That's not a bucket...

...THAT's a bucket. Death toll from failed ice bucket challengers may some day rival that of ALS itself.

"Many are called but few get up." - Oliver Herford

Headbanger's Ball

Mystery guitar guy rocks public transit to the obvious delight of fellow passengers.

And a distantly related Tumblr go-with: guitarists making faces, looking like they're holding giant slugs.

"Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?" - Robin Williams

Cartesian plain

Life and other stuff explained by graphs.

"People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." - Isaac Asimov

Low budget, high res

Novel idea to scan video during playback, collect some of the images, and turn it into what amounts to a live-action stop-motion clip. The music's nice and funky, too.


And it's back to school time... math question from a Hong Kong elementary school (supposedly part of a first grade admissions test) had a lot of adults stumped. Can you solve it?

"Beauty without expression is boring." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Raise the boom

A question that probably didn't need to be answered — what if Michael Bay directed "UP"?

"Everything you see I owe to spaghetti." - Sophia Loren

This we'll defend

The BBC (I guess) presents "War Worm" — sort of like "War Horse" but a little lighter.

"War does not determine who is right — only who is left." - Bertrand Russell

Picture perfect

Twenty-year-old self-taught illustrator Heather Rooney can produce some amazing photorealistic drawings of people's faces — LeBron James for example — wielding nothing but colored pencils.

"I'd love to be a pop idol. Of course, my groupies are now between 40 and 50." - Kevin Bacon

Iron lung

Man with superhuman lungs can blow up a hot water bottle until it blows up.

"Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake." - Julia Child

I me mime

Guitarist performs miracles on the classical guitar.

"Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else." - Tom Peters

Swooper man

Nice footage of daredevil paraglider guy gliding head-on, dead-on between two buildings. Anyone else think about a dip in the pool?

"It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." - J. K. Rowling

We got action

One of the first water parks in the United States to put you in control of the fun, there was nothing in the world like Action Park. Must have made Irwin Mainway proud. (Thanks TED)

"Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it." - Russell Baker

Slight mods

The folks at r/CommercialCuts show what a minor change or two will do to a run of the mill TV ad. Check out the nicely curated selection over at Digg.

And some improved names for everyday things.

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

Double-scoop

I scream, you scream, I scream again... this prankster of an ice cream man really makes you work for your cone.

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Losing cause

No matter how many hours you have under your belt or how good you think you are, you probably will never, ever beat this nonchalant air hockey-playing robot. And what's worse, it apparently knows how to string along human opponents and let them think they have a chance at winning.

"I'll let the racket do the talking." - John McEnroe

Remember your lines?

The Oscar for most talented forehead should go to this real scene-stealing star in the emotional conclusion of "Her". (Hint: Turn your head to the left or click the link to see the rotated version.)

"Apparently we love our own cell phones but we hate everyone else's." - Joe Bob Briggs

Cel job

Animator has a field day creatively creating creatures from anything and everything in
Aug(De)Mented Reality. El mundo está ocupado.

"The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny." - James Allen