Saturday, October 31, 2015

Fright right




For your Halloween viewing enjoyment, a short and somewhat disturbing video called "Bedfellows", along with the 17 others listed here.


"Have the courage to act instead of react." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.


Friday, October 30, 2015

Foley and completely




The imagination of a Foley artist recreating the sounds of everyday life becomes more and more absurd until...


"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." -- Theodore Roosevelt


Thursday, October 29, 2015

Book smart


Don't judge a book by its cover, lest ye be judged.

And two thumbs down... see if you can match the review to the contemporary classic novel.


"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." -- Groucho Marx


Wednesday, October 28, 2015

It will make your skin crawl




Check out how these tattoos transform into living animations, courtesy of some 3D body mapping.


"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles." -- Charlie Chaplin


Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Misdirection




People running backwards, in reverse, look like they're being slowly chased by something vaguely threatening.


"The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass." -- Martin Mull


Monday, October 26, 2015

Dog eat dog




This first-canine video of a dog battling two wolves might be slightly disturbing, but you can feel better knowing the dog survived. (Some background in English at this Gizmodo post.)


"When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees." -- Joseph Joubert


Saturday, October 24, 2015

Saturday AM cartoons




Awesome edit of trippy Spongebob episodes set to "Warpigs", the Black Sabbath classic.


"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." -- Maya Angelou


Friday, October 23, 2015

Apparition




Musicless music video featuring Ray Parker, Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" is a work of silent sinister genius. Or the ghost of Huey Lewis?​


"Originality is the art of concealing your source." -- Franklin P. Jones

Thursday, October 22, 2015

DBA


Check out this crowdsourced map of punny business names, some wry, some cringeworthy.


"The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'why not?'" -- Jeff Bezos


Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Cupbeat




Dig this quick video of McDonalds cup dubstep goodness.

And a quiz: Is it an '80s band or super PAC?


"You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars." -- Charles Kuralt


Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Showman




You might not think about Liberace as a virtuoso pianist, but check out this display of speed and dexterity on the ivories.


"The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand." -- Frank Herbert


Monday, October 19, 2015

Flightpath




Nice work on this time-lapsed, tilt-shifted look at a day in the life of Japan's Haneda Airport.


"There are no facts, only interpretations." -- Friedrich Nietzsche


Sunday, October 18, 2015

Tithing around




Catchy dance remix from music producer and mashup genius Pogo is something of a sequel to the classic viral video "Farting Priest" starring the fraudulent televangelist Robert Tilton.


"Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others." -- Buddha


Saturday, October 17, 2015

Claymotion




Apparently this clay morphing to the beat of Bach is an essay, rather an enthralling and Rorschachian stop-motion animation. Either way.


"Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing." -- Salvador Dali


Friday, October 16, 2015

Happy accidents




Despite having perfectly good scripts at their disposal, these 10 movie bloopers made it to the final cut.


"Perhaps I'm not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else." -- Sean Connery


Thursday, October 15, 2015

Attack attack




Courtesy of BBC Earth, a bevy of "killer animals" showing off their unique methods of acquiring dinner in slow motion.


"Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside." -- Mark Twain


Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Four left feet




Not even mildly surprising, freestyle dancing with dogs is yet another interesting pastime uncovered only on the interwebs.


"It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found." -- Wilson Mizner


Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Keys to life




Studly schoolkids from the Louisville Leopard Percussionists rock the xylophones to the tune of Led Zep's "Kashmir" and "The Immigrant Song". (They also do a pretty mean version of "Crazy Train".)

This outfit offers low/no-cost extracurricular music opportunities to kids and seems worthy of supporting, if you're so inclined.


"Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune." -- Kin Hubbard

Monday, October 12, 2015

Troubled bridge




Amazing action video of a bridge collapsing over a river in New Zealand, shot by one of the falling hikers.


"In short, Luck's always to blame." -- Jean de La Fontaine


Saturday, October 10, 2015

Squatter's rights




Get your, uh, act together -- get one of these stools for your stool. Unicorn not included. (Thanks Kate)

And a quiz: can you guess these inventions based on their patent illustrations?


"Normal people... believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet." -- Scott Adams


Friday, October 9, 2015

Pushy




One man's successful collaboration with his girlfriend's pet rabbit results in pushcart beer delivery and a new type of utility performance art.


"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower


Thursday, October 8, 2015

Legal history




In this episode of Judge Judy, "Dumb and Dumber", the accused pulls off the defense of the century. Doh!


"Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished." -- Jeremy Bentham


Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Effortless




The Cure's "Just Like Heaven" vs. The Commodores' "Easy" results in some mashup wonderment that makes an unexpected connection.


"I don't make music for eyes. I make music for ears." -- Adele


Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Overextended




This Pizza Hut "PSA" attempts to expose the little known dangers of selfie sticks. The Hut just might have succeeded, as the video is almost as stupid as the thing it mocks.


"I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity." -- Diana Vreeland


Monday, October 5, 2015

A matter of degree




Lack of sleep, cherry pits, and other things that can kill you.


"Suicide is man's way of telling God, 'You can't fire me - I quit.'" -- Bill Maher


Sunday, October 4, 2015

Spammy dreams




What if all your email spam was actually true? Would your life be any different?

And a look back at what your favorite websites used to look like in that thing called the past.


"It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar." -- Jerome K. Jerome

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Putting the I in paint




Take a ride on a three-minute time-lapse rollercoaster and watch this Dutch artist create.


"Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun." -- Pablo Picasso


Friday, October 2, 2015

100-to-1




Scenes from a hundred movies fluidly mashed up into one "Uptown Funk" dance video.


"The idea of dancing is the only thing that scares me. I'd rather fight a buzzsaw than dance." -- Johnny Depp


Thursday, October 1, 2015

G-zuz




Watch this major badass take it to a 9G centrifuge test. Shock and awe.


"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." -- Vince Lombardi