October 30, 2014 at 3:13 pm

Picture of the Day: Underneath a Transmission Tower

Picture of the Day: Underneath a Transmission Tower

Photograph by SirSaucySquid on reddit Reddit user SirSaucySquid lay directly underneath a transmission tower to capture this hypnotic photo. The dizzying array of steel is reminiscent of a sort of giant kaleidoscope pattern. The photo was taken on his phone and edited using the VSCO Cam app. A transmission tower is a tall structure,…

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October 30, 2014 at 2:42 pm

Portraits of Puppies Mid-Shake

Portraits of Puppies Mid-Shake

Award-winning animal photographer Carli Davidson is back with her latest portrait book, SHAKE puppies. Building on the wild success of her original SHAKE book, the Portland, Oregon-based photographer’s newest series uses the same concept and applies it to adorable puppies. You can find more amazing animal photography from Carli at the links below. You…

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October 30, 2014 at 11:25 am

7 Minutes of Jaw-Dropping Storm Footage

7 Minutes of Jaw-Dropping Storm Footage

To create Stormscapes 2, Nicolaus Wegner spent May – September of 2014 capturing all types of severe weather in Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Colorado. For storm prints from the video, check out light ALIVE photography. Song – “Leader” by MODE Gear: Canon 5dm2 and 6d | 16-35m2 | 14mm Rokinon | 70-200…

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October 29, 2014 at 5:58 pm

Picture of the Day: Square Roots

Picture of the Day: Square Roots

Photograph by question_ev3rything on reddit Spotted in Guangzhou, China is this resilient tree, whose roots have grown in and around the surrounding sidewalk blocks. The photo was taken by reddit user question_ev3rything who posted the image to the mildlyinteresting subreddit. via question_ev3rything on reddit

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October 29, 2014 at 5:01 pm

Thomas Lamadieu Takes Photos of the Sky and Draws on Top of It

Thomas Lamadieu Takes Photos of the Sky and Draws on Top of It

In his ongoing series entitled Sky Art, Thomas Lamadieu aka Roots Art (featured previously), takes skyward photos of buildings wherever he travels. Most of his images point directly upwards using a fisheye lens. He then uses the sky in each photo as his canvas, filling it in with illustrations and playing with perspective. To…

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October 29, 2014 at 2:23 pm

Musician Plays Beethoven for Rescued Group of Old and Injured Elephants

Musician Plays Beethoven for Rescued Group of Old and Injured Elephants

Musician Paul Barton took his piano to the mountains of Kanchanaburi, Thailand to play for some very old, injured and handicapped elephants, especially a blind elephant named Plara (immediately behind the piano). For those curious, all the keys are made from synthetic plastic material. The song is Slow movement (2) from Beethoven’s Pathétique Sonata…

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October 29, 2014 at 11:28 am

Josh Sundquist Uses His One Leg to Make the Best Halloween Costumes Ever

Josh Sundquist Uses His One Leg to Make the Best Halloween Costumes Ever

Josh Sundquist is a 2-time Paralympian (winter and summer), motivational speaker, cancer survivor and bestselling author. He also comes up with the best Halloween costumes year after year. Josh’s journey began at age nine when he was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and given a fifty percent chance to live. He…

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October 29, 2014 at 8:43 am

Daniel Radcliffe Raps ‘Alphabet Aerobics’ on Jimmy Fallon

Daniel Radcliffe Raps 'Alphabet Aerobics' on Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy challenges hip-hop lover Daniel Radcliffe to rap Blackalicious’ tongue-twisting “Alphabet Aerobics,” and he nails it. You’re a lyrical wizard Harry! You can hear the original song below (released in 1999) with motion typography added to highlight the tongue-twisting lyrics.

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October 28, 2014 at 5:55 pm

A Tale of Momentum and Inertia

A Tale of Momentum and Inertia

Watch this brilliant 60-second, award-winning CG animated short by House Special. The short film is based on an original story by Allan Turner and Kameron Gates. Director: Kameron Gates Creative Director: Kirk Kelley Executive Producer: Lourri Hammack Producer: Zilpha Yost

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October 28, 2014 at 3:21 pm

Glorious Highlights from the 2014 World Beard and Moustache Championships

Glorious Highlights from the 2014 World Beard and Moustache Championships

This past weekend, the 2014 Just for Men World Beard and Moustache Championships® took place inside the spectacular, 3,000-seat Keller Auditorium in downtown Portland, Oregon. Approximately 300 contestants competed in 18 different categories with the Grand Prize winner receiving an all-expenses paid trip to the 2015 world championships in Leogang, Austria. After a fierce…

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