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Doggy Longlegs

Doggy Longlegs

“Everyone’s having fun floating, and I’m just standing here T-rexin’.” Lots of dogs are excellent swimmers, but this tall chocolate Labrador doesn’t get its appeal, even as its buddies seem to be yelling at him to try it.

Legless Pirate Corkscrew

Legless Pirate Corkscrew
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Yo ho ho and a bottle of red! Designer Nick Lerwill’s amusing pirate-themed wine opener is ready to use its stumpy corkscrew leg to pop open your bottles with ease. Too bad rum bottles don’t have corks.

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Animated Optical Illusions 3

Animated Optical Illusions 3

YouTube’s resident illusionist brusspup is back with more static images that spring to life, thanks to our silly brains. Just make a spoon graphic already dude. Check the video’s description for links to the images.

Throwing Knife Practice

Throwing Knife Practice

Whipcracking entertainer Adam Winrich and his partner Dakota “practice” their throwing knife routine with actual weapons and their own bodies. Then they add flaming weapons to the mix. Capt. Disillusion won’t debunk this one.

Man at Arms: Blade of Chaos

Man at Arms: Blade of Chaos

For his latest build, swordsmith Tony Swatton replicated Kratos’ iconic Blade of Chaos weapon from the God of War games. He had to shrink it a bit to make it wieldable, but it’s no less deadly. We only wish he had made a pair. On fire.

Electromagnetic Table

Electromagnetic Table

Inspired by the work of Nikola Tesla, designer Florian Dussopt’s EM table produces a low-current electromagnetic field, allowing fluorescent bulbs placed on or near its surface to wirelessly illuminate.

Travel Dress Pant Sweatpants

Travel Dress Pant Sweatpants
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A travel-friendly version of Betabrand’s super comfortable formal wear. The Travel Dress Pant Sweatpants are still made of soft Terry fabric, but they have zippered pockets, plastic buttons and a slimmer straight-cut.

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How to Spend $25,000

How to Spend $25,000

20th Century Fox offered Casey Neistat $25,000 to create a promo video for Walter Mitty. With Fox’s permission, he spent the money helping victims of Philippines typhoon Haiyan. Casey, you’re an awesome human being.

Everything is a Remix: iPhone

Everything is a Remix: iPhone

Further proof that virtually everything that was ever made that was worth a damn stole and repurposed earlier ideas. Case in point, Apple’s iPhone – which took numerous ideas previously executed and just made them more accessible.

Framed (Trailer 2)

Framed (Trailer 2)

Another look at the upcoming noir puzzle game Framed. Be a deus ex machina and rearrange the order or orientation of storyboard panels to help the hero. Drops in 2014 for Windows, OS X and mobile devices.

SNL: Guy Fieri’s Christmas Special

SNL: Guy Fieri’s Christmas Special

(NSFW) Bobby Moynihan and the Saturday Night Live cast gamely depict a real nightmare before Christmas, starring the reviled celebrity chef Guy Fieri and his motley crew, the worst that TV has to offer.

Across the Universe

Across the Universe

The last time we heard astronaut Chris Hadfield singing a tune, he was channeling David Bowie from the the International Space Station. He’s back on Earth now with another astronomical tune, joined by Toronto’s Wexford Gleeks.

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Face Sketch Morphing

Face Sketch Morphing

Artist Karl Gude proves the true value of a sharp pencil and a good eraser as he morphs a single sketch into 30 different faces on the same spot. We’re impressed that he didn’t wear through the paper. His drumming, on the other hand…

Spider Tree

Spider Tree

At first glance, this looks like a patch of moss or grass stuck to the bark of this tree. But upon closer inspection… uh… it’s spiders. Lots and lots of daddy longlegs spiders. Arachnophobes, look away. You have been warned.

80s LEGO Minifigs

80s LEGO Minifigs

Artist Dan Shearn has a love of 1980s pop culture and a love of LEGO, so he combined these two into a series of illustrations, envisioning the decade’s iconic characters as minifigs. The Warriors is from 1979, but we’ll forgive him.

Buffalo Launches Lion

Buffalo Launches Lion

Ian Matheson and his son Oliver were in Africa’s Mjejane Reserve when they stumbled onto a buffalo rescuing another from a lion attack by flipping the predator into the air. Apparently, all of the animals walked away unscathed.

Oliver Sweeney Tattooed Goods

Oliver Sweeney Tattooed Goods
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British shop Oliver Sweeney teamed up with tattoo artist Henry Hate to add a unique personalization option for its leather shoes and other goods. Pick your product, submit your design and Hate will do the rest.

Cell Phone Crashing at the Airport

Cell Phone Crashing at the Airport

Greg Benson from Mediocre Films decides to mess with more people making phone calls, awkwardly interrupting their cellphone conversations by responding to whatever they’re saying on their calls. Outtake footage here.

Goldbely

Goldbely

A brilliant website for foodies, Goldbely hunts down the greatest dishes from local restaurants, delis, and bakeries, and ships them to your doorstep anywhere in the U.S. Be sure to grab some Cheerwine and a Gambino’s king cake.

LEGO The Last of Us

LEGO The Last of Us

Animator Brian Anderson is back with another idea for a LEGO video game that will never be made. This time he takes on Naughty Dog’s masterpiece The Last of Us. Actually this one’s a triple mashup.

Valhalla: Forest Skiing

Valhalla: Forest Skiing

In this excerpt from Sweetgrass Productions’ Valhalla, we’re presented with skiers in the most unusual of settings – in the middle of a forest, instead of the powder. Visually stunning and unlike anything we’ve seen. (Thanks, Santi)

Russian Soldier Beatboxes

Russian Soldier Beatboxes

After watching this clip of a Russian soldier spitting beats faster than an electronic drum machine, we almost felt the need to wipe his saliva off our monitors. Thankfully, YouTube hasn’t perfected SpitSurround technology yet.

Ultra Street Fighter IV (Trailer 2)

Ultra Street Fighter IV (Trailer 2)

The latest trailer for Ultra Street Fighter IV shows off a few of the expansion’s features: new offensive and defensive tools, an elimination multiplayer mode and an online training mode. Drops 3/31/14.

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