Steve Sansweet is a bit of a rebel among hardcore Star Wars collectors. While many afficianados will specialize a single type of memorabilia—Rob Foster’s 2,000-piece set only includes figurines for example—Sansweet will pick up anything from the series for curation in his massive, 300,000-piece museum, Rancho Obi-Wan. More »
The Earth twirls along at a brisk 1070 miles per hour as it travels around the Sun, though you’d never notice it. But what if you did? This award-winning stop-motion animation by Dan Ojari follows an unassuming office worker as he gets up to speed. More »
Here’s Hidetsugo Ueno, a barman from Bar High Five, Tokyo, hand cutting ice in the shape of a giant diamond. Why? You don’t need a why. It’s not a perfect sphere, but it sure looks a lot cooler. More »
There are many things you probably don’t know about Lego. One of them, however, is not the fact that you can build anything with it, from sorting M&Ms to an an entire house. This awesome Lego loom is another example of this. More »
This. Is. MADNESS. Watch Deviant Art user Elemental79 converting a 320 x 240 pixel screenshot from Doom—the legendary 1993 game that made first person shooters popular—into a stunning 9,600 x 7,211 image complete with textures, lighting and 3D effects using Photoshop. It’s absolutely nuts. More »
What is the Universe? Is the Universe everything there was, is and will be? Is the Universe everything we can observe and things we know exist but haven’t been observed yet? I mathematics part of the Universe or do they exist outside of the Universe? This one-minute-long video shows exactly what the Universe is—but proceed with caution, as it may give you a bit of a headache. More »
I love timelapse drawings that explain complex things, like timelines or processes. They are usually mesmerizing and beautiful. This history of music is no exception. It’s brilliant. Although some of the technical terms are in Spanish, you will understand it all. [Thanks Oscar!] More »
We’ve come a long way since the days of Cool World and Who Framed Roger Rabbit? I mean, just look at last December’s blockbuster, The Hobbit. Peter Jackson’s Weta Studios (the same group that created Looper’s skylines and District 9’s extra terrestrial tech) leverages cutting-edge CGI techniques to meld live action and digital animation so seamlessly you’d swear those giant eagles were real. [/Film] More »
There isn’t a huntsman’s ax on the planet sturdy enough to save you from these gnashing jaws, no locale remote enough to shield you from its prying eyes. Written, produced, and directed by Mato Atom, Seagulls reimagines the classic Little Red Riding Hood fable in the modern era where Predators roam the skies like a pack of big bad wolves. More »
Originally presented without comment, this mysterious short film by Takahiro Suzuki poses many difficult questions while providing precious few details—who are these people, what are they agog over, and does anyone else smell smoke? Your guess is as good as any. More »
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