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The Million Dollar Workshop

The Million Dollar Workshop

For those of us who dabble in building and repairing things, our workbenches of often relegated to a corner of the basement or a garage. And then there’s Doug, a Houston-based commercial contractor whose workshop is better equipped than a Home Depot store. Bauforum24 visited from Germany to tour this amazing workshop.

Retro Tech: Sony Chordmachine

Retro Tech: Sony Chordmachine

Techmoan is always digging up examples of strange old-school tech, and this episode does not disappoint. What you’re looking at is a wonderful specimen of cassette futurism. Sony’s Chordmachine is a 1982 device that combines a boombox with a synthesizer that plays chords and rhythms and records sounds to tape.

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In Nightmare (Gameplay Trailer)

In Nightmare (Gameplay Trailer)

Maximum Games’ atmospheric puzzle adventure game follows the story of a young boy who shuts out the rest of the world and finds himself trapped in a nightmarish world filled with challenging puzzles, tricky obstacles, and horrifying bosses to overcome – coming to PS4 and PS5 on 5.29.2022.

Puddles: Lazarus

Puddles: Lazarus

Puddles Pity Party pays tribute to the late, great David Bowie with a powerful and emotive cover of the track Lazarus off of Bowie’s final album, Blackstar. It’s especially apropos how Bowie paved the way for performers like Puddles to express themselves through costume and theatrics. Grab the single here.

Checking Tom Scott’s 2022 Predictions

Checking Tom Scott’s 2022 Predictions

Back in 2012, vlogger Tom Scott made some predictions about what technology might be like 10 years later. Now, he’s revisited that video to see what he got right and wrong and then offers up some new guesses for the year 2032.

The Bob’s Burgers Movie (Trailer)

The Bob’s Burgers Movie (Trailer)

The Belchers finally get their own big-screen movie. The musical comedy-adventure follows the family as a gigantic sinkhole that opens up in front of Bob’s Burgers and the mysteries they unravel trying to get to the bottom of things. In theaters 5.27.2022.

MyMedic Recon First Aid Kit

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This mid-sized pack comes loaded with dozens of useful first-aid supplies which can help save lives in the right hands. The kit includes bandages, ointments, splints, wraps, medication, gloves, shears, a digital thermometer, a survival blanket, and many more useful emergency items. Full list here. LifeStraw shown, but not included.

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Walking Caterpillar Stop-Motion

Walking Caterpillar Stop-Motion

Animator PES is one of the masters of stop-motion. For this short but sweet sequence, he created a dozen 3D-printed caterpillar models, then hand-painted them and photographed each of the Lepidoptera’s movements. PES sold an edition of 20 of these as his first ever NFT.

2022 Toyota Tundra Capstone

2022 Toyota Tundra Capstone

The 2022 Toyota Tundra gets a luxury model, decked out with 22″ chrome wheels, chrome mirror caps, semi-aniline leather seats, power running boards, a 14″ touchscreen, a 10″ heads-up display, ambient lighting, and more. It comes with Toyota’s i-Force MAX powertrain, which makes 437 hp and 583 lb-ft. of torque.

Tumbleweeds

Tumbleweeds

Commissioned by the Columbus Museum of Art, editor Duncan Robson created this fun montage of movie and TV scenes featuring tumbling tumbleweeds. He recently remastered the sequence to celebrate its 10th anniversary, and to bring the wonderful supercut to a new generation of viewers.

Butts on Things Book

Butts on Things Book
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Do you know how you can improve any item? Give it a backside. Brian Cook’s literally cheeky book Butts on Things is loaded with more than 200 illustrations of objects bestowed with a fresh pair of buns. From tacos to ice cream to a cup of coffee, everything looks better with buttocks and a buttcrack.

Halo: A Microscopic Short Film

Halo: A Microscopic Short Film

Sandro Bocci of JuliaSetLab and Dugong Films creates art by photographing the interactions between liquids, as see through the lens of a microscope. Watch as these puddles of fluids of varying viscosities form patterns that look like the clouds and planets of a distant galaxy.

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Geekboards 8-Key RGB Macropad

Geekboards 8-Key RGB Macropad
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This add-on 8-key macro keypad is great for gaming or frequently used keys in creative and productivity apps. It comes with a durable aluminum case, hot-swappable Cherry or Zeal switches, and per-key RGB backlighting. It connects via a speedy USB-C port and comes with the playful keycaps shown in the first picture.

Thundercats Redrawn in HD

Thundercats Redrawn in HD

Animator xtremee_ghost loves the 1980s cartoon Thundercats so much that they created a remastered version of the show’s intro sequence. The new version features crisp, clean lines and vibrant colors in high-definition, versus the grainy old VHS transfers we’re used to seeing. Here’s the original for comparison.

Super Mario 64: Polymer Clay Edition

Super Mario 64: Polymer Clay Edition

ClayClaim is an expert at sculpting objects and scenes out of Fimo polymer clay. In this video, he shows us how he created an incredibly detailed miniature scene based on the Bomb-Omb Battlefield level of the Nintendo classic Super Mario 64. We love all the tiny enemies, especially King Bob-Omb and Chain Chomp.

Giant Metal Cassette Tape

Giant Metal Cassette Tape

Scott & Heather of Scavenging Metal create amazing art inspired by pop culture. One of our faves is this steel cassette tape that’s five times larger than the real thing. We love the details like the ball-bearing reels and tape made from chain. Oh, and next Halloween, we’re totally going with their propane tank jack-o’-lanterns.

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