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• Craaave, An App for Easily Identifying and Sharing Music
• 'Tacky', A Parody of Pharrell's Hit Song 'Happy' by 'Weird Al' Yankovic
• 'The Book of Hugs', A Book by Attaboy Featuring Illustrations of Cute Animals Giving Each Other Awkward Hugs
• A Medley of Daft Punk Songs Played on Two Acoustic Guitars
• Bass Player Demonstrates 100 Iconic Bass Lines in a Single Video
• A TED-Ed Animation Explaining Why Tattoos Are Permanent
• Tommy (Erdelyi) Ramone (1949-2014), Drummer and Last Original Member of the Ramones
• Renaissance Artists vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Epic Rap Battles of History
• 'Goofy's Grandma', A Disney Animated Short About Mickey's Difficult New Houseguest
• A Stunning Time-Lapse Video of Various Flower Varieties Blooming
• Nice One Dad, A Website That Continuously Cycles Through a Hand-Picked Selection of Corny Dad Jokes
• Sudden Hail Storm on Russian Beach Catches People by Surprise
• 'Apis Mellifera: Honey Bee', A Slow-Motion Video Featuring Fascinating Facts About the Lives of Bees
• An Unnecessarily Censored Version of the Classic 1960s Sitcom 'The Andy Griffith Show'
• Flight Between Tokyo and San Francisco Condensed Into an 83-Second Hyperlapse Video
• The Greatest Weaknesses of DC Comic Book Superheroes by Dorkly

Craaave, An App for Easily Identifying and Sharing Music

Craaave is an app for easily identifying and sharing music. Users can search for music or use their microphone to analyze what’s playing around them and then send those songs to friends through Contacts or Facebook. Craaave can link with services like Spotify and Soundcloud so that users can quickly save songs to their library of choice. The app also provides an iTunes Store option if available. Craaave is currently available on iOS.

images via Craaave

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'Tacky', A Parody of Pharrell's Hit Song 'Happy' by 'Weird Al' Yankovic

“Weird Al” Yankovic has released a music video for his new single “Tacky”, a parody of the hit song “Happy” by Pharrell. The video features a series of cameos from people like Jack Black wearing terrifyingly mismatched outfits.

The song is the first single off Yankovic’s new album, Mandatory Fun, which is scheduled to drop tomorrow, July 15th. The album is currently available for pre-order via Amazon.

'The Book of Hugs', A Book by Attaboy Featuring Illustrations of Cute Animals Giving Each Other Awkward Hugs

Richmond, California artist and toy designer Attaboy has created The Book of Hugs, an upcoming hardcover book filled with illustrations of cute animals giving each other awkward hugs. It is currently available to pre-order from Last Gasp Books, Powell’s Books, and Amazon, and is scheduled to ship on October 1st, 2014.

Featuring way too many pages of hilariously illustrated uncomfortable embraces, The Book of Hugs is stupid fun with ridiculous heart.

Have you been hugging wrong the entire time? Are you a mismatched hugger? Have you ever done a "Lean and Pat Hug?" Or perhaps you just hug to smell someone's coconut shampoo. Are you an over-compensating hugger? Or maybe you suffer from the "Fear of Commitment Hug?" Find out in the Book of Hugs. Plus! Get tips on Who to Hug, How to Hug, When Not to Hug, plus the very important Who NOT to Hug. Also includes a guide to the Necessary Equipment Needed For Hugging! After reading this book, you'll never hug the same again.

images via Attaboy

A Medley of Daft Punk Songs Played on Two Acoustic Guitars

Acoustic guitar duo ShowHawk pay tribute to French electronic music legends Daft Punk with a medley of songs, including “Aerodynamic“, “Get Lucky“, “One More Time“, “Robot Rock“, and “Harder Better Stronger” in this video shot at the Larkhall Festival in Bath, UK.

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Bass Player Demonstrates 100 Iconic Bass Lines in a Single Video

Italian musician Davie504 plays 100 of the most iconic bass lines in this impressive video. The list includes selections from The Beatles, Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, and a whole lot of Red Hot Chili Peppers.

via 22 Words

A TED-Ed Animation Explaining Why Tattoos Are Permanent

In the latest animation by TED-Ed, educator Claudia Aguirre and animator Hector Herrera explore the age-old origins of tattooing and explain why they stick around — in spite of the fact that we shed around one million skin cells per day.

The simple answer is that tattooing involves getting pigment deeper into the skin than the outer-most layer that gets shed.

Tommy (Erdelyi) Ramone (1949-2014), Drummer and Last Original Member of the Ramones

Tommy (Erdelyi) Ramone, the Hungarian-born lightning-fast drummer and last original member of the Ramones, the pioneering powerhouse punk-rock band, died at his home in Ridgewood, New York on Friday July 11 after a long battle with cancer. He was 65 years old.

Rest in Peace Tommy. You will be remembered always. Long live The Ramones!

We are saddened to announce the passing of Ramones founding drummer Tommy (Erdelyi) Ramone. #RIPTommyRamone pic.twitter.com/kDBNMpn4Tp

— Ramones (@RamonesOfficial) July 12, 2014

photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic via Rolling Stone

Renaissance Artists vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Epic Rap Battles of History

Renaissance artists Leonardo da Vinci, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael face off against the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in this season 3 finale episode of Epic Rap Battles of History. The special episode stars comedy duos Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal of Rhett & Link as well as Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla of Smosh. The song is available to purchase online from iTunes. We’ve previously written about the epic rap battles created by Nice Peter and EpicLLOYD.

'Goofy's Grandma', A Disney Animated Short About Mickey's Difficult New Houseguest

"Goofy's Grandma" is an animated Disney Short about Mickey Mouse agreeing to take in Goofy's grandmother for a few nights only to discover that she's not at all what he’d expected.

via Pasquale D’Silva

A Stunning Time-Lapse Video of Various Flower Varieties Blooming

Madrid filmmaker David de los Santos Gil shot color time-lapse video of a dozen different flower varieties blooming, compiling the results into a single short video. The full process involved 50,000 photographs shot over a nine-month period though only 5,000 images made it into the final piece.

images via David de los Santos Gil

via Fast Co. Design

Nice One Dad, A Website That Continuously Cycles Through a Hand-Picked Selection of Corny Dad Jokes

Nice One Dad is a humorous website that continuously cycles through a hand-picked selection of corny Dad jokes found on the Internet. It is the father’s duty to tell hokey jokes to the family and then laugh at them immediately afterwards.

via The Awesomer

Sudden Hail Storm on Russian Beach Catches People by Surprise

A Russian YouTube user has uploaded a video of a sudden hail storm on what is allegedly a Russian beach near the city of Novosibirsk. The video captures folks swimming and sunbathing running for cover as the hail intensifies.

via reddit, Digg

'Apis Mellifera: Honey Bee', A Slow-Motion Video Featuring Fascinating Facts About the Lives of Bees

"Apis Mellifera: Honey Bee" is a slow-motion video by Boston filmmaker Michael Sutton that examines the world of bees with facts about the fascinating creatures peppered between stunning shots of them in flight. The video was shot at the Hillside Apiary in New Hampshire without the aid of a beekeeping suit, the latter of which inspired one of the facts in the film.

I was stung three times making this.

via DesignTaxi

An Unnecessarily Censored Version of the Classic 1960s Sitcom 'The Andy Griffith Show'

The Jake Vale Show has created an unnecessarily censored version of the classic 1960s sitcom The Andy Griffith Show. The video was inspired by the “This Week in Unnecessary Censorship” segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live. We’ve previously written about Jake Vale’s censored versions of Frozen, Up, Despicable Me 2, and Finding Nemo.

Flight Between Tokyo and San Francisco Condensed Into an 83-Second Hyperlapse Video

YouTuber user psp747 has uploaded a video of a nine-and-a-half hour flight between Tokyo, Japan and San Francisco, California that has been condensed into 83 seconds. The video, which is comprised of 3,400 individual images, is a bit of an extreme example of hyperlapse photography, a variety of time-lapse shot over long distances. The short includes a dark middle section which is broken up by a spectacular sunrise halo.

via PetaPixel

The Greatest Weaknesses of DC Comic Book Superheroes by Dorkly

Julia Lepetit and Andrew Bridgman have created a funny comic that illustrates five of the greatest weaknesses of DC comic book superheroes. Batman, on the other hand, claims that he has a plan for anything that could be considered his weakness. The full comic is available in its entirety at Dorkly.

images via Dorkly Staff Blog

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