My cup of tea

Given twelve hours and who-knows-how-many cups of coffee, this artist spills and stains an amazing portrait of some singer named Jay (not Joe) Chou. [Gizmodo]

And an illustrated News of the Times, a blog that posterizes news stories to make for an artsy front door.

"Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?" - Steven Wright

That kind of world

An unusual animal short video, Chihuahua Plays with English Mastiff, isn't run of the mill. (Thanks Bomser)

And on the topic, compare a couple of options on TwoFoods and then choose the one that's bad for you.

"Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?" - Unknown

Easy as ABCinema

Did you watch the Oscars last night? Me neither, really, but in lieu here's a quick alphabet movie quiz, with a famous film for each letter of the alphabet, animated and thrown at you in a scant one minute. (courtesy of [Brain Pickings], which also has the answers.)

And composite characters, an interesting experiment with famous literary characters recreated from their descriptions using law enforcement
composite sketch software.

"A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad." - Samuel Goldwyn

Snow Circles

Here's what happens when you give a few people some snowshoes and three hours.

And other interesting creations, the Mona Lisa and other famous works, all made from thousands of doodles.

"Time is what we want most, but what we use worst." - William Penn

Silver surfer

Electrifying footage of an L.E.D. Surfer lighting up the pitch-black, snow-covered French hills in a custom suit for some ethereal riding fx. [Gizmodo]

Also enhancing what God started us with, photoshoppers let loose on famous black and white photographs for an amazing colorization of history.

"If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary." - Jim Rohn

dubstep cat

Bespectacled feline ready to bust out on the club scene seems to have gathered plenty of Russian followers.

And while we're on the species, the next cat-based craze that's sweeping the internet, breaded cats.

"The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future." - Jessamyn West

Keeps on giving

Before engaging in grad school enrollment, remember that you run a high risk of contracting a student loan. And it's really difficult to get rid of. [Gizmodo]

Wouldn’t have known it, but there’s a Tumblr called the Comic Sans Project, fearing no fonts in its quest re-typeface the whole world, “because Helvetica is sooo 2011.”

"A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary."
- Thomas Carruthers

Wherefore art thou?

A painting-with-iPad-Brushes vid, this time the "iPad Mona Lisa", a not-to-be-believed reproduction. How'd he do that?

And Monet, Degas, Banksy and other classics, all rendered on a whiteboard in this Gallery Of Finished Works.

And an art bonus, Smarthistory.org is a free, open, not-for-profit, interactive art history textbook.

"It is better to create than to learn. Creating is the essence of life." - Julius Caesar

Combobulating

Aussie musical comedy group Tripod drops all prefixes in the vid "Kempt".

And television meets literature in Slaughterhouse 90210, a Tumblr of captivating captions.

"The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve." - Buddha

Foiled again

Caught on security camera video, the lamest robbery attempt ever. No gun-waving dumbass is gonna get in the way of this happy hour. [Gizmodo]

From people doing stupid things to animals doing people things. Yep, there's a whole Tumblr of that stuff.

And a President's Day bonus, a 34-foot tower of thousands of different books about Abraham Lincoln.

"It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do." - Elbert Hubbard

Small beat

Guy goes Keith Moon on a tiny drum kit. [bOING bOING]


And a simple Google search reveals the sordid truth about the difference between accounting companies.

"Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new." - Og Mandino

On the rebound

Brilliant gymnastic display from Larry Griswold, a master of physical comedy, in this routine where drunk meets diving board.


And somehow related, a zoo in Tokyo runs a training exercise for the eventuality of dealing with an escaped rhino. Remember, this was just a drill.

"Everything's complicated, even those things that seem flat in their bleakness or sadness." - Nick Hornby

Optacular

Interactive animated swirl-o-vision meets Van Gogh’s classic "Starry Night".

Also, a blog of amazing optical illusions. These are literally incredible.

"It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things." - Theodore Roosevelt

Misnomer

"My three year old daughter names all of her toys herself," says this poster. "Based on the names she chooses, you would think she was being raised a bewildered hooker." Welcome to the Island of Misnamed Toys and meet the gang.


Also... hey potty mouth, put your bad words to good use with the Charity Swear Box.

"The problem with losing your anonymity is that you can never go back." -- Marla Maples

A year in the life

Get a bike. Lock it to a post in New York City. Take a pic every day for a year. Make a video.


And a Chicago man’s 2012 resolution: 366 Random Acts of Kindness.

"To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse." - John Quincy Adams

Lucky in love

A classic tale appropriate for the day in this short film, Lucky Escape. Includes some mature language. (Thanks Bomser)


And some saucy material, a list of unintentionally xesual books. Save our libraries.

"Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly." - Leo Tolstoy

Short term-inator

Compressed parody goodness created for some "movie in 60 seconds" viral competition... Terminator in 60 Seconds.


And keeping it really brief, The Final Image is a blog of films’ last shots.

"A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable." - H. L. Mencken

Concerted effort

Time lapse of LA's Walt Disney Concert Hall setting the stage for a big shindig, which reminds of a small army of high-speed ants. [bOING bOING]


Speaking of such things, The New York Times takes a look at what the 1 percent does for a living (including an interactive graphic).

And a scales-of-income "walking tour" of the U.S., using Manhattan for its map.

"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis." - Dante Alighieri

After and before

Watch how a bodybuilder transforms himself from washboard to washrag in a mere five hours. (And now you know what to make of those too-good-to-be-true miracle infomercial claims.) [bOING bOING]


Also transformed, a series of famous works of art put through the sci-fi ringer.

"Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty." - Plato

Boots 'n' Cats

Boot = bass drum, cat = snare. Add a little hi-hat "s" and it makes for a creative and percussive music video experience.


And a bevy of famous works of art improved by cats.

"Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a given." - Todd Gitlin

Looney-cam

Insane mofo records himself riding (dirt bike) on an almost-non-existent mountain ridge in snowy Colorado. [Gizmodo]


Also off the beaten path, 30 travel terms that don’t exist but should.

"The road to success is always under construction." – Lily Tomlin

Debunko artist

Maybe you've been told that the Great Wall of China is visible from space, or that you use only 10% of your brain. While the latter might be true in some cases, check out 10 Misconceptions Rundown, a video by C.G.P. Grey, master explainer.


And a blog featuring a collection of nonsensical newspaper headlines from newsstand sandwich boards from a local newspaper's haiku-like headlines.

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle

Here I come to save the whey

Wherever there is wrongdoing, Milk Man will be there (before the expiration date) to protect the innocent with his homogenized hurl.


And a calculator to help you answer the question, Is Your Food Spending Normal?

"The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ad bouncer

Interesting new technique for removing ads from videos.


And a Tumblr of old ads pushing all those products your grandparents loved. (See also: the Vintage Ad Browser.)

"A dollar is not worth as much as you think it is. Your honesty is worth much more." - T. Boone Pickens

As good as the original?

Nick McKaig, who's really good at reproducing music using just his voice, whips out The Simpsons' theme a capella in what may be his magnum opus. [Gizmodo]


And PillowMob will make you a custom puffy pillow head from a photo of yourself, a friend, or a pet.

"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity." - Robert Heinlein

Say it drawkcab

Girl from Oklahoma can say any word backward, pretty much instantaneously. Ytterp evisserpmi.


Also wordy, Things We Say Today and Owe To Shakespeare, courtesy of the NPR blog.

"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught." - Oscar Wilde

Fear it

The new face of terror exposed in this hair-raising short vignette.

And a bonus if you feel like putting the scissors to use, Microsoft has ported the popular iPhone game Cut The Rope so you can play it in your web browser.


Also fur grins, how my cat sees things.

"Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing." - Tony Blair

Stage flight

Baby bird crashes bluegrass festival. Cuteness and amusement ensues. Forward to 1:30 if you prefer it easy on the bluegrass.


And also good-natured, though I'm not sure this trend is sustainable.

"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared." - Buddha

Birthday litter box

What better way to send someone special heartfelt birthday greetings than a godawful cat video that looks like it was filmed in another dimension.


And an you imagineDean Martin, Jack Lemmon and Jerry Lewis in "The Hangover"? This and other examples of movie posters from an alternate universe.

"Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone." - Jim Fiebig