This stellar stop-motion video will make you want to dust off your old childhood board games and pray for a rainy day. Is it weird that I was disturbed by the mutilation scenes? What the hell did those Hungry Hippos ever do to you?!
-via Buzzfeed
Before pop-culture turned pocket protectors into geeky Scarlet Letters, I thought they were the coolest things on the planet. I’ll never forget my Grandpa taking out a slim black pen from his pocket protector to do the Word Jumble in the Sunday paper. The amazing website ‘It’s Okay To Be Smart’ has unearthed a collection of images of countless vintage pocket protectors – these are some of my faves:
- Link via It’s Okay To Be Smart and @BrainPicker
Behold the first kiss ever captured on film. It happened in 1896 thanks to Thomas Edison (yes, that Thomas Edison), and it’s as racy as you’d expect!
-via Brain Picker
I’m digging this animated promo for Fox Italia’s retro US TV show block.
As The Fonz would say – “Aaaaay…”
-via Jaz Jaz
I love how completely ‘bitch, please’-unfazed Hitchcock looks:
-via My Modern Metropolis
***Vote for this design at Threadless and help it become your new favorite t-shirt.
Sorry Steve Jobs Tim Cook – you ain’t got nothing on Zack’s killer phone:
-via Gizmodo (nice work @SeanieMic!)
A uniquely cool way to listen to the legendary Miles Davis & band play “So What”:
-via Kottke
Converse has officially teamed up with Nintendo to create the most unbelievable line of Chuck Taylors in the entire Mushroom Kingdom.
-via Neatorama & Geeks Are Sexy
Just in case you wanted an insanely detailed chart showing every single murder that Jason Vorhees committed in the “Friday the 13th” franchise…here you go – (you’re twisted, by the way.)
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-via Geekologie
