killing time

Hey, how goes it?

Hope your week is off to a swell start. Well it's not too early to think about shooting stuff with stuff, and this William Tell Overture montage (which somehow managed to escape my vaguely watchful eye) fits the bill. Not surprising what happens on impact. Joyful to watch, though.

Beer Cannon Montage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmBRZ7UR3Rw



Watching Grass Grow
A webcam aimed at a front lawn in Colorado -- it's as simple as that. The interwebs have turned a figure of speech into a literal joke.
http://www.watching-grass-grow.com


Forgotten but not gone
"History equals Old Ass Shit, but it is up to us to preserve it before the wrecking ball gets to it. Nice mission statement from this website featuring abandoned, historical and unusual locations from all over the world.
http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/


QuOTeD
"A mediocre idea that guarantees enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one." -- Mary Kay Ash


Catholic fancy dress costumes
Instead of that same old fancy dress costume, why not dress up your kids as the pope or your favorite saint. "For older children portraying St. Francis, add blood for his stigmata."
http://www.catholichomeandgarden.com/Catholic_Children%27s_Costumes.htm


Quickpic: Make fun, not war
http://ingesidee.de/resourceviewer.php?pgid=63&subpage=1&lang=en


Recipe for disaster: How to make Coca-Cola at home
http://food-handler.blogspot.com/2008/02/coca-cola-how-to-make-coca-cola-at-home.html


Greatbig ball o' sound
Get one of these and drive yourself and your dog nuts at the same time. Exciting stuff from a Robotics and Art conference that took place near RoboCup 06 (whatever that is).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK6mZsjP7fM



Away.

Words speak louder than words

Happy Fried-day,

Today's edition has a lot packed in to it, not unlike kinematic typography, which I'm told is when you combine typography with motion. Hook it up with some classic scenes from movies and TV and you've got something. Open your mind, one word at a time.

Scenes seen via typography (and audio)
http://www.alwayswatching.org/features/great-scenes-television-and-film-told-using-only-typography


Amazing Baby Reads At 17 Months
Elizabeth Barret can pretty much read anything put in front of her. Of course she has terrible balance, wears only one shoe, and still can't crap in a toilet or wipe her own butt.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e86_1204621087



Bottom 10: Worst Company URLs
Tip when picking a domain name: look at the actual URL before clicking Submit.
http://www.nextwebgen.com/2006/08/02/top-10-worst-company-urls/


DON'T Press The Red Button
Ever wonder what happens when you press that red emergency fire button at a gas station?
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=803_1206030466



QuOTeD
"Typos are very important to all written form. It gives the reader something to look for so they aren't distracted by the total lack of content in your writing." -- Randy K. Milholland


Bonus headline of the week: "Woman Goes for Leg Operation, Gets New Anus Instead"
Does it get any better than this in MSM?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,339270,00.html

Yeah -- she'll need a lawyer, speaking of which...

Funny name corner: best lawyer name ever
Presumably, this is not a joke.
http://www.sullivanandcromwell.com/lawyers/detail.aspx?attorney=140


Tooltip: Browse Wikipedia as you type; impress your friends and colleagues.
http://www.lexisum.com/


Friday game: Ball thingamajig
http://www.freegamesnews.com/en/games/2008/Filler.HTML


O-SPAN: Delicious Snacks Distract Congressmen From Horrors Of War
"In keeping with the traditional procedure, the US Congress passed around a bag of chips at a recent hearing about the progress of the current war. Snack foods have long been used as a distraction from otherwise nasty subjects. During WWI it was popcorn. During Vietnam it was Doritos and Tang. You'd get hungry thinking all day about this stuff, too."
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/delicious_snacks_distract


Delicious Snacks Distract Congressmen From Horrors Of War

Enjoy and have a good weekend.

things change

Buenos dias,

You think things are bad out there now, just give it a few years, my friend. Here's a preview of what we may be facing. (Thanks Robo)

California Job Market 2017?
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v6505609DTJH5nZf



Mobile Desktop
Check out the latest performance by Improv Everywhere, in which three agents set up full-size desktop computers in an unsuspecting Starbucks.
http://improveverywhere.com/2008/02/25/mobile-desktop/


Bet a buck
Given the state of the US economy lately, this is the most you can get out of a greenback.
http://www.marcsky.com/dollarartist2.html#Sxulptures%20for%20sale


QuOTeD
"The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable." -- John Kenneth Galbraith


Tickling the Ivory Towers
Who lives in a place like this?
A. Andrew Lloyd Webber
B. Elton John
C. Liberace
A unique house indeed.
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2007/09/24/welcome-to-my-piano-house-step-into-my-violin/


Rabbit Rescue
Watch Amy Sedaris take care of business on behalf of Microsoft, no less. Sheesh; lotta effort there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vC9taroEsI&eurl


Quicklet: Flip!
http://www.colorflip.com/


Real Transformer
And finally, ain't nothing like the real thing, I guess. An honest to goodness remote-control form-shifting robot that drives, walks, poses and changes back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STQ3nhXuuEM



Hasta till luego.

Downbeat

Happy Monday,

Hope you had a good (Easter) weekend. Speaking of glowing apparitions, this dude covered himself in glow-in-the-dark paint to become a sort of musical glowstickman. Interesting effect, and some decent drumming as well.

Light drumming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_kaYPpQrlg



The beat goes on
Keeping the beat, this vid is a sequence of people banging skins in order of age from one to 100. Hard to tell but maybe it keeps you young.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUHLa1qSy24



Supereuser
Interesting website showing examples of recycling taken to a whole new level. Here you will find items from inventive people who make the most out of used materials, for example the London artist who redefined the concept of newspaper home delivery (and built a freakin' house out of 'em).
http://www.superuse.org


QuOTeD
"The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children." -- Clarence Darrow


Lights out
Sheep has been troubled by a defective bedside lamp and has such an exciting life that he's decided to film it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFqtYtls_Yo



The Sheep Market
Some "data art" for you from artist Aaron Koblin, through Amazon's Mechanical Turk, paid 10,000 people two cents apiece to draw a sheep facing left. And I thought it made no cents...
http://www.thesheepmarket.com/


Quick pic: The Interstate System, Simplified
http://www.chrisyates.net/reprographics/comics/278theinterstatesystem.jpg


Vintage Ads
Modern products in a vintage light.
http://www.worth1000.com/contest.asp?contest_id=18731


War in.

Ball or nothing

Que pasa,

If you're a college hoops fan, it's entirely possible that you've over-radiated yourself with non-stop televised action since Thursday morning. (not that I’m complaining.) Maybe you're a little tired, a little fuzzy-headed. Well this in-theme one-minute British video for road-safety awareness provides a little mental sharpening that can help get you across the finish line.

Can you follow the bouncing ball?
http://www.dothetest.co.uk/


Book 'im
This guy has been exploring the dark arts of stop motion, hand-drawing each of the more than 1000 frames, using spray-mount to stick each page in the book, photographing it, peeling it off and repeating. Twenty hours of drawing, and 12 hours of shutter snapping later...voila.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSvmaq-dIWw



Look 'im
Ladies, why not try out a new look at Taaz? (Men, you're free to try it too -- just careful what you do with the pictures.)
http://www.taaz.com/


QuOTeD
"Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson


Dinner-in-the-Sky
Don't just go out to eat -- go up to eat.
http://www.dinnerinthesky.com/


Quick pic: The best business card ever
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/the-best-business-card-ever/


Game break: Pattern matching
A thinking man's spin on Tetris. Might be addictive.
http://www.chainfactor.com/


Fake Money, Real Stocks
Test your stock market skills against real historical data. It shows you a random chart from the past, and you try to guess whether the stock rose or dropped. And if you act now, you get 100K in play money. I wonder how my financial advisor would do?
http://www.inspectd.com/


Away.

Over/reaction

Holamigo,

We all hate being bothered during dinner, but you might consider this telemarketer's call to an elderly woman who claims she is on the do not call list an extreme case. (As we all know this can cause death.) Paging Major Whacko...

A New Level of Crazy
http://www.break.com/index/new-level-of-crazy.html



Letterman's tribute to Bill Gates and Microsoft
A quick and light-hearted Late Show video presentation in honor of outgoing Chairman Bill.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NoGbLI3ePA



Etch-a-Sketch Clock
Extremely geeky cool. And certainly functional.
http://www.revver.com/video/719432/etch-a-sketch-clock/



QuOTeD
"If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere." -- Frank A. Clark


Spam casserole
Apparently TV fans in England have been watching Delia Smith cook for years, but we can all probably appreciate this mocking clip. I’m sure there's a similar one for Martha Stewart out there somewhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY8BiJMNJyU



The 20 Worst Foods in America
The U.S. food industry has declared war on your waistline. Here's how to disarm its weapons of mass inflation.
http://www.menshealth.com/20worst/worstfood.html


Game break: Avalanche
How high can you climb?
http://www.funlinks.com/avalanche.html


Science corner
You’ve always known this was the next step -- How To Emulate An Electronic Rubiks Cube. And, prepare to be creeped out...Snakebot.


Education And The Future of Technology
This official update to the "Shift Happens" video includes new updated statistics, thought-provoking questions and a fresh design.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U



Hasta luego.

not poodles

Ciao,

A presumably crappy insta-noodle brand spoofs the Guinness ad in this creative piece. They'd sell a lot more health food if they had advertising like this detritus.

Pot o' noodles at the end of the rainbow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETL8YbX5upg



I Love Noodles
Also on the noodle front, two guys competing to see who loves noodles the most in this animated short. Beautiful and moving and can you see where this is going? Caution: a little rough (i.e., adult) right at the end.
http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Movies/daveshort 2.swf


Trippy photos
HDR photography allows several levels of exposure in the same photo -- so that the bright bits are as visible as the shadows. (Since I don’t personally operate cameras, I wasn’t aware of this.) You can do this yourself by combining several pictures in Photoshop, or by using specialist equipment. If you try either method -- or neither, like I will -- the results can be absolutely stunning. Like this...
http://abduzeedo.com/20-beautiful-hdr-pictures?=main


QuOTeD
"What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death." -- Dave Barry


Orange Slices trick
This experiment is a simple one, but it will amaze your friends. And even if unsuccessful, when you finish you will also have a delicious snack.
http://www.krampf.com/experiments/Science_Experiment4.html


Quickpic: The truth is out there (on the corner)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhinny/2107371060/


Close shave
Are you ready for this? Correct answer: not yeti. (Thanks Gordon)
http://www.shavemyyeti.com/


BigDog
Boston Dynamics claims its BigDog is "the most advanced quadruped robot on Earth," and if you watch this new video of the mechanical pack mule handling rough terrain and ice with remarkable agility, you'll be hard pressed to disagree. Someday we'll all be riding these to work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww



Ciao.

Photoschlock

Hey,

Maybe you've tried to manipulate pictures in Photoshop, and after a lot of work it didn't turn out all that great. Well now you can easily get that "photoshp'd" effect in a matter of seconds -- just select a scene, upload and adjust a photo, and you've got yourself a FACEinHOLE.

FACEinHOLE
http://www.faceinhole.com/home.asp


2 Boys 1 Cup
A very British answer to that now-famous internet movie, "2 Girls 1 Cup". The overacting is indeed amusing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5WU6PICXZo


Star Turk
Neither entirely coherent nor definitely genuine, but who can resist sci-if made in the seventies for foreign-language TV with no special effects budget. The "transporter effect" is particularly fine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utqnLoDfG3Y



QuOTeD
"No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one."  -- Elbert Hubbard


sinophile
As joeyen points out, "We've all seen this, in every country."
http://yanxishan.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/cultureid9.jpg


St. Patrick's Day Game: Patty Whacker
Whack the Blarney mole.
http://www.bored.com/st_patrick_day_game_whack.html


The Animation 1,000
Surprisingly decent race-game footage, superimposing images of a horde of vehicles going 'round the track. Actually they look a bit liquid -- it's quite a restful effect.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/12321.html


A-maze-ing
Mazes of all shapes and sizes.
http://www.mazes.org.uk/


Know Your Cuts of Meat
Also, the kind of story that you love the Wall Street Journal for: a look at the world of intercollegiate meat-judging competition.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120527771216028593.html 


Hasta.

Alternates

Ciao,

A typical disinterested feline barely tolerates owner's attempts to alter his appearance for comic effect. In reality, cats have a repertoire of just three faces: "bored", "want something from you" and "batshit crazy".

Cat of a Thousand Faces
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGkQkVQt7ak



How to See the World in Words
Watch the impressive and vast range of typography used to present the different parts of our everyday life.
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-See-the-World-in-Words-6888557



Count on it
Money, how I count you, let me count the ways. "Educational" video shows how people count their cash in different ways throughout the world.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1098393/how_people_count_cash


How People Count Cash? - The funniest videos are a click away

QuOTeD
"If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside." -- Robert X. Cringely


Self-referential post: Binary Sudoku
In case you missed it.
http://vinweasel.blogspot.com/2008/03/binary-sudoku.html


(Really) Stunning Desktop Wallpapers
I don't use desktop wallpaper, but if I did, I'd definitely want to check this out -- impressive desktop wallpapers related to typography, art, technology, photography and abstract themes.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/02/12/really-stunning-desktop-wallpapers/

And a few more...
http://iunewind.com/category/wallpapers


World Taximeter
So what's this all about? Hmm... I only have 10$, will it be enough to the airport? With World Taximeter you don't have to guess, you'll know it. World Taximeter gives you an estimate of the cost of a taxi ride in (some) cities worldwide. Your mileage may vary.
http://www.worldtaximeter.com/


Tower pixel art
This isn't the first (or even the last) pixel art tower community project, but it's a pretty cool collaborative piece of work.
http://www.goontower.com/


Ciao.

Binary Sudoku

This is a tough one. Any clues?

Flip'd out

Hola amigo,

Life is nothing but a series of moments, right? Or maybe you once doodled on a pad of paper and flipped the pages to make your own jittery animation. Whatever -- just check out this stop-motion animation epic produced on a t-shirt as it chronicles one of the oldest sagas in all of human history.

Human flipbook animation
http://www.humanflipbook.com/


How Can We Make The War In Iraq More Eco-Friendly?
In order to make the world a better place for all, certain measures MUST be taken to make the war in Iraq more environmentally friendly. Vietnam pioneered green mayhem, and hopefully, with the help of technology and enterprising warmongers, we can follow suit. Machete killings are zero emissions, for example. You've got to start somewhere. The Onion News Network's "In The Know" has the full story.
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/in_the_know_how_can_we_make_the



Spazzz out
You know those over-the-top commercials for candy where the point is to make the selection of the product itself seem like an act of crazy, rebellious fun? College Humor takes the absurdity to its next level in this ad for "Spazz!!!." What screams "fun" more than children running amok in school, burning their books, and disemboweling the principal? The message: high fructose corn syrup = anarchy. Not too far from the reality, sadly.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1803565



QuOTeD
"Anyone who uses the phrase 'easy as taking candy from a baby' has never tried taking candy from a baby." -- Unknown


Star Wars according to a 3-year old
It's true -- the shiny guy does always worry. And Obi Kanobi does teach Luke how to do his little light-up sword.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBM854BTGL0



Quickpic: MacGuyver Haircut
http://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/macgyver_hairdresser.jpg


Photoshop ver. 0 reviewed
There's a school of thought that all this photoshoppery is really a step backwards from using pencils, scissors and glue. Reactionary thought maybe, but that might be your opinion after reading this humorous review of crayons from the conceit of computer users not knowing what a pencil is even for.
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-02-11-n78.html


Exhaustburger Cooks While You Drive
And finally, good tree-huggers never waste a thing, yet so much heat is lost through the tailpipe. We have heard of cooking with your car engine before (there is even a book called Manifold Destiny about the subject) but when covering the Dining in 2015 competition we missed this clever trick for getting a little extra mileage out of your engine exhaust. Just stick in a veggie burger and drive.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/exhaustburger_c.php


Hasta luego.

Whole lotta glove

Happy Monday,

Hope you had a good weekend (minus that lost hour of sleep on Sunday). Now, it seems reasonable to think that anything featuring Michael Jackson would be odd, but this one is even slightly more odd than you'd initially assume. The erstwhile prince of pop sings Billy Jean wearing an enormous, clown-like glove. All the better to spank disobedient children with, I suppose.

Bigglove
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPnR-zIwvQ0



My Paper Mind
In an age when being "green" is everything, here's an emerging art form that (in this video, at least) is purely white. Check this interesting use of 4x6 white card stock, a short clip that showcases an experimental technique called "stratastencil" devised by Javan Ivey. It's certainly the coolest artwork involving nothing but white paper you'll see all day, and it's probably safe to assume that everything will be recycled afterward.
http://cgi.fark.com/cgi/fark/youtube.pl?IDLink=3425138



Slammin' basset-hound beats
Do a little mixing with DJ Hound. The flash is a hog, so be prepared for a bit of a wait as the page loads.
http://www.beatbox.tele2.se/


QuOTeD
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." -- Frank Zappa


Inherit the wind
Check out this rugby kick into a howling wind so strong the ball goes over the bar and gets blown back onto the field. Must be a result of global warming. (Thanks Rohan)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LnCTqhVYbBs



Citrus quick pic #1: Sad Orange
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/4634/oj3rdc7hk.jpg

Citrus quick pic #2: Horrible mutant lovecraftian lemon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevelewalready/342904075/in/set-72157594454881697/


Hitlers earn decent money
And finally, it's perhaps mildly amusing to see that this employment website is doing a little recruitment work for a Fourth Reich. Hope the medical plan is good.
http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=hitler


War in.

Don't burst my balloon

Happy Friday,

What was it about throwing water balloons as a kid that was so appealing? You'd throw them at each other, your pets, moving cars -- whatever. Would it explode? How would your target react? Not to mention the ever-pressing question of how full could you actually get your balloon. In this video sponsored by Schweppes sparkling water, the mystery and intrigue of the water balloon has been turned into an art form. The entire clip was shot at 10,000 frames per second, capturing all of the magnificent impact on film. 

The art of water-balloon tossing
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pRFfJJjLpqw



Cheers jihad
Excellent reworking of the classic TV intro into (of all things) a terrorist theme. You might also check out the version of Doogie Howser by the same publishers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRHmAhhXUsU



Argument in B-flat
Forget your 70s and 80s, revel in 50s comedy and despair. Or something. Man and woman mime argument to Beethoven's 5th. An idea so well-executed it completely transcends the era.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEhF-7suDsM



QuOTeD
"It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context -- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese." -- Carl Sagan


Top 10 Worst Captchas
Don’t you just love CAPTCHAs -- which by the way is an acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart” -- those little indecipherable puzzles that web sites annoy you with? Here's some dude's top 10 worst list.
http://www.johnmwillis.com/other/top-10-worst-captchas/


Craigslist Classic
Today's entry..."To the Crazy-bat-shit-lady who picked up the free fridge"
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/snj/494903542.html


Train vs. Truck
A train going only five miles an hour meets a semi truck. Guess who wins? Twice...
http://www.spike.com/video/2936844
http://www.spike.com/video/2915794


Friday game: Raft IQ
I eventually gave up, wishing that I had a weapon to take care of the little brats.
http://freeweb.siol.net/danej/riverIQGame.swf


Mandles
And finally, looking to get something for the hubby or boyfriend? This new product is endorsed by Chuck Norris, and comes in a variety of aromas a man is sure to love, including sweat, campfire, burrito fart, musty locker room, wet dog, and of course... red meat. Git some.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1801897



Enjoy and have a good weekend.

To air is human

Aloha,

Pets are a seemingly never-ending source of amazement, amusement and video opportunity. Here's a bizarro film of someone blasting compressed air at a dog's face. Said dog can feel it but can't see it, yet retaliates nonetheless. "Hello Sophie, would you like some air?"

Air apparent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBbKQlQezPc



Fail Dogs
Staying with the dog theme, a blog dedicated funny photos of dogs "failing", perhaps inspired by the Fail blog.
http://faildogs.com/


Squirrel Armor
Here's a way to spend an evening: In the creator's own words, " I made history one night by building the worlds first set of squirrel armor."
http://www.pitbullarmory.com/Squirrel-armor.html


QuOTeD
"When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: admit it, learn from it, and don't repeat it." -- Paul "Bear" Bryant


High Tech Noon
Movie remakes are fun, and even good sometimes, right? Well this abbreviated short puts a 21st century spin on Gary Cooper's classic Western movie showdown.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1m44VNw3O0



Bonus game: Smokin' Barrels
And how's this for a "companion" game. Can you hack it in the wild West?
http://www.gamesheep.com/game/smokin-barrels/smokin-barrels.swf


Caffeine: A User's Guide to Getting Optimally Wired
Caffeine is the most widely used stimulant in the world, but few use it to maximal advantage. Get optimally wired with these tips.
http://scienceblogs.com/developingintelligence/2008/02/optimally_wired_a_caffeine_use.php


Caddysmack
Try this odd, short, stick-figure animation about a clearly deluded man -- though he sounds like Stephen Hawking, he thinks he's Bill Murray. And if you can explain to me what happens at the end, I’d appreciate it.
http://whereisthemoon.com/words/15


The Torture Playlist
And finally, we learned from the ousting of Noriega so many years ago, that music is another weapon in our military's arsenal. Well apparently it has been used in American military prisons and on bases to induce sleep deprivation, "prolong capture shock," disorient detainees during interrogations -- and also drown out screams. Based on a leaked interrogation log, news reports, and the accounts of soldiers and detainees, here are some of the songs that guards and interrogators chose.
http://motherjones.com/news/featurex/2008/03/torture-playlist.html


Aloha.

Chop suey

Konichiwa,

It's all in the build up -- or as your old English teacher might have called it, bathos. I call it the best karate punch ever. How about you? (Gravity thou art a heartless bitch.)

Karate kid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ2Xj2JLnck



The Five Most Talented People on the Internet (Vol. 1)
Not withstanding the karate chop guy...babies who can sing the Beatles, men with nine-octave ranges -- simply put, the most talented people in the world are found on YouTube. It’s not like back in the ’90s, when attention-starved hams had to wait for their big break performing stupid human tricks on Letterman or be left to wallow in their isolation, performing at family parties and neighborhood fairs, spinning plates and toiling in their obscurity. Now all you need is a webcam, a dream, and a wellspring of confidence disproportionate to your station in life.
http://www.esquire.com/the-side/video/most-talented-people-1


Stuff White People Like
Tongue-in-cheek outsider's guide to dealing with anglos. Example: "The best advice is that if you plan
to deal with white people on regular basis either start recycling or purchase a large blue bin so that they can believe they are recycling."
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/


QuOTeD
"Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work." -- Stephen King


Factual Evidence of Global Warming
Pay attention closely all you non believers. I know now that Global Warming really is a problem. (Thanks Edwin)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ersvhqD4IW4




Quick pics: Echo Park Time Travel Mart
The Echo Park Time Travel Mart, a leader in convenience retailing, sells everything you need before you take a road trip through the fourth dimension. You can grab time-machine fuel, a can of mastodon meat, and a cup of coffee in one quick stop. "Whenever you are, we're already then."
http://344design.typepad.com/photos/timetravel/01epttmmarquee.html


Airing your differences
A feathery rat with a mean streak retaliates against with a bicycle tire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk8pe4H7_bo



Sayonara.

Unexpected

Buenos dias,

Exceedingly nerdy is this trio of musicians performing entirely on hand-held digital appliances. Impressive use of a bunch of nifty software. And a nice little tune, too.

iPhone band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh0VX74alwk



Anteaters Expert Wasted Entire Life Studying Anteaters
This segment of "Critter Corner" from the Onion News Network's Today Now! investigates the fruit of 15 years of research on anteaters. The zoologist responsible for this stunning work and his energy and enthusiasm might give you a new appreciation for the elusive jungle dweller. On second thought, forget it... this poor sap has wasted his life studying the most boring animals in the world.
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/expert_on_anteaters_wasted_entire


Expert On Anteaters Wasted Entire Life Studying Anteaters

Ant colony plaster-blaster
Scientists, or at least we assume they're scientists, pour concrete down an ant nest, then clear away the soil when it's hardened. The good stuff starts at about 2:50, with the rest effectively talking about how great ants are. Fascinating stuff, as the shape of the colony is revealed, despite the slightly disturbing callousness of the crew amidst all the killing. I hope they don't start thinking your house is interesting. A bit long, but fascinating and incredibly amazing. (Yes, this one is real.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQERRbU23bU



QuOTeD
"Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks."  --Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata


Garfield minus Garfield
Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against lonliness and methamphetamine addiction in a quiet American suburb.
http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/


Ice imitates art
Ice Alaska is in its 18th year hosting one of the largest annual ice art competitions and exhibitions worldwide. Located in Fairbanks, Alaska, the World Ice Art Championships, has grown from a one week, 16 team competition in 1991, to a month long attraction involving over 75 teams from all over the world.
http://www.icealaska.com/sculptures.html


I’m Melting...
And finally, a ice-tacular display of nature that occurs every four years like clockwork -- the Melting of the Perito Moreno Glacier
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2n340_glacier_events



Hasta luego.

Zen tech

Happy Monday,

Hope you had a good weekend. The Soulja Boy spoof pipeline continues to flow, and with the recent news that Buddhist monks have turning to rap music to boost recruitment, Fark TV gives us "Lama Boy". Replete with dope sand painting, ill Chinese oppression, and some fresh hoe work (tha'be the agricultural kind, yo). Duffers and/or Bill Murray buffs will appreciate the "Caddyshack" allusion at the end.

Lama Boy
http://www.superdeluxe.com/sd/contentDetail.do?id=D81F2344BF5AC7BB05A896EF37C87AEEAA2634206E5D31EC




Cellphone Karma
Hate those cell phone idiots? Then you'll love this. (Thanks Steve)
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=490454




19th-century drive-by
Yo yo yo. What art thou doing? Honestly? We have no idea what this short film loop is about but it's classic slapstick.
http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2008/01/08/djoef-op-u-bakkes/


QuOTeD
"I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose...it'll be much harder to detect."  -- George Carlin


Being a speed camera is no easy life
Who would want to have the life of a speed camera? Exposed to the weather, day and night, alone, no friends... Sounds like a harsh life. But as if it weren't enough, the poor creatures are also likely to be destroyed.
http://english.controleradar.org/destroyed-speed-camera.php


Quick pics: Casemod suitable for NatGeo
Something about log files?
http://funlok.com/index.php/crazy-pics/compubeaver-casemod.html


GAME: Kebabtris
This kebab game has you skewer strange little characters. Some say it's addicting.
http://franksemails.com/shockwave/souvlaki-tetris.swf


Vintage retro-future visions
And finally, the start of a new collection of inspiring and hard-to-find retro-futuristic graphics. Staying away from the well-known American pulp and book cover illustrations, they instead opted for the artwork from rather unlikely sources: Soviet and Eastern Bloc "popular tech & science" magazines, among others -- all from the Golden Age of Retro-Future (from the 1930s to the 70s).
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/retro-future-to-stars.html


Have a good week.