This is a visualization of all Blockbuster store locations in the US from 1986 to 2019. As you could probably imagine, there were very few in the beginning, a ton in the middle (peaking in early 2005), and now there’s only one left. It’s crazy to think there used to

This is a commercial for Papa Cristo’s Greek Grill on West Pico in Los Angeles, starring and self-produced by Ja-Rule. Some more info while I wonder if 8:30AM is too early for a gyro and some baklava (SPOILER: it isn’t). He produced it himself for TBS’ new reality TV show,

This is a short video of a guy who thinks he’s winning a Pac-Man ghost plushie from a claw machine when an unfortunate bounce against the prize chute denies him his win. As a man who’s no stranger to pumping his entire allowance into these machines, this has happened to

This is a video of 1.5-year old rescue circus bear Tom playfully chasing caretaker Sergey Karsanov for his ice cream cone. In Sergey’s own words while I wish the wild bears I’ve met were so fun-loving and playful, and less mauly. This is a circus bear Tom, he is 1.5

This is ‘A New View Of The Moon’, a worthwhile short created by filmmakers Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh, who brought a high-powered telescope to the sidewalks of Los Angeles and invited strangers to take an up-close glimpse of our natural satellite. Their reactions are great, and I’d be lying

This is a video of fifth generation tatami (traditional Japanese woven straw mat) craftsman Kenji Yamada producing a giant dragon design for a room. How awesome is that? If you take martial arts lessons in a dojo with a floor that looks like this, there’s no way your sensei doesn’t

This is Gotye’s 2012 (has it really been that long?) hit ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ as arranged and performed as a medieval/bardcore song (complete with lyrics) by Hildegard von Blingin’ and Friar Funk. I don’t know about you, but it makes me want to go to a Renaissance

This is a video of engineer Allen Pan of Youtube Channel Sufficiently Advanced (God, I’ll never be) constructing a ridiculous robotic social distancing arm out of a 10-foot military RolaTube (think of a ten foot slap bracelet, designed for creating an instantly rigid antennae mast in the field, but is