Casey Chan

It’s hard to believe that these paintings are not sculptures

What a trip. These fantastic wall sized paintings by Fiona Tang look like they’re 3D images that are popping out of the wall to attack you but in truth, they’re flat 2D images. It’s her masterful work of shading, shadows and use of perspective that fool you. You can see more of her work here.…

Woman has ‘love’ written with a blood vessel in her eye

She’s got love in her eyes. Literally. A Redditor says that her mom has a blood vessel that spells love in her eye. Supposedly it’s not some crazy wacky tattoo either, the blood vessel is just more pronounced than usual and shaped in a way that we would recognize. At least it doesn’t say something…

Animation explains why it’s so important to protect net neutrality

Maybe net neutrality is just something you hear about on the news and see in headlines. Maybe it’s something you don’t want to bother to understand. Or maybe you know how important it is but don’t know how to explain it to your friends why. This simple animation video by CGP Grey does all the…

Guy makes real life version of Jon Snow’s sword from Game of Thrones

Though it’s not forged from Valyrian steel, master swordsmith Tony Swatton made a pretty perfect real life version of Jon Snow’s Longclaw sword from Game of Thrones. The sword’s pommel has a nice ivory replica of Ghost, the hilt is exquisitely knotted and the blade is as ginormous and intimidating as it should be. Swatton…

Solar jet fuel has been created for the first time

Maybe we won’t suck up all of Earth’s resources and destroy our planet just yet. Scientists say that they have created solar jet fuel using just sunlight, water and carbon dioxide for the very first time. That’s basically creating fuel from thin air. It’s a damn impressive feat and puts us closer to the dream…

This one-cent stamp is ‘The Mona Lisa of stamps’ and worth $20 million

There is art in everything. Value in trash. Millions in the tiniest of things. Take this stamp. Known as the One-Cent Magenta from British Guiana, it’s 158 years old, hasn’t been seen in public since the mid 1980’s and is considered to be the Mona Lisa of stamps. Oh and Sotheby’s expects it to sell…

Another verdict has been reached in another Apple vs Samsung patent battle in the courts. This time Samsung was found to have infringed on two Apple patents and owes nearly $120 million to Apple. Apple, on the other hand, infringed on one Samsung patent but only owes Samsung $158,000.

Tree takes revenge on guy chopping down the tree by throwing him off

Well, that’s not how it’s supposed to work. A guy cutting down a tree branch gets caught in a gnarly spill when the branch he was cutting down falls and takes him down with it. Nature isn’t too kind when you’re chopping her off, I guess. His co-worker Kurt Stepp, who posted the video (because…

These ads explain why books are always better than movies

Everyone with wrinkles on their brains knows that the book is almost always better than the movie. The book can do so much more! Your personal vision is only limited by your imagination! The little details and subtleties are allowed to breath better! These ads explain it rather perfectly saying, “a big part of the…

Meet the world’s luckiest unluckiest man who cheated death 7 times

The story of Frane Selak is so unbelievable that you’d walk away from a movie, heck, a documentary of his life thinking it was too unrealistic. But it’s not. It’s a true story. Selak cheated death seven times. He survived a train crashing into a frozen river, a plane crash by getting sucked out of…

These 3D sand drawings create fun trippy illusions on the beach

Some people go to the beach to take a dip in the water and get some sun. Jamie Harkins goes to the beach to take a journey to another world. Harkins is a fantastic artist who transforms a beach into alternate realities by creating 3D sand art. Sometimes his art looks like people are sailing…

Ship causes explosion when trying to pass through a bridge

Boom. What an explosion. Even though it’s a tight fit to get through, you totally don’t expect the overhead line to blow up the way it did when you’re watching this ship try to pass through this railway bridge in the Netherlands. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

How The Lego Movie should have ended

The Lego Movie was one of the funniest, most entertaining movies to come out this year and pretty much everyone who saw it and had a soul, loved it. Everyone except Lego Superman. He had beef with how the movie ended and he thinks he should have just saved the day and be the hero.…

Whoa, this biker looks like he’s trapped inside a video game level

What a tricky mind trip. Though it looks like this fixed gear biker is playing a video game or stuck inside a M.C. Escher drawing or a part of an optical illusion, he’s actually riding on a real bike course made with real ramps and doing real jumps. It just looks crazy from our perspective…

Rock climbing bears are more impressive than rock climbing humans

Rock climbing is hard. Even for bears. Just watch this cub try to follow his Mama Bear in scaling this mountain side. There are times you think he might fall, there are times he’s going down the wrong path but he eventually figures it out. No ropes necessary. According to Stephanie Latimer (who filmed the…

A single drop of seawater hides all these icky microscopic creatures

We know the ocean is home to some of the weirdest looking monsters on the planet. It’s a big place, after all. But did you know that a single drop of seawater is also home to alien-looking critters too? They’re just invisible to us because they’re microscopic. Once you get closer, all these creepy things…

Dumb and Dumber turned into a serious movie

How do you transform one of the funniest movies of all time in Dumb and Dumber starring two of the goofiest characters in Lloyd and Harry into a serious movie? By creating a movie trailer that expertly slices together previously hilarious scenes into a love drama called Love and Lover. That’s what Josh Rocklage did.…

What happens when a normal guy gets to fly in a Thunderbird F-16

You can just see it in his eyes. It’s a combination of fear, disbelief in what he’s seeing, discomfort and general awesomeness blended together. It’s like he’s saying, “Holy crap what did I just get myself into oh my god this is fantastic wait how long can I last before I pass out.” Photographer Blair…

A motorcycle crash at 140mph from the motorcyclist’s point of view

Well, this is absolutely terrifying. This helmet cam footage shows a motorcyclist crashing his bike at 140mph, hitting the car in front of him and having his body catapulted and spun for what seems like an eternity on the road. Amazingly, he survived the crash. Incredible. Unbreakable. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff.…

10 things you probably didn’t know about Spider-Man

Maybe he’s your favorite superhero. Maybe you watched all the movies. Maybe you read most of the comics. Maybe you always thought you could relate to Peter Parker. Maybe you tried getting bit by a spider before. Even if you did all that, you still may not know that Spider-Man was Sheep-Boy or may have…