Great and small

Taking the "tilt-shift" lens to a near-psychedelic level, Bonsai Burma (a.k.a., Mini Myanmar) offers stunning views of Burma afforded only giants.

And from the "for what it's worth" category, The Net Worth of the U.S. Presidents, from Washington to Obama.

"It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has." — Henry Ward Beecher

Old Milwaukee Style

Summer's here and just in time is "Hey, Pass Me a Beer", a YouTube masterpiece that makes me want to move to Milwaukee just a little bit. [Mashable]

And illustrating that the windshield wiper is a seriously underrated medium of expression, some amusingly hostile — and in many cases profane — notes left on car windshields.

"The way humans hunt for parking and the way animals hunt for food are not as different as you might think."
- Tom Vanderbilt

Wired for sound

Enjoy F-or-D's production of "The Wire: The Musical" and experience America's failing drug war through the magic of song.

And a gallery of life-affirming, faith-restoring photos that might let you think for a minute that people aren't always awful creatures.

"One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose."
- Jean Anouilh

Spidercat

Other super powers you didn't know they had... apparently cats can walk down the side of a fridge with graceful aplomb. [Gizmodo]    And one of these dogs obviously is not like the others.

And for all-in-one bathroom reading material and supplies, 'Scary' literary toilet paper — a Japanese horror novel printed on a roll of TP — may be coming soon to a stall near you.

"I always feel it’s not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them."
- T.S. Elliot

Voice of the customer

Not a comedy sketch but an honest to goodness ad, Jordan Knight sings the Old Navy catalog to launch their summer season. [Mashable]

And a gallery of oddly amusing old print ads.

"Far more thought and care go into the composition of any prominent ad in a newspaper or magazine than go into the writing of their features and editorials."
- Marshall McLuhan

Valley of the dolls

The stop-motion animation video, "Perfect Holiday", tells the story of a toy that goes to "the beach" and rips some big "waves".

And an amusing parody Twitter account, @DavidKrap, hilariously micro-rants and parodies the real Tumblr CEO. [Mashable]

"No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one."
- Elbert Hubbard

yoU said it

Speaking the name of our seventh planet from the sun has always been a source of amusement for schoolkids, so the video How to Pronounce Uranus Without Laughing explores the history of its name and the better options passed up, but also how to pronounce it without attracting fits of Beavis-and-Butthead-esque laughter. [Gizmodo]

And in vaguely related science news, an infographic that answers the burning question, How Much Bird Poop Does it Take to Total a SmartCar?, which came to be as a snappy comeback to a derisive tweet.

"A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew." - Herb Caen

Always leave 'em wanting moiré

Moiré patterns, the motion interference effects you get when you overlay two grids at different angles, look intriguing in the book Poemotion.

And Retrowebomatic makes websites look like they've been taken a long time ago by an old, crappy camera. Check out a retro'd Wikipedia for an example.

"He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year." - Leonardo Da Vinci

Runaway model

Two rapid-fire minutes of fashion models falling on runways that will challenge you to keep a straight face. [Mashable]

And a new Tumblr that collects ridiculous cable news chyrons should have a near-endless supply of fodder.

"Beauty and folly are old companions." - Benjamin Franklin

Point and click

How fast can you click your way from GIF to broccolini? Coverage of winner-take-all battles waged in WikiWars — competitive Wikipedia searching — video coverage with humorous play-by-play.

And pointer pointer keenly uses people pointing in photos to find your mouse cursor. Or for a variation on the theme, there's flitser that uses camera flashes.

"Never cut what you can untie." - Joseph Joubert

In space, no one can hear you sing

Now from Jon and Al Kaplan, purveyors of the off-Broadway hit "Silence of the Lambs: The Musical", comes a new creative offering, Aliens: The Musical. (Caution: singing and some glimpses of bloody violence.)

And a different type of thing... a set of familiar logos set in Courier.

"He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious." - Sun Tzu

Just one second

Author Kevin Kelly spent a couple of months in Asia and took a one-second video clip each day to create a neat and tidy "One Minute Vacation". [bOING bOING]

And on this side of the Pacific, an interactive graphic shows the changing U.S. employment landscape since 1960 by industry, gender, age, etc. The manufacturing sector is quite a surprise.

"A vacation is a sunburn at premium prices." - Hal Chadwicke

Intergalactic melodramatic

I believe someone's taken liberties with the translation in this redubbed Star Wars telenovela. Great formula provides a blank canvas for laughs.

And for other options, have a go at this random film suggest-o-matic that pulls from IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, and 1000 Films to See Before You Die.

"If it’s true that our species is alone in the universe, then I’d have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little."
- George Carlin

Don't ding the melon

Footage of skateboarder getting whacked by a truck as he apparently attempts to set the world record in the meniscus throw. [Mashable]

And not really the same meaning, which one-hit wonder are you?

"Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall."
- Ray Bradbury

Lollcat

Add chair massage to ball of twine, paper sack, and others on the list of things to occupy your cat.

And for no particular reason, how many Bond films can you name in five minutes?

"All of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon — instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today."
- Dale Carnegie

Home REMedy

New product promises to help make nap time for kids a breeze. Funny in the vein of old SNL classic parodies.

And making an exception on this unsavory topic, gotta say this dad takes some pretty excellent creative photos of his kids.

"An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy." - Rudyard Kipling

One good turn

A video message to help offenders say no to "vertical video syndrome". But couldn't your phone detect this and set you straight? Where's Siri when you need her?

Also hopefully R.I.P., a museum for endangered tech sounds. And speaking of museums, have fun with a pencil at the Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies.

"He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help."
- Abraham Lincoln

It's a bust

Short little film called "flatten" let's you relish the smashing of food to the sound of music. [Gizmodo]

And Tumblr called Citation Needed calls out the craziest claims in Wikipedia. [Mashable]

"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain, and most fools do."
- Benjamin Franklin

Secret garden

Mister Rogers auto-tuned and artfully remixed in "Garden of Your Mind".

And maybe Freelancer Fred is fairly funny because it's fairly true.

"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth."
- Muhammad Ali

Pupper Supper

An overeager puppy wants his dinner in this nice little bit of animation.

And GIFs + sound from YouTube videos makes for a neat reprise of an interweb classic. Check out the semi-recently popular "slinky on a treadmill" thing accompanied by the sadly notable Bee Gees, and The Amazing Pavorotti is good too.

"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference."
- Winston Churchill

Rara avis

Beautiful animal video montage called "RARE" promoting a NatGeo photog’s book on endangered species features some stunning imagery.

And in stills, forty of the Most Powerful Photographs Ever make for a moving catalog of the human spirit.

"Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough."
- George Bernard Shaw

Raidy cats

Check out a claymation cats-vs.-dogs version of "The Raid" that is (fakely) just about as violent as the real movie.

And from the Great Spinx of Giza to New York City, some "mind-blowing" miniatures of famous real places around the world.

"The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Smooth sailing

Watch as award-winning German design collective URBANSCREEN transforms the Sydney Opera House with their Lighting of the Sails, with a big "letdown" at the very end.

And this airborne tilt-shift photography shot from a plane would make for an interesting option in Google Maps.

"I fly in dreams. I know it is my privilege."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

Control freak

Interesting Kickstarter project for an "invention kit" called MaKey MaKey that lets you make-y an interactive computer interface from just about anything you can imagine.

And check out this crazy gif and mesmerize yourself for a little while.

"Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later." - Og Mandino

World War Paint

Using the word "epic" to describe this all-out paintball battle is not hyperbole, as pellets meet "Road Warrior" with a budget and level of effort that would make Hollywood proud.

And on a related note, Olympics missile defender is a simple yet gratifying little game that lets you defend the event against terrorists, protestors, and illegal advertising.

"The more we do to you, the less you seem to believe we are doing it."
- Josef Mengele

Rubber limits

Alternative uses for the ol' puppet sock now include music, as demonstrated in Use Condoms, a supposed would-be pitch for somethingorother. [Gizmodo]

And from food to detergent to cosmetics, the illusion of choice.

"A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier." - Tom Stoppard

88 divided by seven

CDZA, the musical group that recently brought you "Zuckerberg: The Musical", is back with the short and entertaining "Pianists in Paris", a one-take instrumental cover of Jay-Z’s and Kanye West’s "Ni**as in Paris" with seven men ganging up on a concert piano. [Mashable]

And if you feel like challenging yourself with some words, take a gander at this interactive spelling challenge from Oxford Dictionaries.

"A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down."
- Arnold H. Glasow

Habeas corpus?

Did you catch wind of the recent Animal Planet fake-umentary on mermaids, which based on the comments a lot of people thought was real.

You can tweet but you can't hide it. Discover what your politicians have shared on Twitter and then promptly deleted.

"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made."
- Groucho Marx

Social graces

Check out Social Media Revolution for a pretty good swipe at Facebook and all that shimmers around it.

And reassuring words of affirmation from a calming manatee, .

"There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth."
- Maya Angelou

Eye of the beholder

Watch this shocking illusion as attractive celebrities turn ugly courtesy of the "flashed-face distortion effect".

And references to famous movies from episodes of "The Simpsons", a Tumblr.

"Be content to seem what you really are."
- Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor