Do you spin your pen? I spin my pen. Usually while I’m watching myself on camera during online meetings I’m tuned out of. But enough about me being the model employee, this is a video from Wired of champion pen spinner Peter Davis breaking down the sport’s skills into 21
This is a video produced by WIRED of DJ Shorkut discussing and demonstrating fifteen different levels of turntablism of increasing difficulty, explaining how to perform each one as he goes along. It was pretty interesting, and from what I could gather watching, all my friends who are DJs who I’ve
This is a satisfying video of a man constructing a perfect cube out of sticks of staples. That’s fun. So, if you’re wondering why I just raided the office supply closet, it wasn’t just to grab enough toilet paper to TP somebody’s house tonight, but my neighbors have had it
This is a video of Youtuber Sabatkay Projects constructing and testing a relatively simple rifle he built that shoots knives like a slingshot. It doesn’t seem too complicated, which means I’ll probably try building my own this weekend, with far less impressive, but far more dangerous results. “I’ll warm up
In a step towards playing air guitar and actually having sound come out and shock the people watching, this is a video of Tim Sway attempting to build a ‘0% wood’ acoustic guitar, constructed almost entirely out of clear acrylic plastic with metal hardware. But how does it sound —
This is a video of a Goiás, Brazil police officer demonstrating how to exit a tight parallel parking spot without wasting any time. Of course this technique will only work if you have a front-wheel drive car with a manual transmission. Or you don’t care about damaging your car or
Built by Youtuber Wiz’s Woodwork, this mirrored coffee table gives the illusion of an endless mineshaft below, constructed using a cleverly designed infinity mirror. Pretty cool. Even cooler? An infinity gauntlet. And if I had one you better believe I’d be winning Powerball tonight. Plus probably try keeping the beat
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