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National Geographic discusses the history of the internet in Internet 101, starting from how it used to be ARPANET and beyond. No, it wasn’t invented by Al Gore. In the future, however, key bits of its infrastructure may be sunk underwater: When the internet goes down, life as the modern American knows it grinds to […]

Nighthawk is an award-winning short film about police running into a dead badger, which they try to clear off the road until they realise it’s just drunk. Via Short of the Week: Drunkenness can be at once comic and tragic, and both moods are encompassed in this freaky, freewheeling animated short. Spela Cadez’s Nighthawk is, […]

Netflix’s IO is a post-apocalyptic film about a dying earth starring Anthony Mackie and Margaret Qualley, and whether to save it or leave. IO is part of Netflix’s bid to increase its viewership by funding more and more original films, including the highly acclaimed Roma. Via Multichannel: Netflix is slowly easing back on its reliance […]

How Video Games are Built — and what are all those tiny triangles about? Modern video games are extremely detailed, and this is how that’s possible. Video via developer Cleo Abram. About the evolution of polygons in video games: A polygon is a triangular shaped flat surface, used in 3D graphics technology to build three […]

Did you know that there are Star Trek Minisodes out there? They’re meant to tide viewers over until Star Trek Discovery–often in a hilarious way. Via Gizmodo: Star Trek: Short Treks has so far been the perfect way to while away the time until Discovery’s return in a few weeks. “The Escape Artist,” the fourth […]

National Geographic takes its viewers behind the scenes of a traditional Chinese medicine shop in Chengdu and its herbal tea remedy. Via National Geographic: Few subjects ignite more heated debate in health circles than traditional Chinese medicine. It’s further complicated by the work of researchers like Iaizzo and many others who are looking at traditional […]

Behind Auld Lang Syne — the so-called New Year’s Eve song, composed by Robert Burns and sung during New Year and other nostalgic events. Via Mentalfloss: Every New Year’s Eve, after the champagne has been popped, the ball has dropped, and everyone is feeling very merry indeed, revelers queue up the same song they’ve been […]

Jordan Peele is back, with a trailer for his latest film, Us. Following the smash-hit success of his last film, Get Out, we’re looking forward to this. Via Vanity Fair: For the last few months, Jordan Peele has played coy on the details surrounding his upcoming film, Us, his follow-up to Oscar-winning debut Get Out. […]

Equinox kicks off the new year with its 2019 lifestyle campaign — as it tries to remind everyone that it used to be one of the original lifestyle brands. Via Adage: Equinox is bringing its 15-year-old tagline, “It’s not fitness, it’s life,” back to the forefront of its advertising as it seeks to become a […]

Happy New Year! Hope everyone enjoyed the holiday break and here’s wishing everyone an amazing 2019. Have a McDonalds New Zealand ad that gets into the spirit of things… in a hilarious fashion. Via the NZ Herald: Unconventional sleeping arrangements, beady eyes and slow movements come together in a new New Zealand-produced McDonald’s ad that […]