Because you can never have too high a resolution of a good thing, Youtuber Nick Acosta is in the process of upscaling the 1978 classic Star Wars Holiday Special to 4K resolution. This is a trailer of the special featuring that upscaling. It’s pretty remarkable considering most copies of the

This is a video of musician Charles Berthoud, who apparently shreds so hard he shredded the other three strings right off his electric bass, putting the remaining string to good use with this impressive single-string solo. Not bad, but I can even take it a step further and perform a

Because playing with yourself gets boring, this is a video of guitarist Dave Simpson and bassist Carina Powell performing a duet while they fret the other’s instrument and Dave gets a very clear idea what red hair dye smells like. That’s cool. Also cool? Those tapestries. Reminds me of a

This is a video of the Guinness World Record holder for largest Rube Goldberg machine, an entirely overcomplicated machine that takes four and a half minutes and 427 individual steps to turn on a light. For reference, I usually get the job in a single step by yelling, “Hey —

These are several videos from video and graphic design artist Michael Edwards reimagining The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Predator, and Robocop as modern movie trailers. He did a fantastic job, and I would totally watch these movies. FUN FACT: I’ve actually only ever seen the first Terminator movie. “He

This is a video of a baggage carousel at Singapore’s Changi Airport that can identify when a piece of luggage is passing and makes incoming bags wait their turn to drop onto the conveyor to prevent potential pile-ups. Clever. Granted I didn’t know baggage pile-ups were an issue, but I

Because nothing says Happy Holidays like a t-rex in a Christmas sweater, the Natural History Museum in London had holiday sweater maker British Christmas Jumpers create this giant sweater for its resident animatronic t-rex. Some more info about the jumper while I request a similar one to show off my

This is a video of a professional skydiver jumping tandem with his girlfriend and proposing to her after pulling the chute with the ring he’s been holding between his teeth the entire time. It’s very sweet. Granted, it’s hard to say no to someone who could cut the cords and