Backhand of Justice

I saw this story on these Singing Bird Pistols up for auction and I was like ‘ok that’s kind of cool, I guess.’ But I assumed it was some novelty piece for a collector. And then … they fired them. Holy shit – how did somebody build these without modern tools?

Keep reading for the slingshot slip and slide, the catsassin and the rubber band machine gun. read more

The Photoshop Rap. This is almost as good as that rap about not stealing online media from a decade ago. Almost.

Keep reading for Carmageddon Mo-Cap, Bodycount and the Handlebar Mustache club. read more

This short film is amusing, at least to me: The Think Tank. I hope this is actually how things work.

Keep reading for more Danny McAskill, the power of the placebo effect and Anne Hathaway auditioning for a rap gig. read more

I have never been that into wine tasting. I just have no interest, despite my love of being pretentious. This, on the other hand – I could become a fan. That’s a 10.

Keep reading for … well, not much. 3/10 this week, internet. For shame. read more

Game of Thrones is a great series of books, and the HBO series certainly has promise. The effects were even half decent for a TV show, and here’s a video showing the making of some of those. Good stuff.

Keep reading for Rowan Atkinson fastest racer alive, mobile phone games, and paddle board panic. read more

Union square freestyle rapping and beat boxing – it’s like improvisational performance theater. But super badass.

Keep reading for the Yoshi’s Island nursery, the 90’s A Capella dance mix, and moon volcanoes. read more

I would love to see some statistics on the number of people who just wingsuit fly into the side of the cliff and explode. Or maybe this is actually totally safe and you’re in control. But I doubt it.

Keep reading for Farewell Harry Potter, old vs new crash testing and the blob jump.   read more

3D printing is coming – hopefully cheap enough to get it in the hands of consumer eventually – and it’s incredible what you can do with it. I don’t know about the strength of this thing but the moving parts is ridiculous. I don’t even know how it really works.

I’d say keep reading, but honestly the summer slow months aren’t just in European businesses – it’s like the internet takes a break. The peak season sees 40-50 links per week, but we’d down to a paltry 15-20. Embarrassing. read more

Holy fucking shit. All the time I see trailers for these Asian action films and for some reason they have the ability to make them look totally badass and then the films themselves never follow through on the promise. This one, on the other hand, looks like the real deal: the last scene from The Man from Nowhere. I have to find this thing. (Don’t watch if you have an issue with film violence … I’m looking at you Tipper Gore).

Keep reading for flashed face distortion effect, Talking Funny and Every day I’m shuffling. read more

Sometimes you just have to take all those ridiculous douche interview questions and answer them. If this man doesn’t get hired for some of these then I don’t know if anybody has a shot.

Keep reading for Team Illuminate, Taiwanese animated news reports, and the return of the Cheesus. read more