WG-M1 Adventure Camera
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Designed to handle just about anything you can throw at it, Ricoh’s action cam is waterproof to 30 feet, shock-resistant to 6-foot drops, dust-proof, and cold-resistant. Shoots ultra-wide-angle video at 1080p/30 resolution and 14mp stills.

Read The Words? OK

Read The Words? OK

The kindergarten teacher of YouTuber Jon H’s son gave the child a paper to help him practice reading sight words at home. Like the legendary shape-namer, the kid was committed to following his teacher’s instructions.

Peacekeeper

Peacekeeper

Kai Zammit’s sci-fi film envisions a not-too-distant future London in which police officers are now “Peacekeepers” – who deal out justice in the streets. While it owes a debt to Dredd, Robocop, and Almost Human, it stands on its own.

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