Rubbing is racing. That is until a tire is rubbing the top of your helmet. It’s what almost happened to Helio Castroneves when fellow IndyCar driver Tony Kanaan’s brakes went out at 180mph.

Jac Zagoory’s pewter desk accessories help you live out those cubicle fantasies where your staple remover is some sort of dangerous animal with big pointy teeth. It’s the only thing we use ours for.

The reviews are in, and it seems the PS3’s flagship FPS didn’t disappoint, with great graphics, weapons and gameplay, a surprisingly good single player story and well-designed multiplayer maps.

“Finger-drumming phenomenon” Jeremy Ellis works his blistering-fast digits across the 16 pads of the Maschine Mikro, a new computer-based system for cranking out electronic grooves.

The MXB is a cross between a motorcycle and a skateboard. It has an electric engine and a hand switch to control the throttle and brakes. The fastest version can go over 60mph.

Designer Jan Gunneweg created this gorgeous wooden bicycle which not only has a solid wood frame, but asymetrical wooden wheels and natural-tone brown tires to go with.

More than 150 supercars and exotic rides ended up in a bit of a jam as they headed out to the Wilton House Supercar Day. This is probably what an ordinary day in Monaco’s streets looks like.

Dress up your walls Sith style with the Imperial Forces wallpaper. It’s hand-screened and flocked and features textured portraits of Darth Vader, Boba Fett and Empire troops.

These pieces from illustrator Liam Brazier look like vector magic from Adobe Illustrator but he actually draws each shape with Photoshop’s polygonal lasso tool before coloring it in.

Ben & Jerry now have Schweddy Balls. The new flavor is an homage to an SNL skit that featured Alec Baldwin as bakery owner Pete Schweddy and his unique namesake holiday delicacy.

(NSFW: Language) It seems that Norway’s Ylvis is making a small nod to FOTC in their way too funny music video about, er, the birds and the bees. (Anniken, we cannot thank you enough.)

YouTuber timeyodie impersonates 34 characters from Star Wars, from an Ewok to a spot-on take on Ewan MacGregor’s Obi Wan. The exaggerated expressions help sell his act. Part Two here.

Okay, it only goes two levels deep, but we still love the stop-motion-within-a-time-lapse that Joe Clarke shot of animator Barry Purves in which puppet and master operate on different time scales.

While they don’t have the automatic lace-tying feature we hoped for, proceeds from the sale of these limited-edition BTTF light-up kicks do go The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.

This video is all about the time freeze effect popularized by The Matrix, except this time there were no special effects used. Made by Lawrence Chen to promote Pepsi’s short film contest.

A character made of scraps wanders though the woods until he comes across a sign that will help him discover where he belongs in Origins, Robert Showalter’s poignant and luminous graduation film.

From Pop Chart Lab – the folks who made the Omnibus of Superpowers – comes another geeky chart. This video game controller evolutionary tree features 119 controllers classified into 7 categories.

The latest trailer for the Studio Ghibli and Level-5 RPG Ni No Kuni is as enchanting as the others. Top notch art. It would be a crime against humanity not to release this game outside Japan.

Upcoming PSN exclusive Sideway is a puzzle platformer set in a 3D world. But its character seems to have been turned into graffiti and therefore is stuck in 2D. Best to see it in action.

Artist Jennifer Collier carefully bonds, waxes, traps and stitches cardboard, thread, and road maps into contemporary textiles; that “fabric” is then fashioned into pristinely detailed everyday objects.

(NSFW: Language) Bacon wrap it ’cause it’s gangsta: what do you get when you cross CorridorDigital, FreddieW and Epic Meal Time? A pile of burgers, obviously. The fun begins at 5:30.

Wicked’s new laser has a range of 85 miles, so no aiming at any orbiting satellites, because it could mess up their sensors. It can also blind pilots since it’s 8,000 times brighter than the sun. Whoa.

The practice session of ManxGP rider Brian Purdy ended badly when his bike exploded. The guy behind him with the mounted camera must be the Energizer bunny – he just kept going and going.