Defenestration: The Movie

A compilation of everything going out the window.
http://vimeo.com/16611269

And behold (or not, as the case may be) The Invisible Man, a gallery of amazing camouflage performance art.


"But when [people] get angry, they bring about a change." - Malcolm X

Cell Phones vs. Camaro

Don't ask why, but a cell phone recycler dropped 1,500 lbs. worth of handsets onto a parked Camaro as part of a YouTube promo. Can you hear me now?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z7GxVSrl_M

And giant WWI crowd pictures made with thousands of people.


"Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games." – Babe Ruth

Fake id, real ego

Classic clip of the "Man Show" boy conniving his way to booze and dirty mags.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FGJuEadGpc

And other youthful indiscretions, "Things You Learned at School That Are Just Plain Wrong".
http://matadornetwork.com/life/20-misconceptions-taught-at-school/


"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten." - B.F. Skinner

Turkey chorus

Apparently you can make a blizzard of turkeys all talk at once. Works not only on the farm, but also with free range and neighborhood turkeys (if you have those). I'm not sure if it will work with my case of Wild Turkey, though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrxB8DnUHLs

And with the holiday on its way... finally, an infographic on Thanksgiving, turkey and the treadmill that you might be able to use.
http://www.smoothfitness.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/thanksgiving-dinner-calories.jpg


"If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time." - Edith Wharton

True Colors

Cubes crawl through a warehouse, spraying graffiti on the walls with colored threads shooting out in every direction. And on it goes from there without a single digital effect used.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR09uA4Qq6I

Who does better job at depicting the Internet, creative people or industry mugwumps?
http://www.canyoudrawtheinternet.com/


"I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone." - Bjarne Stroustrup (creator of the C++ programming language)

Freestyle castle bicycling

This guy has better control over his bike than I have over my basic body functions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj6ho1-G6tw

And some muy bueno photos of abandoned stuff from around the world.
http://www.artificialowl.net/


"Don't fight forces, use them." - Buckminster Fuller

Dog Tricks

A beast capable of impressive feats and helpfing around the house.

And another good use for Google Maps -- Ever wonder where yours goes?


"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." - Walt Disney

Kites + lights

Kites ain't cool, but attach some LEDs and fireworks and then fly them at night, and they have a fighting chance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVROAKQs92M

And with "Black Friday" and the holidays looming, Why Did You Buy Me That? is a cautionary blog featuring some of the worst gifts ever.


"Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual." - Terry Pratchett

Words

Video poem linking words and images together in an effortless flow.
http://vimeo.com/13768695

And if you're in the mood for a quality literary morsel or two, check out Matchbox Story -- slightly longer than a tweet, but way shorter than a short story.

Or find out which famous writer you most write like.


"You teach kids how to succeed when they successfully foil the educational system." - Arlo Guthrie

You Look Like Sh*t

Apparently this line gets a lot more run than you might have thought.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlonv3yJCL4

And other people that probably don't look so good, a grave site (pun intended) where you can contribute to a much-needed (?) global database.
http://www.findagrave.com/


"Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance." - Sam Brown

The Johnny Cash Project

Outstanding collective effort fusing art and music. Click, crank, watch full screen, enjoy. (Thanks Joel)
http://www.thejohnnycashproject.com/

And Damn you auto correct, a place for amusing examples of the damage caused by the overzealous iPhone feature.
http://www.damnyouautocorrect.com


Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. - George S. Patton

hand fingers

Slightly mind-bending visual experimentation videoclip that reminds of a TV show title sequence on acid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR_8SDNQ0ks

And some handiwork with a capital tea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkm8wMRgtx8


"Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand. - Kurt Vonnegut

Favourable Lie

Duffer grows a pair in this creative ad from Bundaberg Rum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLYsdkmaHXw

And this booze-related data is no lie: an infographic of global beer production and consumption.
http://dailyinfographic.com/global-beer-production-and-consumption-infographic


"The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale." - Arthur C. Clarke

Toe Jam

Distinctly retro feeling music video that has fun with little black censor strips. (Thanks JoeY)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHCkheMECeQ

And for some lessons learned the hard way, Mistake Reports lets people anonymously describe a decision they made that didn't go as planned.
http://mistakereports.tumblr.com/


"Less is only more where more is no good." – Frank Lloyd Wright

B***s of steel

I could barely watch this video of Russian kids playing on beams of steel 900 feet up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od1Ep47sSVk

And oddly, falling off steel beams is not mentioned in this infographic, What are the odds?. Though I like mine against the toilet...
http://cheese9.com/visualham/odd-ways-die


"It is your attitude, not your aptitude, that determines your altitude." - Zig Ziglar

Double-check

Tip of the Day: make sure the tower you're demolishing is going to fall the right way. (Write-up at Gizmodo.)
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1418565565?bctid=671072234001

And along those same lines, 25 Accidents Waiting to Happen.
http://www.holytaco.com/25-accidents-waiting-happen


"We all have to decide how we are going to fail.. by not going far enough or by going too far." - Sumner Redstone

Salesman Pete

If you're up for about five minutes of well-done 3D animation action, check out Salesman Pete and The Amazing Stone From Outer Space. The scouts at Pixar should be all over these guys.
http://vimeo.com/15126262

And from your friends at Worth1000, Vintage Ads depicts modern products in a vintage light.
http://www.worth1000.com/contests/22651/vintage-ads-7


"If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want." - Oscar Wilde

Tale of the tape

Watch as this unraveled cassette tape is turned into a boombox.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCKbHz3JuFQ

For Google Teleportation, try GlobeGenie.
And/or MapCrunch. (Use the ‘Slideshow’ feature if you have RSI.)


"Seek simplicity, and distrust it." - Alfred North Whitehead

Masterchef, edited

Clip from BBC cooking show Masterchef edited with replacement food. "Well done."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjckqAU8IkM

And Draw Your Dinner encourages you to submit a drawing of your favorite meal.
http://www.drawyourdinner.com


"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved." - George MacDonald

The Commuter

Short film from Nokia shot with their N8 phone in mobile HD. Hopefully it makes calls as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9ME5_ZzeKI

And the poor man's Ghost Rider speeds through a parking structure on a flaming bicycle. I'm going out to try this with my car later.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrTXl-Ov0ng


"Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing." - Warren Buffett

Bad Things That Could Happen

Difficult to explain this refreshingly unique short video involving giant cardboard costumes and sets, so I won't.
http://vimeo.com/16094710

And speaking of doom and gloom, what happens if you take ominous time lapse footage and couple it with a soundtrack that could make a Sesame Street episode seem apocalyptic?
http://vimeo.com/14352658


"The good things take care of themselves. We want to find all the negatives." - Wayne Huizenga

Cat vs Printer - The Translation

Cat translator unleashed on a classic video. (Caution: felines have foul mouths.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSK1D3bZhRs


"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret." - Ambrose Bierce


And in other technology news, this is how smartphone users see each other, according to C-Section Comics.
http://www.csectioncomics.com/2010/11/iphone-vs-android-vs-blackberry.html

House of cards

Life and work at a Chinese playing card factory. With the hands numb, can the mind be far behind?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KAny-1saS4

And from this side of the world, amusing signs from the recent Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert production in Washington, D.C.


"The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them." - Robert Frost

Oops

A ten-minute collection of dropped-camera video clips. Definitely better than it sounds like it would be, and a 2010 Vimeo Award to prove it.
http://vimeo.com/13788278

And, Truck vs. Power Pole. Camera, action, lights.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFfydVs-f0A


"Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer." - Denis Waitley

The Birds (The Prequel)

Suspense-filled trailer for a would-be movie. Call it a surprise beginning...?
http://vimeo.com/7154391

And, "Better Book Titles", a blog for people who don't want to read book reviews to figure out what the book is about. Cuts through "all the cryptic crap" to give you the meat of the story in a revised title.
http://betterbooktitles.com/


"The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that's always been my philosophy." - Peter Lynch

3D-light

Awesome light show projected onto a 3D surface. Amazing stuff, as plain, white boxes are made to look like the City of freaking Tomorrow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utxRD414F3A

And from the education corner, a little thing that lets you zoom from the edge of the universe to the "quantum foam" of spacetime. Potentially fascinating stuff if you're so inclined, or maybe time for a quantum beer.
http://htwins.net/scale/


"The empires of the future are the empires of the mind." - Winston Churchill