Steve Carell does Fabio. And if the voice sounds familiar, that's because it's Stephen Colbert. (more…)

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A martial arts (and snowboarding) enthusiast named Stephanie Drolet posted this clip back in 2008. I heard that these days, she can turn invisible. And fly. (more…)

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Anything can happen in the world of pretend. Microscope is a pen-and-paper game of "fractal history" that forces us to reexamine the rules of the real Read the rest

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Glenn Fleishman answers questions about the digital dark matter OSX keeps around. Blame Unix.

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Police summoned by alarmed residents in Italy found that the suspected Islamist flag was, in fact, laundry that had fallen off a washing line. [Photo: Thelocal]

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Master paper artist Kelli Anderson has a forthcoming title called This Book is a Planetarium that literally converts into a planetarium, as well as a smartphone amplifier, and many other paper contraptions. Read the rest

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Over at the relaunched Askcooltools.com, I asked readers to recommend a good grip strengthener. Read the rest

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This short documentary is from a three-part series, "Japan's Disposable Workers." Read the rest

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The first "standalone" Star Wars movie will star Felicity Jones. Also revealed today: Rian Johnson will direct Star Wars: Episode VII. Read the rest

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Enjoy, I guess!

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Cobain: Montage of Heck television premiere is on May 4th on HBO. It's directed by Brett Morgen, who also directed the excellent documentary about Robert Evans, The Kid Stays in the Picture.

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"There's a monster on my ceiling, there's a monster on the wall. There are thousands in the closet, now they're coming down the hall"

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Televangelist Jack Van Impe and Rexella Van Impe impersonate cats and discuss animals in Heaven and talk "arthritis in whales." (more…)

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A Night In The Lonesome October is Roger Zelazny's final, addicting tale. Thirty one chapters on what really happens on Halloween!

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Charles Eugster, 95, beat the previous record that was set in 2013.

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The United States is producing so much oil that analysts are "beginning to wonder if the U.S. has enough room to store all its oil." Read the rest

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Terry Pratchett, a treasure of a writer, a gem of a human being, and a credit to our species, has died, far too soon, at the age of 66. Read the rest

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Want to be less popular at cocktail parties on the West Coast? Try being a virtual reality skeptic. I can't help but feel validated, though, by this post from Wagner James Au looking back at 1992, just one of a few times in history we've been exactly as excited about VR as we are about the Oculus Rift now.

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Studio Drift's Dandelight uses a "stem" of copper that mounts directly to a 9V battery, and its halo of dandelion seeds are hand-plucked from a real plant and glued, one at a time, to the business-end. Read the rest

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Michael Geist writes, "Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is fast-tracking a bill that eviscerates privacy protections within the public sector that represents the most significant reduction in public sector privacy protection in Canadian history -- he' blocking the Privacy Commissioner of Canada from appearing as a witness at the committee studying the bill." Read the rest

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