January 28, 2015 at 5:23 pm

Of Puppies and Clydesdales

Of Puppies and Clydesdales

Budweiser’s 2015 Super Bowl commercial proves you can’t go wrong with puppies and Clydesdales. The song is “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” performed by Sleeping At Last.

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January 28, 2015 at 4:48 pm

Leatherman Just Unveiled a Bracelet Made Out of 25 Different Tools

Leatherman Just Unveiled a Bracelet Made Out of 25 Different Tools

Leatherman recently unveiled a 25-piece multi-tool that can be worn on the wrist. Engineered from 17-4 stainless steel, Leatherman Tread makes tools like Allen wrenches, screwdrivers and box wrenches available at a moment’s notice. Adjustable to ¼” to accommodate any wrist size and fully customizable with the links you need most, the Leatherman Tread…

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January 28, 2015 at 1:29 pm

The Largest Airplane Ever Built

The Largest Airplane Ever Built

The Antonov An-225 Mriya is a cargo aircraft that was designed by the Soviet Union’s Antonov Design Bureau in the 1980s. It is powered by six turbofan engines and is the longest and heaviest airplane ever built, with a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tonnes. It also has the largest wingspan of any aircraft…

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January 28, 2015 at 10:27 am

Marshawn Lynch Stiffs Reporters but Gives Skittles the Best Press Conference Ever

Marshawn Lynch Stiffs Reporters but Gives Skittles the Best Press Conference Ever

The Super Bowl is this Sunday and yesterday was media day for the players. In true Marshawn Lynch fashion, the Seahawks running back answered every question with: “I’m just here so I won’t get fined” (video embedded below). It has also been reported that Lynch would be fined $500,000 if he failed to be…

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January 27, 2015 at 4:20 pm

Picture of the Day: NASA’s SDO Captures its 100 Millionth Image of the Sun

Picture of the Day: NASA's SDO Captures its 100 Millionth Image of the Sun

Photograph by NASA/Goddard/SDO An instrument on NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured its 100 millionth image of the sun. The instrument is the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly, or AIA, which uses four telescopes working parallel to gather eight images of the sun—cycling through 10 different wavelengths—every 12 seconds. This is a processed image of SDO…

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January 27, 2015 at 4:00 pm

This Mashup Shows Why Sam Smith Is Paying Tom Petty Royalties for Stay With Me

This Mashup Shows Why Sam Smith Is Paying Tom Petty Royalties for Stay With Me

This past weekend Sam Smith’s rep confirmed that Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne have now been co-credited as writers for Smith’s Grammy-nominated hit “Stay With Me” after ‘undeniable similarities’ were acknowledged between Petty’s 1989 hit, “I Won’t Back Down”. Smith’s rep maintains the similarities are a ‘complete coincidence’. A recent YouTube mashup shows the…

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January 27, 2015 at 2:43 pm

Extreme Close-Ups of Everyday Things

Extreme Close-Ups of Everyday Things

In a photo and video project entitled Amazing Worlds Within Our World, artist Pyanek used macro photography to show everyday things in astonishing detail. To capture each item Pyanek used a Canon T3i (600D/Kiss X5) with the kit lens reversed, HeliconFocus for focus stacking, Abode Lightroom and Exposure 5 for editing. The multi-talented artist…

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January 27, 2015 at 12:24 pm

The Art of Stone Balancing

The Art of Stone Balancing

Artist and photographer Michael Grab (featured previously) first ventured into stone balancing in the summer of 2008 while exploring the beautiful landscape of Boulder Creek, Colorado. Ever since, it has become a source of meditative practice and creative passion and Grab has become quite prolific in the art form. As Grab explains on his…

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January 26, 2015 at 2:25 pm

Almost Everyone in this Small Alaskan Town Lives in this One Building

Almost Everyone in this Small Alaskan Town Lives in this One Building

Erika Thompson teaches grade school in Whittier, Alaska, a town where most people live and work in one building, and is only accessible by a miles-long tunnel with limited hours.

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January 26, 2015 at 1:41 pm

Wire Tree Sculptures by Clive Maddison

Wire Tree Sculptures by Clive Maddison

Clive Maddison is a British artist that twists and bends long strands of aluminum wire into beautiful tree sculptures. Each wire strand runs from the roots through to the leaves and has no additional wiring, glue or solder to secure them. The sculpture is completely self-supported and the trees can contain over 100 meters…

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