Tricked out

It might take a hundred reps and the patience of Job to get it right, but this video with five full minutes of trick shots from the fellows called Dude Perfect is entertaining, impressive, and quite satisfying nonetheless.

And check out how Armand Dijcks made cinemagraphs from these beautiful photos by Ray Collins that transform ocean waves into an animated images he calls "The Infinite Now".

"Discipline is remembering what you want." -- David Campbell

Terminal condition

This clip from Kazan, Russia of a guy driving through the airport (the terminals, that is) while the police give chase might remind you of "The Blues Brothers", but the added soundtrack will evoke something else entirely.

And I guess getting out was the right decision... MoveHub had a few British people attempt to label a map of Europe and the results were not encouraging.

"Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers." -- Hans Christian Andersen

We'll see about that

Does this video clip seem to show a man walking through a mirror in the middle of Portland's Hoyt Arboretum?

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And probably not an illusion, this fellow taking inventory at a gas station looks like he's faking it, but then ask yourself why would you fake something like this...?




Finally, the WeWantPlates subreddit features food served on all manner of strange things that are anything but actual plates and the contempt people have for them.

"One man's daydreaming is another man's day." -- Terri Guillemets

Copper plea

Michelangelo made 'em from marble, but not Shaun Hughes, a rather talented engraver who can turn a Lincoln penny into a minted macabre masterpiece right before your eyes.

And see how well (or not well) 100,000 or so people drew the Mona Lisa in under 20 seconds, plus the other 50M+ attempts at Google's "Quick, Draw" game.

Finally, Japanese artist Chie Hitotsuyama uses old newspapers to make these amazingly expressive animal sculptures.

"An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he — for some reason — thinks it would be a good idea to give them." -- Andy Warhol

Why intercept?

Oblivious driver cuts off a motorcyclist on the freeway and amazingly keeps driving even after the rider lands on his car.

And a man brings an accordion on a Ryanair flight and gets the Irish treatment.

"I'm all about sharing the road with other drivers — as long as they use the part that's behind me." -- Unknown

Off the grid

This hand-drawn animation called "Extrapolate" allegedly is a visual palindrome, systematic but speculative, and a whole bunch of other very-much-subtle things. Math and patterns or not, fairly cool and trippy.

And this bookstore in France has a creative way of bringing books to life, I suppose in the desperate attempt to get people interested in reading again.

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"It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards..." -- Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, And What Alice Found There

The end is nigh

The world was a mad place long before Max... witness the It's a Mad Mad Mad Max Fury Road mashup trailer. Admirable job, I'd say.

And photos of "coffin homes" and the Hong Kong residents who live in them. (If you call it living.)

"Our democratic capitalist society has converted Eros into an employee of Mammon." -- Octavio Paz

Outside in

Mind-twisting 360° light odyssey video whisks you from space through the universe to a deconstructed Tokyo and back again.

And watch a circular tower of 4K dominoes fall (and unfall) in glorious 360-degree 4K video.




Lastly, photos of "Shed of the Year" competition finalists from British publication Shedblog. (You can vote for your favourite here.)

"If I answer the stranger at my gate while my own cry within, — perhaps my own is at the gate, and the strangers are within." -- Muriel Strode

Strange bedfellows

There is absolutely no way in h*ll this should work, but yet somehow... Earth, Wind & Ozzy.


Look at how Greg Dietzenbach made his chalk drawings just a little different at the recent Chalk the Walk festival in Mount Vernon, Iowa, putting the "art" in participatory (or something) with a some digital creativity.




And this apparently bored (and I guess creative) traveler in Azerbaijan started leaving strange "gifts" on the bed for the housekeepers. Guess it's better than what they usually find.

"Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself." -- Elbert Hubbard

Crushing defeat

The Backyard Scientist had a bit of a raccoon problem at his house, so to deal with it he built a gigantic mousetrap capable of smashing a coconut thanks to an industrial-strength spring-loaded arm.


Also, some cooking fails that will make you feel better about your own skills.




And lastly, sending 20,000 volts of electricity through a watermelon would be a fittingly spectacular end to any barbecue.

"Life is life — whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage." -- Sri Aurobindo

Out of nowhere

Thanks to the availability of cheap dashcams, another random happenstance caught on video... this time a lightning strike leaves a surprise for an unsuspecting motorist.

And some deadly statistics to make you feel better or worse about things.

"While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die." -- Leonardo Da Vinci

Foodies

Caught red-pawed raiding the birdseed, this chipmunk gives up the goods. All of it.


And Not Hotdog by SeeFood Technologies is an iPhone app that tells you if something is or is not a hotdog. (If you watch Silicon Valley, you will understand.)




Finally, restaurant names featuring amusing culinary wordplay.

"An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh." -- Will Rogers

Headbanger's ball

Watch this woman fake an injury in the most ridiculous way possible so she could file a worker's compensation claim. But cameras don't lie, and her fraudulent foray was found out. More details from Fox 13 News.

And believe it or not, "Mommy, Why Is There a Server in the House?" is an actual book. What is this world coming to..?

"Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called everybody, and they meet at the bar." -- Drew Carey

Exhibit A

An unassuming museum visit takes a bizarro turn in this entertaining two-minute animated short called The Last Exhibition.

And the Museum of Failure opens next month and will put on display the Segway, Harley-Davidson perfume, and other notably product flops.

"Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking." -- Tim McMahon

Stalk is cheap

The comedy classic(ish) What About Bob works pretty well recut as a stalker-thriller.




And ten horrifying deep sea creatures that'll make you glad you're up here.

"If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times." -- Dean Smith

Where there's smoke

Caught on dashcam, an incredible fiery plane crash lights up the afternoon commute outside Seattle.




And on the watery side, watch a balloon pop underwater in slow motion is mesmerizing in a different way.




And this is what a cat looks like if you shave everything but its face.

"Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal." -- Dante Alighieri

The road less traveled

Inexplicably, a couple attempts to go down the up escalator. Some questions probably are better left unasked.


And don't look down... the ladder off the side of this 900-foot chimney makes for a scary descent.

"Integrity has no need of rules." -- Albert Camus

Which way is up?

Mind-bending puzzle/game called Fragments of Euclid takes a page right out of the M.C. Escher playbook. (You can download and play the game online.)


And watch this for a while and make your brain hurt.

I could watch this for a while

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

Quench time

It was hot last Friday in the Terlingua, Texas desert, so alternative energy researcher John Wells set out a bucket of water with a GoPro in it, to see which animals would stop by for a drink.

And artist Brooke Barker shows a sense of humor with the sad animal facts she posts to her Instagram. Find out more on the Sad Animal Facts website.

"Water flows uphill towards money." -- saying in the American West

Small coffee to go

Trying to cut your caffeine intake? Watch this guy brew the tiniest cup of joe in the world, a concept ad for Finnish company Paulig.

And a line of teabags designed to look like fashionable purses.


Finally, for grownup beverages, the best pub review you'll read this year.

"What goes best with a cup of coffee? Another cup." -- Henry Rollins

Smart home

Guy rigs up a drunk Rube Goldberg machine that takes care of all his needs when he gets back after a big night out.

And there's nothing like an expensive, overwrought solution to a problem that barely exists, here are 15 idiotic Internet of Things devices nobody asked for.

"Don't trust a brilliant idea unless it survives the hangover." -- Jimmy Breslin

Plastic life

Surreal and semi-depressing music video seems to make its point by showing the dark side of Barbie's apparent mental illness.

And an artist who turns photos of random people into cartoons.

"Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal." -- Albert Camus

Born and bread

What if websites were people, GoDaddy asks in this amusing and entertaining ad that doesn't seem like an ad.

And is a burrito a sandwich, poses the sandwich alignment chart... are you an ingredient- and structural- purist, rebel, or neutral?

"Change your thoughts and you change your world." -- Norman Vincent Peale

Digital sorcery

This guy does the severed thumb trick better than anyone; so amazing it really looks fake.

And Oregon cops issue a "verbal warning" after reports of an armed cat in a tree turn out to be unfounded.




And 10 so-titled "horrifying" facts about our world that you maybe didn't know.

"If you come to a fork in the road, take it." Yogi Berra

Window of opportunity

Watch this nail-biting escape from a vehicle manhandled by some serious flash flooding.


And on the lighter side, the greatest Hot Wheels track ever built ends in an explosive and fiery finale.

"Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit." -- R.E. Shay

Eight seconds, flat

The tallest building in Changzhou, China was destroyed in a planned demolition that demonstrated the government's high regard for public safety standards.

And a simulation of how long people would live if all natural causes of death were eliminated and we only died from accidents, natural disasters, or other humans.

Finally, a mom's allegedly real "rules and tips" for the babysitter that was the source of some amusement across the interwebs.

"Better a thousand times careful than once dead." -- Proverb