Sunday, November 30, 2014

Blurry lines




Sometimes, embracing your demons is the only way to go. But go where...?


"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting." - Buddha


Friday, November 28, 2014

Good vibrations




What happens when science meets music? A moving piece of work.

And these letters, they're animated.


"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." - William Butler Yeats


Thursday, November 27, 2014

Movable feast


Photo series featuring artsy versions of Thanksgiving dinner, as prepared by greats like Van Gogh, Picasso, and Pollock, is the newest (and first food-based) project from artist Hannah Rothstein.

And what Thanksgiving would look like around the world.


"Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants." - Kevin James

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Artful dodger




Originally, you needed to create a Vine within their app in just one take. Now you can create it elsewhere (e.g., a camera) and upload it. This traffic-dodging exhibition can't be real, right?

And this zombie apocalypse game The Dead Outnumber the Living is a blend of "choose your adventure" and a text-based video game.


"There's only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. And, I believe — because I've done a little of this myself — pretending to be courageous is just as good as the real thing." - David Letterman


Tuesday, November 25, 2014

My sweet law




Observe the fate of a "freeman of the land" non-person when he tries to pull that nonsense on the police. The law is not blind, nor apparently does it have infinite patience.


"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." - Jimi Hendrix


Friday, November 21, 2014

Anything goes




Animation sometimes can break the rules — or possibly not have them in the first place — as the animation school dropout proves with something that just might be weirder than Cyriak.


"Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king." - Mark Van Doren


Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Enough to make you hurl




Is the apartment across the street in the local delivery area for your pizza place? Definitely is in Japan, it seems.

And speaking of which, @OnePerfectShot tweets not much else but so-thought "perfect" still-photos from the movies.


"They say any landing you can walk away from is a good one." - Alan Shepard


Monday, November 17, 2014

Rough suede




The good folks at Musicless Musicvideo doctored Elvis' "Blue Suede Shoes" into a cabaret classic.


"Fortune and love favor the brave." - Ovid


Sunday, November 16, 2014

Subject to change


Show what you know about murder rates, teen pregnancies, religious preference, and more — take the Perils of Perception quiz for your country.

And amuse yourself with these deleted Wikipedia articles with freaky titles. ("Cambodian scrotum theives", "Intergalactic Thanksgiving", "Cathode Ray Tube Beef Curry"...?)


"Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth." - Will Rogers

Friday, November 14, 2014

Chain redaction




Florida man allegedly attempts to shoplift a chainsaw (not running) by stuffing it in his pants. [Fill in your own "wood" joke here.]

And the top 25 deadliest films of all time, by on-screen death toll. The winner is probably not what you expected (though the top 25 deadliest actors might be more in line).


"A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination." - Nelson Mandela


Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Spin drift




Captivating kids from Singapore turn freestyle card shuffling into a performing art.


"To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders." - Lao Tzu

Monday, November 10, 2014

Lessons from the past


Second-hand bookshop in Australia occasionally finds cool stuff in the old books it buys.

And do you recognize these obsolete technologies? (Also known as the "How old are you?" quiz.)


"Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend -- or a meaningful day." - Dalai Lama



Sunday, November 9, 2014

Found angel




Breathtaking day and night shots in "Angel City" make Los Angeles look about as beautiful and time-lapse-y as possible, while paying musical homage to the movie Heat.


"Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads." - Henry David Thoreau


Friday, November 7, 2014

Telejustification




"Apocalypse Pooh" is a remixalot that makes a humorous yet disturbing point by recasting the famous fictional animated animals from Hundred Acre Wood as characters in Coppola's Vietnam War epic.

And Booking Bands has a smashup of classic books + bands, like "The Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" or "The Lionel, the Richie and the Wardrobe".


"Our ideals are our better selves." - Amos Bronson Alcott


Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Whole nine yards




Executives at Subway restaurants seriously underestimated the American public in this recent news item. Hope you like Onions on that... (Thanks Kingwood)


"To generalize is to be an idiot." - William Blake


Monday, November 3, 2014

Paths of glory




Riding a unicycle in the first place is somewhat insane, but racing a pickup down a mountainside on one wheel is definitely a crazy way to get from point A to point B.


"Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley." - Theodore Roethke