This is the Ice Cube Vest, and it isn't called that because rapper Ice Cube once wore it in a movie, but rather because it houses 96 ice pack cubes in slots that line the inside.

It's actually called the Flexi Freeze Ice Vest, but I felt compelled to make an Ice Cube joke so my apologies if you are now thoroughly confused by my ramblings.

This vest is sure to keep you cool, in a style that's somewhat less cool than say a bulletproof vest, but if you're at a party and the hosts run out of ice you can save the day and instantly become the coolest person in attendance.

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Bill Murray was recently inducted into baseball's South Atlantic League Hall of Fame, and his speech confirms that the League clearly chose the best man for the award.

Bill's speech is heartwarming, funny and reveals the deep love he's had since childhood for America's national pastime, and how he came to be co-owner of the Charleston RiverDogs.

They should reserve an award from each and every ceremony ever invented for Bill Murray, because he's still one of the funniest people on the planet, and one heck of a cool guy!

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These chair sculptures by artist Jay Sae Jung Oh are both fun to look at and functional, and would make for one impressive place to park your keister after a long day at the old sawmill.

They are constructed out of trashy junk and refuse, which is assembled into an interesting shape then covered with a natural plant fiber called Jute.

They make the act of gathering and repurposing old junk look like loads of fun for the DIY set.

Link  --via Beautiful/Decay

By day Millie is an ordinary Meow Mix loving feline, by night she dons a security guard uniform and patrols the Bandai toy warehouse she calls home.

She was promoted to security guard when workers saw her vigilantly patrolling the Southampton warehouse floor, and now Millie has the distinction of being the first cat employed to do a dog's job.

Hopefully Millie won't partake of any catnip while she's on duty, because she needs to keep her eyesight sharp and her claws even sharper.

Link   --via TDW

As a former skateboarder, I know how frustrating it can be to come up against yet another flight of stairs when you're tired of grinding handrails, or leaping from great heights, and you just want to go home.

That's where Po-Chih Lai's 8 wheeled Stair Rover comes in, with specially designed pivoting trucks that allow it to tackle stairs like a champ.

Now you can skate straight down the steps without wasting your energy stepping down them all, which should make the trip home a lot more fun.

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The key to survival in the Prometheus/Aliens universe is clearly extensive training, at least according to this ridiculous comedy video by barelypolitical.

Actually, this video explains a lot....I've always wondered why such highly educated and well trained individuals head to an alien planet and start acting the fool and touching everything. Now I know-that's what they were trained to do!

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Gravity Falls is a new animated TV show, created by Alex Hirsch, that will air on the Disney Channel starting June 29th.

This surprisingly fun, and beautifully animated, show is about two kids from the big city sent to spend the summer with their uncle in a strange Oregon town called Gravity Falls, where things get a bit weird in The Mystery Shack.

Take a look at this short preview, and have your faith in Disney television animation instantly renewed!

--via Cartoon Brew

It's official-LEGO bricks have transcended the realms of mosaic art, sculpture and playtime and are now being used in home repair and restoration projects!

This colorful wall and stair rail are made out of over 20,000 LEGO bricks, and should withstand everything but a wave of bratty little kids tearing at it with their crooked little claws funny little hands.

It adds a fun look to the room, but I wonder if this plastic addition is up to Manhattan's building code?

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This video is the first Spider-Man fan film ever made, and it's full of all the kitschy charm and bad special effects you've come to expect from 60s scifi films.

This fan film was created by Donald F. Glut, who went on to write for animated TV series like Spider Man and his Amazing Friends and Transformers, and had many other Marvel fan films under his belt before he made this tribute to the wisecracking webslinger.

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Helen Levitt was a street photographer after my own heart, who captured raw images of life on the streets of New York from the 1930s to the 1980s.

She has been called "the most celebrated and least known photographer of her time", and perusing through her photographs really does feel like taking a trip back in time, seeing the city not as an outsider but as one of its own.

Her works are currently on display at the Laurence Miller Gallery in New York City through August 17th.

Link  --via AnimalNY

The latest series by New York based photographer Ofer Wolberger is a surreal travel diary entitled Life With Maggie.

Maggie is a masked, anonymous everywoman who journeys across the land encountering situations ranging from mundane to bizarre, and her strange masked appearance only adds to the oddity of this series.

Take a trip with Maggie, even if you're not quite sure who she is or where the hell she's going.

(NSFW due to artistic nudity)

Link  --via Beautiful/Decay

The last time I saw fruit and vegetables looking as grisly as these pieces by Dimitri Tsykalov I didn't touch the fresh stuff for months!

Skull images are delicately carved into the flesh, outer skin peeled back to reveal the faces of death beneath the surface.

Even cooler is the fact that Dimitri lets some of the pieces rot then incorporates them into photos alongside the fresher pieces, like the life cycle of skull shaped produce.

Link  --via Laughing Squid

Don't you hate it when the frame is the best part of a framed piece of art? Artist Taylor Holland clearly knows that feel, so he decided to cut out the paint on canvas element and make the frame the focus of each piece.

His works look as if the frame has continued to grow towards the center in order to fill the empty space, and the central detail of each piece was created using digital manipulation.

However, Taylor is currently working to bring these pieces to life by using molds to cast the central elements, which is exactly what they need if they're ever going to look as cool in person.

Link  --via Beautiful/Decay

This fishy work is aptly titled The Big Fishes, and it was made from discarded plastic bottles collected and assembled into a pleasantly piscine form.

It's currently on display at Botafogo beach in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, where the work is lit up at night so that beachgoers can continue to enjoy the piece even when the lights go out.

Link  --via JazJaz   ---image credit: Victor R. Caivano / AP, Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters

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There's something about being a professional athlete which makes people think they can do anything. They try to act, sing, and perform in ways which have nothing to do with athletics, often with disastrous results.

Gary Oldman is taking action with Actors Against Acting Athletes, and he wants it to be known that basketball players, and athletes in general, better stay out of Hollywood....or else!

--via Slash Film