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flyingbooks

This animated film is truly spectacular. What’s more awesome, is that it is supplementary to an interactive story as an iPad app. The short film is up for an Oscar, and rightly so.  If you have some time, give it a watch. Book lovers, try not to cry.   Watch it here.


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The rings on a cross section cut of a tree can tell scientists a lot about the conditions of its surroundings at different time periods as well as the overall age of the tree itself. But it can also help us tell what the tree sounds like thanks to this fancy record player-like contraption that uses light and some other electronics to transcode the rings in to piano notes.


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LEGOs are always cool. Using them as a means to recreate famous record album covers is even cooler. Aaron Savage has recreated a ton of albums, and we’ve go a few after the jump. Do you recognize them?


garret

Good friend and Director, Garrett Johnston has recently wrapped up a video for Skillshare. The video shows how important it is to stay curios and the benefits that can come from that. It is awesome to see a Garrett’s style continue to evolve. Check it out here.


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Want to look more like your favorite celebrities? Use their latest dieting and beauty secret: Fotoshop by Adobé and you too can look fake and unrealistic. The best part about it is that after a long day at work, it won’t rub off!


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Not your typical Walgreen’s pharmacy.

It’s called the spoon prank, and it is hilarious.

Brine Icicles don’t mess around. They’re killer.

Would you ride a giant spoke-less ferris wheel?

Stop annoying your neighbors with these cheap soundproofing techniques.

One of our favorite Austin spots receives FFFest praise for their “Slayer Dog”

One used time traveling DeLorean for sale. $600,000 OBO.

How good at Kerning are you? Why not test yourself?

It’s October, so why not celebrate with some Dia De Los Modernists posters?

While we’re talkin’ food, how about a pencil sharpener that dispenses parmesan pencil shavings? Yum!

Need to peel an entire head of garlic in under 10 seconds? Do it with two bowls.

This is the kinda Garden Gnome that lets people know you mean business.

Darth Vader blows some hot air.

You really need to be following Adam Garcia’s sketchbook blog.

That’s a really cool fountain. I want that in my yard.

Hey Portland! Cheat Local!

Marty McFly and Doc Brown have a backstory finally.

It’s the cartoon color wheel.

What if Charles Schulz wrote Jaws?

If there’s anything you learn from this, it’s that you shouldn’t get a discount taxidermist.

Not that you don’t already, but keep in mind that chain emails are bad.

I’m all for this kind of nuclear proliferation.

Let’s all have a meat machine dance party!

Shredder wants you for the foot.