LEGO New York City

lego new york city

Artist J.R. Schmidt has created a scale model of New York City entirely out of LEGO. Instead of a detailed, highly accurate scale model of all the buildings, he used a series of building elevation maps to simplify the structure. The result is beautiful, a true work of …

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Balloon Animal Dinosaur

balloon dinosaur

Very impressive balloon animal- a freakin’ dinosaur. This might explain how the dinosaurs became extinct- they simply deflated or were attacked by an alien spacecraft with a whole bunch of pins. I’m going with the latter until someone proves me wrong. (via)

Making a Basketball Shot from Atop a Ski Jump Tower

high hoops shot

This might be the world’s highest basketball shot. Shot from the top of a 240 foot tall ski jumping tower in Lahti, Finland, the shooter probably needs a pair of binoculars to see if he actually made the shot (spoiler alert: he makes it). Of course the real question is, how many attempts …

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Cheapest MacBook Ever

cheapass macbook

Well this is certainly one way to get yourself a super cheap MacBook. Although technically this might be considered a Hackintosh. As a huge bonus, if you get hungry while using your laptop you have an instant snack. Eating the snack will really help you see the “core” processors inside this thing. (Read More…

Matrix-like Moves in Dodgeball

Matrix-like Moves in Dodgeball

Looks like a certain dodgeball player was channeling Neo as he helicopters around, flying over an incoming ball before firing off a shot and taking out a player all in one whirlwind of motion insanity. Looks like somebody chose the red pill today. You’ve probably never seen a dodgeball move like this …

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Mr. Peanut Hot Air Balloon

mr peanut balloon

Take to the sky in the world’s snarkiest mascot, Mr. Peanut. This hot air balloon was built for Planters in 1991 and is packed with protein. You’d have to be nuts to not want to fly through the air in a giant peanut. How does it land with that cane anyway? We’re unsure …

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Marked Up Scrabble Dictionary of a Professional Player

scrabble notations

Looks like a triple word score for sure. This is a single page taken from the personal copy of the Scrabble Dictionary of professional Scrabble player David Gibson. There’s a such thing as a professional Scrabble player? Nice work if you can get it. There’s another 600+ pages in the book just like …

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Humpback Whale Nearly Lands on Kayaker

kayak whale

I’m no marine biologist or water safety expert but if you see animals the size of a school bus jumping out of the water and crashing back down, you just *might* want to move your flimsy plastic boat a tiny bit further away. One Avila Beach, California kayaker obviously didn’t take this …

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World’s Tallest, Longest, and Fastest Zip Line

crazyass zipline

In Sun City, South Africa is this super ginormous zipline. You go careening down a mountain at speeds approaching 100 mph while dangling from just a rope. The zipline is over a mile long and drops you an astonishing 918 feet in elevation from the top to the bottom. Check out the first …

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Book Igloo

book igloo

All libraries should stack their books like this. I’d totally take one from the bottom middle, every time, cause that’s how I roll. via