Did you know there’s a viral cheese-pulling trend on TikTok? I did not, that was news to me. Not good news, mind you, but not the worst either. Anyways, Doritos decided they’d jump on the Gen Z bandwagon by setting a world record for world’s longest cheese-pull, with an admittedly
- September 20, 2023
This is video of Red Bull athlete Kade Edwards blasting down one of the world’s most difficult mountain bike trails in the Dyfi Valley of Wales, all being captured by a drone tailing him piloted by the Dutch Drone Gods. I have questions. 1) Why the mountain bike if Red
- September 20, 2023
This is a video of designer Myra Magdalen providing a tour of her bedroom, with such classic interior design elements as a computer keyboard wall, a musical keyboard wall, a worm wall, a collection of frames with photos of nail clippers, a music box nail clipper carousel, a homemade seashell
- September 20, 2023
Hot on the heels of that 1920’s footage of the Big Easy comes this footage of the roaring 20’s in New York City. Now I know what you’re all thinking — The Great Gatsby! And yes, this was the era of Art Deco, jazz, and flappers. But look at that
- September 19, 2023
Note: the website is a little wonky right now while it’s getting fixed, feel free to smack it with a hammer for me. This is a clip from BBC Earth narrated by the one and only David Attenborough highlighting bears furiously rubbing and grinding against trees to help shed their
- September 19, 2023
In what is hands-down the most British things I’ve seen in a while, this is a 1974 clip from BBC Nationwide of Michael Barrat interviewing snail aficionado Christopher Hudson and his beer-loving giant African snail, Boozy. Honestly, I thought it was a Monty Python skit at first, and I’m still
- September 18, 2023
This is a video of a steel mill producing the world’s longest pieces of rebar (the length seen above isn’t even half as long as it eventually becomes) for use in construction. Or, if you’re playing a survival zombie game like Dead Island, creating makeshift weapons. I’m playing Dead Island
- September 18, 2023
From the original iPhone to the iPhone 6, ‘Marimba’ was the default ringtone. Then beginning with the iPhone 7 and iOS7 it became ‘Opening’, and ‘Reflections’ with the iPhone X onward. But this isn’t about ‘Marimba’ or ‘Reflections’, this is about ‘Opening’. And I regret opening my phone and answering
- September 18, 2023