Two Couch Potatoes Drive to a Mcdonald’s on a Fan-Powered Sofa [Video]

From Collin Randle:

This here is a Mexican-American Made, piece of machinery! My friend Beanz, my brother Chad (@chadorandle on insta) and I manufactured this beauty. Many names have been thrown around, although in the streets of Holladay, UT shes known as “The elusive swamp couch”. We Purchased everything but the paramotor with recycled metal, which Beanz had on a job site. The total amount was $60 in recycled metal. Two harbor freight fixed caster wheels = $8.99 apiece. One Kids bike from a local thrift shop = $5.99. A couch from KSL, if you know, you know. A sweet old lady named Lorraine needed it gone = $0.00 Along with all that we had a dream, a team and our parent’s garage… better known as santas workshop.

Grand total $23.97, which shot up to $50.94 after we blew three rear tires. The remainder was spent on ice cream for the boys.

[Via Geekologie]


Amazing Fully Crocheted Xenomorph and Skeletor Halloween Costumes [Pics + Videos]

Last year, Stephanie Pokorny of Crochetverse hand-crocheted both a Slimer and Predator costumes for Halloween for her boys, and this year, she’s back with two new amazing creations: A Xenomorph and Skeletor with light-up LED eyes! Behold:

The Xenomorph costume even glows in the dark!

Here are two videos showing a little more of the costumes:

And her costumes from last year:

[Crochetverse on Instagram]

His Dark Materials: Season 1 [NEW Trailer]

HBO and BBC present His Dark Materials, a new original series based on the global bestsellers, premiering Monday, November 4 on HBO.

His Dark Materials stars Dafne Keen, James McAvoy, Ruth Wilson and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Adapting Philip Pullman’s award-winning trilogy of the same name, which is considered a modern masterpiece of imaginative fiction, the first season follows Lyra, a seemingly ordinary but brave young woman from another world. Her search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children, and becomes a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. As she journeys through the worlds, including our own, Lyra meets Will, a determined and courageous boy. Together, they encounter extraordinary beings and dangerous secrets, with the fate of both the living — and the dead — in their hands.

[HBO]

How Our Living Arrangements Have Changed

If you’ve had to move back in with your folks due to lack of money, lack of housing, or lack of a better option, you’re certainly not alone. The US Census Bureau has all kinds of data on the way Americans live and have lived for many years, and Apartment List has turned some of them into a series of charts. For example, a 26-year-old in America is now more likely to live with his/her parents than to live with a spouse. But the marriage rate has plummeted in the last 50 years, and 26-year-olds are also more likely to live with a partner, or roommates, or alone than they were 50 years ago. The chart pictured above is interactive at the site, so you can plug your own age in to find out how your living arrangement compares with others and with those of that age in past years. Another chart allows you to look up statistics in your metro area. There’s also a chart that shows how things have changed since the recession of 2007. And there are other charts that look at the data in different ways. Check them all out here.

[via Boing Boing]

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Ryan Reynolds and Taika Waititi Refuse to Admit They Took Part of Green Lantern [Video]

Ryan Reynolds just published this funny video on his Youtube channel promoting the upcoming action-comedy Free Guy where he, Taika Waititi, Joe Keery, and Jodie Comer chat about meeting new people in the movie business. However, Reynolds refuses to admit he ever worked with Waititi, even though they both took part of Green Latern back in 2011. Check it out!