Artist M’Brick makes portraits from LEGO bricks. But rather than keeping things simple with 1×1 pixels, he uses a seemingly random assortment of parts to create depth and textures. The originals are hard to come by, but limited-edition prints are for sale at M’Brick’s Art Shop. His Frida Kahlo and Bruce Springsteen portraits are extraordinary.

Made in Scotland with infusions of rose and cucumber, Hendrick’s Gin is unusually smooth and much more than just juniper berry flavored. Hendrick’s 10 other botanicals are chamomile, elderflower, lemon peel, orange peel, caraway, coriander, cubeb berries, angelica root, yarrow root, and orris root. To make one gin, they actually make two.

The EDC Four Bucket Bag is the latest collaboration between Adam Savage and Mafia Bags. The versatile open-top bag is made from repurposed sailcloth with a spring steel frame. It has interior sleeves for gadgets, pen/pencil holders, and exterior pockets at each end. The bag’s design was inspired by the BucketOwl, a vintage folding bucket from Japan.

This oversized padded mat covers a 31.5″ x 15.7″ area on your desktop with a world map, offering an expansive mousing surface and protecting your desk surface from scratches. It’s easy to clean, features a rubberized backing to prevent slipping, and stitched edges for durability.

Lowe’s tool brand Kobalt is selling a 243-piece mechanic’s tool set that comes packed in this extra-tough molded toolbox. The locking lid box can withstand drops without denting or spilling tools and has dedicated locations for each and every wrench, socket, hex key, and bit that it comes with.

Using large syringes, Tom Stanton shows us how the vacuum captured inside can be used to drive gears, a belt, and an axle. The result is a mini dragster that travels an impressive distance compared to the short distance that the syringe’s piston moves.

These tiny sheaths provides the perfect home for mini multitools like the Gerber Dime and Leatherman Squirt PS4. They’re made from the same durable Kydex material used for gun and knife holsters and come in black, carbon fiber black, and carbon fiber red patterns. A retention screw lets you tweak how tightly it holds.

Quiet Nerd was looking for a way to add some warmth outdoors. Rather than buy an off-the-shelf heater or stove, he decided to build his own. He started out with four stainless steel dog bowls, which he cut and assembled to form the body of the wood-burning stove. It stands on four tall threaded rods.

We’ve become spoiled by the heated seats in our cars, so now we want our backs and butts to be warm wherever we go. Gobi Heat’s Terrain chair helps keep you toasty for up to nine hours per charge, so you can lose the chill when camping or tailgating on cold days. The chair folds up and includes a carrying bag.

When we’re dragging, one of our go-to snacks is peanut butter and cheese sandwich crackers. They offer a savory mix of carbs and protein and help us power through. Science Channel’s How It’s Made goes inside the Lance factory to see how they’re baked, cut, and assembled, and where that orange color comes from.

If you use your knives at all, you need to maintain them to keep them sharp and opening smoothly. Pine and Print makes this wood workstation for maintenance and repairs on knives and other small tools. It’s got a large work area and three parts storage trays lined with black plastic and cutouts for a dozen 1/4″ driver bits.

Get your daily dose of engineering porn with this video from Uwe Krumm GmbH. The company makes precision tooling for manufacturing, including the press brake tools shown here. It’s a hypnotic and satisfying 6-minute sequence of sheet metal being bent into complex shapes through the simple application of force.

Lying on the ground in your sleeping bag is no fun without support for your head and neck. Trekology’s inflatable pillow takes up virtually no space in your pack but can help you get a good night’s sleep wherever your travels take you. It’s great for catching ZZZs on airplanes, trains, and bus rides too.

As teenagers, we all felt peer pressure at one time or another. Anthony Sneed’s lighthearted short film SWIPE explores the consequences of giving in. After a boy’s friends push him to shoplift from a convenience store, he gets taught a valuable life lesson.

Keep your Star Wars book collection organized with these AT-AT bookends from MokuShop. Each walker is hand-assembled from layers of laser-cut wood and painted in a shiny metallic silver. As a bonus, they include a Darth Vader figure with a leash for his Imperial pet. Just keep its legs away from Rebel snowspeeders.

Red Side has compared the speeds of aircraft, spaceships, and other vehicles; now they’re back to show the differences in flying speeds of birds – or, in the case of penguins, chickens, and kiwis, how fast they can walk or run. Who here knew a seagull was faster than Usain Bolt?

Never lose your keys with this black-finished titanium clip from TISUR. It has a springy, quick-release clip for attaching to your belt loop or bag and a screw-secured D-ring for holding keys. Like all good EDC tools, it also has a built-in bottle opener. It’s also available in a raw titanium finish.

The blasters in Star Wars supposedly fire bolts of plasma energy held together with a magnetic field. This sounds like pure science fiction, but Jake Makes wanted to see if he could create the same effect with a real-world weapon. While he came up with an approach that looks pretty accurate, it’s not technically the same idea at all.

SwissGear’s compact carry-on bag is perfect for traveling light on airplanes. It has dual zippered compartments and space for headphones, chargers, pens, paper, keys, snacks, and other small items. You’ll find slots for a journal, phone, or passport on the back. It measures 11″ x 7.25″ x 4″, so it’ll fit comfortably under the seat in front of you.

Like most metals, steel is an easily recyclable material. In this video from Handyman Restoration, he shows us how he took a pile of steel nail clippers, forged them into a block which he hammered flat to form a fixed blade with a unique damascus pattern. It was interesting to see how he made the wooden handle too.

Titaner’s Tiroler measuring device is a rolling ruler that fits in your pocket. Made from CNC-machined titanium, it can measure around corners, along curves, and irregular surfaces. It comes in 10-centimeter and 5-inch versions that click each time a full revolution is completed.

Turkey is so closely associated with Thanksgiving that many call it “Turkey Day.” Weird History Food explores the origins of this traditional holiday meal. Historians don’t know if the pilgrims ate turkey during their celebratory feast, but that’s what we ended up with as the nation broke away from England and wanted to dine on a bird that’s more distinctly American.

Is your back, neck, or shoulder area sore? The Rocker 2.0 is a modular system that targets your aches and pains for recovery and relaxation. Its three sections encourage a neutral spine position and have a nubby surface and trigger points you can adjust to target the right spot. Its parts can be used together or independently and even while working out.