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3 Cats, 1 Steak

2009-10-08T05:43:34Z

Three hungry cats attached by their mouths to a raw steak pretty much unfolds as you'd expect it to.

A Hi Fiyyve (For Those Hailing Cabs)

2009-09-28T02:02:36Z

Street-cyclist extraordinaire Nathaniel Kassel made a fun video of his pranking New Yorkers hailing their cabs.

Pure Hula Hoop Serenity

2009-07-23T02:45:11Z

This girl really knows how to hula hoop:

Spotter: Xeni at BoingBoing

R.I.P. Michael Jackson

2009-06-26T01:35:59Z

You were the greatest performer of all time, a shattered genius.

Major Lazer vs. Dutty Wine White Boy

2009-06-21T23:33:55Z

Productivity boost: dutty wine during lunch break.

A&E Flashmob Promo of Hammertime

2009-06-19T18:23:00Z

They dance to You Can't Touch This dressed in gold MC Hammer pants! Invading Live! on Sunset:

Performance in front of the Troubadour on Santa Monica Blvd.

Found Object Monsters

2009-06-13T14:43:32Z

When Joseph Carnevale arranged some traffic barrels into a hitch-hiking monster, he ignited a fad that will amuse us and drive municipal road workers completely mad. While many college grads fondly remember building sculptures from found objects (perhaps on top of our passed-out classmates), Carnevale inspires us with artistic flair and an easily reproducible subject.

Traffic Barrel Monster

Traffic Barrel Monster Alligator

Starbucks Clear Plastic Cup Monster

Phantom Meme

2009-05-27T14:48:38Z

Andy Baio has posted Meme Scenery, a series of images from which the celebrity has been removed using photoshop or gimp.

Source: Waxy.org

Removing the main act from images and videos sheds light on the strange sort of idolatry that pervades the internet. The scene without the actor is a mundane and disturbing place; without a celebrity, it seems like nowhere. The deeper implication is that the internet celebrity is really a nobody that we have artificially built up, perhaps someone we should have just left alone. Jon Haddock used this technique to great effect when he depicted the dim surroundings from amateur photos of sexual acts. The subject removal technique takes an even more extreme expression when police investigators such as the Toronto Police remove images of victims of horrible abuse from photographs in order to enlist outside help in rescuing them. In these cases of identification by background-recognition, the public thankfully were able to assist the authorities in finding and helping the unknown subjects in the photographs.

A Better Kind of FAIL: Keyboard Cat

2009-05-21T05:15:40Z

The Internet is now blessed with a new angel of FAIL: Keyboard Cat. He even has a nifty soundtrack. Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat. Him being Lasier Martins [en], a Brazilian television host who gets attacked by some grapes. Warning: some serious WTFness in this clip.

Play the Cops Off, Keyboard Cat Warning: Contains bad language.

Laughing Haitian Weather Man Meets the Keyboard Cat

Play Her (Fainting Volleyball Player) Off, Keyboard Cat

Fluid Sculpture

2009-05-10T04:42:34Z

The Fluid Sculpture is a woven straw through which colored liquid is pushed in order to produce a wonderful visual effect.

Fluid Sculpture from Charlie Bucket on Vimeo.

The Smarties Epidemic

2009-03-21T15:55:02Z

A harmless fad is spreading among teenagers that is sure to scare the hell out of parents: faux smoking and snorting of crushed Smarties candies. Expect the national scare to begin once American adults are done with their two minutes' hate against the executives of AIG. How To Smoke Smarties by ballerboy4life is either the best or worst thing to ever happen to Ce De Candy.

Thankfully, she did not inhale the crushed Smarties. I think that her future in politics is assured.

Snorting Smarties. In a Pink Floyd t-shirt.

I realize that it was only a matter of time before these magical, cool-to-the-mouth candies were used for evil. Ban them.

In One Minute, In One Take

2009-03-13T05:44:25Z

Will Tribble and crew performed Forrest Gump in One Minute, in One Take, introducing a new format that will no doubt bring on copies.

Dunecat

2009-01-14T04:54:09Z

He who controls the Spice controls the universe!

I Want To Break Into The Watergate

2008-10-11T17:08:21Z

Not for the documents. For the pulsating ceiling light display.

This is installed at the Watergate Club in Berlin.

Special thanks to Shuji Nakamura.

Info Montage

2008-10-06T05:10:27Z

An abundance of tributes to the real estate crash and ensuing financial crisis are being uploaded to YouTube. These information montages mix visceral news footage, fear-inducing music, and bold text in order to reinforce a message of doom and gloom. In stressful times like, say, right this instant, superstitious narratives provide false comfort by filling in the gaps with conspiratorial mumbo jumbo. After all, weren't we all prone to believing in UFOs during the Cold War? No? Well, some people were. The inevitable day the Dollar crashes

Except that the dollar is currently rising against most major currencies. Well, never mind that. Inevitable doom feels good. Hypnotically good. Symphony of the Falling Dollar

And now for something even more hallucinogenic. Robot voice over. Hubble space shots, cave people, CNBC swivel graphs. This montage will be looping at raves held in soon-to-be abandoned trading floors across NYC and London. Our economy: Headed to collapse, recession, depression?

Obviously, there is a Part II. While this is a gift, we will understand it if you don't want to watch any more. Because you must be very recessed by now. But remember that even the Great Recession can proceed to an upbeat. Beat. Mr. Recession Strikes AGAIN!!!.