Dropped connections

A supposed 10,000 iPhones masquerading as dominoes in this well-produced bit of video sorcery.

"It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time." - Winston Churchill

Press any key

An entertaining time-travel tour of technology in these vintage cuts of Komputer Kindergarten with Kim Komando.

"A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing." - Emo Philips

Can't put my finger on it

Movie tough guys don't need guns at Thumbs & Ammo — just a positive, can-do attitude and a cheery thumbs-up.

And from being wiped out by an asteroid to choking, the odds of dying in the U.S., charted. As usual, we're mostly our own worst enemy.

"Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn." - Arnold Schwarzenegger 

Words and pictures

A Tumblr called Liartown, an enjoyable collection of Photoshop'd signs, book covers, and other stuff with words from all corners. And on the imagery side, a few micro-scene gifs to pique your interest.

"Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn." - C. S. Lewis

Wide open

Truly touching story called Spacebound, a beautiful animated short with much to say in its open-endedness and ambiguity. Love thy doG; life is but a dream.

"I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world." - Thomas Edison

What can brown do for you?

Sure it's an ad from Kmart, but "Ship My Pants" will elicit a laugh from your inner nine-year old.

"Words can break your heart, or they can change your day." - Anna Deavere Smith

Site unseen

Proving that it's tough to make the internet seem any dumber than it is, a compendium of TV's best fake websites that might be good for a couple of laughs. And/or a bonus supercut of made-up sites on "Law & Order" from over the years.

"Of course I've got lawyers. They are like nuclear weapons; I've got 'em 'cause everyone else has. But as soon as you use them they screw up everything." - Danny DeVito

Not well wrung

Freeze drying, LEDs, and scratch-resistant lenses would be a mile behind wet naps on the list of technology spun off from NASA, based on this demo of what happens when you wring out a washcloth in zero-G.

"Change is the only constant. Hanging on is the only sin." - Denise McCluggage

Lukewarm pursuit

A driver tries (and fails) to escape in this "high-speed police chase" caught on helmet cam.

"Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical." - Blaise Pascal

A sorted affair

Van Halen could have used this Lego-powered M&M sorter if they really wanted to be sure their contract terms had been met.

"Monotony is the awful reward of the careful." - A. G. Buckham

Dark ages

How can spending most of your waking hours in front of a computer be bad? The Internet: A Warning From History paints us a grim picture of an imagined future looking back on this era of wasted time.

"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home." - Ken Olsen, Founder, Digital Equipment Corp

Moonstruck

Sure, the book typically helps put kids to sleep. But the trailer for "Goodnight Moon" as a horror movie, on the other hand... well, I wasn't planning on sleeping, anyway.

"If you can't change your fate, change your attitude." - Charles Revson

Lighting never strikes twice

Pretty interesting exposition of how much a face changes under different lighting, perhaps in homage to this earlier and slightly creepier experiment or Seinfeld's "Two Face" Girlfriend.

"There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart." - Charles Dickens

Trivial pursuit

When is a fact not a fact? When it's one of these 50 Common Misconceptions, debunked in a mere six minutes. Nice bit rapid-fire "edu-tainment".

"The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty." - Charles Sanders Peirce

It's putty, buddy

Enjoy a healthy dose of magnetic putty, in this titillating and quasi-gastronomic demonstration of its almost magical powers.

"If you want to make enemies, try to change something." - Woodrow Wilson

Table manners

Ridiculously slapstick video bit, How Animals Eat Their Food, that should serve as comic inspiration for the entire internet.

"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance." - George Bernard Shaw

String theory

Luna Lee performs Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile" on a gayageum, a "traditional Korean zither-like string instrument" (or so sayeth Wikipedia), and pretty much kills it. There's lots more if that strikes your fancy, including this version of "Scuttle Buttin'" by Stevie Ray Vaughn.

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls." - Pablo Picasso

Rise of the machines

I don't recommend listening to most people, let alone inanimate objects, but Life Advice from Machines is worth a gander.

And a roster of possible future advisers, Invention of the Day is a blog full of ideas, ranging from intriguing to highly questionable.

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." - Henry David Thoreau

Director's cut

Two adult brothers doing DVD-style video commentary over their old home movies, to humorous effect.

"The secret of being boring is to say everything." - Voltaire

Hoof daddy

Horse trades in its clippity clop for some hippity hop in this modernized dressage routine. Don't look now, but "Dancing With The Stars" might be next.

"If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living." -- Gail Sheehy

Pipe dream

Men off-loading a section of giant concrete pipe from a truck works out just as you suspect it would. Not sure why the camera was rolling, but obviously that guy knew more than the other three.

And seemingly endless photos to scroll through and scroll through.

"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain

Life, liberty, and the pursuit

Brilliant spoof of "American Psycho", remade with Huey Lewis and Weird Al.

And for no reason, a little Population Bracketology where you can test what you know about U.S. population at the city or state level.

"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive." - Elbert Hubbard

How's it hangin'?

I could never drink as much as this drunken idiot hanging upside down from power lines. Happened in China, surprisingly. Motive? Got me.

Or then there's this insane sober guy, a high-altitude daredevil whose photos alone will make you queasy.

"A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." - John Barrymore

Newton's third

Bearded crusader mimes "Call Me Maybe" on Chatroulette and gets incredible reaction shots. Though this might seem annoying, it's tough not be amused while watching.

Also likely good for a reaction is this Cardboard Cat Art.

"A smile cures the wounding of a frown." - William Shakespeare

Downscale

Brian Butterfield promotes his new Butterfield Sports Restaurant, with a hefty helping of cheese and a side of sport ball bonbonbonbons.

"Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success." - Dale Carnegie

Substitute ingredients

"The Naked Chef" gets chopped into a smorgasbord of puerile innuendo.

"Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet." - Roger Miller

Live mas

Lacking that spice for life? Things not so grate? Not a shred of energy? Just a shell of your former self? Well then ask your doctor about tacos.

"A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self." - Charles Dickens

Old-fashioned ingenuity

A man impassioned to create an instrument that I'm not sure needed creating, just so he could imitate a xylophone. Bizarre, awkward video that goes to show there was crazy stuff posted on YouTube in the old days, too.

"No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness." - Aristotle

If you can't beat 'em, meld 'em

A few new mutant hybrids in this installment of "If They Melded" from Conan O'Brien, including Justin Bieber + Rachel Maddow, Mike Tyson + Michelle Obama, and Sarah Palin + Honey Booboo.

"A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession." - Albert Camus