Optacular

Interactive animated swirl-o-vision meets Van Gogh’s classic "Starry Night".

Also, a blog of amazing optical illusions. These are literally incredible.

"It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things." - Theodore Roosevelt

Misnomer

"My three year old daughter names all of her toys herself," says this poster. "Based on the names she chooses, you would think she was being raised a bewildered hooker." Welcome to the Island of Misnamed Toys and meet the gang.


Also... hey potty mouth, put your bad words to good use with the Charity Swear Box.

"The problem with losing your anonymity is that you can never go back." -- Marla Maples

A year in the life

Get a bike. Lock it to a post in New York City. Take a pic every day for a year. Make a video.


And a Chicago man’s 2012 resolution: 366 Random Acts of Kindness.

"To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse." - John Quincy Adams

Lucky in love

A classic tale appropriate for the day in this short film, Lucky Escape. Includes some mature language. (Thanks Bomser)


And some saucy material, a list of unintentionally xesual books. Save our libraries.

"Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly." - Leo Tolstoy

Short term-inator

Compressed parody goodness created for some "movie in 60 seconds" viral competition... Terminator in 60 Seconds.


And keeping it really brief, The Final Image is a blog of films’ last shots.

"A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable." - H. L. Mencken

Concerted effort

Time lapse of LA's Walt Disney Concert Hall setting the stage for a big shindig, which reminds of a small army of high-speed ants. [bOING bOING]


Speaking of such things, The New York Times takes a look at what the 1 percent does for a living (including an interactive graphic).

And a scales-of-income "walking tour" of the U.S., using Manhattan for its map.

"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis." - Dante Alighieri

After and before

Watch how a bodybuilder transforms himself from washboard to washrag in a mere five hours. (And now you know what to make of those too-good-to-be-true miracle infomercial claims.) [bOING bOING]


Also transformed, a series of famous works of art put through the sci-fi ringer.

"Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty." - Plato

Boots 'n' Cats

Boot = bass drum, cat = snare. Add a little hi-hat "s" and it makes for a creative and percussive music video experience.


And a bevy of famous works of art improved by cats.

"Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a given." - Todd Gitlin

Looney-cam

Insane mofo records himself riding (dirt bike) on an almost-non-existent mountain ridge in snowy Colorado. [Gizmodo]


Also off the beaten path, 30 travel terms that don’t exist but should.

"The road to success is always under construction." – Lily Tomlin

Debunko artist

Maybe you've been told that the Great Wall of China is visible from space, or that you use only 10% of your brain. While the latter might be true in some cases, check out 10 Misconceptions Rundown, a video by C.G.P. Grey, master explainer.


And a blog featuring a collection of nonsensical newspaper headlines from newsstand sandwich boards from a local newspaper's haiku-like headlines.

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle

Here I come to save the whey

Wherever there is wrongdoing, Milk Man will be there (before the expiration date) to protect the innocent with his homogenized hurl.


And a calculator to help you answer the question, Is Your Food Spending Normal?

"The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice." - Martin Luther King, Jr.