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Good Enough For Science
Vimeo user Jeremy Garren created a neat Portal 2 tribute song out of sound clips from various trailers and advertisements for the game.
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Nyanpire: The Animation
Nyanpire: The Animation is the story of the eponymous Nyanpire, an adorable kitten-turned-vampire trying to live a normal life with a girl named Misaki. Except she's a vampire cat, so she ends up doing vampire things. The series, which aired on July 6 in Japan, may offer that Pop-Tart Cat some serious competition.
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Good Morning, Fennec Fox
They're the cutest things on the planet until they open their mouths.
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A Blast From The Past: Shuttle Through The Decades
In honor of the last flight of Atlantis this morning, the folks at NPR made a video of the best footage that came out of NASA's space shuttle program. How many of these missions do you remember? (via NPR)
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A More Realistic Spider-Man
Is it just me, or does this make a lot more sense?
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The Legend Of Navi: A Link To The Pest
HEY! LISTEN!!! The hardest part about saving princesses is putting up with the fairy guides.
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The Goat Invasion Is Imminent
This couple expected to wake up to parades and fireworks on the Fourth of July. Instead, they woke up to goats. Lots and lots of freaking goats.
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They Might Be Tubthumping
They Might Be Giants covered Chumbawamba's Tubthumping as part of A.V. Club's Undercover 2011 project and it's pretty damn amazing. (via A. V. Club)
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SVK: An Ultraviolet Comic Book
Writer Warren Ellis and artist D'Israeli have teamed up to create an experimental ultraviolet comic called SVK. It's a detective story Ellis describes as "Franz Kafka's Bourne Identity," but it's meant to be experienced in a unique way -- the comic comes packaged with a UV torch that reveals dialogue published in invisible ink. If you want it, it's available via mail order only. (From Berg, via warrenellis.com and Boing Boing)
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Time-Lapse Video of Chicago Fireworks
Can't get to a fireworks show tonight?
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To Anacreon in Heaven
Sound familiar? Francis Scott Key may have written the words to the Star Spangled Banner, but he sure as hell didn't compose the music. To Anacreon in Heaven was the official song of the Anacreontic Society in London, an 18th century gentleman's club. The original tune enjoyed popularity as a drinking song before becoming the basis of the U.S. National Anthem. So in the spirit of Anacreon, open a beer and enjoy this excellent rendition by Georgia Tech's Glee Club!
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An Independence Day Timeline
When did America gain independence from Britain? When was the Declaration of Independence signed? Think you know the answers to these questions, do you? You may be surprised.
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Cat Can't Escape The Water
This poor cat. He wasn't expecting to take a bath today, but gravity and a wall were working against him. [Ed. note: I felt weird giving this a "meow" badge because it's so sad.
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Melvin the Magical Mixed Media Machine
Melvin is an elaborate Rube Goldberg-esque contraption that does exactly two things very well.
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Robots of Brixton
Brixton's robot laborers struggle for both physical and metaphysical survival in this clever short directed by Kibwe Tavares.
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15 Ordinary Things With Mustaches
Adding mustaches to ordinary things will make them 100% better than their previous mustache-less state. Indeed, encouraging the proliferation of mustaches where mustaches do not belong is the first step toward achieving world peace. Check out these items if you're not convinced -- do I have a Nobel Prize in my future, or what?
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Mellow Brick Road
Mellow Brick Road is an awesome remix of the Wizard of Oz soundtrack by Pogo, the fellow responsible for the equally awesome Disney soundtrack remixes.
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Big Corgi vs. Little Corgi
Who will win the face-off? Why the little corgi, of course.
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Corgi Won't Fetch Without A Blanket
Or a towel, a toy or whatever.
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Keyboard Cat Is A Copy Cat
This dog's got him beat by more than a hundred years. In 1805, English artist Philip Reinagle painted Portrait of an Extraordinary Musical Dog, which depicts a spaniel playing God Save the King on a piano. The original resides at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond. You can even buy a plushie version if you're into that kind of thing.
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