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DRIVE: 24 Hours of Nürburgring

DRIVE: 24 Hours of Nürburgring

We’ve featured the 24 Hours Nürburgring race before, but this coverage from the new auto show DRIVE is not only a feast for the eyes and the ears, it’s a crash course to the Nürburgring culture.

Sound-Reactive Kanye Glasses

Sound-Reactive Kanye Glasses

(NSFW: Lyrics) DIY geek Ch00f took a pair of the slatted sunglasses Kanye made famous, and rigged them with EL wires, and a circuit which reacts to music. The slight delay is only the video encode.

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WTF Should I Make for Dinner?

WTF Should I Make for Dinner?
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Zach Golden’s smart-ass website is now a smart-ass cookbook, providing tips and insights into what you should cook for any occasion – with the occasional swear word thrown in for spice.

Sketching Electronics

Sketching Electronics

Who says that circuit boards need to look the way they do? Using a conductive pen, ferrous paper and some magnetic conductors, you can turn any sketch into a functional electronic circuit.

How Not to Install a Fan

How Not to Install a Fan

Here’s the latest in a series of videos that must simply be made for the internet: there is something wrong with this ceiling fan, but we can’t quite put our finger on it… (Thanks Chuck!)

Upside Down (Trailer)

Upside Down (Trailer)

Kirsten Dunst kisses an upside-down man again. Directed by Juan Diego Solanas, the French-produced film features two worlds divided by gravity. We hope the story lives up to the visuals.

Daft Punk String Quartet

Daft Punk String Quartet

Not into classical music? Well once you hear the Vitamin String Quartet kicking out their rendition of Daft Punk’s Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, you just might be. More cool string covers here.

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Slingshot Zombiehammer

Slingshot Zombiehammer

A combination ranged and melee weapon from Joerg Sprave. On one end is a regular slingshot, on the other end there’s a huge steel ball and a 5.9″ steel spike, complete with a “skull ejector.”

Amphibious Fire Truck

Amphibious Fire Truck

Actually, this is just a regular fire truck, but the daring and brave men of Eltham, Melbourne Australia don’t let deep flood waters stand in the way of getting to their destination.

Hennessey Venom GT Spyder

Hennessey Venom GT Spyder

We’re not sure what it means for aerodynamics, but the Venom GT has lost its roof, but still has 1200 horsepower under the hood. Only six will be made, and they’re expected to sell for over $1mm.

Bat & Rob T-Shirt

Bat & Rob T-Shirt
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It’s The Winged Crusader and Bird Wonder, the billionaire bloodsucker and the avian acrobat. Dina Prasetyawan takes out the human side of DC Comics’ crime fighting duo in this T-shirt design.

Throwing Business Cards

Throwing Business Cards

While this was shot as a promo for a Samsung camcorder, it’s does a better job showing off the precision card-throwing skills of its subject than the quality of the camera. Ad fail. Performance win.

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Riley is Your Friend Too…

Riley is Your Friend Too…

Riley the brown dog has already been rewarded with treats for performing tricks, but it seems like she’s still hungry for food – or attention. Or maybe she just really wants to be her owner’s friend.

JumpFromPaper Bags

JumpFromPaper Bags
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JumpFromPaper bags have cartoon-like outlines and bright colors that make them look like two-dimensional drawings. Many of the designs are for women, but they have unisex bags as well.

Remember that Girl?

Remember that Girl?

Remember that joke where the build-up to the punchline was the joke itself? Kinda like this guessing game but not really, and it turns out there really is a punchline at the end? This is that joke.

The Lick

The Lick

An online group has dedicated itself to finding all the instances of The Lick, a particular series of notes that’s almost always played at the same speed and duration. Ferguson, you damn genius.

iGlide: Coffee Break

iGlide: Coffee Break

Here is iGlide of the dance crew Remote Kontrol. Now, here is iGlide once he has his coffee. With buttery smooth moves like that, there’s a good reason they call him iGlide.

Plug Hub

Plug Hub

The Plug Hub not only lets you cover up your power cords, it also lets you coil them up neatly, thanks to the integrated anchors inside. Place it under your desk or mount it on your wall.

Biggest Fireworks Shell Ever

Biggest Fireworks Shell Ever

We’re enjoying the beginning of this new year even more, now that we’ve added some excitement from seeing the world’s largest fired fireworks shell ever (allegedly), at 42″, set off in Japan.

The Shining: Alternative Posters

The Shining: Alternative Posters

ShortList.com put together this collection of fan-made posters for Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic The Shining, ranging from the abstract to minimal to flat out creepy. REDRUM, indeed.

Vending Machine Skills

Vending Machine Skills

We usually end up on the wrong end these sort of malfunctions, with our Twizzlers wedged against the glass despite all attempts to shake them loose. For every misfortune, there is also a triumph.

Pico Dolly

Pico Dolly
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Shoot pro-quality dolly shots with your camera phone, point-and-shoot or DSLR with this compact wheeled gadget, offering ample adjustments to help you capture that perfectly smooth shot.

YouTube Slam

YouTube Slam

YouTube’s latest method for discovering new cat videos pits two clips cats from similar genres against one another for you to vote on. Two clips cats enter, one clip cat leaves. You get the idea.

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