// February 9th, 2016 // No Comments » // Geek Humor
A British lad found himself in a squabble with the authorities over graffiti on a small utility building near his home. Thankfully, he photographed the wall in question during the squabble providing this humorous (and wildly artistic) record of the city’s response.
// April 5th, 2014 // No Comments » // General Science News
The electric eel, native to the fresh waters of the Amazon and Orinoco River basins in South America, is capable of generating up to 600 volts which it uses for hunting and, you guessed it, self-defense. They grow to a lengthy 7 foot and can weigh as much as 45 lbs. which means they could […]
// October 28th, 2013 // No Comments » // Entertainment
Model train aficionados can create some pretty amazing works of art but “Grandpa Bill” tops them all. Working for 15 years on his “pet project”, he has created an entire mini-town complete with cars, people, and buildings in detail so intricate, you’ll sometimes forget you’re not looking at the real thing.
// August 5th, 2013 // No Comments » // Entertainment
An 18-wheeler big-rig truck was caught on video in Grand Prairie, Texas on Saturday (August 3, 2013) as it lost control, crashed into a retaining wall, then went over a barrier to land on a highway below it. The truck was transporting a load of ceramic tile to San Diego, California at the time of […]
// July 12th, 2013 // No Comments » // General Science News
A fleeing impala was caught on film taking advantage of a window of opportunity while fleeing from a pair of cheetahs in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. University of Pretoria student Samantha Pittendrigh and her friends were on a day trip at the park and stopped along with other cars to watch a pack of […]
// June 8th, 2013 // No Comments » // Entertainment
Extremely rare color video footage, shot by French visitor Jean Vivier on 16mm Kodachrome (one of the first color films available) in the summer of 1939, has emerged online showing a nostalgia-inducing New York City metropolis where Buicks and Packards line the street, and buses painted green and yellow move along the avenues. The video […]
// June 4th, 2013 // No Comments » // Entertainment News
The video below shows the christening of an National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel called the “Reuben Lasker,” in Marinette, Wisc. On June 16, 2012, as the ship slid into the water, it sent a dangerous burst of water and debris in the direction of the camera, knocking the camera operator unconscious. Although the launch […]
// May 25th, 2013 // No Comments » // Moves, TV, and Music News
There’s a reason why Van Halen cover bands have always been few and far between – nobody can touch Eddie Van Halen’s guitar work. As we see in this video however, 14-year-old guitar prodigy “Tina S.” is no ordinary guitarist. Watch Tina nail one of the most difficult guitar solo’s of all time – Van […]
// May 21st, 2013 // No Comments » // Meteorology and Weather News
While the devastation from yesterday’s tornado in Moore, Oklahoma boggles the mind, the video below may prove even more astonishing. An unknown (but brave) videographer managed to capture not only the birth of the tornado in Newcastle, Oklahoma, but also its evolution from a small twister to the massive EF-5 monster that leveled homes and […]
// May 20th, 2013 // No Comments » // Entertainment
Check out this awesome footage of surfers hitting the massive waves at Teahupoo in Tahiti on May 13, 2013. A big swell hit the infamous Pacific surf break this week with waves hitting up to 30 feet in height. Teahupoo is dangerous, with waves breaking over an extremely shallow corral reef only 20 inches beneath […]
// May 9th, 2013 // No Comments » // Entertainment News
Video of a Texas high school student being asked to leave the class has gone viral but not because the incident was funny or violent but rather because it appears that the student may have given the teacher a valid lesson – or at least his personal opinion of public education and a teacher’s responsibility […]
// May 2nd, 2013 // No Comments » // General Science News
Scientists at IBM have unveiled the worlds smallest stop-motion film (certified by Guinness Book of World Records). The video below is magnified 100 million times its actual size. The one-minute movie, “A Boy and His Atom,” depicts a boy named Atom who goofs around with an actual atom during 242 single frames (each frame measuring […]
// January 18th, 2013 // No Comments » // Astronomy and Space News
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has captured a movie of a collapsed star that’s spinning faster than a helicopter rotor and unleashing ultra-fast particles that move at 70 percent of the speed of light. The video gives us a spell-bounding view of the ultra-dense star, named Vela (or PSR B0833-45 or PSR J0835-4510), which is just […]
// January 8th, 2013 // No Comments » // Moves, TV, and Music News
Syfy’s newly announced series, Defiance, will premiere on April 15, 2013. The new series will feature 12 episodes with the debut episode running 2 hours. The show will be tied to a Defiance MMO video game which will share the Defiance universe with the show and add additional context to the feature storyline. Here we […]
// December 20th, 2012 // No Comments » // Entertainment
In the humorous video below, iconic characters from popular video games (played by real human beings) experience a game glitch and do the unthinkable – they attempt to use the glitch to their advantage. The fantastic special effects give this movie short a “professional” quality making it a very enjoyable watch.
// December 14th, 2012 // No Comments » // Entertainment
Is this a hoax or did the guy who hung the Christmas lights for the city of Brighton in the U.K. find a creative way to vent his frustrations with his job. In the video below, you’ll see that certain “hidden” pictures and word phrases become visible when the lights are viewed from a certain […]
