Posted at 11:49PM on November 12, 2022 by \tGareth Branwyn @ Boing Boing
The creepy-cool fun of having a backyard critter cam
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Posted at 06:59AM on November 01, 2022 by \tPopkin @ Boing Boing
Watch a makeup artist turn actors into zombies
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t t t t tWatch a makeup artist turn actors into zombies. Although many zombies in horror films have a short appearance on screen, a lot of hard work still has to go into doing their m...
Posted at 05:00PM on September 30, 2022 by \tDevin Nealy @ Boing Boing
The unintentional ASMR of legendary comic artists
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t t t t tIf you've ever attended a comic book convention and happened across artist alley, you know that it's the heart and soul of the gathering. Irrespective of which avenue of interest drew you to the convention center, the artists that spend t...
Posted at 09:40PM on September 02, 2022 by \tJason Weisberger @ Boing Boing
This YouTuber gives a fantastic lesson in beautifully trimming a full packer brisker
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t t t t tI have watched a lot of brisket YouTube, and this guy makes trimming a brisket look insanely easy. In mere moments he's explained and executed trimming a brisket into a perfect-looking ball of protein to slow cook away.Tod...
Posted at 01:00PM on August 16, 2022 by \tGareth Branwyn @ Boing Boing
Making Halloween Tombstones
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t t t t tIf ever there was a fun, big bang for the buck Halloween project, it's making yard haunt tombstones out of insulation foam. It's easier than you think to get amazing results without a lot of specialized skills.Besides this project, check ...
Posted at 02:04PM on May 31, 2022 by \tDevin Nealy @ Boing Boing
The 60-30-10 percent rule of color
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t t t t tIn this video, the YouTube channel wolfcrow talks about the often overlooked 60-30-10 percent rule of color hiding in some of your favorite movie scenes. The rule isn't unique to film, but its prominence in the medium shouldn't be ignored...
Posted at 11:54AM on May 15, 2022 by \tDevin Nealy @ Boing Boing
Check out this tiny turntable
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t t t t tI wish I grew up in the vinyl era. That sentiment is a very millennial one, but I miss physically owning music. As soon as I became old enough to appreciate CDs, the format basically went the way of the brontosaurus burger. Before everyth...
Posted at 12:08PM on May 09, 2022 by \tDevin Nealy @ Boing Boing
Check out the origins of iconic hip hop samples
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t t t t tI was once privileged enough to kick it with underground MC extraordinaire Homeboy Sandman and got to pick his brain about all things hip hop. One of the standout quotes from our session stemmed from his feelings on the genre itself. "Hip...
Posted at 03:32PM on April 16, 2022 by Jason Weisberger @ Boing Boing
This video helped me sync the delay between my TV and my surround sound system
I recently upgraded my TV and surround system. I noticed an awful delay between speech and people's lips as they moved. The timing was way off and I needed to change the digital audio delay. This YouTube video let me quickly sync things up....
Posted at 11:49AM on April 06, 2022 by Devin Nealy @ Boing Boing
What was the most boring day in history, according to statistics?
My favorite expression: "life is just one damn thing after another." The last two years stand as evidence of that. We've just been living through one major historical event after another. Some might argue that's always the case, but let's be honest here; future children will...
Posted at 09:12PM on April 03, 2022 by Popkin @ Boing Boing
The Visible Human Project \xc2\xa0is a detailed collection of cross-sectional photographs of the human body
The Visible Human Project is a detailed collection of cross-sectional photographs of the human body. It was made to be a tool for medical discoveries. The male and female cadavers used in this project were cut in thin slices, photographed, and then digitized. Watching the v...
Posted at 12:49PM on March 18, 2022 by Devin Nealy @ Boing Boing
Payola in the world of Hip Hop
Hip-hop is a dirty business. Beyond the lurid depictions of cut-throat capitalism that exist within the stanzas of the genre's most prominent poets, the most visceral examples of underhanded business practices in the world of hip-hop come from the corporate executives steeri...
Posted at 03:48PM on March 15, 2022 by Jason Weisberger @ Boing Boing
Fascinating Horror on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
Fascinating Horror, one of the greatest channels on YouTube, covers an event I vividly remember watching live while sitting in Junior High School history. We were to watch the first teacher go to space, what we got instead was a moment of collective heartbreak. I think, to h...
Posted at 07:41PM on January 20, 2022 by Jason Weisberger @ Boing Boing
Roasting coffee in a castiron pan
Two great things come together!It only makes sense that you can roast coffee in a castiron pan. I could almost smell this post on Reddit within seconds of seeing the video.Here is a YouTube walking you through what is very, very simple. I am surprised I had never thought of ...
Posted at 04:51PM on January 14, 2022 by Mark Frauenfelder @ Boing Boing
Watch this caterpillar make a tent out of a leaf so it can eat without being eaten
I wonder which YouTube video this caterpillar watched to learn how to make a tent out of a leaf so it can eat without fear of a bird swiping down to grab it.
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Posted at 10:23PM on January 13, 2022 by Popkin @ Boing Boing
Horse kicks tree, farts on dogs then runs away
"Horse kicks tree, farts on dogs then runs away" is a thorough summary of the contents in this YouTube video. It will not disappoint. We will never know why this horse decided to kick a tree, fart on some dogs, and then run away. It will remain one of nature's greatest myste...
Posted at 02:28PM on January 03, 2022 by Devin Nealy @ Boing Boing
Should we mix human and animal DNA?
We're entering a bold frontier with the science of genetics. Scientists can wipe out a litany of debilitating diseases and physical abnormalities. The questions are no longer about possibility but about ethics. High on the list is whether we should splice human and animal DN...
Posted at 09:58PM on December 29, 2021 by Carla Sinclair @ Boing Boing
A couple in a car get quite a scare when a manhole explodes in the lane next to them
Nothing like driving past an exploding manhole one lane over to get the adrenaline juices flowing. And what causes such eruptions?In the YouTube comments, the person who posted this video said a city worker thought an electrical explosion might have been the culprit, pointin...
Posted at 08:26PM on December 22, 2021 by Devin Nealy @ Boing Boing
The scientific similarities between falling in love and doing cocaine
There are a host of similarities between being in love and doing drugs. "Yeah," some of you might say, "they both make your friends hate you and leave you broke." While those critiques might be accurate on a social and financial level, love is incredibly similar to cocaine o...
Posted at 01:50PM on December 21, 2021 by Thom Dunn @ Boing Boing
Watch this Timelapse of a pumpkin growing from a seed
According to the YouTube description, this pumpkin reached a point where it was growing more than a foot and a half and gaining about 37 pounds a day, until it finally reached some 1300 pounds.Is this the great pumpkin?...
Posted at 12:00PM on December 13, 2021 by Devin Nealy @ Boing Boing
Check out where some of the most iconic electronic songs got their sample from
Most genres of music wear their influences on their sleeve. Electronic music goes a step further and repurposes the wardrobe of its influences into a three-piece suit with a matching top hat. Although many instrument devotees decry the genre as soulless, electronic musicians...
Posted at 01:00PM on October 29, 2021 by Popkin @ Boing Boing
The kiddies' motor wheel would be outlawed in this day and age
The Kiddies' Motor Wheel! features footage of a child riding a motorized contraption, sold for toddlers. The contraption itself is incredibly cool looking, but it would definitely not fly in this day and age. It looks like it could easily topple over. This was 1927 though, s...
Posted at 01:10PM on October 14, 2021 by S\xc3\xa9amus Bellamy @ Boing Boing
So, who's down for the second Season of The Witcther?
Apparently, between my day job and writing a novel, I have managed to live in a cave, far from the realm of fandom and the geeky stuff that I love. Netflix is set to drop the second season of The Witcher on December 17th. As I generally steer clear of YouTube unless I'm look...
Posted at 07:59PM on September 28, 2021 by Mark Frauenfelder @ Boing Boing
J. Kenji L\xc3\xb3pez-Alt shows how to cook perfect boiled eggs
I'm a fan of Kenji's Cooking Show on YouTube because he shows you how to make delicious food and he explains the science and chemistry of cooking while he does it. In his latest video he shows how to cook boiled eggs to minimize the chances of having the shells stick to the ...
Posted at 04:42PM on August 16, 2021 by Popkin @ Boing Boing
Animation of "an unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life … and how it could probably end"
BIG BANG BIG BOOM is an animation by the artist BLU. This video uses a combination of animation and real-life footage in a unique way. A cityscape comes to life as graffiti art moves around and interacts with the environment, and parts of buildings and streets become animate...
Posted at 01:52PM on July 03, 2021 by Jason Weisberger @ Boing Boing
Want to ride a penny-farthing? You'll need a top hat!
This may be peak hipster, but damn if I don't love it.As I was selling off two of my older bicycles, having realized I will never need a mountain bike or a long distance road bike again, and was amazed by the speed with which folks responded to the mountain bike listing, I s...
Posted at 04:18PM on April 13, 2021 by Mark Frauenfelder @ Boing Boing
Here's a confounding topological curiosity
This topological magic trick was so controversial that the YouTube comments were turned off. As you can see in the short video, a figure-8 shaped object made from clay has a stick going through one of the loops. Is it possible to make the stick go through both loops without ...
Posted at 03:39PM on March 23, 2021 by Jason Weisberger @ Boing Boing
How to use the four most common types of welding
I don't know anything about welding, but having a pal around who can tack a couple of pieces of metal together is always handy. A few weeks ago a couple of pieces of metal that were screwed together, inside my pizza oven, fell apart. Looking at the problem, I can see that we...
Posted at 12:56AM on March 13, 2021 by Gareth Branwyn @ Boing Boing
Why does your pee take the shape that it does?
I wrote about Medieval poop earlier in the week, so I guess the YouTube algorithms figured I'd be interested in why pee often comes out of us in these helical patterns. They were right!Image: Screengrab...
Posted at 12:51PM on March 12, 2021 by Rob Beschizza @ Boing Boing
Kitchen knife made from lump of bismuth
Here is the most impractical and beautiful entry so far in the YouTube genre of taking a lump of random old metal and turning it into a kitchen knife. Bismuth (melting point 271.4C) is melted into a block, sawed into the desired knife shape, carefully re-dipped to coat it in...
Posted at 07:53PM on March 03, 2021 by Mark Frauenfelder @ Boing Boing
I use this little Bluetooth amp to play music and podcasts in the living room
I bought the Nobsound G3 2 Channel Bluetooth 5.0 Power Amplifierin 2019 and attached a couple of speakers to it. Now anyone in the family can play music, audiobooks, YouTube audio, and podcasts from their phone. It's tiny so you can hide in under furniture if you want it out...
Posted at 03:36PM on February 22, 2021 by Rob Beschizza @ Boing Boing
Daft Punk splits
Electronic music duo Daft Punk is calling it quits after 28 years. The split is revealed in a YouTube video titled "Epilogue", depicting our helmeted heroes walking together in the desert. One's pace flags and he falls behind. When the other returns to check on him, an endin...
Posted at 02:46PM on February 22, 2021 by Gareth Branwyn @ Boing Boing
Building and playing a violin made of nails
What in blue blazes is a nail violin? Just what it sounds like. An instrument made of tuned nails that you can bow. Bonus: It doubles as a sort of kalimba. Image: YouTube...
Posted at 01:02AM on February 09, 2020 by Gareth Branwyn @ Boing Boing
Comparing the sizes of fictional buildings from books, movies, TV, and video games
MetalBallStudios, a YouTube channel that does 3D-rendered, animated size comparisons, has a new video comparing the sizes of buildings and other structures found in science fiction and fantasy media.Image: YouTube...
