True Reverse Perspective

Surreal proof-of-concept animation to illustrate a world where the visual rules are inverted -- close objects are small and far objects are big.
http://vimeo.com/12518619


"It is better to travel well than to arrive." - Buddha

Besmirch and replace

Liblr takes the Twitter stream and replaces one word with another -- your choice -- all in the name of sophomoric amusement.
http://liblr.com/

Or create and tweet cryptic missives with this Twitter ransom note generator: http://abbandunne.com/ransom/


"I'm not worried about the bullet with my name on it... just the thousands out there marked 'Occupant'." - Unknown

Jimmy Dean sausage complaint call

A classic from the annals of 1-800-customer-service. (Some profanity in there, but then again who wouldn't get this worked up over sausage.) RIP, JD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4RNb3tt0LM



"The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on." - Robert Bloch

Grammar Girl

Errers caught in the wild.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/grammargirl/pool/


"Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge." - Mark Twain

Your mom is at the club

I'm not sure what this is all about but I'm very much against clubbing seals.
http://yourmomisclubbin.tumblr.com/



"Fill what's empty, empty what's full, and scratch where it itches." - Alice Roosevelt Longworth

BP Spills Coffee

More current than funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AAa0gd7ClM


"The factory of the future will have two employees: a man and a dog. The man's job will be to feed the dog. The dog's job will be to prevent the man from touching any of the automated equipment." - Warren G. Bennis

Chewing Gum and Helium Experiment

This is 100% actual something.
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1936887


"The basis of optimism is sheer terror." - Oscar Wilde

1000th time's a charm

Dude uploads a video to YouTube, rips it, uploads again, and repeats the process a thousand times.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qKz5YW5J-U


"Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work." - Thomas A. Edison

People I see on the 'street'

Wholesome, appealing photoblog of characters spied on the streets of London.
http://peopleiseeonthestreet.com


"I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad." - Larry Niven

Once a drummer

A tribute to the lively arts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rVrQhsjBFY


"Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits." - Thomas A. Edison

Judge a book by its cover

Can you tell if a book is any good just by looking at its cover? Quiz yourself by guessing which of two books got a five-star review on Amazon. Sort of like a hotornot for books, in a way.
http://www.monkeon.co.uk/judgeabook/

And don't judge this nondescript fence stain in Berlin until you see it from the right (correct) angle.


"Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher." - Flannery O'Connor

Watch your tongue

Researchers got an opera singer and a beatbox emcee to do their thing inside an MRI machine. Here's what happened.
http://vimeo.com/12251154


"We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them." - Cato The Elder

If Movies Followed Their Original Casting

Here are what some movie posters would look like if they followed their (purported) original casting.
http://wildammo.com/2010/06/03/if-movies-followed-their-original-casting/



"She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon." - Groucho Marx

Golfing story

Ed and Dorothy met while on a singles cruise and Ed fell head over heels for her. When they discovered they lived in the same city only a few miles apart, Ed was ecstatic. He immediately started asking her out when they got home.

Within a couple of weeks, Ed had taken Dorothy to dance clubs, restaurants, concerts, movies, and museums. Ed became convinced that Dorothy was indeed his soul mate and true love. Every date seemed better than the last.

On the one-month anniversary of their first dinner on the cruise ship, Ed took Dorothy to a fine restaurant. While having cocktails and waiting for their salad, Ed said, "I guess you can tell I'm very much in love with you. I'd like a little serious talk before our relationship continues to the next stage. So, before I get a box out of my jacket and ask you a life changing question, it's only fair to warn you, I'm a total golf nut. I play golf, I read about golf, I watch golf on TV. In short, I eat, sleep, and breathe golf. If that's going to be a problem, for us, you'd better say so now!"

Dorothy took a deep breath and responded, "Ed, that certainly won't be a problem. I love you as you are and I love golf too; but, since we're being totally honest with each other, you need to know that about the last five years I've been a hooker."

"I see," Ed replied thoughtfully. He looked down at the table, and was quiet for a moment, deep in serious thought then he added, "You know, it's probably because you're not keeping your wrists straight when you hit the ball."

My Desk Is 8-bit

You win, or whatever...
http://vimeo.com/11918221


"It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about." - Dale Carnegie

Swagger Wagon

If you know me, you know I don't like promoting stuff for free (especially Toyotas). Still, I'm obliged to share this amusing viral. (Thanks Sonja)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql-N3F1FhW4


"Abnormal is so common, it's practically normal." - Corey Doctorow

Fake Science

Pseudo-science parody posters.
http://fakescience.tumblr.com/


And some real science...this NASA special training video answers the No. 1 question: "how do you go to the bathroom in space?"


"I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done." - Henry Ford

The scream with legs

For whatever reason, the Wilhelm Scream has longevity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdbYsoEasio


"The best armor is to keep out of range." - Italian Proverb