It's a grind

I always thought math under pressure was physics. How well did you do? Also, do you like what your coffeeinated beverage says about you? Thought so.

"If it wasn't for the coffee, I'd have no identifiable personality whatsoever." - David Letterman

Very special report

A little clip from TV news in New Zealand that isn't quite as polished as the stuff we might be used to. I think you can do this in PowerPoint.

"In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation." - Voltaire

How do I describe this?

Hooligan soccer fans duke it out, perfectly accompanied by the unmistakable narration of David Attenborough.

"For my birthday I got a humidifier and a dehumidifier... I put them in the same room and let them fight it out." - Steven Wright

Toppleganger

It all starts with a single tile, and branches off into different lines, ending with 272,297 dominoes falling for a mesmerizing ten minutes of Guinness world record.

"Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start." - Nido Qubein

Mathster of his domain

Mathematician James Grime entertains as he explains how to devise the shortest roadway between four towns. Funny, I don't recall any of my teachers being so enthusiastic, but then again I went to public school.

"I never did very well in math -- I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally." - Calvin Trillin

Corkscrewy

Ridiculously idiotic yet inanely self-mocking exhibition of the most dangerous ways to open a bottle of wine. Everyone wants to be a YT star.

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." - George S. Patton

You had to ask

A couple of Tumblrs... first, All Staff All Day, a collection of purportedly genuine emails that people have sent to way too big of a distribution list at someone's company. And "Here's that bad advice you were hoping for" takes the initiative and acerbically responds to letters that were sent to advice columns.

"True friends stab you in the front." - Oscar Wilde

Unconfirmed source

News flash: KTVU Channel 2 in Oakland somehow hilariously misidentified the pilots who crashed Asiana flight 214, and then later apologized. "Sum Ting Wong" is right. Unbelievable.

"News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising." - Lord Northcliffe

Boxster

Beyond beatboxing, this guy called Tom Thum uses only his voice (and a microphone, shure) and proves himself to be a human sound machine. Well worth checking out at least a few minutes worth.

"Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute." - Josh Billings

Shove it

Dog pushing a puppy all around town in a tiny toy shopping cart adventure.

"Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it." - Greg Anderson

Unsinkable in any language

"Titanic" run through a translator and back, reenacted with non-actors. Prepare to be moved, and perhaps amused.

"A mistake is simply another way of doing things." - Katharine Graham

What is it good for?

Senseless stop-motion Play Doh carnage on Planet Six illustrates the universality of absolutely nothin'.

"I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Light and motion in the dark

A little nighttime wakeboarding with LED-encrusted light boards paints some unique and colorful pictures across the dark water. (The real action gets started at about 01:23 or so.)

"An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision." - James Whistler

Mismatch mishmash

Looking for a new profile photo to post? Try Petswitch and see what your eyes look like on your faithful companion.

Also unexpected, these kitschy and inexplicably peculiar Robert Downey Jr. pin-ups raise more questions than answers.

"Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder." - Kinky Friedman

Techno rainbow

Not much of a club feel to these cats hacking up furballs to thumping beat. Enjoy (?).

"Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over." - Elvis Presley

Head shots

It definitely won't make Tarantino notice, but "Exploding Actresses" does OK on timing and effect.

"I enjoy acting when you really hit it right." - Marilyn Monroe

Taking it to the streets

Photoshop Live attempts and succeeds in freaking people out just a little with this "Street Retouch Prank". Next time they might just reconsider public transportation.

"Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus." - David Hockney

Brand new bag

Gentleman known as The Badpiper plays AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" — or some semblance thereof — on a flaming bagpipe, although I think maybe this guy sets the musical standard. And yes, he's available for weddings.

"The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scots as a joke, but the Scots haven't got the joke yet." - Oliver Herford