Geekologie I Watch Stuff The Superficial
  • 5-Million Piece Full Size LEGO X-Wing Fighter Model
    May 23, 2013
    This is the 5,335,200-piece LEGO X-wing fighter, a full-scale version of the 560-piece set the company actually sells. It's not pure LEGO though, it has a steel armature inside so the whole nose doesn't fall off when some tourist turns around and farts at the thing. Facts and... / Continue →
  • Impressive (+Trippy) Beetle Juice Minecraft Roller Coaster
    March 21, 2013
    This is a video of the Beetle Juice roller coaster Youtube user nuropsych1 built in Minecraft creative mode on an X-Box (wow). No screencap could really capture the scale or trippy visuals of the coaster though, so if you're going to watch it, watch it, and if you're not, that... / Continue →
  • Dammit Mother Nature, I'm Tired Of This: Sea Slug With 'Disposable' Peen Can Regrow Another One (Repeatedly)
    February 13, 2013
    Relax: none of those things on top are dongs (I think). This is the Chromodoris reticulata species of sea slug. While it's generally accepted that all sea slugs have unusual sex practices, this species is particularly interesting to scientists because it can shed, regrow, and... / Continue →
  • Man Recreates Bilbo Baggins' House With 2,600 Balloons
    November 8, 2012
    This is a video of Jeremy 'Balloon Man' Telford recreating a corner of Bilbo Baggins' hobbit hole Bag End out of 2,600 balloons over the span of three days. He does a good job. Sure if I had been involved it would have been way more detailed, but I wasn't invited to particip... / Continue →
  • YESSSSS: Insane Jurassic Park Explorer Smoking Pipe
    October 5, 2012
    This is a $10,000 collaboration vapor pipe from glassblowers Adam Whobrey and ELBO. It looks like one of the Explorer SUV's from Jurassic Park. Smoke doesn't actually pass through the entire thing though, all the pipe parts are hidden in the bottom. Think of them as the engi... / Continue →
  • Transformer's Bumblebee As Impressive Smoking Pipe
    August 23, 2012
    This is a Bumblebee pipe made for smoking hash oil. It was a collaboration piece between Banjo (fun fact: I used to own a Banjo stemless bubbler many moons ago!) and Bluegrass Man. As beautifully crafted as it is, pieces like this always give me the heebie jeebies. Amazing, ... / Continue →
  • MUST SEE: Ultra-Creative Super Hero Kid Silhouettes
    June 22, 2012
    This is a series of illustrations by artist Andy Fairhurst of children's silhouettes as they pretend to be their favorite superheroes. They're awesome -- every single one (and there's 19!). Reminds me of when I was a kid on the school playground, swinging around on the tether... / Continue →
  • Ugh: Morphing Robot Hand Can Pick Up/Throw Anything
    June 19, 2012
    This is a video from Cornell's Creative Machines Lab (for the last time: WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE CREATIVE MACHINES. Microwaves and vibrators -- that's it) featuring a robotic "jamming-based gripper" capable of picking up and throwing any object. The concept is simple: there's ... / Continue →
  • You Ever Been So Mad You Kicked Down A Tree?
    January 19, 2012
    Your fruit killed my family! This is a video of a guy kicking down a banana tree. "I could do an oak." Ha, just because your mom used to tell you that you could do anything you put your mind to? WELL SHE LIED. There's actually very little you can do, and even less you can ... / Continue →
  • I Don't Feel So Hot: 180-Lb Tumor Removed From Leg
    January 10, 2012
    Note: Uncensored picture after the jump, is kinda rough to look at. Nguyen Duy Hai recently had a 180-lb tumor (nearly twice his own weight -- he's a small guy) removed from his leg. Needless to say, his professional sports career may be over. The tumor, which originated in ... / Continue →