This is a video of godly gourd carver and 2-time Halloween Wars winner James Hall discussing and demonstrating the techniques (and tools) involved with 13 increasingly difficult levels of pumpkin carving. I learned a lot by watching it. Mostly, that there’s no f***ing way I’m letting James compete in my

This is a video of ‘bar industry leader and hospitality expert’ Chris Lowde discussing the technique of JaNee from Mahalo.com as she butchers her way through the making of an old fashioned. My favorite part was the mixing from glass to glass and spilling it everywhere. That and the fact

This is a video of horse trainer Rebecca using a fake skeleton atop mare Bon Jovi (that’s no steel horse!) to get the horse accustomed to riders, and demonstrate to students how to properly ride a mount. Could she have used a crash test dummy instead? Probably, but those things

This is a video highlighting the work of JEM FX, a visual effects company that specializes in the destruction of vehicles in movies. A lot of their work involves structurally weakening vehicles (e.g. cutting the support pillars of a car’s roof) so that they get damaged the way they want

Because, despite the world burning, fall allegedly nears, here are a couple videos of the autumnal happy face planted by Hampton Lumber near mile marker 26 on Oregon State Route 18 while reforesting the area for future harvesting in 30-50 years. The face, which is made up of larch trees

Note: Some appropriate excitement and colorful language following the landing. This is a video of flight instructor Kilo Tango Aviation flying with student LeoStixx86 for the first time outside a simulator and surprising him by letting him land the plane. Some more details while I tighten the shoulder straps on

These are a couple Instagram videos of Flare Fabrications using a powerful burning laser to clean the grime off of a penny and dime, leaving a Mike Tyson style face tattoo on George Washing in the process, and cool guy shades on Roosevelt. Now I want one of those lasers.

This is a video of clock builder Shinsaku Hiura constructing and demonstrating the ‘Casino Clock’ a clock thqt flips cards to tell the current time in the style of one of those mid-century analog flip clocks. Zeros are represented by jokers, aces are one, jacks are 11, and the queen