The Walking Dead Escape: Live the Apocalypse

  The Walking Dead Escape: Live the Apocalypse July 12-14 during San Diego’s Comic-Con   OVERVIEW The course has been specifically designed for participants with a wide range of abilities. The world we know is about to end. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions will sweep the globe causing the dead to rise and feed on …

Norway proving the future of hydrogen vehicles

A team of Norwegian drivers recently crossed Europe in a pair of hydrogen-powered cars using only existing hydrogen fueling infrastructure. The Oslo to Monte Carlo trip hit the record books as the longest a hydrogen-fueled vehicle has ever travelled using only fuel from permanent hydrogen filling stations. Other cars have circumnavigated the globe and crossed North America, but …

Short films/commercials from Wes Anderson – starring Brad Pitt, Jason Schwartzman

Anderson starred in and directed an American Express “My Life, My Card” commercial, which chronicled the “filming” of an action movie starring Jason Schwartzman. Anderson acts as if he is being interviewed by someone from American Express for the ad, while walking around completing tasks on set, a scene paying homage to the movie “Day …

Designer temporary tattoo subscription – 56 tattoos in 6 months

The tremendously popular Tattly subscription is back. Purchase the Tattly subscription and you will receive some of the newest tattoos in your mailbox every month for six months! With every order also comes a special “Oh, Hello” canvas bag to hold all of the tattoos your receive. This subscription will only be for sale during …

Amazing cardboard cutout playhouses for kids

My kids adore our Casa Cabana House (below), which has magically survived 5 years of play. The Kidsonroof Rocket would definitely get my son’s imagination going. Here’s your ticket to being superaunt or superuncle! via Swiss Miss

Otter 501 – a documentary about a sea otter pup separated from her mother

When an adventuresome young woman discovers a sea otter pup stranded on the beach and in desperate need of a second chance, an entire species’ survival gets personal.   If you liked that trailer, or just love things cute and adorable, see this tiny baby sea otter:

Average annual hours worked per country

“Over the last century, you’ve seen a reduction from very long working hours – nearly 3,000 a year at the beginning of the 1900s – to the turn of the 21st Century when most developing countries were under 1,800 hours,” says Messenger. “And indeed some of the most productive countries were even lower than that.” …

Every single Harry Potter spell in one video

  Behold 17 minutes of straight spell-shouting from the cast of the Harry Potter films, courtesy of one very patient YouTuber. The creepy thing? We can name just about every single spell’s intended result. Wingardium Leviosa! via io9

Starbucks to improve its baked goods – purchases artisan bakery, La Boulange

Starbucks got the coffee right. Now, it is trying to do the same with the food. The world’s largest coffee chain announced on Monday plans to acquire for $100 million a small artisan bakery chain, Bay Bread and its 19-unit La Boulange bakery brand. The move comes just months after Starbucks (SBUX) purchased the tiny …

Oscars Outdoors – summer screening series in Hollywood

Bring a blanket and escape to the movies under the stars this Summer! Oscars Outdoors is a summer screening series at the Academy’s new open-air theater, located on the Academy Hollywood campus. Food Trucks provided by Roaming Hunger. Trucks will vary each night and will be tailored to the movie showing whenever possible. Trucks are …