Oy, Robot

Amusing compilation reel of robots showing off their chops. It's never too early to be paranoid, but if robots are the future, bring it on.

And in case you were wondering or worrying about the singularity, no need to fear Skynet -- yet.

"You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands." -- Hunter S. Thompson

Avant-garde

Don't ask why, but this guy recorded his flatulence and (again, don't ask why) noticed something distinctly musical about it and (again...) recorded a symphony of sorts in the key of A-fart minor.

Also up a musical alley, the Jazz Computer is moderately entertaining interactive HTML5 musical art.

"I don't take on big things. What I do, pretty much, is make the big things small and the small things big." -- Larry David

Crapnado

Sharks punctuate this entertaining supercut video of the worst movie special effects of all time. We've come a long way.

"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self." -- Ernest Hemingway

Inside the box

I'll bet the good folks at Avaya say none of these all-too-overused b*11sh!t bingo terms that they mock in Stuff Business People Say.

And speaking of mocking, classic jokes explained, McSweeney's style.

"In a time of universal deceit -- telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell

Out of school

Puppy speaks, though inappropriately so. (NSFW)

And a recipe for disasters, in case you want to know the odds.

"When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful." -- Malala Yousafzai

Freestylin'

Check out this recorder+beatboxing performance so amazing that it seems like he must be cheating.

"Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion." -- Jack Kerouac

Flight club

Air traffic in and out of London airports is hypno-art-ic. (Amazingly, over 3,000 flights a day with no ATC-related delay.)

And why does Carpets for Airports deeply and affectionately celebrate "the floor beneath the sky above your feet"? (In case you wonder... this is why.)

"You can observe a lot by just watching." -- Yogi Berra

Hydrate

Some half-marathoners in Tennessee get a dose of Deliverance-style encouragement from the Bailey Bottom Boys.

"Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless." -- Bill Watterson

B-slide

Slippery driveway incident inadvertently recreates the distinctive opening from Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit".

"A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled." -- Raymond Chandler

Carry-on baggage

Small cat takes unexpected short trip on tiny plane.

"There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew." -- Marshall McLuhan

Wholly moley

Construction workers (or maybe just some guys at a construction site?) play whack-a-mole in some real-life virtual reality.

And there're two kinds of people in this world... some enjoyable, well-observed illustrations.

"You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig." -- Blondie, "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"