What the Zuck?

TV commercial for "The Facebook" if it had existed in the mid-90s, back when social > networks.

And check out the Internet in real time, the numbers will blow your mind.

"Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem." -- Bill Vaughan

Deja view

Now you can add to the "there's nothing new under the sun" file something called vemödalen, "the frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist." So yes, that picture (probably) has been taken already.

And close but no cigar, some crap children's toy knock-offs.

"Certitude belongs exclusively to those who only own one encyclopedia." -- Robert Anton Wilson

Dedication

The short film "Yearbook" (which won the jury prize for animation at Sundance 2014) tells the story of a man hired to write the history of human existence as the world is about to end. Except he runs out of disk space and is forced to make some tough choices.

And these informative graphs might help to put time in perspective, at least as best as a little chart can.

"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." -- Pablo Picasso

Do not go gentle

The crazy parkour in this FPPOV ad for upcoming zombie game "Dying Light" will make your heart race and spine tingle as you're chased across rooftops.

And another different perspective: What works of art see.

"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." -- Douglas Adams

Garden variety

Nifty (?) instructional video about how to make a recorder (i.e., the musical instrument) from a carrot.

"Nothing will work unless you do." -- Maya Angelou

Boldly go

Every scene needs the right soundtrack, especially when doing some space struttin' aboard the starship Enterprise.

"I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me." -- Noel Coward

Key of gee

Separated at birth? Listen to a slice of this mind-blowing, near-seamless mashup of six country music songs that sound suspiciously similar.

And unrelated, this story in "The Independent" about Nazi cows is completely indistinguishable from "The Onion".

"Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle." - Robert Anthony

Daze of our lives

Combining two things that couldn't be more opposite is this intro for a fictional TV series "Pulpy Days", a Pulp Fiction/Happy Days mashup.

And how many days in a week? Bodybuilders earnestly engage in deep intellectual discourse to the point where I was crying reading it.

"Good questions outrank easy answers." - Paul Samuelson

Dances with lights

The visually arresting "Pixel" is a laser light show at the intersection of hip hop and circus. Or something.

"This world is but a canvas to our imagination." - Henry David Thoreau

Racing stripes

Snake in the grass? You wish. It's way worse.

"If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way." - Aristotle

Hold the pickle

Check out Mac Sabbath, a Black Sabbath cover band that performs dressed as McDonald's characters, complete with fast food-themed lyrics (à la Weird Al).

Also rockin', some old folks groovin' to Kraftwerk, though keep in mind that the band formed in 1970, so septugenarian fans are well within the realm of possibility.

"Age is not important unless you're a cheese." - Helen Hayes

What the duck

Add a twist to the wild duck chase, as fowl hunts dog for a change of pace.

And this good deed for the day is worth the payoff. If you're thinking pratfall or something worthless like an iPhone, guess again.

"Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care." - Theodore Roosevelt

The year that was (2014 edition)

Check out this compilation reel of 2014's best news bloopers. (There's also a part 2.)

"Time is flying never to return." - Virgil