As intense rains flooded Hawaii’s Waimea Valley, enterprising surfers took advantage, and dug out a channel to let water flow from valley to ocean, creating an makeshift wave pool. Apparently, this isn’t the first time this has happened.

Five people depicted as cute plants or animals share their stories of loss – a pet, a body part, a friend and parents – how they overcame it and what they took from the experience. A heartwarming claymation by Fiona Dalwood.

Rezoner’s Limbs Repair Station is a cyberpunk puzzle game inspired by Papers, Please and System Shock. You play a mechanic who repairs electronic hands, learning about the game’s world and citizens in the process.

Here’s another brilliant stop-motion animation made using wood. Director André Maat “wanted to play with the shape and consistency of wood and bring it to life” and made the material behave like clay.

You’d never know that this guy is about to kick out the most impressive vocal impression of Axl Rose that you’ve ever heard. They should do what Journey did and hire this guy to go out on tour with Gn’R. Also, he loves Game of Thrones.

The Vigilante is an officially licensed replica of the coat worn by Aiden, the main character in the upcoming sandbox game Watch_Dogs. The coat is part of Musterbrand and Ubisoft’s Watch_Dogs apparel collection.

A 0.3mi stretch of the N329 road in Oss, Netherlands now has glow-in-the-dark markers. They absorb solar energy during the day and glow at night. It’s part of Studio Roosegarde’s vision for a smart highway.

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is about the rise of Handsome Jack. It takes place on Pandora’s moon and has familiar NPCs as playable characters, including Claptrap. Drops Q3 2014 for PS3, Xbox 360 and Windows. More here.

Slicing cherry tomatoes in half can be a time-consuming and tricky task as the little buggers want to go rolling across the cutting board. DaveHax offers up a simple solution that’ll have you perfectly cutting a whole package in seconds.

Jimmy Kimmel Live had Drizzy disguised to interview people on the street. Watch as they inexplicably fail to see through the crummy disguise and give their thoughts on fake news that Drake made up about himself.

In this clip from back in 2008, Steve Carrell and Stephen Colbert took the opportunity to sing a duet of The Star Spangled Banner, improvising the harmonies along the way. We just wanted to yell “Play Ball!” at the end.

Made of abrasion-resistant canvas with mesh lining for ventilation. Its waist is adjustable via Velcro and it has angled pockets for easy access while riding. It also has removable D30 shock-absorbing hip and knee pads.

(SPOILERS) A clip from X-Men: Days of Future Past shows the Sentinels invading the X-Men’s hideout. Check out the movie’s take on Bishop, Sunspot and Blink teaming up with previously seen X-Men. Unofficial YouTube mirror here.

A TV stand with a shelf and power strip at the back. It lets you hide your set top boxes and other video devices as well as their cables and cords. The wooden model in the video is just a prototype; the actual product is made of metal.

Juggler Lindzee Poi uses four rings to create optical illusions. Matching his movements with the song Comptine d’un Autre Été from the Amelie soundtrack, Lindzee made it seem like the rings were suspended in midair.

Google Glass is still in beta, but on 4/15/14, any US resident over 18 years old will be able to purchase the wearable device. Sign up on the Glass website to get an email reminder and be back there on Tuesday to place your order.

Julian Batts is an honor student at Indiana University and from the looks of it, an extremely lucky guy. He really sucks at Wheel of Fortune though. Watch him go on a roll, only to defeat himself on what should be no-brainer guesses.

Vine user Red 6 shares his compilation of life hacks. Although in his case they’re more about ideas that you shouldn’t bother trying out. The ice cube trick would’ve worked if you added a bit of patience.

A retro-infused, sepiatone short film from Bruce Timm in which the Bat follows and subdues a mysterious giant en route to meet his nemesis Dr. Hugo Strange. We’d love to see a Batman feature film done in this style.

Created Hiroshi Ishii, Daniel Leithinger, Sean Follmer, Amit Zoran, and Philipp Schoessler from MIT’s Tangible Media Group, TRANSFORM is an interactive display of moving pixels which can dynamically rearrange themselves. More here.

To position himself for the perfect powdery run, snowboarder and adventurer Xavier de la Rue rappeled down a treacherous vertical rock face. Fortunately, he captured it all on his GoPro for us to enjoy.

A chillout track from Dreamlife, the upcoming album by singer-songwriter Jeffrey DiLorenzo aka MuteBoy. You can download Sunny Day for free on SoundCloud or pay what you want for his two-song release on Bandcamp.

A shiny Airstream Land Yacht that’s been decked out as a full-service bar on wheels. We’d love to have one of these permanently parked in our backyard, but sadly the only way we’ll get to check this one out is to head to Europe.