Constructed by Youtube channel HeroTech, this is a lightsaber that extends and retracts in a manner that looks convincingly like the real (fictional) thing. The blade extends thanks to a coiled sheet spring, the same tech that’s used in a magician’s magically extending cane. The result is quite impressive, and,

This is a video of a petting zoo goat at Yellowstone Bear World in Madison County, Idaho demonstrating how to use the coin operated vending machine to dispense some food for itself and (inadvertently) some geese below. Speaking of Madison County — I’ve heard their bridges are beautiful. I’m kidding,

This is a clip of a group of hardcore gamers playing ‘World Of Tanks’ with a custom desk-mounted cannon (and Volkswagen steering wheel). The cannon uses C02 and 2-liter soda bottles for ammunition, and produces some insane kickback when fired, ejecting a smoking shell afterwards. That’s absolutely nuts, and I’ve

This is a video of musician Luna Lee (who I had the pleasure of seeing perform live at Disneyland many moons ago) covering Prince’s 1984 ultra-banger ‘Purple Rain’ on a traditional Korean gayageum. She does a fantastic job — very emotive. Me? I try to show as little emotion as

This is a video of Tamia Overes’s lovebird Prince cashing in the Forbidden Cupboard Free Pass she got for Christmas to spend some time partying in her favorite prohibited space. And party she does! I can see now why the cupboard is forbidden, because if you spent too much time

Because doing things the hard way is the story of my life, this is a video of appropriately named Ninja Cat climbing a flight of open stairs from underneath. Apparently Ninja Cat does this all the time, but this was the first time his caretakers were able to document it

This is a short video from Youtuber Rescue & Restore, demonstrating the functionality of a 19th century candle snuffer, a device that automatically extinguishes a candle after it’s melted to a certain point. Pretty clever. And here I thought the only way to extinguish candles was to wait for the

These are several videos of musician Josh Harmon recreating cartoon sound effects with his percussion instruments and other objects. You may recall Josh from the video of him recreating the sound effects from the trailer for The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom. Or you might not. Me? I