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/