Thursday, October 29, 2009

Sleepless nights

That'll teach you to fall asleep
Cheap trix -- dude scares crap out of girlfriend.


"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.


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


Young guns
Everything Rambo Jr. needs.


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

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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)


Monday, October 26, 2009

Just faking

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


"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."


"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.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Addition by subtraction

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


"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.


How to Dial a Rotary Telephone
Ah, the good old days.


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

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Fun for all and all for fun

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


There, I Fixed It.
Handy site for handymen and their handiwork.


"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...

Sunday, October 18, 2009

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...

"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.

Friday, October 16, 2009

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.

Pre-soiled underwear
Skidmark prevention smokescreen.

"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.

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.)

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.

"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.

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

Best Pool Shot by a Naked White Chick
Don't let the title scare you.

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

Game break: Cheese or font?
Your guess is as good as mine.

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


Hasta,
vW

Sunday, October 11, 2009

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)

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Friday, October 2, 2009

Scarred 4 life

Sarka: Complicated Horror
Now decide whether you were scared.


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.


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


"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.


30 Rock is a Muppet Show rip-off


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.

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


Create-ive parking
That's the way to do it.


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!


8-Bit Lego Trip
Dig the classic vidiot games 3D-rendered with lego. Nerd-pr0N.


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

War in,
vW