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Right, you better get watching straight away, because this list will take you quite some time (there’s likely over 2000 hours of movie watching to do).
Add to that all the other must-see movies that are going to come out between now and your inevitable demise, and it’s time to lock the basement door and start torrenting right away. And you’re not allowed out until you’ve seen every single one.
There’s nothing more rage-inducingly frustrating than a slow internet connection causing the user to experience lag.
But if you think it’s bad when surfing the net, imagine how crappy it would be if you had to deal with it in real-life. Well that’s what this experiment from a Swedish tech lab sets out to demonstrate.
There’s nothing that gets a video game nerd’s heart racing quicker than the thought of discovering a secret easter egg.
Stuart Brown, from Xbox Ahoy, looks into these hidden treats, from one of the very first instances to the various forms these eggs take, like the severed heads of the developers to entire games within games.
Memory cards, they’re robots in disguise! At least, they are in this video which shows a microSD card that doesn’t just store endless photos of your cat, but instead it’s a tiny robot with a jet pack that can run, fly, swim, battle magnets, is impervious to X-rays, can bust through walls like they were made of paper AND has a parachute. Surely it deserves its own Michael Bay movie?
Samsung have launched a brand new lineup of next gen SD and microSD cards for mobile devices and digital imaging – They’re tiny, they’re tough, they’re all you’ll ever need and want to store those precious memories of births, holidays and nights out you can’t remember.
THE INTERNET!!!! Where did it come from? Did it fall out of the sky like a gift from the gods? Was it conjured into existence by magic cats?
It will forever remain a mystery… well, that is until you watch this handy video from Kurzgesagt which explains who invented it and why. Learning something on the internet? Must be a first, surely.
If you’re looking to make a cosplay music video out of a London Comic Con event, Sneaky Zebra are your go-to people.
Every time there’s a London Con they come up with an epic video that captures the next-level dressing up that makes the events look so much fun. Plus: hot chicks.
Ah, the Oxford Comma, sung about in songs by preppy bands, debated about on Radio Four, and oft misunderstood.
So, are you for it or against? The animated video above features a three-minute TED-Ed lesson which looks at both sides of the argument and clarifies when it should be use. So watch, listen, and get angry.
If your child’s a space geek, or even if they’re not, you’ll score major brownie points by building them this badass space-themed desk inspired by Nasa’s Mission Control Centre.
Jeff High Smith is the father who made this piece of awesomeness, which even plays space-related sounds and has all those flashing lights, knobs and switches so you can pretend you’re ground control to Major Tom.
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