The TSA’s 12 Banned Items of Xmas
Traveling by plane to or within the USA? Reason TV enumerates some of the items that you can or can’t bring on the plane, exposing the arbitrary and more importantly the futile nature of the guidelines.
Traveling by plane to or within the USA? Reason TV enumerates some of the items that you can or can’t bring on the plane, exposing the arbitrary and more importantly the futile nature of the guidelines.
FinalCutKing’s video greeting card gives us insight into the chaos and mayhem created by gingerbread men while we’re out shopping for last minute gifts. We’re surprised they’d trash their own gingerbread house though.
(NSFW: Language) Animation Domination HD once again uses the power of facts to ruin a good myth. We should be glad that Santa isn’t real, but more importantly, we should help the people who actually make our gifts.
CG Animator Brian Anderson pays tribute to a classic scene from The Dark Knight, recreating Batman’s brutal interrogation of The Joker with LEGO minifigs. Sorta. Stick around long enough and it really goes off the rails.
The fast-paced 1st/3rd person multiplayer shooter Strike Vector will be on Steam in 2014 and is now in open beta. Ships have a kitetastic jet mode and a close range hover mode, eight weapons, customizable cockpits and engines.
(NSFW: Language) Ever wonder what Santa Claus and his crew do in their spare time? Animators Jens and Anna explore the lives of Saint Nick, his reindeer, and even presents and trees when it’s not Christmas time. (Thanks Kenny!)
YouTuber SteveKardynal loves to get on Chatroulette and entertain strangers by lip syncing to songs while in costume. Here he is bringing holiday cheer over Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You.
Musician Greg Johnson of Acoustic Labs is back with another great arrangement, this time plucking a warm and soothing rendition of the classic Back to the Future theme by Alan Silvestri on his Alvarez acoustic guitar.
Note-taking tools that use electrostatics to stick to smooth surfaces. Slickynotes can be used with pens or dry erase markers, while the Slickyboard is a thin roll-up whiteboard. Their adhesive property lasts for a few weeks.
It’s not that they want to spoil the joy of the season, but the American Civil Liberties Union has an important reminder: Yes, Virginia, there is an NSA. And they’re coming for you. They probably already did.
CGP Grey starts out by messing with our heads, then moves on to explore the idea of the “nocebo effect” – a psychological effect which makes people experience pain, discomfort and other symptoms from non-existent causes.
Aymann Ismail of ANIMAL set up a camera overlooking a UPS distribution facility in NYC’s Hell’s Kitchen in the days leading up to Christmas, capturing the mesmerizing ballet of trucks moving in and out of narrow spaces.
Wearable drum pads that you can put over or under your pants or any other piece of clothing. DrumPants has a control box that can play hundreds of sounds, such as drums, synths, guitars and more. It also comes with foot sensors.
(NSFW: Language) The war of the boxes escalates to the skies in Cardboard Warfare 2.5: World of Warplanes, the latest action-packed short film from the RocketJump crew. It’s a shameless plug for World of Warplanes, but we don’t care.
Author John Biggs may be known for his work at TechCrunch and Gizmodo, but he’s also been writing an adventure trilogy for young adults about a secret underground train system that connects New York and the rest of the world.
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