Happy medium

In what looks to be the best installment so far in its TED parody series, The Onion tears into the social media business for being the largely overwrought and vapid wasteland it tends to be. [Gizmodo]

And surely this guy is the world's best father, what with the photos and mug to prove it...?

"Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something." - Henry David Thoreau

AC/ad

Summer's long gone, but better late than never, they say. Can you remember any ads you've seen, ever, for air conditioners? Well BGH has made some that are perhaps too memorable — "Dads in Briefs", which I'm not sure if creepier than "Summer Hater". [CNET]

And this dude must surely be setting some records balancing impressive amounts of random stuff on his better half's head while she blissfully sleeps, unaware.

"Among famous traitors of history, one might mention the weather." - Ilka Chase

Crocodile rocks

Authentic and amazing stunt footage of every single attempt of the "crocodiles as stepping stones" scene from the Bond movie Live and Let Die. Yup, they used real crocs. [bOING bOING]

And strap yourself in for a semi-spectacular 360-degree thrill ride in a Formula One racer. [Mashable]

"If you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill

Big buildup

Watch a world record fall in the form of the longest 3D domino structure ever — 18,800 of them — get toppled.

And Obsessionistas, an online collection of collections.

"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other." - Walter Elliot

Happenstance duet

Nice serendipitous jam in Miles Davis vs. LCD Soundsystem, which uses no editing or funny business, just two simultaneously played videos. [bOING bOING]

And more hidden secrets, this time in a Tumblr of Windows 95 Dark Side Tips. More power than you ever knew.

"We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology." - Carl Sagan

Turkey whisperer

Simple things to amuse a simple mind — man gets a big kick out of talking to turkeys. Seems like maybe he's spent a little too much time down on the farm...

And if your Facebook feed isn't oozing with revolting sentiment, check out Nauseating Inspirational Bulls--t From Facebook with its hilariously biting ultra-snarky commentary to brighten your day and make you truly thankful.

"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." - Albert Einstein

Pool rules

Mini, mischievous monkeys are cute and all, but have no concept of poolside manners. "Cannonball!"

And a couple of weeks post-election, a live feed of Mitt Romney's "likes" shows a slow deflation in this form of support. Odd that people even bother.

"A fool is a terrible thing to have around, but a fool with energy is a nightmare." - Russian proverb

Warp path

Surreal and bizarre is this "time remapping" video, which someone believes signals the age of technology advancement that allowed computers to start creating art for us. [bOING bOING]

"Fingerman", “Live and Let Love”, and some other good titles you might get when you spin the James Bond movie generator.

"To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect." - Oscar Wilde

Outtakes

Enjoy some intergalactic turbulence with Star Trek - Gaseous Anomalies, a series of clips that should not have been as funny as it was.

And this website called Film versus Music randomly links a movie scene to a music clip. Yakety Sax vs. Commando (or versus anything else, for that matter) does the trick.

"I lost some time once. It's always in the last place you look for it." - Neil Gaiman

Buck private

And sorta creepy dude with camera wanders around Seattle, filming people without their permission, to make a point. We get bent out of shape over stuff like this, yet passively and tacitly accept surveillance cameras as a part of everyday life.

Also for the somewhat paranoid, a site to check if your credit card is stolen. (A nice warning produced by the Anti-Phishing Working Group. Pass it along.)

"Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but, unlike charity, it should end there." - Clare Booth Luce

Prankly speaking

Take your yapping business into public and risk the consequences, especially when these cell phone crashers are around. [Mashable]

If your method of dealing with telemarketers is to simply not answer the phone, Call Hating will show you the enormous entertainment opportunity you're missing.

And in case you missed it, a summary of the Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships in Finland. Looks like Nokia is still popular somwehere. (Or see the competition's website for more details.)

"Communism is like one big phone company." - Lenny Bruce

Topless breach

This 11' 8" bridge that peels the tops off trucks like mobile sardine cans is so bad-ass that it has its own website. [bOING bOING]

And 99 life hacks to make your existence easier. They span the range from brilliant to OCD anal retentive, though filtering emails on the word "unsubscribe" will wreck all your legit email lists.

"History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind." - Edward Gibbon

Repeat offender

Just one photo on the Tumblr Dogshaming wouldn't be enough for this mutt, so his owner had to shoot the "ultimate dogshaming video" to make his point. [Mashable]

And a collection of animated GIFs immortalizing those hapless infomercial characters who need to get their sh*t together.

"If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement." - Jimmy Carter

Not ready for prime time

Possibly more disturbing than the actual movie, "The Exorcist" re-cut as an 80s sitcom works if you like your heebie-jeebies with cheese. [Mashable]

And other enigmas, Mysteries of Vernacular is etymology animated in (eventually) 26 installments, one for each letter of the alphabet.

"The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding." - Albert Camus

Suit yourself

Pay no attention to the gorilla. Might this homemade (seriously) TV spot for Souvlaki Hut be the worst ad ever?

And generallybetter-crafted, YouTube Haikus, some little video nuggets of comedy gold.

"A man who is afraid to make mistakes is unlikely to make anything." - John Cleese

Don't open the box

Ostensibly cute animation about Schrodinger's Cat takes a sharp turn into disturbo-land. Well done, though.

And some bizarre and spooky GIFs, made from animated old black and white photos.

"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill

Flippin' amazing (literally)

Vi Hart with a quick lesson on Hexaflexagons, paper folded geometrically such that it bends the mind. If this were the 17th century, she'd be burned at the stake.

And check out the innards of peoples' libraries at Share Your Shelf, a Tumblr for bookshelf voyeurs.

"Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse." - Zhuangzi

Knock 'em dead

San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain shows off his arm to the Mythbusters crew with a fastball version of skeet shooting.

And speaking of accuracy, make your keyboard sing with Typing Karaoke.

"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary." - Vince Lombardi

Might as well

A collection of feline fails, "Cat Special Forces", set to an appropriate soundtrack.

And actually, literally, what your crutch word says about you.

"I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places." - Henny Youngman

Road work

Take a break from sitting still with this picturesque (to say the least) road trip across America, from sea to shining sea in under four minutes. [Mashable]

And more sightseeing, Share Your Shelf, a Tumblr for bookshelf voyeurs.

"Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be." - Daniel J. Boorstin