Amazon Customer Service Epicness - This definitely made my day. Great job @Amazon. Well played all around. My job of spreading happiness and joy is complete. (This came from a Reddit thread... )
So there is a Kickstarter from heaven happening right now. A Steampunk download speed gauge from heaven. Support this Kickstarter and assemble your own. He'll even build it for you depending on your support level. But it actually looks like a fun kit to build to me.
New El Mac Mural is Genius - This mural was the result of an invitation from Eventscape Inc to paint 1500 sq. ft exterior piece adjacent to the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto, Canada. El Mac has a signature striation shading technique that instantly makes his work recognizable even to the uninitiated.
Top Stunt Videos On Youtube Right Now - so, a guilty habit of mine is watching some crazy stuff on YouTube. Warporn is one. Bombs being dropped and what not. But even worse is my stunt tricks fetish. Here is a list of craziness on Youtube right now.
Craig's List is a pretty lame place to hang out. Or a really really terrible place even. But even on the greatest of days it doesn't usually go well. And I know - I just sold my Xbox 360 out on Craig's and dang it if I wasn't worth it by a long shot. Sure, I got cash on the barrel head... but flip an egg is it a terribly weird place where the basest of humanity's detritus hangs out. But occasionally Craig's has a gem or two... or maybe just a gem. Anyway this lovely little post may single handedly make all of Craig's chaos make sense... or if not make sense, make it worth it anyway. This was posted on Wednesday in the missed connections section of Craig's List.
Amateur Video Effects Awesomeness - These guys are epic huge! They take Nerf Guns and turn them into semi-automatic brilliance. They turn toy cars into get away machines of madness and insanity. This is awesome! The only problem? It's only a couple minutes long!
But these Dads aren't the first ones to turn common toys into lightsabers and semi-automatic brilliance. My favorite fan video of all time is by far Ryan vs. Dorkman Remastered.
Ever wondered what its like to be a firework, and what a firework sees? Well here you go! Happy fourth everyone. Stay safe and try not to detach any body parts playing with fireworks!
A Peloton From the Inside - I like a good football game (Broncos possibly?) Or baseball even (Orioles much?). March Madness? I'm totally in. I don't even care who's made it to the round of 64. But, what about the World Cup? Wimbledon? Cricket in India? Or the Tour de France?
Stormtrooper and Darth Vader in this Starwars Frozen Remix I love StarWars. I have two daughters. Enough said. Do you...
Kumi Yamashita Amazing Shadow Art
Americans Don't Get the World Cup - Americans just don't get what being fanatical about a sport even looks like. No. We just don't. When I moved to England for a bit I experienced a whole lot of amazingness that I just didn't have context for coming from America. Zero.
For example, watching the winter Olympics with students from fifty different nations? The Brits were calling the French, Frogs and the Norwegians were calling the Brits pacifists, and the Brits were calling the Norwegians Whale Killers... it got intense up in there real fast. I remember walking out to go get something to eat with an ex-member of the IRA after watching some Olympics. And we were joined by a member of the police that hunt the IRA. Seriously. And they both had me check under the car for bombs. HAHAH. What does one look for when looking under a car for bombs? Needless to say after I checked, they both checked.
OK Go Mind Blowing Music Video - This music video by Ok Go is fantastic. The band spent three weeks setting up the illusions and then they took over 50 takes to get it right. Its a single 4 minute cut and there are dozens and dozens of optical illusions queued one right after the other as the band members continue singing along as the illusions continue to land.
2 Years of Lunch Bag Drawings -
Your Life in Weeks - So a month or so ago I tripped across a fantastic post over at waitbutwhy, about an exercise that I really liked. Here's the quick and dirty explanation. Create a drawing with a box on it. That box represents a week. Now, multiply that box 52 weeks for all the weeks in a year. After you have done that, duplicate the row of 52 boxes 90 times and now you have a long life detailed in weeks. Over at Waitbutwhy they then began playing with the blocks in different ways and showing various types of data. My favorite view was their view of a life in averages.
Family Circus Meets Nietzsche - But some things are just extraordinary together. Like um, Bacon and - well... anything really. Seriously though, I just saw a site that takes random Family Circus comic images and combines them with random quotes from Nietzsche. Which I think is so mind-breakingly brilliant I have no words. If you'd like to experience them yourself feel free to trip over to Nietzsche Family Circus. I have posted three random choices below. I continue to smack the refresh button though on the site in hopes of finding ANYTHING AT ALL about the ubermesch. I mean, if I find one... I will be blowing it up wall sized and posting it in my office!