Rube Goldberg Machine Of The Day
From Chillout Zone: a truly brilliant and quite large Rube Goldberg machine.
It’s unfortunate that it wasn’t recorded in one take, but it’s still quite an accomplishment.
Rapping Flight Attendant
This Southwest flight attendand got so sick of giving the same announcements at the beginning of each flight several times a day, he wrote them into a rap song. He even gets the first few rows to clap the backbeat.
Bad Network Exec! No Cookie! (The Sci Fi Channel rename)
Behold the madness from this TVWeek post (I implore you to read the comments on that page, too): The Sci Fi Channel is renaming themselves in July to “SyFy”. Yes, it sounds the same, but it’s spelled different. But there’s one thing even more idiotic than the name change itself: the reasons for doing so.
They are changing the name in July because “The name Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that, as opposed to the general public and the female audience in particular”, and because some brain-dead lemming thought that “SyFy” is how the hipsters type it in text messages anyway.
They say they’re aiming for the “18-to-34 techno-savvy crowd”. That’s all I need to hear. So they’re looking for people who listen to Moby and 808 State? Maybe the problem isn’t the channel’s name, as much as it is that 40% of their airtime is reality shows and wrestling. Is that what the “18-to-34 techno-savvy crowd” is looking for? Ghost Hunters and three movies a week about gargantuan snakes?
The Most Amazing Music Performance Mashups
This guy Kutiman in Israel posted a whole bunch of videos to YouTube combining completely different musical performances into one unique song. It’s totally wild, and sounds and looks great. I really enjoyed it.
This is the first one, but there’s seven or so more. Some are not as good as others, but I enjoyed this first one the most
Top Ten Funniest YouTube Videos Evah
From makeuseof: My Top Ten Favourite Funniest YouTube Videos Ever. I will always have a soft spot in my heart for the Muppets.
Quote Of The Day
“I can conquer the world with one hand as long as you are holding the other.”
This is from the blog of a man in Tehran. It’s a beautiful blog with all sorts of great poetry and art.