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    1960s toy gun commercial


    Video link. Mattel’s Tommy Burst toy machine gun — so realistic you can use it to scare off prowlers! (Via Vintage Ads)



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    Find Creative Commons Licensed Sound Effects at The Freesound Project [Sound Effects]

    Click here to read Find Creative Commons Licensed Sound Effects at The Freesound Project
    Whether you’re looking for crickets for the a little ambient pop in the background of your camping montage or robotic squeaks and grinds for the main character in your space-based…

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    Cab Calloway Sings for Betty Boop in 1933 (Video)

    So how’s this for awesome: in 1933, animator Roland Crandall singlehandedly animated a seven-minute Betty Boop cartoon (a version of Snow White) in only six months. In 1994, animators voted the…

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    1973 ad for Sony reel-to-reel tape deck

    Ggstapedeck “Whatever weird instrument your great-grandson will be playing, the Sony TC-377 will capture it.” From National Geographic, April 1973. (Via Vintage Ads)



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    A capella soul covers of cartoon TV show theme songs

    This video by YouTube busker DeStorm Power is a year old. How’d I miss this magic? Theme songs include cartoon Fat Albert, Pinky and the Brain, Reading Rainbow, Gummi Bears, Fraggle…

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    golden highway

    golden highway || Canon5D2/EF24-105f4L@105 | 1/80s | f8 | ISO400
    Gardiner Expressway seen from Closer avenue.
    Shot with a normal zoom lens, Tilt/Shift effect is achieved in post.

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    Shanghai: 1990 & 2010

    This image, published on Gizmodo shows a comparison of the Shanghai city skyline in 1990 and 2010.

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    Classic Pike Place

    Circa 1910′s Pike Place Market shot.

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    Burmese protesters using "Team America" likeness of Kim Jong-Il on posters

    South Park Studios

    Team America lives on.

    Jeff Koyen sends this along and asks, “Anyone remember Evil Bert spotted alongside Osama in Bangladesh?”

    Indeed. At left, a snapshot of the original…

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    Burmese protesters using "Team America" likeness of Kim Jong-Il on posters

    South Park Studios

    Team America lives on.

    Jeff Koyen sends this along and asks, “Anyone remember Evil Bert spotted alongside Osama in Bangladesh?”

    Indeed. At left, a snapshot of the original…

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    The Late Movies: Fun With Time Lapse

    Tonight for the Late Movies, we take a look at some incredible time lapse videos—everything from a banana aging in a minute to a quick trip across the United States. Have a favorite of your…

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    How to win Rock-paper-scissors every time

    How to win Rock-paper-scissors every time (infographic)

    I admit it. When I first heard there are actual tournaments for Rock-paper-scissors, sanctioned by the World Rock Paper Scissors Society, I laughed. I mean seriously, $50k to the winner…

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    Tokyo timelapse video


    It’s best to watch Samuel Cockedey’s beautiful “floating point” time lapse movie of Tokyo skylines and landmarks in high-definition and full screen. (Via Pink Tentacle)

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    Trumpet junk raygun


    C.G.Conn Gideon’s entry at Budget Rayguns is this wonderful trumpetgun, suitable for arpeggioing the Bug-Eyed Monsters into paste.

    C.G.Conn Gideon (Thanks, Keri666! via Submitterator)

    • Robert Rankin’s badass homemade raygun

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    Just business …