In PBS’ latest Off Book video, they examine the art of web design. We spend so much of our time on websites these days that when they’re good, we don’t even think about them anymore. But, of course, it wasn’t always like that. People had to build them bare before they could add some pizazz to it. More »
We can’t get enough of super slow motion. Thousands upon thousands of frames capturing millions of little particles of everything flying everywhere. It turns even the most mundane moment into dramatic footage. Here’s just another glorious, gratuitously destructive example. More »
Did you preorder an iPhone 5? Waiting can be agonizing. You just want that pretty, shiny LTE smartphone in your hands NOW. To help you out in the patience department, Conan O’Brien has put together a tongue-in-cheek primer on how to pass the time. And the solutions sound strangely similar to symptoms of deep depression. [Team Coco] More »
Okay, we don’t have to pretend here. This is a safe space, right? So I can admit that I have no idea what some emoticons mean without getting ridiculed? Admit it, you guys don’t know them all either! Or do you? Whatever. If you don’t know what some emoticons literally translate to in real life facial expressions, peep the video above. Jemma Kuma translates all the wonky (T_T) (#^.^#) and (-.-;) you need to know. [YouTube via BoingBoing] More »
DMX, a rapper I loved so much growing up that I had a poster of him in my room, is an interesting character. He’s been hugely successful even though he’s really hard to understand. He raps when he speaks. He growls. He’s intimidating. He’s also, apparently, never ever used Google on a computer before. Watch him use it for the first time here. It’s great. More »
The Chicago Spire wasn’t going to be the tallest building in the world but, judging by this video, it sure was going to be the most fantastic, teleported-from-the-future skyscraper on Earth. It’s the kind of structure that I can imagine on some alien planet, with an evil and very stylish emperor living on the penthouse. More »
Madness. This. Is. MADNESS! Its creator calls this machine the Lego Great Ball Contraption. I don’t know what to call it. Gjhiqjmvcdzz. Askjgsprgnyasdkfnipjreg. Thqruwm—-I’ve no words to describe the awe that I’ve experienced watching this video. It surprised me at every step. I’ve never ever seen any contraption so glorious and crazy. More »
After seeing the reel of special effects used for Game of Thrones Season One, I was on high alert to see if anything looked off or weird in Season Two. Could I spot the hidden CGI? Nope. I couldn’t find anything. Turns out, pretty much everything was CGI’d and it’s amazing because it all feels so damn real. More »
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