Undersea wonders to see

Fascinating, almost beautiful, yet grotesque timelapseof what goes on underwater when you aren't looking. From our friends at the BBC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG17TsgV_qI


"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let's Enhance

Amusing montage of TV and movie cops and scientists 'enhancing' blurry crime scene photos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxq9yj2pVWk





"Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

No harm, no foul

End of days signaled with the ultimate denial of one's own dirty work. (And embarrassing enough that it appears they pulled the product off their own website.) Might doo for a last-minute Christmas gift.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crfGXmxJ1vM

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." -- Winston Churchill

Tis the season...

...to be doggy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUtPKbMwnRo

"I got myself for Secret Santa. I was supposed to tell somebody, but I didn't."
-- Kevin Malone, The Office

That's a wrap

Nice prank on some guy named Louie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afreOsPe83M

"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly." -- Thomas Paine

Pigeon: Impossible

Basic training, of a sort. (Thanks Special K)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEjUAnPc2VA

"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
- George Bernard Shaw

Help, I'm Bored

Need help getting help? Help is on the way...

http://www.helpineedhelp.com/bored.html

"Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible." -- Frank Moore Colby

Aroma rocks

Coffee sculpturists create a replica of the Mona Lisa using 4,000 cups. Probably needed a few along the way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4EQHb61ioM

"There is more to life than increasing its speed." -- Mahatma Gandhi

Weather or not

Stormy weather

Fishing Boat in Stormy Seas off Iceland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPBaqh3dcVM

"The problem with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it."
- Franklin P. Jones

A swim in the park

Beautiful film of scuba diving in a newly-flooded meadow. Hiking trails, picnic tables, benches and signs all under water in this relaxing video filmed in Austria.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ-7WD5VdWs

Game break: Miami Shark

Oh those teeth, yeah.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/513760

Wave splashback

Or more like tsunami. One man's critique of Google's new toy, thinly veiled in an amusing poll/quiz...

http://easiertounderstandthanwave.com/

"Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people."

- Kin Hubbard

The Tetris God

There is a higher power.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1924722

"Do not bite at the bait of pleasure 'til you know there is no hook beneath it." -- Thomas Jefferson

The Beatles: A Retrospective From The Year 3000

How will we remember The Beatles in the year 3000? How will John, Paul, Greg, and Scottie stand the test of time?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z2vU8M6CYI

"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today." -- Will Rogers

Sketchy Santas

More in the holiday theme...

http://sketchysantas.com/

Christmas Lights Gag

Well, there is good news and bad news about my Christmas decorations.

The good news is that I truly outdid myself this year.

The bad news is that I had to take him down after two days. I had more people come screaming up to my house than ever. Great stories. But two things made me take it down.

First, the cops advised me that it would cause traffic accidents as they almost wrecked when they drove by.

Second, a 55-year old lady grabbed the 75-pound ladder almost killed herself putting it against my house and didn't realize it was fake until she climbed to the top (she was not happy). By the way, she was one of many people who attempted to do that. My yard couldn't take it either. I have more than a few tire tracks where people literally drove up my yard. Kind of feel like I gave in to the man by taking him down, but my neighbor did confirm two near miss accidents on the busy street next to my house. I think I made him too real this time.

Well, it was fun while it lasted...

(Thanks rasric)

How to Shoot an Anvil 200 Feet in the Air

Don't try this at home. Or near your home, for that matter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhQ4dE_RGnQ

"Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets." -- Nido Qubein

Face the music

Wurst rap vid ever?

I dare you to make it through this "music" video, which makes "Whiteboyz" (actually, a semi-amusing movie) look good...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aae_HL6OenA

"What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens." -- Benjamin Disraeli

Nintendo Jazz

Play your favorite console games as they were meant to be played -- with live jazz accompaniment.

http://www.synthgear.com/2009/music/nintendo-jazz/

Sweet Georgia Brown on 3 Guitars and a Tractor

A trio of guitarists from Sweden needed a drummer. A tractor was available ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ThSi1wbqU

"We all have a choice in every difficult situation in our life. We can become either bitter or better." -- Corina Zalace

World's best Batman spoof

...by a kid and his mom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgCM46CSwd8

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." -- Robert F. Kennedy

Amazing Spinning Sign Samurai

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2009/11/sign_samurai_takes_fourth_stre.php

"Doing nothing is very hard to do ... you never know when you're finished." -- Leslie Nielsen

NHL classic

I didn't know Anchorage had a hockey team.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nah3nMStXV4

"Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing." -- Vince Lombardi

Autocomplete me

"Feeling lucky just got weirder..."

http://autocompleteme.com/

"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd." -- Voltaire

Rubik pixel art

Double nerd play.

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/rubik-cubism/17194

15 Google Interview Questions That Will Make You Feel Stupid

http://www.businessinsider.com/15-google-interview-questions-that-will-make-you-feel-stupid-2009-11

"If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job."
-- Malcolm Forbes

Ambiguous Film Endings Resolved

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1923484

"Television is more interesting than people. If it were not, we would have people standing in the corners of our rooms." -- Alan Corenk

Show-offs

Pole-y moley

This guy can work it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJVO3UCN9FU

Acrovating

Highlights from the Sports Acrobatics World Championship. (Didn't even know there was such a thing.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jkjSF2VwP4

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." -- Theodore Roosevelt

Future governor of California?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/Video-Five-year-old-Romanian-weighlifter-become?urn=top,198525

"I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong." -- Leo Rosten

Terrifood

Terrifying Food

If you believe Cracked, "Humans are like goats. We'll eat any damned thing. Just ask the people who make PowerBars." This stuff can't be real.

http://www.cracked.com/article_14979_6-most-terrifying-foods-in-world.html

"Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." -- Robert Louis Stevenson

Scary food

...but amusingly so.

http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/10/scary-anthropomorphic-foods-promote-the-british-food-standards-agency/

"Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory." -- Albert Schweitzer

Fancy Fast Food

Extreme makeovers on the old greasy bag o' gag.

http://www.fancyfastfood.com/

"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." -- Winston Churchill

Local focus

El local loco

More entertaining than most of the shows on the tube...

http://ilovelocalcommercials.com/videos.aspx

"Dig where the gold is ...unless you just need some exercise." -- John M. Capozzi

Angry people in local newspapers

Celebrating excellence in the field of local newspaper photography

http://apiln.blogspot.com/

"When anger rises, think of the consequences." -- Confucius

Animal foolery

Dead fly art

Magnus Muhr is a strange fellow with a strange gallery. Let's hope one doesn't start this sort of thing with bugs and move up the food chain.

http://acidcow.com/pics/4553-dead-flies-art-15-pics.html

"To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself."
-- Soren Kierkegaard

Kitty glitter

"...a very long time ago, a calendar came into my possession, a kitten calendar. it was placed on my wall as it was so offensively sickly i found it funny. but then, the graffiti started. and one by one the kittens had things added... creating... kitti graffiti!"

http://kittigraffiti.blogspot.com/

Duly noted

Black and WTF

These are worth two thousand.

http://blackandwtf.tumblr.com/

"If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it." -- Albert Einstein

Dude

Is it the most important word in the English language?

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/lists/funny-youtube-dude-videos-081709

"When ideas fail, words come in very handy." -- Goethe

Mightier pen

"Bank Notes", an interesting collection of bank robbery demand notes.

http://www.banknotes365.com/

Only on odd numbered days

Epic Parking Fail

Didn't even leave a note...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX9re5F8e8o&fmt=18

"Technology makes it possible for people to gain control over everything, except technology." -- John Tudor

Game: Cover me

http://www.physicsgames.net/game/Cover_Orange.html

World's Fastest Office

What's the opposite of Catch-22?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gu_KPRLykQ

"A day's impact is better than a month of dead pull." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Sleepless nights

That'll teach you to fall asleep

Cheap trix -- dude scares crap out of girlfriend.

http://acidcow.com/video/4284-scared_in_bed_by_head.html

"Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones." -- Seneca

That'll teach you to hit snooze

Alarm clock mod that might well lead to permanent deaf-ication.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zEH5GxPNO8

"I must govern the clock, not be governed by it." -- Golda Meir

Young guns

Everything Rambo Jr. needs.

http://www.bulletproofbaby.net/

"The best armor is to keep out of range." -- Italian proverb

How to fail a test with dignity

Humorous test excerpts, supposedly, from students apparently better suited to a creative writing class than math and science.

(Thanks Robo)

Just faking

The Ad Generator

Generate random, meaningless taglines and runs them with Flickr images. Result: potato chip compelling medley of subprime pseudo-ads.

http://www.cogandsprocket.com/adgen/adgen.html

"If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur." -- Doug Larson

Everybody Loves Raymond. Except Raymond.

Supporting the claim that fame makes people miserable, this series of DVD covers for the seven seasons illustrates the increasingly sullen visage of Ray Romano. To quote b3ta, "by season 7 he really looks like he wants to kill himself. Then you."

http://blog.escapedmonkey.co.uk/?p= 57

"The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said." -- Peter Drucker

"I've Discovered Something Amazing!"

Fresh-faced expert demonstrates his latest incredible discovery.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo6dkHgT6TI

Addition by subtraction

The Simpsons minus the Simpsons

Another example of the zenihilist "removing stuff" movement. Next up -- Mr. Ed with no Wilbur?

http://www.romancortes.com/blog/the-simpsons-minus-the-simpsons/

"I see no virtues where I smell no sweat." -- Francis Quarles

There is no "I" in photography

Liu Bolin, The Invisible Man, paints himself... no trick photography ... no Photoshop ...he just paints himself...in. Or out. Some other striking images at Onexposure.

http://v1kram.posterous.com/liu-bolinthe-invisible-man

How to Dial a Rotary Telephone

Ah, the good old days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIDw75mUl6c

"Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water." -- Swedish proverb

Fun for all and all for fun

The Fun Theory

Take note -- changing behavior *can* be fun. (Thanks Lyd)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw

There, I Fixed It.

Handy site for handymen and their handiwork.

http://thereifixedit.com/

"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people."
-- W. C. Fields

Can't You See I'm Busy

Not that anyone needs to encourage more shenanigans at work...

http://www.cantyouseeimbusy.com/

Over-share overdrive

Over-sharers

Do people not get that their social web mutterings might actually be read by others? Really, really more than you want to know...

http://www.oversharers.com/

"It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn."

-- Robert Southey

Take A Weird Break blog

A collection of bizarre and humorous clippings from the UK magazine, "Take A Break ". Not the purpose they intended for their material, I'd venture.

http://takeaweirdbreak.blogspot.com/

Trailing foresight

Flashforward

What the trailers for "Ghostbusters," "Forrest Gump" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" might have looked like if the films were made in the middle of the last century.

Txt Island

Chris Gavin's short animation made using only letters and a pegboard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs8cjYmoSUo

Pre-soiled underwear

Skidmark prevention smokescreen.

http://easytigercorp.co.uk/

"You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality." -- Ayn Rand

"A Glorious Dawn"

Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking sing about the universe in an oddly intriguing redubmix.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc

StarTrek Parody - In Living Color

Jim Carey and crew do excellent work. He's also good in this Fire Marshall Bill sketch. Thanks K-man.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVuxvJVdZQc

The Book of Gene

Gay scientists have worked tirelessly to isolate the gene that causes Christianity. As you suspected -- it's not a lifestyle choice.

http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=qCzbNkyXO50

"If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement." -- Jimmy Carter

Bad Hair Day

An overdue return to mugshotdujour; check the array of head lettuce on this crew.

http://mugshotdujour.com/category/bad-hair-day

Face-masher

Upload a photo and this site will create a fully-animated version of your face. The mustache fun is up to you...

http://labs.mppark.jp/hige/

Best Pool Shot by a Naked White Chick

Don't let the title scare you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQAFCbsgQeo

"Speak the truth, but leave immediately after." -- Slovenian Proverb

Game break: Cheese or font?

Your guess is as good as mine.

http://cheeseorfont.mogrify.org/play

Unauthorized Far Side Tribute

Far Side cartoons made real-esque. (Note: This contest is not endorsed or approved by Gary Larson.)

http://www.worth1000.com/contest.asp?contest_id=23833&display=photoshop#entries

Hasta,

vW

The People of Wal-Mart Vol. 2

Amazing what one might find cruising the aisles. Check it out at...

http://vinweasel.posterous.com/the-people-of-wal-mart-vol-2-0

(Thanks Kate)

VERY short story

Thanks Bomser.

Scarred 4 life

Sarka: Complicated Horror

Now decide whether you were scared.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1914298

What's in the box?

"Due to recent developments, the box must remain closed for a not yet disclosed period of time." Very well done short, sayeth I.

http://babel-research.eu/witb/stream/

Movie Body Counts

tallies the actual, visible "on screen kills/deaths/bodies" of your favorite action, sci/fi, and war films.

http://www.moviebodycounts.com/

"Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I might not always like being taught." -- Sir Winston Churchill

Upside down celebrity faces

These folks are even weirder from this perspective.

http://www.freakingnews.com/Celebrities-Upside-Down-Pictures--2433-0.asp

30 Rock is a Muppet Show rip-off

http://bloglynch.blogspot.com/2009/06/30-rock-is-rip-off-of-muppet-show.html

Batting Average

In what presumably is a sequel to f-my-life comes this collection of messages on...you guessed it. Truth is more average than fiction.

http://mylifeisaverage.com/

"A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation." -- Saki (aka, Hector Hugh Munro)

Create-ive parking

That's the way to do it.

http://www.break.com/index/parallel-parking-in-chicago.html

Game-ish: Little Wheel

There was once a world of living robots. But one day a bad accident occured in the main power generator. The world fell into a deep sleep. Bring life back to the world!

http://fastgames.com/littlewheel.html

8-Bit Lego Trip

Dig the classic vidiot games 3D-rendered with lego. Nerd-pr0N.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qsWFFuYZYI

"Better to get up late and be wide awake than to get up early and be asleep all day." -- Anonymous

War in,

vW

But who's counting?

100 famous guitar riffs

See how many you can spot.

http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=pNq94ZaZ0Yk

50 Funniest Internet Infographics

(The politically correct need not click.)

http://coedmagazine.com/2009/08/19/the-50-funniest-internet-infographics/

25 Unintentionally Inappropriate Statues

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/25-unintentionally-inappropriate-statues

"The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend." -- Aristotle

10 Awesome Package Designs

http://abduzeedo.com/10-awesome-package-designs

10 of the World’s Most Expensive Mega-Yachts

Even the last on the list ain't too shabby.

http://stylecrave.com/2009-05-22/luxury-yachts-the-10-most-expensive-yachts-in-the-world/

80s dating videos

Brace yourself for this classic medley of vintage bachelor clips. Some absolute gems here. Can it be that

this is real?

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xaf03z_dating-montage_creation

"Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense." -- Gertrude Stein

Station Fire Time Lapse Sunset 8/29/09

Scarily awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qqxjO5nr8k

Time lapse the friendly skies

Animated air traffic volume for 24 hour period

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4ycfgXxwoo

Game on: Herding kittens

At least as difficult as you thought it might be.

http://www.e4.com/game/rather-difficult-game/play.e4

The United Steaks Of America

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/04/the-united-steaks-of-amer_n_277529.html

"Milk the cow until it's dry, then make hamburgers and wallets." -- Morty Fineman

Enjoy,

vW

Not As Described

Pulp Fiction...

...for the French. Vive le eye patch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNAnYxsrMPU

Item Not As Described

Picks on illustrated Craigslist ads.

http://itemnotasdescribed.com/

People of Walmart

Grotesque gallery of the pond life that lurks within your local Wallyworld.

http://peopleofwalmart.com/

"A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal." -- Oscar Wilde

When bitter creatives make websites

Got an office boss? Then maybe you can relate to this.

http://businessguysonbusinesstrips.com/

Good as new

Homage to kludges, duct tape, and jerry rigging.

http://thereifixedit.com/

Bathroom of the Future

Making the morning wash a little simpler.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtI7oXuXfLc

Necessity is the Warden of Invention

Fascinating compendium of jailbird ingenuity. You'd think with this much creativity that they'd never have been caught in the first place .

http://www.sloshspot.com/blog/07-23-2009/The-Wonderful-World-of-Prison-Inventions-191

"An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh." -- Will Rogers

Death from above

Cat catches bat -- on the fly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=friOZYOdfpk

Game break: Fat Slice

I have no idea. Just keep slicing.

http://www.onemorelevel.com/game/fat_slice

"There are only two ways of telling the complete truth -- anonymously and posthumously." -- Thomas Sowell

Birds on the Wires

Serendipitous music.

http://vimeo.com/6428069

Hasta la vez próxima,

vW

How you say

Father quotes best

Justin is 28 and lives with his 73-year-old dad. These are some of the awesome things his dad says, via Twitter.

http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays

Introducing...Winkers(TM)

Decorative jeans that make your cheeks wink. Breaking into a trot could cause.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyYhdY-A_Hs

Through the hourglass

A young Ukrainian girl tells an entire story by pushing around sand on a table. No need to watch the entire video to get the picture (so to speak).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=518XP8prwZo

"A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill." -- Robert A. Heinlein

Tape yourself

A gallery of self- mugshots.

http://www.tapeyourself.com/

Your data DNA

Have MIT cull the internet for info about you and put together a diagrammatic personal profile. Works best if you have a slightly unusual name (or are very famous).

http://personas.media.mit.edu/

Funny family fotos

Odd, goofy or otherwise notable family photo shoots. As if most folks aren't horrified enough by the normal outcome.

http://freshpics.blogspot.com/2009/08/funny-family-photos.html

"If pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket would be elected swineherd every time, no matter how much slaughtering he did on the side." -- Orson Scott Card

The Squirrelizer

Adds _that_ ground squirrel to any image you tell it.

http://www.lutralutra.co.uk/squirrelizer/

Game: TWD

Utah has made texting-while-driving a crime as serious as drunk-driving. I am in complete support. See how much texting impairs your driving ability, courtesy of the graphics folks over at the NY Times. (The high-speed driving through toll booths alone should net you some jail time.)

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/19/technology/20090719-driving-game.html

Twitter pic voyeur

And finally, a real time parade of images as they are posted to Twitter. See how long you can go without spotting a self-photographed body part.

http://pingwire.com/

Famous Last Words

"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome." -- Isaac Asimov

Enjoy,

vW

Collective psyche probe

Most definitiely probably
Proving the point that "news fails because journalism isn't dying fast enough." I laughed out loud at some of these.
http://probablybadnews.com/


Choose your own apocalypse
Interactive doomsday scenario picker. I found it eye-opening just how many ways there are.
http://sdn.slate.com/features/endofamerica/default.htm


QuOTed
"If you believe everything you read, better not read." -- Japanese proverb


?uestion Suggestion
Small voyages into the minds of humans who dared to question Google.
http://questionsuggestions.com/


[tfln]
And also along those lines...texts from last night, an archive of text messages that people regretted sending; might be worth a few minutes to see what you dig up. Vulgar and uncensored, of course.
http://www.textsfromlastnight.com/


The Complete Idiot's Guide To How To For Dummies
Are you a Dummy? Maybe an Idiot? Maybe a little of both? Well, there's hope... and a book for you that will help you figure out the book you need to read to figure out how to figure it all out. Make sense? Yeah, didn't think so.
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/1a435685fc/idiot-s-guide-for-dummies


outra9eous ca11s
Clips, clods, and cops.
http://www.entertonement.com/collections/60061/Outrageous-911-Calls


Say What
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -- Albert Einstein


Escalator animation
Now the safest and most entertaining form of transportation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCQZ2TbYdMQ


Game zone: Captcha Invaders
You know those useless series of letters you have to type in to convince a website that you're human? What if that was turned into a game?
http://www.e4.com/game/captcha-invaders/play.e4


Pass the TP
Sorta like the old game "Telephone".
http://translationparty.com/


Famous last words
"Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane." -- Philip K. Dick


Enjoy,
vW

Overdone or just done?

A rolling stone gathers no farce

They're back and continue to evolve. Good new twist on a time-honored joke.

http://www.stsanders.com/

Too much liquid?

Hit me with your best shot.

http://www.barstools.net/booze_death/

Too much liquid?

What happens if you drop a huge amount of water at a car?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHB8rRnBLoA

QuOteD

"Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs?" -- Spike Milligan

Emails from crazy people

You can type in a straightjacket?

http://emailsfromcrazypeople.com/

Work for crazy people

I guess the message is, times are tough but not that tough.

http://www.avoidthisjob.com/

Five Minutes Back

Good recursive thinking.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1916431

Speaking of which, a little geek humor...http://www.google.com/search?q=recursion

Game break: Get the red out

http://www.silvergames.com/game/red-remover/

Sign Language

Each week the Telegraph presents a selection of strange signs and bizarre translations from around the world.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/signlanguage/

The Great Portender

Interesting and easy-reading comicstrip-style compare-and-contrast of Huxley and Orwell. Though I've never done it, it's worth thinking about.

http://fatpita.net/?i=1952

Epitaph

"However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him." -- Nicholas Boileau

Relax, don't bother

Drunk yoga

Why practice yoga to achieve ultimate relaxation when there's a simple solution. See the proof here.

http://eatliver. com/i.php? n=4573

The Rubix Cubewich...

...and other insanewiches.

http://www.insanewiches.com/?p=808

Brilliant Woman Solves All of California's Problems

It's nice to see that Miss Teen South Carolina is trying to make a difference now that she's all grows up. Puts her predecessors to shame.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1917596

WWIII propaganda posters

Get a load of "Loose Tweets Sink Fleets" and the like.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctabu/sets/72157620497679512/detail/

QuOteD

"I am certain there is too much certainty in the world." -- Michael Crichton

Rich in love

You don't really need to speak Russian to know what's going on here. Western ideals at work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch56fBPnuTY

The fruits of research

http://www.yousuckatcraigslist.com/

Game break: Demo City

Blow'd it up real good.

http://www.physicsgames.net/game/Demolition_City.html

Never Gonna Give Your Teen Spirit Up

The never-say-dead Astley hit mashed up with the Nirvana classic -- surprisingly decent results.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN75im_us4k

Famous Last Words

"You can only be young once. But you can always be immature." -- Dave Barry

Away,

vW

Trade-in value

Strap it on
They stole it from an old (like 25 years ago old) SNL skit, but amusing nonetheless.
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/new_wearable_feedbags_let


Camel swap
Finally, a website that answers the burning question, "How many camels is my girlfriend worth?". (Thanks Marky D)
http://camels.evilsun.org/


On the head
Check these photos of bent nails in amazingly humanoid poses. Charming, yet with a construction-working edge.
http://www.designswan.com/archives/the-story-of-nail-art.html


Really?
From Life's photo archives, a real "real or fake" quiz.
http://www.life.com/archive/realfake


QoD
"Bad is never good until worse happens." -- Danish Proverb


"Emails from an asshole"
...or at least so it's named. Apparently all that comedy needs is a victim to wind up via email.
http://www.dontevenreply.com/all.php


Game break: Shooting range
http://games-now.com/PlayShootingGames/Pistol-Training.html


Oneandother
Every hour, 24 hours a day for 100 days, a different person will step up to the Fourth Plinth and help make a living portrait of the UK now...
http://www.oneandother.co.uk/


Someone said it
"Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster." - Quentin Crisp


Enjoy,

vW

Who, what, whack

What does the internet think?
Conclusion: The internet doesn't really care about whether it cares about anything.
http://www.whatdoestheinternetthink.net/


Who was that masked man?
Chris Taylor makes a fashion statement by wearing a stocking over his head and sees what people think. Interesting and none too surprising result.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrprsBR_T8s


Han Solo, P.I.
One minute of double-barrel agony.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYntjR4-pY4


What time is it?
Ever wonder what your favorite 80's jams would sound like if they were written around the turn of the century, at the height of the ragtime piano era? Yeah, me neither.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz-Oj2QgzYw


"QoD"
"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man." -- Mark Twain


Whack a kitty
Please hammer. Don't hurt them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_udqEp_YR4


Quick pic: Good deal
http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv246/observer121/IMG00106-20090522-1045.jpg


A little gamey: Lunar Lander 3D
Like the old arcade game but with an extra D. Not easy.
http://sebleedelisle.com/games/moonlander3d


The Art of the Fruit Carving
Amazing food group.
http://my.opera.com/fruit_carving/blog/


Last words
"Until you walk a mile in another man's moccasins you can't imagine the smell." -- Robert Byrne


Enjoy,
vW

Crimes of...

Botany
Don't look for this on an upcoming "Law & Order" episode.
http://www.trutv.com/shows/most_shocking/index.html?pid=mmJAkvuOrifhkrTNPB9KBab5Y6tmASAz


Observation
Test your awareness. Whodunnit?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubNF9QNEQLA

Education
Sez GMSV: "Too late for this school year, but something procrastinating students might want to file away for next: Corrupted-Files.com, which for a small fee will provide you with a corrupted Word, Excel or PowerPoint file of the appropriate length, which you can rename beowulf_report or whatever and submit at deadline, buying yourself a little more time to actually read the book."
http://www.corrupted-files.com/


QuOteD
"Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer." -- Mark Twain


Nature
Ready for a monkey on a goat on a cup on a tightrope? Fast forward to about the three-minute mark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrzvdxzuuO4


Friday Game: Card Toss
http://www.cardtoss.com/


Physics
Ames' Window, a simple prop provides some geometrically upsetting visual effects.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc_LqIaO2b8


Usability
Sez B3TA: "The point of a diagram is to use visual aids to help explain tricky concepts. But no, says Queen's guitarist Brian May, who lives in opposite land. The point is to take something simple, say a website, then use lines and squiggles to obfuscate and confuse. It's like looking at a mind map of a schizophrenic."
http://www.brianmay.com/siteguide.html


Famous Last Words
"I was walking down the street wearing glasses when the prescription ran out." -- Steven Wright


War in,
vW

Little scraps of paper

Post it. Stop.
A well-done bit of animated creativity involving primarily sticky notes. Depending on your level of fascination, you might want to see how they made it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpWM0FNPZSs


Doodlers Anonymous
"I don't think much of anything would get done in this world if everyone could doodle like Jim Stoten." Doodle envy is a very sad
http://doodlersanonymous.com/


QoD
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson


Quick pic: All-meat dress
http://www.jiajem.com/meatwad.html


Cigarette Trick
See? Smoking is cool.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1914098


Sez You
"There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told and those who can do nothing else." -- Cyrus H. Curtis

Mahalo,
vW

High concept

Big Red Text
I hate when the trailer gives it all away.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1911773


Quick pic: Meet Your God
http://img.moronail.net/img/9/5/895.jpg


QuOteD
"And that's the world in a nutshell, an appropriate receptacle." -- Stan Dunn


Nazis on der moon
In 1945 the Nazis fled to the moon. In 2018 they return. Instant classic...
http://www.ironsky.net/


Quick pic: Ferrari Guy
http://ferrariguyforhire.com/index.html


Lego my movie poster
21 classic movie posters recreated Lego-style.
http://speckyboy.com/2009/05/20/21-amazing-movie-posters-recreated-with-lego/


Famous last words
"To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered." -- Voltaire


Hasta,
vW

Finding your place

Homecoming
Drop everything and watch this. (Not really.)
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/be72e6080f/homecoming


Potatohead People
If you can't eat 'em, paint 'em.
http://www.ixplora.com/potatohead-people/


Awkward family photos
Aren't they all?
http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/


QuOteD
"Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city." -- George Burns


Pick one
Sort of a game, sort of a journey.
http://heyben.com/pickone/index.php


Handy Latin phrases
Appear educated, mock your friends.
http://www.philbrodieband.com/jokes_latin_phrases.htm


Friday is game day: Stackle
Stack 'em high. Avoid the fall.
http://casualmob.com/content/stackle


Famous last words
"When Solomon said there was a time and a place for everything he had not encountered the problem of parking his automobile." -- Bob Edwards


Happy Friday and have a bueno weekend,
vW

Memeingless

MMDB
At your service, documenting all the (inane) Internet "phenomena".
http://knowyourmeme.com/


And that's a fact
A baby girl on the Jay Leno Show appears an expert on current events and history. Next up...appointed Fact Czar in the Obama administration?
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x98ehx_baby-girl-on-jay-leno-show_fun


"For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them." -- Aristotle


Game break: Scary Girl
http://www.scarygirl.com/world.php


Quick pic: Inventory
Time traveling? A cheat sheet to becoming a famous inventor...
http://www.topatoco.com/graphics/qw-cheatsheet-print-zoom.jpg


Unvusual
A coupla interesting spots:
DoInk - create and share animations
Verifiable.com - a cool tool to manipulate data and graphs


"Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes." -- Edgard Varese

Blast from the future

The Astounding World of the Future
Brilliant idea here -- take run of the mill footage of the contemporary world and give it that 1950s "world of the future" treatment and voiceover.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJjUVIIYptE


Science corner: AS SEEN ON EARTH
From National Geographic, the Infinite Photograph, a zoomable, endless mosaic of user-submitted nature photos (long load time on first visit, so go grab a beverage or something).
http://www.thegreenguide.com/infinite-photograph


QuOteD
It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious." -- Kin Hubbard


Take it reel slow
Super duper ultra slow-mo (mostly 1000 FPS) footage shot during a recent rugby competition. Nice change from the usual bullets flying through stuff.
http://vimeo.com/4167288


"Bohemian Rhapsody" in C#++
The Queen classic played by a collection of old computin' gear. Apparently it's WYSIWYH -- no effects or editing used.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht96HJ01SE4


QuO2ed
"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful." -- Samuel Johnson

1% inspiration

The Kindle 3
So advanced, even illiterates can use it.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1910868


Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video: 2nd Attempt
If at first you don't succeed...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM


Mark Twain Motivational Posters
Peruse, absorb, and be motivated.
http://www.sloshspot.com/blog/05-08-2009/Mark-Twain-Motivational-Posters-155


One Line on the Sopranos
Stretching one line into 15 minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCx8xjHMt_M


Fire alarm jam session
Students get fired up during a jam session. Rock n' roll with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vXBY6c_oBE


QuOteD
"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." -- Jack London


Get Rich Cheating!
The Daily Tube review: "Jeff Kreisler seems like an enterprising guy. After all, everyone's gotta make a buck. What's so wrong if if that buck is... yours?! Here's the promo for what apparently is a real book."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jnZvTLMc8Y


Randomly generated comics
Type a keyword and get a random comic generated just for you. Random, indeed.
http://www.infinitecomic.com/index.php


Game: Today I Die
Strange, poetic game? Or just "a drag"?
http://ludomancy.com/games/today.html


Inspired Bicycles
It says, "Probably the best..." (meaning most ridiculous) "...collection of street/street trials riding ever seen." I think this Danny MacAskill guy sleeps on his bicycle. (And for that matter, check out these Awesome Bicycle Stunts.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o


Famous last words
"A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all." -- Rita Mae Brown


Enjoy and have a bueno weekend,
Vin

Flying in a Blue #11

Last Day Dream
Just watch this. Takes about a minute and worth it, just as testament to using simple cinematography and creating a powerful story.
http://vimeo.com/4155700


Sorry I'm Late
Artsy helping of stop-motion-ry.
http://www.sorry-im-late.com/watch.html


QoD
"Time has a wonderful way of showing us what really matters." -- Margaret Peters


Dance of a Thousand Hands
Pair these guys up with the Rockettes and you'd really have something.
http://kmclayton.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/dance-of-a-thousand-handsawesome-video/

Joke from down under

Charlie walks into his bedroom with a sheep under his arm and says, "Darling, this is the pig I have sex with when you have a headache."

His wife is lying in bed and replies, "I think you'll find that's a sheep, you idiot."

The man says, "I think you'll find that I wasn't talking to you."

(Thanks Ken)

Thought for food

The Grapist
Advertising pitch meeting for a grape juice company. For some reason they're afraid the new campaign might strike the wrong chord...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqq051BU2MY


Hamster vs. pencil
Rule #1: never try to eat anything longer than your body.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1911881


Fast Food Folk
A nice alternative to the rap flavors of this ilk. Making drive-thru hell just a little bit funnier...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uwY3sjqYX0


It ain't easy
Time-lapse of 1200 lbs. of cheese being carved. Looks like Mr. Carver took advantage of the free snacks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0bQh2ipARI


QuOteD
"My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate." -- Thornton Wilder


Picture Show: You Are What You Eat
The fridge is the window to the soul?
http://www.good.is/post/picture-show-you-are-what-you-eat/


Meat me later
Why settle for dull, inedible business cards when you can have your contact info scorched into a slab of jerky?
http://www.meatcards.com/


Scanwiches
Mouth-watering selection of deli sandwiches, halved and digitally scanned, giving new meaning to the term "document feeder".
http://scanwiches.com/


Friday Game: Sprout
Good luck. Check the comments (by clicking the "More information" link) for some clues.
http://www.smart-kit.com/games/sprout/


VISA is Hungry
The Daily Tube review: "We can't tell whether this is a real or a fake ad for VISA, the giant beneveolent credit card company. But we're reassured by the soothing images, the gentle narration, and the pleasing imagery. Gosh, we just feel like going out and charging something. Thanks, VISA!"
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/6e54cfdafd/visa-is-hungry


Famous last words
"I feel about airplanes the same way I feel about diets. It seems to me they are wonderful things for other people to go on." -- Jean Kerr


Enjoy and have a good weekend,
Vin

Spankless job

Most Americans think it improper to spank children, but the other day I was talking to one of my younger friends about methods used to discipline children. We talked about "time outs", grounding, holding back rewards until the child displayed desired behavior, etc.

One of the things we discussed was the act of spanking and my friend explained that no, she does not spank any of her children. She explained that what she does is to take the misbehaving child out for a ride in the car and talk. She said that usually this works and that the child calms down fairly quickly and really doesn't take too much time. By removing the child -- in this case her son -- from the immediate situation and providing a change of scenery, the child is allowed to focus on something different.

Once the child has the opportunity to change perspective, things get better quickly and the child has better understanding of his place within the family and begins to understand the family's concept of acceptable behavior.

She was kind enough to share a picture of the process...

(Thanks Nachi)

Off the mark

There's an app for that
But of course there is. Amusing iPhone ad parody, whether you own one or (especially if) not.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1740037387?bctid=22360583001


P.I.S.S
Kings of glam rock suffer a major improvement via surreal dubbing and a brave new musical direction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw5oJoUYTb8


A no-doubt box office mega-(s)hit
Greatest trailer ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa7ck5mcd1o


How's your day looking?
"A Day in the Life Viewed Entirely in Logos." Feel free to substitute your personal brand preference.
http://www.geekologie.com/2009/05/a_day_in_the_life_viewed_entir.php


QuOteD
"Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?" -- Frank Scully


Gotha love 'em
"A Celebration of the Sunshine Goth" answers the question of what they do in the summer months.
http://gothsinhotweather.blogspot.com/


Geo-typography
Hard work combing through Google Maps to find geoscape that looks like letters. Someone suggested a font for Office 2010.
http://rhettdashwood.com.au/#16575


Fri'd Game: Bastard Tetris
Just Tetris but makes sure you don't get the pieces you need.
http://l0ser.net/src/as3/bastet/


The 10 Most Pitiful Pieces of Mr. T Merchandise
Fools rush in.
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/05/the_10_most_pitiful_pieces_of_mr_t_merchandise.php


Famous last words
"Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger." -- Franklin P. Jones


Happy trails and a bueno weekend,
Vinnie Dub

By the numbers

Did You Know...?
...that your head will spin after you learn all these factoids?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL9Wu2kWwSY


The Domino Effect
Supposedly 17,560 of them, though I didn't confirm. (And if that isn't enough, a few thousand more: Dominoes Everywhere.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCRcjt2LAD4


Beautiful stats
American consumption statistics rendered as works of art.
http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php


Equals funny?
Jokes in the form of equations.
http://www.morenewmath.com/


QuOteD
"I like rice. Rice is great if you're hungry and want 2000 of something." -- Mitch Hedberg


Jumpin' Jack Flash
Sure, it's good advice to steer clear of flatulence-related content. But when you look at the work put in by these two Cornell students on their final project, you have to consider it noteworthy.
http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ee476/FinalProjects/s2009/rac82_mos22/rac82_mos22/index.htm


Beard Thirty
Poets ranked by beard weight.
http://ajourneyroundmyskull.blogspot.com/2009/05/poets-ranked-by-beard-weight.html


Game break: Short-term memory
Can your short-term memory store more than the magic seven items before your head explodes?
http://neutralx0.net/home/mini04.html


Costly advice
How much for that doggie in the window? Priceless information.
http://www.whatitcosts.com/


Consult this
And finally, here's the consultant for all your Internet needs.
http://www.lolworld.com/


Famous last words
"A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains." -- Dutch proverb


Away,
Vin

Twist'd 'round

Bendy dancing
Stick with it past the first minute and wonder whether these women even have spines.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mVpGmoES3w


Disturbing Strokes
MontyPropps says this turned out far more creepy than he thought it would.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr-e3qGQ884


Censortive topic
The all-too-funny FX version of Samuel L. Jackson's famous line from "Snakes on a Plane" (which by the way you can now get on a T shirt).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4t6zNZ-b0A


Roomba lapsed
Apparently the path tracked via a time-lapse photo looks like neon silly string.
http://signaltheorist.com/?p=91


QuOteD
"The game of life is the game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later, with astounding accuracy." -- Florence Shinn


Wall of YouTube
Make a swirling collage of any YouTube video you point it at -- for example this take on the classicohol "Beer Beer Beer".
http://www.yooouuutuuube.com/


You Can't Please Everyone
Enjoy one-star Amazon reviews of classic movies, music and literature, such as "The Odyssey": "This book sucks. I dont care if Homer was blind or not this book is like 900 pages too long. I could tell this story in about 10 pages."
http://www.cynical-c.com/?cat=85


Game'd: Rotatspin
New twist to an old idea: rather than move and jump to avoid obstacles, stay put and the moving is done for you and you just need to time when to jump.
http://armorgames.com/play/3577/rotatspin


Where Are You in the Movie?
If we started a movie on the day you were born, and stretched it over your lifespan, this is where you'd be in that movie.
http://www.amberdigital.com/where/


Yankovich
And finally, a cool-ish bar trick: remove a cork from inside an empty wine bottle without breaking it (the cork or the bottle).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL1ovAYtKuQ


Famous last words
"I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart." -- e e cummings


Happy trails,
vW

R U serious

Bigfoot caught on tape!!
Truly...amazing footage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpXDxBT3evo


Free Hugs Prank: $2 Deluxe Hugs
Undercover modern-day street hippie obviously sporting an MBA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJfYAJJYMqg


Slap chop rap
Infomercial meets autotune.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWRyj5cHIQA&feature=player_embedded


Do dogs go to heaven?
A church sign "debate" over a burning issue. (Thanks Bomser)
http://vinweasel.posterous.com/do-dogs-go-to-heaven-0


QuOteD
"Yellow is the color of cowardice; mustard is the color of superiority and dominance." -- Dwight Schrute


Preach, baby, preach
Start 'em off young.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4FNGsNY3nI


Fri-Game: DeepLeap
The tagline "The Fast-Paced Time-Wasting Word Game" says it all.
http://deepleap.org/


The Eagle Has Taken Off
Amazing aerial flight footage from the eagle eye PoV.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APViUODDhT0


90 mins worth of car wrecks
For those who watch motorsports hoping to see something go bad -- more footage than you need of rally drivers spectacularly misjudging corners.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6894297344002627039


Famous last words
"A satirist is a man who discovers unpleasant things about himself and then says them about other people." -- Peter McArthur


Mahalo your weekend,
vW

In reality

Twitter in Real Life
Seems so much more engaging this way. This video might be a useful and amusing aid for those who "don't get it".
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1909386


Pick the Perp
A little visual quiz to test your judgment mettle. Remember: those appearing here have not been convicted of the arrest charge and are presumed innocent.
http://picktheperp.com/


Game over
A game developer resigns in style.
http://www.farbs.org/Message.html


Quick pic: Patient 0
http://imgur.com/27K39.jpg


QuOteD
"I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me." -- Dave Barry


Nekkid Barbie project
One man's quest to create an "anatomically correct" Barbie & Ken, including design, prototype, and harassing Mattel to start mass production. The photos of defenseless dolls getting drilled is a little plastic-graphic.
http://www.zug.com/pranks/barbie/


How to make a baby
You have no idea what you're going to get when you click this link.
http://www.otherthings.com/howtobaby/


Quick pic: Goatse goes mainstream
It only took 10 years, but Goatse has broken into mainstream advertising courtesy of these public toilet-paper dispensers from Denmark.
http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2009/04/danish-bathroom-ads-dispense-with-nuance.html


Game break: Big Truck Adventures
Race your monster truck through the checkpoints, Z is brake and shift is boost use the arrows to drive!
http://bored.com/games/play/562/Big-Truck-Adventures.html


Office Synchronized Swimming
Or something like that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tCssbIhqsI


Auto-Tune the News
And finally, auto-tune is the effect used on modern pop records that makes the vocals sound like electro-eunuchs, but a ternd has been emerging to use the technology for comic effect, as in this example...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBb4cjjj1gI


Famous last words
"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain -- and most fools do." -- Dale Carnegie


Hasta,
vW