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• 'Delivery', A Short Documentary About a Brooklyn Man Who Delivers Pizzas on a Fixed-Gear Bicycle
• Detroit's Seafoam Palace Museum of Curiosity Is Now on Kickstarter
• One Fast Cat, A Hamster Wheel-Like Exercise Treadmill for Cats
• An Ingenious Chocolate Bar Resumé
• The Missions, Limited Edition Sneakers Celebrating the 45th Anniversary of the First Manned Moon Landing
• GoPro Video of an Angry Ram Attacking a Motorcyclist Over and Over Again
• President Barack Obama Look-Alike Fools Thousands of People in New York City While Visiting Times Square
• 'Sports Song', An Original Song About How Everyone Else's Sports Team Sucks by 'Weird Al' Yankovic
• 'Weird Al' Yankovic Talks About the Internet and His New Album With Fox Business Network Anchor Stuart Varney
• Stan Lee Gets Fired Up About Films With Excruciatingly Long Credits
• An Image of Cookie Monster Appears in a Cooking Pot of Pasta
• 'How Ramen Noodles Are Made', A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Making of the Popular Japanese Food
• Screen Junkies Discusses the Ethics of Spoilers and What Actually Constitutes One
• Human Clock TV, An Online Timekeeper With a Different Video for Every Minute of the Day
• A Series of Collapsing Domino Tributes to Nursery Rhymes About Things Falling Down
• Old and New Generation Disney Princesses Fight to the Death in a Stop-Motion Animated Short by 'Robot Chicken'
• An Electronic Remix of the 'Game of Thrones' Theme Song by MetroGnome
• Joaquin Phoenix's Forehead Looks Like a Tiny, Upside-Down Face in This Rotated Video Clip From the Film 'Her'
• The 'Harry Potter' Film Series Explained in Two Minutes
• Social Media Scheduling Service Buffer Releases Mac App

'Delivery', A Short Documentary About a Brooklyn Man Who Delivers Pizzas on a Fixed-Gear Bicycle

"Delivery" is a short documentary by No Weather Productions that examines the life of Bill, a fascinating delivery man for Brooklyn's Best Pizza, who delivers pies using a fixed-gear bike. The short explores Bill's work and unique views on life.

It's something I enjoy. It's taken me decades to admit that I enjoy this.

via Vimeo Staff Picks

Detroit's Seafoam Palace Museum of Curiosity Is Now on Kickstarter

Back in January we posted about the Seafoam Palace, a museum of curiosities that is currently under construction in Detroit. The project’s creators, including urban explorer and author Julia Solis and Laughing Squid partner John Law, are raising funds for the museum on Kickstarter. The museum is projected to open in summer 2015.

Our museum is inspired by classic cabinets of curiosity, which were collections of strange and wonderful ephemera from the fields of natural history, anatomy, mineralogy and folklore. We are working with sculptors, musicians, photographers, costumers and writers to create a wonder chamber stuffed with objects of mystery and fascination, to encourage new explorations of what these kinds of artifacts mean today.

photo via Seafoam Palace

One Fast Cat, A Hamster Wheel-Like Exercise Treadmill for Cats

One Fast Cat is an large hamster wheel-like treadmill designed to help cats exercise and stave off boredom indoors. The product, which is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter, has a 48-inch diameter to help avoid the potential long-term back problems that come with smaller wheels.

In field testing our cat wheel has proven to not only enhance the physical well-being of our cat but altered her disposition to be more relaxed and calm.

images via One Fast Cat

via The Awesomer

An Ingenious Chocolate Bar Resumé

Designer Matthew Hirsch created this ingenious “Hirschy” chocolate bar that serves as both a gift to prospective employers and a resumé. The front of the package is a play on the classic Hershey’s bar, while the back lists Hirsch’s qualifications where nutrition facts and ingredients would normally be found.

photos by Matthew Hirsch

via Creative Bloq, DesignTAXI

The Missions, Limited Edition Sneakers Celebrating the 45th Anniversary of the First Manned Moon Landing

The Missions is a pair of limited edition sneakers by GE in collaboration with shoe maker Android Homme and online retailer JackThreads. The sneakers were created as a celebration of the 45th anniversary of the first manned landing on the Moon by American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20th, 1969.

The Missions are specifically designed to resemble the boots used by Armstrong and Aldrin — which were made from a silicon rubber designed by GE — during their time on the Moon. The shoes include components made from lightweight carbon as well as a hydrophobic coating. 100 pairs are scheduled to go on sale at JackThreads on Sunday, July 20th, at the exact time the Apollo 11 lunar module arrived at the Moon.

Buzz Aldrin wearing a pair of The Missions

images via GE Reports

submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

GoPro Video of an Angry Ram Attacking a Motorcyclist Over and Over Again

New Zealand-based Marty Todd captured some amusing footage of an angry ram that lives on his property that loves to attack to him while he’s riding around on his dirt bike. The video was shot using GoPro HD Hero3+ cameras

Marty Todd stumbles across a ram, who’s not the biggest fan of dirtbikes, while riding in New Zealand.

President Barack Obama Look-Alike Fools Thousands of People in New York City While Visiting Times Square

President Barack Obama look-alike Louis Ortiz (a.k.a. “Bronx Obama“) recently fooled thousands of people in New York City while visiting Times Square. Surprised fans lined the streets to meet and greet the fake President in this clever stunt carefully put together by MaxMan.TV and Model Pranksters.

Here is a behind-the-scene video that shows how the entire prank came together:

submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

'Sports Song', An Original Song About How Everyone Else's Sports Team Sucks by 'Weird Al' Yankovic

“Weird Al” Yankovic has released a music video for his song “Sports Song”, an original song about how everyone else’s sports team sucks. “Sports Song” is one of the few songs by Yankovic that isn’t a direct parody of another song. The video shows Yankovic leading a marching band while insulting any and all sports teams that aren’t his own.

The song is off Yankovic’s new album, Mandatory Fun, which released on July 15th. The album is currently available via Amazon.

'Weird Al' Yankovic Talks About the Internet and His New Album With Fox Business Network Anchor Stuart Varney

“Weird Al” Yankovic recently discussed the Internet and his new album, Mandatory Fun, in a television segment with Fox Business Network anchor Stuart Varney. Yankovic says that he will likely release singles instead of full albums in the future thanks to finally coming to the end of an album deal that began in 1982.

via Tastefully Offensive

Stan Lee Gets Fired Up About Films With Excruciatingly Long Credits

Legendary comic creator Stan Lee gets fired up about films that have excruciatingly long credits during a new episode of Stan’s Rants on World of Heroes. Lee states that he doesn’t care who drove the wagon that delivered so-and-so to the set, who arranged for the take-out food, and so on.

Ever get fed up with a film’s Credits? Stan sure does.

An Image of Cookie Monster Appears in a Cooking Pot of Pasta

Redditor CaliG831 posted a photo that shows an image of the big-eyed Sesame Street Muppet Cookie Monster appearing in a cooking pot of pasta.

Was cooking pasta when suddenly cookie monster.

via Boing Boing

'How Ramen Noodles Are Made', A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Making of the Popular Japanese Food

"How Ramen Noodles are Made" is a behind-the-scenes video by YouTube food channel Potluck Video that focuses on New Jersey “artisan ramen noodle maker” Sun Noodles to show the process behind producing the popular Japanese food. The plant makes around 20,000 servings of noodles each day.

via Digg

Screen Junkies Discusses the Ethics of Spoilers and What Actually Constitutes One

Screen Junkies host Hal Rudnick recently sat down with actor Steve Byrne, journalist Devin Faraci, and the director and editor of Screen Junkies Dan Murrell to discuss what actually constitutes a spoiler and the ethics of spoilers.

It’s high time that America had a Spoiler Bill of Rights – so we assembled a panel to talk spoilers and finally set the rules!

Human Clock TV, An Online Timekeeper With a Different Video for Every Minute of the Day

The creator of the Human Clock has unveiled Human Clock TV, a video version of the online timekeeping site. Like the original image-based iteration, which has been online since 2001, the video Human Clock offers a visual for each minute of the day synced to user’s local time, along with the location in which it was shot. According to its creator, the new site has been in the works since 2002.

via Waxy.org

A Series of Collapsing Domino Tributes to Nursery Rhymes About Things Falling Down

YouTubber and domino enthusiast FlippyCat has created an a domino-based tribute to several well-known nursery rhymes, including “London Bridge is Falling Down“, “Humpty Dumpty“, “Ring Around the Rosie“, and “Jack and Jill“. There are five domino creations in all, each keeping with a theme of falling down, linked up through a method called “screen link” that ties together different shots with thin rows of collapsing dominoes.

Old and New Generation Disney Princesses Fight to the Death in a Stop-Motion Animated Short by 'Robot Chicken'

“Disney Princess War” is a great stop-motion animated short by Cartoon Network's Adult Swim show Robot Chicken about old and new generation Disney Princesses fighting to the death after having a few major disagreements.

You can now scratch “Disney Princesses with assault weapons” off your fetish-bucket list.

via Geeks Are Sexy, Neatorama

An Electronic Remix of the 'Game of Thrones' Theme Song by MetroGnome

Music producer and composer MetroGnome has created an amazing electronic remix of the Game of Thrones theme song. It is available to download for free in MP3 format from SoundCloud.

Joaquin Phoenix's Forehead Looks Like a Tiny, Upside-Down Face in This Rotated Video Clip From the Film 'Her'

In this rotated video clip from the 2013 comedy/drama film Her, it is revealed that actor Joaquin Phoenix‘s forehead looks just like a tiny, upside-down face.

Here is the original (non-rotated) video clip:

via reddit

The 'Harry Potter' Film Series Explained in Two Minutes

Mashable explains the Harry Potter film series in two minutes in the latest video in their ongoing TL;DW series. The video also spends a somewhat unseemly amount of time coming up with theoretical ways to kill babies.

The most accurate, unbiased, summary of the Harry Potter octalogy on the internet!

Social Media Scheduling Service Buffer Releases Mac App

Social media scheduling service Buffer has released a Mac app that features the ability to schedule posts to Twitter, Facebook, and more. The service also keeps metrics on things like retweets and shares. Buffer for Mac is available on the Mac App Store.

Any link, text, picture or video you want to share, just add it to your Buffer. Your updates will automatically be scheduled and spaced out throughout the day to post to your favorite social networks. Plus, any update can also be "posted now" inside the app.

image via Buffer

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