2010: Living In the Future

Ever seen someone pull a robbery with a giant stick? Well cue the Benny Hill music. Serious, funny stuff. [from Gizmodo]

As the year closes out, have a look at 2010: Living In the Future, a book as relevant now as it was in 1972.

Plus, a retrospective in this year's online maladies: The Best Viral Videos Of 2010.

And also somewhat reflective of the recent year, The Adventures of Unemployed Man, a comic book hero for modern times.


"The future is much like the present, only longer." - Dan Quisenberry

It takes a village

Check out this one-man Village People act from a recent college hoops game.

And in the spirit of the holiday travel season, a Venn diagram of people who touch your junk.

"The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Ventrilotwist

Paul Zerdin performs some ventriloquism with an original angle at Comedy Rocks (which by the way, this does).

And Passive-Aggressive Notes, where the passive is optional.


"Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please." - Pythagoras

20 Hours of Blizzard in 38 Seconds

Wondering how much snow would pile up during the recent storm, Michael Black stuck a camera and clock in his backyard and produced his December 2010 Blizzard Timelapse.

Speaking of things that quickly pile up, test your vocabulary, timed, at Knoword.


"If they try to rush me, I always say I've only got one other speed and it's slower." - Glenn Ford

Cat Diaries

For whatever reason, the good people at Friskies hung some cameras around the necks of some cats, did some editing, and created the first ever movie made by cats.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0PduP7PXx0

Or if you're more of a dog person, here's a compendium of man's best friends doing a whole lotta crazy stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de3uzRiABNU


"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." - Calvin, from Calvin and Hobbes

My Blackberry Is Not Working

Fruit-flavored tongue-in-cheek tech skit from the BBC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI

While on the topic, you can submit a drawing of your favorite meal at Draw Your Dinner. Or see how people re-designed the trusty government food pyramid.


"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live." - Oscar Wilde

Winterwonderland

Blacksheep, the RC stunt flyers responsible for that crazy New York City fly-over, are back with a new, more fitting for the holidays video. Watch out for sheep panic a little ways in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9L4phs1owA

Going to the mall today for some last minute shopping? Then this Honest Shopping Mall Map: Holiday Edition might help.

Tis the season for holiday shipping. Visualize who ships those 300 million holiday packages.

"Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock." - Walter Benjamin

Walks of Life

The abridged yet creepy story of life on earth, as told through the medium of walking fingers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhnYipRAp3M

And, the Best Coathook Graffito Ever.

"In the year 3000, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook will merge into one super time-wasting website called YouTwitFace." - Conan O’Brien

Unisanta

What could say Christmas-time in Portland more than this quick clip?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbfD9OKwqBs

In another state of mind as well, save the driving with 50 Welcome Signs From 50 States.


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

Christmas 2.0

A modern webified story of the Nativity. Well-paced, well-done, sorta sad to us traditionalists.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZrf0PbAGSk

And, the United States of Autocomplete, a Web 2.0 take on U.S. geography based on Google Autocomplete's most popular suggestion.


"That's the greatest comeback since Lazarus." - Sid Waddell

Christmas duet

A little holiday cheer as David Bowie (Will Ferrell) visits Bing Crosby (John C. Reilly) to sing a duet of two Christmas classics, Peace on Earth & The Little Drummer Boy.
http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/4zol

And History for Music Lovers teaches the French Revolution, Shakespeare, the Black Death and more via pop music videos.


"A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know." - H.L. Mencken

DIY avalanche

Home snowslide works out better than planned.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11954988

And in no way connected is the Vuvutech 5000, the most annoying (if not effective) alarm in the world. At least someone's finally found a use for those idiotic plastic hellhorns.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbOxwqbGEA


"There is no use whatsoever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself." - Andrew Carnegie

Easy prey

Talented seagull swoops in and helps himself to a bite of donut.
http://www.break.com/index/seagull-snags-donut-out-of-guys-mouth-1968105

And another impressive survival tactic, a dog that crosses his eyes on command.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQnWZE-t3u4


"Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful." - Warren Buffett

Ninja Unboxing

Creative use of the Tube for this online promo.
http://www.youtube.com/ninjaunboxing2

And on the topic of crazy dudes flying around, watch this guy base jump off a bridge to escape arrest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNfgu-bYEvc


"Most games are lost, not won." – Casey Stengel

Snow fall

Remember when your mom would ask, "Would you jump off a bridge if he told you to?" Ah, vodka.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ0AnF-Zrgc


And apparently some things are much older than you think. WTF?


"The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do." - Thomas Edison

Trip the lights

Extra-impressive F/X from France via The Telegraph. As Gizmodo put it, Who Needs Acid When You Have These Animated Buildings?"

And what the world would look like if it were arranged according to population? The good -- or bad -- news is that the U.S. remains the same.
http://i.imgur.com/c6Agr.jpg


"I went to a general store but they wouldn't let me buy anything specific." - Steven Wright

Dog sledding

Tell me your cat is going to do something like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdJcYTh1rP0

And an amusing roundup of lost pet posters. Laughter is the best medicine for that sort of thing.


"Money will buy you a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail." - Henry Wheeler Shaw

Hitler + Jeffersons

Der Fuhrer sings the TV show theme song. (Thanks Unc)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3YRWhg4YaA

Speaking of pursuasion, can you remember any ads you saw today? Well you might remember these 20 Brilliant Marketing Campaigns That Literally Stopped Traffic.


"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me." - Dudley Field Malone