This is how they load missiles on a US Navy ship

This is how they load missiles on a US Navy ship

I’ve seen them firing many times, but I’ve to confess that I’ve never seen one of these missiles systems getting loaded. It seems as easy as inserting a cartridge in a Nintendo Entertainment system.

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Watch the first minutes of Joss Whedon’s new spooky movie In Your Eyes

Watch the first minutes of Joss Whedon's new spooky movie In Your Eyes

And if you like what you see from the newest spooky supernatural flick from Joss Whedon’s brilliant brain, you can watch the entire movie on demand on Vimeo for 5 bucks. A great deal for those of you who want more Whedon in your life. The tagline talks about this being a story about a girl who meets a boy but because this is Whedon, you know all kinds of crazy mysterious things and spectacular maybe sci-fi maybe magical definitely cool things will happen too.

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And now one freakin’ huge explosion

And now one freakin' huge explosion

One freakin’ goddamn huge explosion at some open-pit mine or a road construction or who knows what. Don’t know, don’t care: It’s a freakin’ huge explosion. That’s all, people. Enjoy.

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Spectacular aerial view of Manhattan in 1944

Spectacular aerial view of Manhattan in 1944

An incredible aerial view of the East River side of Manhattan, taken in July 1944.

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Full X-Men: Days of Future Past trailer finally lets mutants loose

Full X-Men: Days of Future Past trailer finally lets mutants loose

Enough teases. Enough hints. We’ve been waiting months for some real, honest-to-Blob mutant action from X-Men: Days of Future Past. Finally, in the last trailer before the movie finally comes out, we get more than we ever could have hoped for. Snikt!

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Man does spectacular trick shot through moonroof while driving a car

Man does spectacular trick shot through moonroof while driving a car

David Kalb can bounce two basketballs through a moonroof while driving a car, which to me is more awesome than scoring a three-pointer while driving the same car, but whatever. I guess that people love the scoring more than the bouncing.

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Here are 12 of the best long takes in movie history

Here are 12 of the best long takes in movie history

There are few legal things that can teleport you to another world as well as an excellent long film take in a movie. When those happen—think of those scenes in Children of Men or Goodfellas—you don’t feel like you’re watching a movie anymore, you feel like you’re seeing it happen in real life. Like you’re right next to them. I love it. CineFix lists what they think are the 12 top long takes ever filmed in this video compilation below.

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Awesome video game will let you fully live your space pilot dreams

Awesome video game will let you fully live your space pilot dreams

Here’s 12 minutes of gameplay footage of Star Citizen, a space flight simulator video game that will let you live in a parallel universe. Not only pilot a spaceship, but have a living avatar there. And with Oculus Rift support, it will be a total alternate universe experience. It looks absolutely fantastic.

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Astronauts will grow their own food (or weed?) for the first time ever

Astronauts will grow their own food (or weed?) for the first time ever

NASA is sending a really cool garden to the International Space Station on April 14, on board the SpaceX Dragon. For the first time in history, astronauts will grow their own food in space using this groovy disco box, an important step towards future long-term space travel and extraterrestrial colonies. Incidentally, this must be great to cultivate weed.

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Watching these two old women fly for the first time is pure gold

Watching these two old women fly for the first time is pure gold

One of the things I hate about today’s world is that we take everything for granted. We communicate through light and electricity, fly in metal vehicles, and listen to music recorded decades ago through airwaves—yet everyone is like "whatever." Which is why I love this video of two old women flying for the first time.

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