American ingenuity

Is Europe a country?
Apparently some people aren't smarter than a fifth grader. God bless a nation where such a person could survive. I have my theories on that...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juOQhTuzDQ0

Light my fire
These guys piled up a huge stack of wood and then wheel in a jet engine to start the fire. A fifth-grader might even think twice about this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbjoHdT79Sw

QuOTeD
"Well, I had a wonderful evening. It just wasn't tonight."
-- Groucho Marx

Don't mix business with pleasure
Isn't technology great? Careful when using a laptop for a work video-conference.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M60bQrWyH8g

Control Poll
The BioManage Consortium is conducting a study to determine which consortium member holds the most power over the planet earth. It's a simple one multiple choice question. Strangely, my wife is not one of the choices.
http://www.biomanage.com/control-poll.shtml

Game break: "Game Game" is a strange yet somehow appealing game. I'm not sure how you know whether you are playing it correctly.
http://www.secrettechnology.com/gamegame/gamegame.html

Tesla coil Super Mario duet
Two dudes built a couple of Tesla coils and in protogeek fashion programmed them to play the Super Mario Brothers theme. Who says American ingenuity is dead?
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/11/tesla_coil_super_mario_du.html