Saturday, November 9, 2013

Baron it all



A short called "The Baron" illustrates that self-actualized sometimes isn't better, lest you look too much like Weird Al.

And get motivated with these inspirational words on images of boozin'.

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." - Carl Sagan


Friday, November 8, 2013

Scream gems



No need to shout at the screen with "Hell No", the sensible antidote to horror movie clichés.

And I'm sure you're wondering which state matches your personality? Take the (ridiculous but very short) test and find out.

"Fear has a large shadow, but he himself is small." - Ruth Gendler


Thursday, November 7, 2013

Dub your fun



Game of Thrones + Bad Lip Reading = Medieval Land Fun Time World, a grand opening of which Judd Apatow would be proud. Best BLR to date, no question.

"The man who has no imagination has no wings." - Muhammad Ali


Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Letter have it



Amazing demonstration of hand-lettering prowess from a Slash knockoff.

"After all is said and done, more is said than done." - Aesop


Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Poetry in motion



Mechanical alien jellyfish masquerading as a mesmerising wind-powered sculpture.

"Great art picks up where nature ends." - Marc Chagall


Monday, November 4, 2013

Tow jam



Amazingly incompetent roadside assistance makes a bad situation worse.

"Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do." - Jason Love


Sunday, November 3, 2013

Something Attenborrowed, something blue



Behold a miracle of nature — the intricate mating dance between two members of the species Popstar (Divas majoris) — narrated by famed broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough.

And some more legit famous moments in music history as 8-bit GIFs.

"Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good." - Joe Paterno

Saturday, November 2, 2013

Brass in the grass



Ohio State University marching band puts on a performance with its tribute to Hollywood Blockbuster Show, live pixel art with horns.

And some famous movie scenes recreated in Lego.

"Most ball games are lost, not won." - Casey Stengel


Friday, November 1, 2013

On track



Amazing how adding the laugh track from "Seinfeld" turns a dark psycho-horror flick into a goofy comedy.

And those answers to rhetorical movie-title questions you've been waiting for.

"Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious." - Peter Ustinov


Thursday, October 31, 2013

All dressed up and no place to glow



Dad turns his toddler into a glow-in-the-dark stick figure for Halloween courtesy of an LED costume, making for an effective visual.

Also a little dressed up, a Tumblr called Marxwear shows the father of Communism looking good, Louis.

"I base most of my fashion sense on what doesn't itch." - Gilda Radner


Wednesday, October 30, 2013

What'd they ever do to you?



Carving them isn't enough for this guy, who feels the need to share his pumpkin killing methods with the world.

Or take it out on Squishy Earth, which hearkens back to simpler interweb times.

"Let us thank God that we live in an age when something has influence besides the bayonet." - Daniel Webster


Monday, October 28, 2013

Fire retarded



No chance of these toy dolls being recalled, I'd say. (Thanks Gordon)

A descendent of Rich Hall's sniglets, a site called Words For That matches neologisms with as yet unnamed scenarios or meanings.

"How is it that one match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box of matches to start a campfire?" - Christy Whitehead


Sunday, October 27, 2013

Nightmare on Elmo Street



Possessed Teddy Ruxpin and Elmo duo in an un-dead-on cover of "Thrift Shop", showing once again that stuffed animals are creepy.

What time is it? Not too late to visit the Museum of Four in the Morning.

"Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is." - Albert Camus


Saturday, October 26, 2013

Rock and roll



Incredible video from Taiwan shows an extremely large rock break off the top of a mountain, roll down the hillside, and crash onto the road below, right in front of the car shooting the dashcam video. Look closely and you can see the rock break loose in the first few seconds.

And this BBC news anchor gets past a tough hurdle reading and correctly pronouncing a 35-letter Hawaiian surname not once, but twice, in a 29-second broadcast segment, a feat that might be a first.

"What do you get when you cross poison ivy with a four-leaf clover? A rash of good luck." - Author Unknown


Friday, October 25, 2013

Wild pitch



Despite the seeming lack of context and apparently low-to-no budget, these odd TV spots somehow manage to make a mark.

"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty." - Mahatma Gandhi

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Sticking your neck out



What's the most humane way to test a dog collar? On a human, of course.

"Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared." - George Clason

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Last Word on mobile design



Watch a slice of this lunatic recreating the iOS 7 Home screen using nothing but Microsoft Word (and who knows what drugs). Tough to explain, and inexplicably compelling, at least for a minute.

"Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is." - George Lucas


Monday, October 21, 2013

99% inspiration



A deserving parody of the format and formula, Patton Oswalt's fake TED talk take-off will change your life.

"Be careful that what you write does not offend anybody or cause problems within the company. The safest approach is to remove all useful information." - Scott Adams