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Man texting on his phone nearly walks into a wild bear

John Warne — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:00:10 +0000

Hilarity ensues.

Incredibox

John Warne — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:00:08 +0000

Be a beatbox master.

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You shall not pass

John Warne — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:00:06 +0000

Gandalf takes his sweet time.

Twitter ASCII art animation

John Warne — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:00:03 +0000

Hold down “j” to move forward.

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Visualization of ocean currents

John Warne — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:00:02 +0000

Fun with numbers

John Warne — Sun, 13 May 2012 15:00:59 +0000

Five people playing Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” on one guitar

John Warne — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:00:56 +0000

Romeo and Juliet

John Warne — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:00:53 +0000

So true.

Improv Everywhere – Spinning Beach Ball of Death

John Warne — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:00:51 +0000

One of the best Ted talks yet.

Wind Maps

John Warne — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:00:48 +0000

Maps showing the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the US.

The Duel

John Warne — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:00:46 +0000

Lego stop-motion fight scene.

I used to do this as a kid, but this is probably a little better than my efforts.

Social media explained

John Warne — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:00:44 +0000

Here’s a vintage photo of my donut.

Full Circle

John Warne — Sun, 06 May 2012 15:00:43 +0000

A short film shot from a jump rope’s dizzying perspective.

How big is our solar system

John Warne — Sat, 05 May 2012 15:00:40 +0000

Infographic showing the colossal distances in our solar system.

I had no idea Voyager 1 was that far out.

R/C superheroes flying around NYC

John Warne — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:00:38 +0000

Screenshots of Despair

John Warne — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:00:36 +0000

No people like you.

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Hello

John Warne — Wed, 02 May 2012 15:00:34 +0000

Film clips say the words to Lionel Richie’s “Hello”.

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Plug a powerstrip Into itself for free electricity

John Warne — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:00:29 +0000

What those fatcats in Washington don’t want you to know.

Puffer fish chasing a laser pointer

John Warne — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:00:45 +0000

I had no idea fish were into this as well.

Lucille and Mitt

John Warne — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:00:42 +0000

Images of Lucille from Arrested Development paired with quotes from Mitt Romney. Genius!

Drifting with Big Wheels

John Warne — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:00:40 +0000

Come on, dude. At least wear shoes.

Grotesque Impalement – Radio Disney version

John Warne — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:00:39 +0000

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s most astounding fact about the universe

John Warne — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:00:37 +0000

ClueDB

John Warne — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:00:36 +0000

Little daily lifehacks.

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iPhone and mirror turned into DIY monkeycam

John Warne — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:00:34 +0000

Awwwwww…

R/C bird

John Warne — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:00:32 +0000

I want one.

Wildlife Control – Analog or Digital

John Warne — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:00:30 +0000

Pixel art video.

The analog version is cool, too.

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3 Second Rule

John Warne — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:00:28 +0000

A new star is born.

The Dark Room

John Warne — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:00:13 +0000

A YouTube choose-your-own-adventure.

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Fluid ASCII waves

John Warne — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:00:11 +0000

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Brush With Death

John Warne — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:00:08 +0000

Pretty creative.

Painting with shadows and light

John Warne — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:00:06 +0000

Filming the zero-gravity corridor in Inception

John Warne — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:00:05 +0000

Joseph Gordon-Levitt did a fantastic job.

Classic album covers recreated in Lego

John Warne — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:00:03 +0000

Asian guy does hip hop

John Warne — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:00:01 +0000

He makes it rain.

Pebble e-paper watch

John Warne — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:00:59 +0000

Someone should really kickstart me one of these for my birthday.

The best drummer in Norway

John Warne — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:00:57 +0000

Give this man some pocket change.

Green Day’s Basket Case – smooth jazz version

John Warne — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:00:55 +0000

The Beatles Play Death Metal is pretty good, too.

Have you found Jesus?

John Warne — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:00:53 +0000

You’ve been tying your shoes the wrong way your whole life

John Warne — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:00:51 +0000

And so have I.

Cadbury Eggs

John Warne — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:00:49 +0000

I’m going to eat so many of these now.

International Space Station passes over stormy Africa

John Warne — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:00:48 +0000

Beautiful.

Twitter Friends Map

John Warne — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:00:47 +0000

Nice visualization.

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Girl puts video camera on hula hoop

John Warne — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:00:46 +0000

Vomiting ensues.

Some Joe Cocker misheard lyrics from Woodstock

John Warne — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:00:44 +0000

Bill Maher on the Estate Tax

John Warne — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:00:42 +0000

I don’t like this guy, but this video is pretty funny.

Robot quadrotors perform the James Bond theme

John Warne — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:00:40 +0000

Husband plays funny fake news prank on his wife

John Warne — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:00:36 +0000

I need to do this to Sarah.

Guitar swing gone wrong

John Warne — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:00:25 +0000

Sucks to be that guy.

We the people

John Warne — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:00:23 +0000

End Citizens United.

Yosemite HD

John Warne — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:00:20 +0000

More time-lapse goodness.

“Community” stars as X-Men characters

John Warne — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:00:18 +0000

Oh Lord, Dean Pelton…

Bird flies onstage during a bluegrass show to visit musician buddy

John Warne — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:00:17 +0000

When they’re not snowboarding, today’s birds enjoy bluegrass music.

Beavis & Butthead in real life

John Warne — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:00:15 +0000

Lady Buddha with thousand hands

John Warne — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:00:14 +0000

Beautiful.

How my cat sees things

John Warne — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:00:12 +0000

Yes, another link about cats. Deal with it.

Mario meets Tim from Braid

John Warne — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:00:10 +0000

And Tim is way too cool.

A swarm of nano quadrotors

John Warne — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:00:08 +0000

Flying in formation! It’s insane that this kind of thing is possible.

color

John Warne — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:00:06 +0000

A color matching game. I got 8.3 on my first go-around.

Supakitch & Koralie

John Warne — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:00:02 +0000

Huge, gorgeous wall painting.

Bill Gates is better than Batman

John Warne — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Boardwalk Empire special effects reel

John Warne — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:00:57 +0000

How Twilight was really written

John Warne — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 15:00:56 +0000

Plausible.

Bird loves snowboarding

John Warne — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:00:54 +0000

The force is strong with Betty White

John Warne — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:00:52 +0000

Drunk octopus wants to fight you

John Warne — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:00:51 +0000

Fotoshop by Adobé

John Warne — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:00:49 +0000

Pro-pixel intensifying fauxtanical hydro-jargon microbead extract featuring nutritive volumizing technology.

Realistic insects made from one sheet of uncut paper

John Warne — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:00:47 +0000

How intricately detailed.

Interactive Michelle Bachman crazy eyes

John Warne — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:00:44 +0000

See how long you can stand it.

Accurate identity

John Warne — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:00:42 +0000

The Ramsey brothers’ home video commentaries

John Warne — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:00:39 +0000

Two brothers do DVD-style commentary on their old home movies. Brilliant.

More here

Kim Jong-Illin’ and dropping the bass

John Warne — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:00:37 +0000

Dictator by day, sick beatmaker by night.

Japanese girl practicing English explains Star Wars

John Warne — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:00:36 +0000

2011 as a single, year-long pinhole camera exposure

John Warne — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:00:34 +0000

I had no idea that was possible.

Breaking Bad in Springfield

John Warne — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:00:32 +0000

#DearInventor

John Warne — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:00:31 +0000

Short twitter messages to random inventors of things.

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The one-man Star Wars trilogy

John Warne — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:00:29 +0000

The Gospel of Supply Side Jesus

John Warne — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:00:27 +0000

Leprosy is a matter of personal responsibility.

Every day I’m shuffling

John Warne — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:00:24 +0000

@StealthMountain

John Warne — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:00:56 +0000

For those giving out “sneak peaks”.
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Insane arcade basketball guy

John Warne — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:00:54 +0000

I’m gonna take this guy to Chuck E. Cheese with me.

Email addresses it would be really annoying to give out over the phone

John Warne — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:00:52 +0000

Daytime fireworks

John Warne — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:00:50 +0000

Photographing something you want to show everyone

John Warne — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:49 +0000

The military eats up 53 cents of every US tax dollar

John Warne — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:00:45 +0000

There are no words.

The Harry Potter Albert Einstein illusion

John Warne — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:00:43 +0000

Japanese astronaut plays baseball in space

John Warne — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:00:41 +0000

I hope he doesn’t break a window.

Keep scrolling

John Warne — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:00:39 +0000

For a nice surprise.

How the Curiosity Rover will land on Mars

John Warne — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:00:36 +0000

An artist’s concept animation depicts key events of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission.

An investment banker’s cover letter for a second date

John Warne — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:00:33 +0000

What a bonehead.

Football

John Warne — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:00:31 +0000

Every kick of it massively mattering to someone presumably!

What if the country isn’t really broke?

John Warne — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:00:29 +0000

From the people who brought us “The Story of Stuff“.

The Karate Kid rehearsal movie

John Warne — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:00:28 +0000

Shot entirely on VHS, it looks like something I could have done as a kid.

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iPhone games in real life

John Warne — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:00:26 +0000

I like the Cut The Rope dog.

HDR landscape time-lapses

John Warne — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:00:24 +0000

Circus freak show fat man from 100 years ago

John Warne — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:00:22 +0000

A lot has changed.

Mieders alpine coaster

John Warne — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:00:20 +0000

I have to do this.

Here’s a look at what you ride on.

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Lookin’ for love

John Warne — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:00:18 +0000

Wah wah.

Address is Approximate

John Warne — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:00:15 +0000

Beautifully done Google Street View stop motion animation short.

Famous album covers, reenacted on Google Street View

John Warne — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:00:09 +0000

Arnold’s commentary for Total Recall

John Warne — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:00:08 +0000

Perhaps not understanding correctly, Arnold Schwarzenegger explains exactly what is happening on screen.

For fans of the literal music videos.

A history of the sky

John Warne — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:00:07 +0000

A year-long time-lapse mosaic of the sky. Make sure to watch in 1080p if you can.

Nunchucks

John Warne — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:00:05 +0000

iShred

John Warne — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:00:03 +0000

A snowboard Steve Jobs would ride.

Searching on Google

John Warne — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:00:02 +0000

Former white supremacist removes hate-filled facial tattoos

John Warne — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000

This story gives me hope.

Kinect BeatWheel

John Warne — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:00:59 +0000

It’s amazing what people are coming up with for the Kinect.

Moustair

John Warne — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:00:56 +0000

This is now a thing.

The GAG Quartet – le Internet Medley

John Warne — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:00:38 +0000

The ending is superb.

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86-year-old perspective

John Warne — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:00:29 +0000

Drinking water in zero gravity

John Warne — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:00:26 +0000

Like a boss.

Steve Gobs is the new face of Apple

John Warne — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:00:25 +0000

Come on!!

Google Earth flight simulator

John Warne — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:00:23 +0000

I had no idea this was possible. Download it for free!

Sword dancing

John Warne — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:00:18 +0000

Well I wasn’t expecting that today.

Fracking infographic

John Warne — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:00:16 +0000

Human ingenuity is astonishing yet scary.

Hans Rosling on global population growth

John Warne — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:00:15 +0000

Very interesting talk now that we’ve recently passed 7 billion.

The Andy Rooney game

John Warne — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:00:13 +0000

You take out everything except the first and last sentences of his 60 Minutes segments.

Brilliant.

The Virtuous Life: Humility

John Warne — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:00:10 +0000

Pretty decent post in a great series.

Time-lapse video of an historic dam removal

John Warne — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:00:06 +0000

The silt just looks like it’s melting.

baroque.me

John Warne — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:00:58 +0000

Craziness.

A virus walks into a bar…

John Warne — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:00:55 +0000

And other science groaners.

Shape type

John Warne — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:00:52 +0000

I got 77%.

Brits couldn’t care less…

John Warne — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:00:50 +0000

Thank you, thank you, a thousand times thank you.

@oldmansearch

John Warne — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:00:48 +0000

From the bio:

“My dad is 81 years old. I’m teaching him how to use the internet. I told him twitter was how to search things on Google. These tweets are what he’s searching.”

Duck Tron

John Warne — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:00:46 +0000

I’m buying Duck brand from here on out.

For fans of Tron Guy.

Old-school Occupy Wall Street

John Warne — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:00:44 +0000

Try Helvetica

John Warne — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:00:42 +0000

A Brazilian design firm photoshops handmade signs for storefronts, replacing the lettering with a clean Helvetica look.

Super Mario themed wedding invites

John Warne — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:00:39 +0000

99% health care

John Warne — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:00:38 +0000

What you text vs. what I see

John Warne — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:00:35 +0000

Hipster barista

John Warne — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:00:30 +0000

The position has been filled.

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The chef in middle America

John Warne — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:00:28 +0000

I remember my mind being blown at age 8 when I first saw the chef’s outline.

One of the worst ways to die

John Warne — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:00:26 +0000

What a bad way to go.

Headphones

John Warne — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:00:24 +0000

Meanwhile, in my pocket…

Sitting on a tree

John Warne — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:00:21 +0000

NBD.

Love story

John Warne — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:00:18 +0000

Okay, I don’t usually post stuff like this, but this story is worth it.

Throwable panoramic ball camera

John Warne — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:00:16 +0000

Quantum levitation

John Warne — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:00:09 +0000

What new devilry is this!

Another gorgeous landscape time-lapse

John Warne — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:00:05 +0000

Watch in 1080, if you can.

Here is volume one in the series.

How to make your own Bebop from TMNT

John Warne — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:00:13 +0000

The Wub Machine

John Warne — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:00:11 +0000

Upload a song and convert it to either a dub step or dance house remix.

Kobayashi eats 32 eggs in a minute and washes it down with a gallon of milk

John Warne — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:00:07 +0000

Unbelievable.

Another optical illusion

John Warne — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:00:05 +0000

Stay still!

2,000 foot long Hot Wheels track

John Warne — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:00:03 +0000

Radical!

Military dad surprises daughter at spelling bee after she spells “sergeant”

John Warne — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:00:00 +0000

Rapping paper

John Warne — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:00:55 +0000

I hope you used some this year.

Angry birds in real life

John Warne — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:00:53 +0000

Photoshopping a car ad

John Warne — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:00:51 +0000

The Princess Bride cast reunites nearly 25 years later for a photo shoot

John Warne — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:00:48 +0000

RIP Andre the Giant.

The Mini Band covers Enter Sandman by Metallica

John Warne — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:00:45 +0000

They’re 8 to 10 years old!

Ken Marino’s courageous war on aioli

John Warne — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:00:42 +0000

He’s fighting the good fight for the rest of us.

Plink

John Warne — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:00:39 +0000

Another fun sequencer. Chrome only.

More here.

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A 90′s nerd is today’s hipster

John Warne — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:00:37 +0000

The greatest speech ever made

John Warne — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:00:34 +0000

Compilation video set to Charlie Chaplin’s speech in The Great Dictator.

Evolution explained

John Warne — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:00:32 +0000

By celebrities.

Popsicle stickbomb

John Warne — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:00:29 +0000

Never seen this before.

The high quality midi archive

John Warne — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:00:27 +0000

The graphics are pretty inline with the sounds.

A kid’s reaction to finding out who Luke Skywalker’s father is

John Warne — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:00:24 +0000

This.

Changes.

Everything.

Eternal flame

John Warne — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:00:21 +0000

Hover over the image.

Surfing in bioluminescence

John Warne — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:00:19 +0000

Best PlayStation commercial

John Warne — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:00:16 +0000

To John.

Rick Perry bad lip reading

John Warne — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:00:14 +0000

Save a pretzel for the gas jets.

Stephen Fry and friends discuss US prison facts

John Warne — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:00:12 +0000

1%!

Nirvana’s “In Bloom” – Songsmith Version

John Warne — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:00:10 +0000

“In Bloom” by Nirvana as interpreted by Microsoft Songsmith.

Incredible.

An interstellar bummer

John Warne — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:00:08 +0000

Distances in space are huge.

ThunderLOLcats

John Warne — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:00:06 +0000

Facepalm.

Eight lines that would have ended Star Wars real fast

John Warne — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:00:03 +0000

“Nah, I don’t like that blue guy. Let’s just fix the red one.”

What if other planets were the same distance from the earth as the moon?

John Warne — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:00:01 +0000

Jupiter is a monster.

Harry Potter nerd fights back

John Warne — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:00:58 +0000

Touché.

Pumped up kicks

John Warne — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:00:10 +0000

This guy’s moves are inhuman. He must be stopped.

Peek inside the Lamborghini factory

John Warne — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:00:08 +0000

Someday one will be mine.

The Movie Alphabet

John Warne — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:00:06 +0000

George Lucas gets a taste of his own medicine

John Warne — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:00:05 +0000

That chin is the stuff nightmares are made of.

MinutePhysics

John Warne — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:00:04 +0000

YouTube channel that explains the concepts and theories of physics in simple, one-minute animations.

Not sure one minute is enough for this one, though.

Black Friday: An Orgy of Trinkets and Baubles

John Warne — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:00:03 +0000

Though the tone is a bit shrill, this article really echoes my sentiment about this biggest of consumer frenzies.

Countdown

John Warne — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:00:02 +0000

Animated and stylistic launch of a space shuttle.

Your superhero name

John Warne — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:00:01 +0000

It’s not going to be great.

Weird Al Yankovic’s “Stop Forwarding That Crap To Me”

John Warne — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:00:59 +0000

As a reminder, you may unsubscribe from this junk mail here :)

The best photo on the internet?

John Warne — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:00:58 +0000

You be the judge.

Harry Potter’s resumé to become an auror

John Warne — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:00:56 +0000

Overqualified?

Laps of Luxury

John Warne — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:00:54 +0000

Do not want.

Another optical illusion

John Warne — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:00:52 +0000

I had to check for myself. It’s true!

Coning is the new planking

John Warne — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:00:51 +0000

I had no idea this was a thing.

Hipster Ipsum

John Warne — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:00:50 +0000

Artisanal filler text for your site or project. Example:

Iphone echo park carles skateboard. Photo booth stumptown Austin yr fanny pack. Williamsburg helvetica hoodie, keffiyeh blog wolf shoreditch american apparel. Vinyl synth Austin mixtape lomo wayfarers. Brunch sartorial squid retro, four loko terry richardson yr fixie. Iphone brooklyn beard tofu. Scenester chambray trust fund, squid brooklyn pitchfork cred twee biodiesel vinyl wes anderson seitan +1 vegan.

[related: Vegan Ipsum and Veggie Ipsum]

US debt crisis simplified

John Warne — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:00:49 +0000

Scary numbers.

Mariachi band covering The Wall by Pink Floyd

John Warne — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:00:48 +0000

“All in all you’re yust a, another brick in de wall.”

How to drive nerds crazy

John Warne — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:00:46 +0000

My inhaler just dropped to the ground.

Late for class?

John Warne — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:00:45 +0000

Here’s a trick for you.

The future according to films

John Warne — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:00:44 +0000

A Love Tap

John Warne — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:00:42 +0000

This video is a little cheesy, but it’s done well.

Compilation image of various 80′s cartoons

John Warne — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:00:39 +0000

[via]

Alderaan shoots first

John Warne — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:00:37 +0000

George Lucas’s latest change.

Little Boat

John Warne — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:00:36 +0000

Beautiful little animation.

Sad But Superstitious

John Warne — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:00:35 +0000

Stevie Wonder vs Metallica mashup.

Coffee jerks

John Warne — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:00:34 +0000

1950′s commercials of husbands being jerks to their wives about their coffee-making abilities.

Meanwhile, in Canada

John Warne — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:00:33 +0000

Mari0

John Warne — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:00:32 +0000

Super Mario Portal. For real.

A Chinese version of Batman’s origins

John Warne — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:00:30 +0000

Intriguing.

Pixar desk lamp Halloween costume

John Warne — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:00:28 +0000

Scaring children with a remote-controlled flying ghost

John Warne — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:00:06 +0000

I so want to do this.

Radio-controlled crawling zombie

John Warne — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:00:05 +0000

Man, do I want to scare some kids with this.

AT-AT greyhound costume

John Warne — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:00:03 +0000

People, this is abuse.

Pro wrestler vs. 9-year-old girl

John Warne — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:00:01 +0000

She’s got some moves.

A new Lamborghini

John Warne — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:00:00 +0000

That smug Bill Gates.

Slow-Mo owl

John Warne — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:00:59 +0000

Gorgeous.

Siri fail

John Warne — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:00:58 +0000

Not what I had in mind, Siri.

Wonderputt

John Warne — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:00:57 +0000

Can’t believe I’m linking to another flash mini golf game, but this one is really creative and detailed.

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Getting a haircut in reverse

John Warne — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:00:56 +0000

[related]

Evolution of the Hipster

John Warne — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:00:55 +0000

R2D2 winter hat

John Warne — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:00:53 +0000

Now you know what to get me for Christmas.

MÖBIUS

John Warne — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:00:52 +0000

An optical illusion interactive public sculpture in Melbourne, Australia.

Newsroom time machine

John Warne — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:00:50 +0000

Students put together a newspaper page the old-fashioned way.

New Romance

John Warne — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:00:48 +0000

Saved By The Bell inspired music video with a few mishaps.

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Look at this car

John Warne — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:00:46 +0000

Would you just look at it?!

The birth of Earth

John Warne — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:00:45 +0000

Fascinating.

Things that look like other things

John Warne — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:00:44 +0000

Of course there is a website for this.

Liter of light

John Warne — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:00:43 +0000

Great idea!

What countries are named after

John Warne — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:00:42 +0000

Navel of the Moon?!

Kittens on decks

John Warne — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:00:41 +0000

They’re better DJs than I’ll ever be.

Chuck Norris was here

John Warne — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:00:39 +0000

Heck yeah he was.

Argument against planking

John Warne — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:00:37 +0000

At least she made a little fort for herself.

Percentages of US social program recipients that believe they “have not used a government social program”

John Warne — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:00:35 +0000

We’re all more dependent on each other than we think we are.

Epic war

John Warne — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:00:34 +0000

As a kid I made a few of these with my dad, though we had less luck with effects :)

Hipster American

John Warne — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:00:32 +0000

Is cooler than you.

Guitar string oscillations captured with an iPhone

John Warne — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:00:30 +0000

Caused by the rolling shutter effect.

Overpriced lawn chair reviews

John Warne — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:00:29 +0000

I’d choose the Selma Hayek delivery option, too.

[related here and here]

Trolling Saruman

John Warne — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:00:28 +0000

I love this.

Ron and Hermoine

John Warne — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:00:27 +0000

…just became super disturbing.

Best special FX demo reel OF ALL TIME

John Warne — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:00:26 +0000

Just sickeningly good.

The problem with YouTube parties

John Warne — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:00:23 +0000

I think I’m the worst offender.

11,000 lanterns floating over Poland

John Warne — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:00:16 +0000

It’s like its own little galaxy.

[via]

Bob Solo

John Warne — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:00:15 +0000

Where do all the happy little trees go?

Seagull cam

John Warne — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:00:12 +0000

Mine?

This is a lot of awesome for just one photo

John Warne — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:00:11 +0000

Synchronized indoor skydiving

John Warne — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:00:10 +0000

Insane.

First time encounter with a tribe from Papau New Guinea

John Warne — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:00:09 +0000

This is fascinating.

Thru Jerusalem

John Warne — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:00:07 +0000

Collaborative project from Israel.

An honest Facebook political argument

John Warne — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:00:06 +0000

I’ve seen a few of these.

Paranoid Android: YouTube artists mix

John Warne — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:00:05 +0000

Must have been painstaking with all the different tempos.

C64 Yourself

John Warne — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:00:03 +0000

I remember these days.

[via]

Hooray for Earth’s “True Loves” music video

John Warne — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:00:01 +0000

I seriously can’t get enough of cyriak.

GlobalRichList.com

John Warne — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:00:58 +0000

Find out how rich you are really.

Then let’s stop complaining.

“Welcome to the Jungle” on two cellos

John Warne — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:00:56 +0000

The world’s most exclusive website

John Warne — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:00:55 +0000

The redirect for the eventuality that you’re not important enough is pretty great.

Goldfish – We Come Together

John Warne — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:00:54 +0000

Music video with a ton of video game references.

[via]

All Wikipedia roads lead to Philosophy

John Warne — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:00:53 +0000

Go to a random Wikipedia article. Click on the first link (skipping the links in parentheses).
Repeat.
You always end up on “Philosophy“.

This kid loves Church’s chicken

John Warne — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:00:52 +0000

And he’s got a song to prove it.

Paper cuts

John Warne — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:00:49 +0000

Pop culture icons cut out of paper.

[via]

Straight out of Surrey

John Warne — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:00:48 +0000

Some jolly good chap-hop by Mr. B the Gentleman Rhymer.

Or watch Professor Elemental respond in his Fighting Trousers.

Movie ages

John Warne — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:00:47 +0000

Or “The 2011 Guide to Making People Feel Old”.

Literally unbelievable

John Warne — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:00:45 +0000

Facebook users who think the stories from The Onion are real.

Meltdown

John Warne — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:00:43 +0000

Spaghetti is a hero.

Hey you! What song are you listening to?

John Warne — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:00:42 +0000

Asking random New Yorkers with headphones on what song they are listening to.

Drunk man wants beer

John Warne — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:00:41 +0000

Lay off the alcohol, kids.

Star Wars voice reel

John Warne — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:00:39 +0000

This indoorsy kid is pretty on for most of the voices.

Pendulum waves

John Warne — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:00:38 +0000

Scale of the Universe

John Warne — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:00:37 +0000

This one is controlled by a slider that lets you zoom from the size of the observable universe down to the smallest length that it makes sense to think of physically.

A perfectly safe Russian snow slide

John Warne — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:00:36 +0000

Budget mix-up provides nation’s schools with enough money to properly educate students

John Warne — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:00:34 +0000

God bless The Onion.

Chrome Angry Birds

John Warne — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:00:32 +0000

It plays amazingly well for an HTML5 game run in the browser with no plugins.

Hey cheaters: enter this into the address bar when the game is loaded to unlock all the levels.

Upbot Goes Up

John Warne — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:00:22 +0000

Simple mechanic to this flash game, yet very addicting.

Be your own souvenir

John Warne — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:00:20 +0000

Pretty cool project.

More info here.

Hacker typer

John Warne — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:00:18 +0000

Pretend you’re hacking the mainframe by just mashing keys.

A flip book made by popping ballons

John Warne — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:00:17 +0000

Heaven

John Warne — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:00:16 +0000

Tetris inspired by this xkcd comic where a perfectly-fitting piece sometimes drops.

GigaPan Time Machine

John Warne — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:00:15 +0000

Zoomable, pannable, time-lapse sequences made up of super high resolution photos. Incredible detail.

Bert in real life

John Warne — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:00:13 +0000

Super creepy.

Room-sized spirograph

John Warne — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:00:12 +0000

How to fix any computer

John Warne — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:00:10 +0000

Either way, quietly weep.

Paint

John Warne — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:00:08 +0000

I am shocked and appalled that I never put this amazing video on my links.

Enjoy.

Back of a webpage

John Warne — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:00:07 +0000

Nice touch with the photobacking on flickr.

Star Wars: Building “Empire”

John Warne — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:00:05 +0000

Warning: super nerdy

Hipster John Locke

John Warne — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:00:03 +0000

December 2010 blizzard time-lapse

John Warne — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:00:01 +0000

I love me a good time-lapse.

Obey!

John Warne — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:00:59 +0000

Mirror

John Warne — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:00:58 +0000

This is what you look like right now.

Liz’s 1001 albums

John Warne — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:00:56 +0000

She’s going through the “1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die” list, one per day, and reviewing each one.

Man casually chats as tornado passes right by him

John Warne — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:00:54 +0000

This dude is cool under pressure.

Honest logos

John Warne — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:00:53 +0000

“McDiabetes” does have a certain ring to it.

My grunting explanation

John Warne — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:00:52 +0000

You can talk in every kind of way possible.

Chicks with Steve Buscemeyes

John Warne — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:00:50 +0000

Who knew that this idea would be so horrifying?

Don’t allow creativity to steal your identity

John Warne — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:00:49 +0000

That can be my next tweet

John Warne — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:00:46 +0000

This can be my next tweet: I typically hate food tweets of the year. Bummed I’m side-stage watching Karate Kid II.

Radiohead support group for fans who don’t like “The King Of Limbs”

John Warne — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:00:45 +0000

Just don’t say the wrong thing.

Word clouds from toy commercials

John Warne — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:00:44 +0000

The difference is striking.

A dinosaur at school

John Warne — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:00:42 +0000

I think I just found my new profession.

If Fox News had existed throughout history

John Warne — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:00:41 +0000

They’d have been there with hard-hitting journalism.

Get that outta here!

John Warne — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:00:40 +0000

Well I never expected that to come out of the door.

A year from now

John Warne — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:00:39 +0000

Great advice.

Reduce use of the word “awesome” by making an awesome button

John Warne — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:00:38 +0000

Cool hack.

Mark

John Warne — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:00:35 +0000

Pen Fifteen strikes again.

I must go

John Warne — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:00:21 +0000

This baby is incredible.

Advice from Ray Bradbury: Love what YOU love

John Warne — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:00:19 +0000

A tiny day in the Jackson Hole backcountry

John Warne — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:00:17 +0000

Another great tilt-shift. Best in HD.

Google Body

John Warne — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:00:16 +0000

I had no idea something like this existed. Really interesting.

Cleaning the cobra pit

John Warne — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:00:15 +0000

And I hated cleaning the pie rack at Baker’s Square.

Games played in the 80′s

John Warne — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:00:14 +0000

Ben Stiller poses with homeless man

John Warne — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:00:12 +0000

He’s such a good, down-to-earth dude.

Various paper street signs

John Warne — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:00:11 +0000

Windows 7 x64 MS Paint EXE interpereted as PCM data

John Warne — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:00:10 +0000

Sick beatz!

Music that is in everything

John Warne — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:00:05 +0000

List of frequently used trailer cues. After feeling a sense of emergency, I now have a sweet hope for the triumph of the human spirit.

3eanuts

John Warne — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:00:04 +0000

Removing the last frame from a Peanuts comic reveals the existential despair of their world. Genius.

For fans of Garfield minus Garfield.

Living in 90 square feet

John Warne — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:00:02 +0000

One woman’s tiny microstudio apartment in NYC. She’s done a good job in keeping it less claustrophobic than you’d think it’d be.

[related] This guy’s apartment is slightly bigger but way more tricked out. Incredible.

text align: centaur;

John Warne — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:00:00 +0000

I’m going to have to start incorporating this into my css stylesheets.

Virtual reality Fruit Ninja

John Warne — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:00:58 +0000

A personal letter from Steve Martin

John Warne — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:00:57 +0000

He’ll always cherish that afternoon…

[More Steve Martin here and here]

“Friday” by Rebecca Black, as interpreted by a bad lip reader

John Warne — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 15:00:56 +0000

The original here. Metal version here :)

The dating site murderer

John Warne — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:00:55 +0000

Poor guy.

Eye of Sauron Kinect hack

John Warne — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:00:54 +0000

Shame it only works for filthy Bagginses.

Imagine a Jump

John Warne — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:00:51 +0000

John Lennon/Van Halen mashup. I can’t believe it works so well.

Time lapse video of woman with HIV/AIDS

John Warne — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:00:49 +0000

Very powerful.

Chess without turns

John Warne — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:00:48 +0000

Considerably faster games.

Sexy sax man

John Warne — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:00:45 +0000

He’s got no time for rules.

Hipster trap

John Warne — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 15:00:42 +0000

Chatroulette love song

John Warne — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:00:41 +0000

I’ll bet she wasn’t expecting exactly that.

Pica Pic

John Warne — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:00:40 +0000

Retro handheld games playable in your browser. I loved these things.

Vegetarianism is cruel, too

John Warne — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:00:39 +0000

Mr. Potato sets a bold example.

Star Wars “Footprints”

John Warne — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:00:37 +0000

Music from a tree

John Warne — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:00:36 +0000

The bow was a great idea.

Talking to your kids about Star Wars

John Warne — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:00:35 +0000

It’s never too early.

[via Justin]

Katamari browser hack

John Warne — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 15:00:33 +0000

Another great way to destroy your browser.

Kinetic typography of Conan’s farewell message

John Warne — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:00:31 +0000

Great message, cool video.

Also, the Gettysburg Address.

Introducing your worst nightmare: Karate Kyle

John Warne — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:00:09 +0000

Another great meme.

What pi sounds like

John Warne — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:00:07 +0000

Oh it’s getting real nerdy up in here.

What if you’d bought Apple stock instead of their products?

John Warne — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:00:05 +0000

I’d have $92,874 more than I do now. Ouch.

Mario with modern sound effects

John Warne — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:00:04 +0000

I love the pipe sounds.

Slow loris with a tiny umbrella

John Warne — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:00:03 +0000

I like the part where he holds the tiny umbrella.

Jetpack skiing

John Warne — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:00:02 +0000

Put this on my bucket list.

You are listening to Los Angeles

John Warne — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:00:00 +0000

LAPD police scanner over an ambient music bed.

Deep Thought is good, too.

Cat bowling using a laser

John Warne — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:00:58 +0000

This works!

Reddit interviews a 4-year-old boy

John Warne — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:00:56 +0000

His answer on the earthquakes question is pretty scientifically accurate.

College marching band plays Rage Against The Machine

John Warne — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:00:54 +0000

The flautist in red is over the top.

Rock paper scissors

John Warne — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:00:50 +0000

I’m horrible.

Urban downhill bike race

John Warne — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:00:48 +0000

That would be so fun! …and scary.

Movies compressed into barcodes

John Warne — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:00:47 +0000

You can recognize the story of a movie you’ve watched before by the colors.

Tick Tock

John Warne — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:00:46 +0000

Student short film on what a guy does with only minutes to live.

Antimatière

John Warne — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:00:45 +0000

2D gameplay in a 3D world. It works sort of like Portal.

Space shuttle launch viewed from an airplane

John Warne — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:00:42 +0000

So cool!

Online Cambridge face memory test

John Warne — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:00:41 +0000

I got 97% (70 out of 72) See if you can beat me!

Samurai CGI shadow fighting

John Warne — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:00:37 +0000

I love the Japanese.

Famous objects from classic movies

John Warne — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:00:36 +0000

I spent way too long playing this game.

Escher’s waterfall in real life

John Warne — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:00:34 +0000

Perpetual motion. Energy crisis solved!

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start

John Warne — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:00:33 +0000

That’s some serious commitment to remembering how to get 30 guys in Contra.

Printing books

John Warne — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:00:31 +0000

Like a How It’s Made from days of yore.

Meth mugshots: before and after

John Warne — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:00:30 +0000

Don’t do meth, kids.

Foley

John Warne — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:00:29 +0000

This seems like it would be a fun job.

Dubstep dance performance

John Warne — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:00:28 +0000

These dudes are sickeningly good.

An amazing “The Final Countdown” rendition

John Warne — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 15:00:27 +0000

Oldie but a goodie.

RoboCop speaks to Detroit

John Warne — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:00:26 +0000

Let’s get him his statue already.

Snowman slide

John Warne — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:00:25 +0000

The kid in me wants to do this so bad while the adult in me… ok there is no part of me that would stay away from this awesomeness.

Flight of the Bumblebee on 101 bottles

John Warne — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:00:24 +0000

That must’ve taken a real long time to tune all those bottles.

Dramatic eagle

John Warne — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:00:22 +0000

For fans of the dramatic chipmunk.

Greenwich Locksmiths

John Warne — Tue, 31 May 2011 15:00:05 +0000

That’s, like, a lot of keys.

Animal voiceovers

John Warne — Mon, 30 May 2011 15:00:03 +0000

Alan!

[related]

Pixelfari

John Warne — Sun, 29 May 2011 15:00:01 +0000

Old-timey internet.

Mac only download.

Slowed-down Olsen twins pizza song

John Warne — Sat, 28 May 2011 15:00:00 +0000

Internet, you never fail me.

Thanks for the link, Dave!

Quit smoking

John Warne — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:00:59 +0000

Clever PSA.

Nonsense

John Warne — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:00:57 +0000

I think I could watch this all day.

[via]

Tea Party/terrorist puzzle page (pic)

John Warne — Wed, 25 May 2011 15:00:55 +0000

Remember, you can’t spell fundamentalist without “fun”!

Casteller

John Warne — Tue, 24 May 2011 15:00:54 +0000

In the city of Tarragona, Spain, castellers gather every two years to see who can build the highest, most intricate human castles. Those dudes on the bottom must be pretty tough.

How Watson could have been defeated on Jeopardy

John Warne — Mon, 23 May 2011 15:00:52 +0000

Yup.

The difference between The United Kingdom, Great Britain and England

John Warne — Sun, 22 May 2011 15:00:42 +0000

I knew it was complicated, but this is ridiculous.

How a shower faucet should work

John Warne — Sat, 21 May 2011 15:00:28 +0000

Agreed. Let’s get our best people on this.

Senior choir

John Warne — Fri, 20 May 2011 15:00:27 +0000

It just keeps getting better and better.

Have you seen this pole?

John Warne — Thu, 19 May 2011 15:00:24 +0000

So meta.

Lightning dancers on a Tesla coil

John Warne — Wed, 18 May 2011 15:00:23 +0000

If I did that I would totally pretend to be the Emperor.

Related: this and this.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off board game

John Warne — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:00:21 +0000

I’d use Ed Rooney’s shortcuts.

Laughing workout

John Warne — Mon, 16 May 2011 15:00:20 +0000

That just creeped me the frick out.

Ultimate dog tease

John Warne — Sun, 15 May 2011 15:00:19 +0000

Poor dog just wants some food.

[related]

How to grow a mustache

John Warne — Sat, 14 May 2011 15:00:18 +0000

I had no idea you could just wipe away a soul patch.

[more shaving]

Conductor

John Warne — Fri, 13 May 2011 15:00:15 +0000

HTML5 real-time string experiment for the NYC subway system.

[via]

Star size comparison

John Warne — Thu, 12 May 2011 15:00:14 +0000

Like this one, but better.

Always avoid movies with bold red uppercase fonts

John Warne — Wed, 11 May 2011 15:00:12 +0000

Seems to be true.

The Lord of the Lord of the Rings

John Warne — Tue, 10 May 2011 15:00:11 +0000

Must have taken a ton of viewings to get all the minutia.

Climate change

John Warne — Mon, 09 May 2011 15:00:09 +0000

It boggles my mind that many people disagree with the world’s preeminent scientists on this.

Mr. T honors mothers

John Warne — Sun, 08 May 2011 15:00:08 +0000

There is no other.

Los Angeles street crossing

John Warne — Sat, 07 May 2011 15:00:06 +0000

Happens to me every time.

Undercity

John Warne — Fri, 06 May 2011 15:00:05 +0000

Crazy guy goes on an adventure under and over NYC. The fear of getting caught and/or killed heightens the suspense, but it’s really interesting nonetheless.

Traps

John Warne — Thu, 05 May 2011 15:00:04 +0000

Get off Facebook.

The Scrollwheel

John Warne — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:00:03 +0000

This is what it’s like watching a technically unskilled person use a computer.

It’s the Nick Burns in me, I guess.

Music for shuffle

John Warne — Tue, 03 May 2011 15:00:02 +0000

Great idea this guy had to make an infinitely-shufflable playlist.

Grand Theft Auto – Carmageddon!

John Warne — Mon, 02 May 2011 15:00:01 +0000

If you set the wheel friction to negative numbers in a PC GTA game the physics get pretty weird.

The more I watch this the better it gets.

[via]

Cracking the credit card code

John Warne — Sun, 01 May 2011 15:00:58 +0000

Not terribly important for survival, but pretty interesting.

Getting inside a balloon

John Warne — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:00:37 +0000

Drat the luck!

The pros and cons of pros and cons

John Warne — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:00:35 +0000

Under “cons” they forgot to add that each item has a different weighted importance, which might further throw off the balance.

Cognito Salon Ad #1

John Warne — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:00:33 +0000

This is a salon in Nashville my friend works at. And the ad is so, so wrong.

Yet so right?

A day in the future

John Warne — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:00:32 +0000

So true. We live like kings and no one’s satisfied!

Muse at Wembley Stadium, September 2010

John Warne — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:00:30 +0000

This is a 360° draggable video.

Muse rules.

Dot dot dot

John Warne — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:00:28 +0000

A kinetic typography video based on the review of a flash game by a thirteen-year-old.

For fans of A dramatic reading of a YouTube comment.

Cadbury Creme egg inside a cupcake

John Warne — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 15:00:27 +0000

Want.

How my handwriting has changed since Kindergarten

John Warne — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:00:25 +0000

My writing has gotten terrible as well.

Except for my autograph ;)

Camera on the tip of the sword

John Warne — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:00:23 +0000

Cool to see it from a different perspective.

Microwave For One

John Warne — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:00:21 +0000

By Chef Lonelyhearts.

Endless jumping into the pool

John Warne — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:00:18 +0000

Those crazy Japanese.

Google Exodus

John Warne — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:00:16 +0000

Plato’s iPad

John Warne — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:00:14 +0000

Time-lapse of a clay sculpture. Definitely worth the four minutes to watch from beginning to end.

Duty of a Troopa

John Warne — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:00:13 +0000

So, so dedicated.

High-speed camera shooting from a train

John Warne — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:00:12 +0000

Mesmerizing effect. The guy explains his method at his website.

Why did gold become the best element for money?

John Warne — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:00:11 +0000

Great article on why it had to be gold.

A very twitchy human body drum kit

John Warne — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:00:09 +0000

Daito Manabe is a Japanese artist and programmer who stimulated his facial muscles using small electric pulses and synced it with music in his Electric Stimulus project.

It’s a me, Mario!

John Warne — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:00:08 +0000

Someone send him a blue shell.

My Blackberry is not working!

John Warne — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:00:05 +0000

Wah wah.

Christmas card from a mailman

John Warne — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:00:04 +0000

I wish my mailman were that awesome.

Brontë Sisters Power Dolls

John Warne — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:00:02 +0000

Brontësaurus!

Reasons to be cheerful

John Warne — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 15:00:59 +0000

List of positive things that happened in the 2000′s. I’m glad that most of the gains went to those who sorely needed them.

Eskmo’s “We Got More”

John Warne — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:00:58 +0000

cyriak is getting crazier and crazier.

More cyriak here.

iotacons

John Warne — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:00:57 +0000

Don’t miss: The Presidents, The Beatles, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Indiana Jones.

John Martz’s “Trexels” is pretty great, too.

Ducks getting blown off their feet

John Warne — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:00:56 +0000

Poor little ducks!

Supercuts

John Warne — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:00:55 +0000

Huge list of obsessive video montages.

Doodling in math class

John Warne — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:00:53 +0000

Math + time-lapse doodles = Win.

Who else does this?

John Warne — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:00:52 +0000

Glad I’m not the only one who does that.

How to get a job at American Apparel

John Warne — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:00:51 +0000

“I dislike anything that most people like.”

History through Google Books Ngrams

John Warne — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:00:48 +0000

Each of the graphs plots over time the fraction that one word constitutes of all words in books mined from the Google Books project.

Shop Vac

John Warne — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:00:47 +0000

Incredible fan-made kinetic typography animation video of the Jonathan Coulton song “Shop Vac”.

Internet ghosts of the world unite!

John Warne — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:00:44 +0000

A little too late, IE.

Google Earth skydiving

John Warne — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:00:42 +0000

Those crazy Japanese.

Cat vs. Internet

John Warne — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:00:40 +0000

I thought my cat was the only one to use a trebuchet.

Some golden girls discover photo booth

John Warne — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:00:38 +0000

I want to be like that when I get older.

Simple liquid simulation

John Warne — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:00:35 +0000

Drag the fluid around with your mouse.

Angry Birds – Strategy

John Warne — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:00:34 +0000

Hrumph.

Dr. Seuss does Star Wars

John Warne — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:00:32 +0000

“This body is old,
But it’s all that I’ve got.

When 900 you reach,
Look so good you will not!”

Metropolis

John Warne — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:00:30 +0000

Somebody has a lot of time and Hot Wheels on their hands.

I have everything. My life is empty.

John Warne — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:00:28 +0000

Great reminder article about finding meaning outside of the lifestyle of consumption.

1980s Frosted Flakes commercial

John Warne — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:00:26 +0000

I remember every word of this commercial.

Buzz Kill meme

John Warne — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:00:23 +0000

I guess this is a thing now.

Girl goes crazy over webcam special effects

John Warne — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:00:19 +0000

Also watch the effectless version here.

The Lying Down game

John Warne — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:00:16 +0000

Parkour for lazy people.

Bing

John Warne — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:00:14 +0000

Someone had a lot of time on their hands to make this Groundhog Day mashup.

FPS map design: then and now

John Warne — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:00:12 +0000

Someone got lazy.

The number to heaven

John Warne — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:00:09 +0000

I think the lack of any context is what makes this clip unbelievable.

MapCrunch

John Warne — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:00:05 +0000

Google Street View shows what the world really looks like.

People are awesome

John Warne — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:00:01 +0000

I have to admit, I kept expecting it to be a fail video, but they landed everything :)

iPhone vs. Android vs. BlackBerry

John Warne — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:00:57 +0000

Get the phone you like.

God of War style PB&J

John Warne — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:00:55 +0000

Even the angles are true to form.

Boba Fett’s invoice to Jabba

John Warne — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:00:54 +0000

I’m glad Boba went the whole hog and prettied Han up in the carbonite aesthetic display, though I’m not sure Jabba will pay the extra for it.

StS’ Beatles

John Warne — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:00:50 +0000

Ringo, do the face.

English lesson

John Warne — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:00:48 +0000

Normal vs. pirate vs. Jamaican.

Actor Gordon Pinsent reads from the memoirs of Justin Bieber

John Warne — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:00:46 +0000

Verily, he makes Bieber seem like a man of great stature.

Dungeons & Dragons site has impossible-to-answer security question

John Warne — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:00:45 +0000

Now that’s just mean.

How ink is made

John Warne — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 15:00:43 +0000

It’s like a more artistic version of “How It’s Made”.

US map showing the movies that represent each state

John Warne — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:00:40 +0000

Yup.

Diminished reality

John Warne — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:00:39 +0000

Real-time object removal from live video. It’s crazy that this kind of thing can be done.

Star Wars rear window sticker

John Warne — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:00:37 +0000

That car is cruising!

Space video footage from camera attached to weather balloon

John Warne — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:00:34 +0000

Man, what a great Dad.

Please don’t do these in an email

John Warne — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:00:47 +0000

Or I will pluck my eyeballs out.

“Hey, ladies…” smile

John Warne — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:00:45 +0000

Every time he does it I say to myself that I won’t laugh, but then it turns out I’m a liar.

The remix here.

A classic IE6 effect in HTML5

John Warne — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:00:42 +0000

Ah, the memories.

Super Mario Bros. glitches

John Warne — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:00:38 +0000

I knew about most of these, but not all.

Woman chronicles her life from ages 16-88 in shooting gallery photos

John Warne — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:00:36 +0000

I love that she’s still doing this.

Coachelletta

John Warne — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:00:34 +0000

Tilt-shift time-lapse of Coachella 2010.

The Sandpit is great,too.

Piracy

John Warne — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:00:31 +0000

Jesus did it.

“Take Me Out” by Atomic Tom

John Warne — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:00:29 +0000

Sounds pretty good for a train performance entirely played on iPhones.

Reddit users list the most expensive mistake they’ve ever made

John Warne — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:00:26 +0000

It’d be hard to beat the Google one.

Historical illusion

John Warne — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:00:22 +0000

Fooled me.

Goth public access

John Warne — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:00:19 +0000

It’s like a real life version of Goth Talk with Azriel Abyss, the Prince of Sorrow.

Radical Islam

John Warne — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:00:17 +0000

X-tremeism!

Thunder Busters

John Warne — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:00:14 +0000

AC/DC vs Ghostbusters mashup.

Seaquence

John Warne — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:00:12 +0000

Musical petri dish.

The transformation of a horrible ice skater

John Warne — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:00:10 +0000

I love Improv Everywhere.

Hidden “McBain” movie in multiple Simpsons episodes

John Warne — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:00:07 +0000

I’d seen all of these before, but not as a continuous piece. Genius!

Mario Kart in real life

John Warne — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:00:03 +0000

Bananas!

I heart you

John Warne — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:00:01 +0000

Happy Valentine’s Day from the scary dude in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

“Lost” Valentine’s Day cards

John Warne — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:00:59 +0000

Ben Linus is creepy.

A History of Rap: Jimmy Fallon, Justin Timberlake & The Roots

John Warne — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:00:55 +0000

Fantastic.

Tilt-shift Van Gogh

John Warne — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:00:53 +0000

For hipster painters.

Jason Schwartzman introduces the New Yorker iPad app

John Warne — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:00:50 +0000

He’s the new Billy Mays.

Mega Millions lottery simulator

John Warne — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 15:00:48 +0000

Playing twice a week for 10 years netted me -$823. The lottery is so worth it.

Filming in a dust storm

John Warne — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 15:00:46 +0000

Like he says, it looks like they’re filming on an alien world.

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A thing called the Internet

John Warne — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:00:44 +0000

I couldn’t agree more.

*Update: There’s now a website through which you can opt out of receiving any more Yellow Pages. Let’s see if they honor my request now.

Star Trek pizza cutter

John Warne — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:00:42 +0000

This would make an excellent gift for me.

Asteroids bookmarklet

John Warne — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:00:40 +0000

Destroy any webpage.

Never say no to Panda

John Warne — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:00:36 +0000

He can be kind of a jerk.

Ring found

John Warne — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:00:14 +0000

Did you think we were that gullible?

Free climbing a tower higher than the Empire State Building

John Warne — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:00:11 +0000

I kept getting shivers watching this.

The bed of a hardcore gamer

John Warne — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:00:08 +0000

Radical! Too bad Sarah wouldn’t go for something like this.

Friday classic: “Love Train” on Soul Train

John Warne — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:00:06 +0000

My favorite is the slow motion couple.

Thanks Justin!

Assembly instructions from hell

John Warne — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:00:03 +0000

You’re never going to put that thing together.

Middle Earth Hockey Association logos

John Warne — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:00:00 +0000

I think I’d be a Rangers fan.

Tesla coil version of Iron Man with a Faraday guitar

John Warne — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:00:57 +0000

I want to give this a go.

Common southern mispronunciations

John Warne — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:00:54 +0000

I’m pretty sure I’ve heard all but “Jun Stuurt” in real life.

Interrupting a parade

John Warne — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:00:52 +0000

So wrong yet so so right.

WASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSUP!

John Warne — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:00:49 +0000

I feel like I’m crossing a very fine line by linking to this… but I like it :)

“My Heart Will Go On” – recorder version

John Warne — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:00:47 +0000

Get ready to have your heartstrings pulled.

Business cards for fictional companies

John Warne — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:00:44 +0000

Sure, like I’m going to give a Bluth business card to someone who’s not wearing a $4,000 pair of pants. Come on!

Japanese precision walking

John Warne — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:00:41 +0000

Those crazy Japanese.

This is how I feel about buying apps

John Warne — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:00:38 +0000

But I have to buy popcorn at the movies.

Soccer players celebrate goal with “human toilet”

John Warne — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:00:35 +0000

That was kind of out of nowhere.

Unhear It

John Warne — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:00:32 +0000

Website that will replace the song currently in your head with another annoying one.

Dog dancing the Merengue

John Warne — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:00:30 +0000

Completely impressive and a bit creepy.

Putin on a Ritz

John Warne — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:00:26 +0000

Yep.

Acrobatic awesomeness

John Warne — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:00:24 +0000

Insane!

Mario is so screwed

John Warne — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:00:21 +0000

You know what’s going to happen.

How to turn yourself into a bale of hay

John Warne — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:00:18 +0000

Though I don’t know why he had to take his clothes off.

imagesoak.com

John Warne — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:00:15 +0000

Infinitely scrollable feed reader with images and categories. Love it!

English Bulldog casually watching TV

John Warne — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 15:00:12 +0000

Funnier than it sounds.

You will never look at a duck the same way

John Warne — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:00:10 +0000

Warning: this cannot be unseen.

Chinese Omnipotent China red army sings Beat It

John Warne — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:00:08 +0000

Inspirational.

Inception explained with a Mac

John Warne — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:00:05 +0000

You have to use list view for this.

Thru Religion

John Warne — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:00:04 +0000

Very clever.

Ahead Stop

John Warne — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:00:01 +0000

I couldn’t agree more.