Ethan Waldman was 26 years old and working a desk job he didn’t enjoy. He wanted to get away and start his own business, to do this he needed to reduce his living expenses. He decided to build a tiny house on a trailer, that meant he wouldn’t need to pay property taxes and he could [...]
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How Your Kidneys Work
How do the kidneys work? The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs that work as highly effective internal sensors. In this video, Emma Bryce talks about how your kidneys work to detect waste in your bloodstream, balance the amount of fluid in your body, and when to release the vitamins, minerals, and hormones that your body [...]
8 ways to photograph people
Editor’s Note: MatadorU Photography students showed us some of their favorite candid travel portraits in a recent student lab. To go with the images, MatadorU Photography faculty member Michael Bonocore gives us 8 tips to help improve capturing candid portraits while traveling. 1 Go Wide I knew from the moment I saw this photo from [...]
Skydiver Has Seizure at 9000ft, Free Falls Unconscious
Australian adrenaline junkie, Christopher Jones was doing stage five of his Accelerated Free Fall program. Everything was going fine until he had a seizure at around 9000ft. He was then unconscious for next 30 seconds, free falling. Luckily, the jumpmaster is watching and eventually, after a few attempts, manages to pull Christopher’s ripcord at around [...]
10 Wonderful Phone Booth Designs For Your Home
If you’re looking to integrate a phone booth into your home, whether it’s a functional booth, bookshelf or simply a display cabinet, you should have a look at these ideas. This wonderful English style phone booth has been placed in a nook, next to a brick wall in this English pub in a Chicago basement. [...]
India via dubstep
Follow Matador on Vimeo Follow Matador on YouTube Take a little trip to the subcontinent… India via dubstep
10 Facts of Today – March 3, 2015
Facts of Today – After a video that went viral in 2012 showing a bus monitor getting bullied by students – a Canadian man set up a fundraiser to collect $ 5,000 for a vacation for her. In the end, they ended up collecting and giving the women over $ 700,000. She has since retired. [...]
Funny Pictures – March 2, 2015
The guy who brings a guitar to the party Very General Practitioner Living the dream HOLY FU… oh I see They do make wonderful pets Just some phrases to get you out of a tight squeeze.. Should come in handy Old-school trolling from 1930 2 generations colliding My friend didn’t understand why people were honking [...]
20 Richest Dogs Of Instagram
We’ve all seen the filthy rich posting photos of their super-luxurious lifestyles on Instagram. Well now there’s an Instagram account for all the rich dogs out there, wearing designer labels, on their private jests and some just chillin in the pool. Blowing a few bank rolls at the Canine casino Get in loser we’re going shopping Are [...]
Behind the veil
By Paula Froelich YOU’VE SEEN WOMEN IN BURQAS, niqabs, and abayas on the news — but how many do you actually know? And what is it like to wear one all the time? Thanks to recent events and the advancement of IS, many people in the West see this traditional Islamic dress and cringe. But the [...]
10 Best Videos of the Day – March 1, 2015
Joshua Coleman arrived at school to drop off his handicapped kid and found a woman sitting in her car, parked in the designated disabled zone. She didn’t have any good reason for using the space, when Joshua confronted her, she got a little angry. Jamie Smith was driving in Bradford, Maine, when he came across [...]
The Moon Jellyfish, Just One of Alexander Semenov’s Amazing Marine Photos
Alexander Semenov, a Russian Marine biologist and underwater photographer has been capturing fascinating shots of marine animals for several years. He currently works as the Head of the Divers’ team at Moscow University’s White Sea Biological Station. Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia Aurita) Semenov and his team are planning a three-year underwater adventure that will take them [...]
The extent of European colonialism
ALTHOUGH most of us are aware of the vastness of the former British Empire, of the numerous French colonies in Africa, and of the work of the Spanish conquistadores in South America, it is often hard to visualize how enormous European colonialism has been over the centuries. The following map created by Vox will give [...]
Funny Pictures – February 28, 2015
Forget the dress, what color are these chickens? Kohls does what?! Lassie, get some help! Cosplay Hulk – Boom Nailed It Thanks fortune cookie Snow Pirate Ship Guess he’s the most attractive guy in the factory Thanks.. I Guess Rough Night? Reverse food labeling Caution! Pac-Man driving snowmobile next 3 miles Funny Pictures – February [...]
AirAsia 10 country pass very cheap
Photo by GeoWizard SOUTHEAST ASIA IS ONE OF the best regions in the world to travel in, and it’s never been particularly expensive to get around. Now it’s almost absurdly cheap. AirAsia, a Malaysian budget airline, just recently started offering the Asean Pass, a 30-day plane pass that allows you to visit 10 countries… for [...]
WOW – Canadian Scientists Use Vodka To Send Text Messages
Researchers from York University in Toronto have invented a method of transmitting information using air atomized alcohol. In their view, such a method can be used in the future when the use of radio waves would be problematic, for example, to transfer information in sewer systems. The operating principle of this method is that the [...]
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