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Giveaway: Shirts.com

Giveaway: Shirts.com

Enter now for a chance to win a $150 to spend on awesome pop culture t-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies from our friends at shirts.com. Two more winners each get $25 each. Our faves: Riker’s Holodeck and the Wolverine Hoodie. (Ends 8/19)

Rewind the Future

Rewind the Future

Suffering from a heart attack, a young but severely overweight man reflects on his lifestyle. This blunt advisory was made to promote teaching healthy habits to kids, but we should all feel free to take charge of our bodies.

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Duello Gun Bookend

Duello Gun Bookend
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The perfect bookend for all your old cowboy books, this cast resin weapon is based on a vintage revolver, embellished with intricate flourishes. Buy two and have an old-fashioned shootout between the ends of your bookshelf.

The “Some Guy” Anthem

The “Some Guy” Anthem

Some gu– er, musician Jonathan Mann bemoans the fact that the times he attained Internet fame paradoxically led to him losing his identity, thanks to headlines that refer to him in generic terms.

Enter Pyongyang

Enter Pyongyang

Photographer Rob Whitworth and urban explorer JT Singh are back with another impressive motion time-lapse video, this time capturing North Korea’s seldom explored capital city, revealing a vibrant city that defies stereotypes.

This Way Up

This Way Up

Two undertakers go through hell as they try to finish their job and deliver a coffin to its final resting place. Smith & Foulkes‘ Oscar-nominated short film is a visual treat and an irreverent slapstick romp.

The Expendabros

The Expendabros

A free promotional spinoff of the run-and-gun action movie parody Broforce. It has 10 missions and 7 playable characters from The Expendables 3. It also supports local co-op. One of the few movie tie-in games that don’t suck.

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Mass Effect Honest Trailer

Mass Effect Honest Trailer

Smosh Games takes on the Mass Effect trilogy. They fail to mention the game’s idiotic A.I. and understate how annoying its loading times are, but as always their character monikers more than make up for it.

Extō Extension Cords

Extō Extension Cords
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Unlike most power strips, Conway Electric’s Extō was made to be left out in the open.  Its outlet-style body and cover are available in nine colors. It also has a 12′ cotton-covered cord, slip-resistant feet and mounting holes.

Coach Lasso Returns

Coach Lasso Returns

After a brief stint in the Premier League, Jason Sudeikis’ clueless soccer coach character is back home. Thanks to his six-and-a-half hour coaching experience, he’s now managing an 8th grade club and engaging in “pundintry.”

Lenovo Y70

Lenovo Y70
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The Y70 is the newest member of Lenovo’s underrated Y series gaming laptops. It has a 17.3″ 1080p LED multitouch display, 2.5GHz Intel Core i7 CPU, 4GB GeForce GTX 860M GPU, 512GB SSD, 16GB RAM and Windows 8.1.

Boardwalk Empire Season 5 (Trailer)

Boardwalk Empire Season 5 (Trailer)

With HBO’s Boardwalk Empire drawing to a close after the upcoming season, there’s no question that big changes are in store for Nucky’s N.J. kingdom. Given the show’s track record, we expect some blood will be spilled along the way.

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Brooks Bike Multitool

Brooks Bike Multitool
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Brooks England’s MT21 multitool has allen keys, Torx heads, screwdrivers, spoke wrenches, a chain tool, a bottle opener, a saddle spanner and a knife. Its leather case comes in black, brown or ochre. Also available here and here.

5 Cool Physics Tricks

5 Cool Physics Tricks

Veritasium challenges you to explain five physics-related phenomena, including water bending, magnetic cereal and a flying tea bag. You can check out the discussions on YouTube or wait until the next episode for the answers.

Smart Mop Dub

Smart Mop Dub

(NSFW: Language) YouTuber Jaboody Dubs dubs over TV shows, trailers and commercials. They don’t bother syncing the audio; they just maximize the comedic value of what’s on display. Take this gross infomercial for example.

Air Pakk Pillow Backpack

Air Pakk Pillow Backpack
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Finally, a travel pillow that won’t make people want to punch you. From the makers of the Air Bed comes the Air Pakk, a backpack with an inflatable and adjustable padding. It also has removable inner pockets and outer covers.

Doug McKenzie: Future Magician

Doug McKenzie: Future Magician

Magician Doug McKenzie loves to use everyday objects in his tricks. With modern technology increasingly becoming a part of our daily life, Doug has also incorporated gadgets such as cellphones into his performances.

Miilo Children’s Bike Concept

Miilo Children’s Bike Concept

Made by Andreas Bhend, Miilo is an extendable children’s bicycle. It starts out as a trainer bike, but you can upgrade it to a fixed gear bicycle using most of its existing parts to adapt to a child’s growth.

Backflip Bicycle Kick Basketball

Backflip Bicycle Kick Basketball

KDP Trick Shots demonstrates a basketball shot which required not only precise aim, but the gymnastic skills to perform a backflip and a bicycle kick to score a 3-pointer. And if you thought that was impressive, watch this.

UNITI Stand

UNITI Stand

A smartly designed aluminum stand for iMacs and Apple Thunderbolt monitors, which includes front-facing USB ports, and audio jack and magnetic docking cradles to hold and charge a wide variety of smartphones or tablets.

3D Images in 2D Photos

3D Images in 2D Photos

Researchers from CMU have come up with a way to load 3D models into 2D photos, allowing nearly seamless manipulation of the objects so they look like they’re part of the photo, complete with matching light and shadows.

The Car Sound Guy

The Car Sound Guy

Volkswagen tested if its rally drivers can name cars by their sound witht the help of Daniel Jovanov, who has the uncanny ability to imitate vehicle sounds. Seriously, considering he doesn’t have reverb that’s a damn good Polo R sound.

Apparently Kid Songified

Apparently Kid Songified

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from The Gregory Brothers, but they were just waiting for the right meme to hit before songifying it. And if you don’t know what we’re talking about, apparently you don’t watch the internet.

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