This is a video of maker of marginally useful things Uri Tuchman constructing an auto-deploying tape measure. That’s neat. What would be even neater is if it were a voice-activated SMART tape measure. “Tape measure, give me 4-feet 5-inches!” Yeah…that would really be something.

I still haven’t gotten around to watching the first Super Mario movie because my movie queue is already like 600 movies long. I really have to start returning these Netflix DVDs. This is the trailer for the upcoming The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. It looks very promising. You know, the

Inspired by a Kickstarter for a laser razor that never materialized, Youtuber Allen Pan decided to attempt making one himself. The results? Less than impressive. The 5W laser manages to burn through a single hair in several seconds, making it incredibly impractical for anybody with more than 2-4 hairs to

This is a video of a honey buzzard eating the larvae out of a beehive while all the bees panic and attack. The birds have specialized shield feathers around their faces to help prevent stings. This video reminds me a lot of myself while I’m eating the entire pumpkin pie

This is a video of musician Miguel Lawrence performing Korsakov’s iconic ‘Flight Of The Bumblebee’ on a sopranino recorder at a speed that would make even bees proud. Both the fingerwork and breathwork are most impressive. I wouldn’t be able to do that. Honestly, I got winded just typing this.

This is a video of Youtuber Mattias Krantz attempting to teach an octopus named Tako to play the piano over the course of six months. That’s a long time. Like a quarter of an octopus’s life. If I spent a quarter of my life trying to learn something, I’d like

True story: My girlfriend was just talking about NSYNC for some reason I didn’t catch because I was in the middle of work. I normally hang on her ever word though, I’m a very attentive boyfriend. Plus I rub lotion on her feet every night and get between the toes

This is a looooong clip of Youtuber Emulated Vintage Gaming taking a 10-hour walk from the Shire to Mordor in The Lord Of The Rings Online, tracing Frodo’s steps as close to Tolkien’s legendarium as possible, accompanied by passages from The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The

This is Ze Frank’s ‘True Facts: The Science of the Praying Mantis’, an incredibly in-depth look at the lives of praying mantises, discussing everything you’ve ever wanted (and not wanted) to know about them. Not to brag about my own amateur entomology or anything, but most of this stuff I

This is a video documenting Youtuber HeroTech’s effort to build a realistic lightsaber replica capable of extending and retracting with the push of a button (pervious iteration HERE), and fitting everything inside a Graflex 1:1 scale hilt. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. The blade even spins while extended to give it that realistic