Things I Think Are Kinda Cool

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

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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

I feel like the Hammer Pants of the 90s were glossed over…but this was made in East London, so maybe they skipped those fashion milestones on that side of the Atlantic.  Can’t touch this:

-via Buzzfeed

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

Shrinky Dinks!!!

-via Buzzfeed

Nothing like a healthy dose of Megalomania – as if Hitchcock couldn’t do enough in his own films besides directing, writing, and producing, he was also a background extra in most of them…and why not? Here’s a compilation of all the cameos he made:

-via Curiosity Counts