I’m literally in the middle of a complete re-architecting of this stupid website. This time for real. It’s about to get ugly around here.

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Created by Karl Fisch, and modified by Scott McLeod, this was originally titled “Globalization & The Information Age”, I think, now “Did You Know 3.0“. I am too lazy to do any real research right now, but I think McLeod is a high school teacher and he put this together for a class presentation. Anyway, it is now being updated every year because it became so popular online. I have used it in business presentations several times. It is an excellent, thought provoking presentation describing how population, technology, education, and globalization are changing the world, rather quickly. If you haven’t seen it already, watch the latest, 2008 version now.

[thx youtube.]

A Slow Loris pet in Russia.

I would kill most of you to have him as a pet. Then I’d kill him by crushing his little fucking face.

Now that you’re hooked, you might want to watch this Slow Loris that loves to be tickled, or this baby one messing around.

[via MissCellania.]

This video is making the rounds, and I kind of ignored it until I saw it in context and realized how genius it really is.

Han Solo, P.I. is a remix version of the intro credits of Magnum, P.I. using footage of Han Solo and friends from Star Wars. Watch it first:

Maybe you think that was pretty funny, or cool, or whatever. But wait until you watch it side by side, frame by frame, shot by shot, with the original. It is absolutely genius. Amazing work. I love this shit.

[via laughing squid again.]

I’ve posted a few of these before. Here is a genius literal lyrics version of Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart.

[via laughing squid.]

This is awesome.

In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University . On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee, inspected the elephants foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Peter worked the wood out with his knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.

Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Peter and his son Cameron were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter could not help wondering if this was the same elephant. Peter summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing, and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.

Probably wasn’t the same fucking elephant.

This is for everyone who sends me those heart-warming bullshit stories.

[I got this via email from CJ the other day. Can't attribute it since it is just an email. Whoever wrote it, thanks for making me laugh. I know it's pretty old, so don't comment asking which rock I've been living under. I took the elephant photo myself in Kerala, India.]

Honestly, I can not believe what you are about to watch is real. It has to be an elaborate 3D animation. It’s just a giant fluffy head on spindly legs. It just has to be fake. Right?

Actually, it is a Pygmy Jerboa, and I must have one, and I will call him George.

[via neatorama.]

I am a little out of the hip-hop loop, but I have always been a huge fan of Eminem. Here is a video clip of Mr. Mathers himself, supposedly freestyling on Tim Westwood’s radio or TV show. (I imagine I should a lot about Westwood, but I really don’t. All I know is that he’s a very big DJ in the UK. He is a host on MTV. Wikipedia has more.) As far as the freestyling below, it could obviously be lyrics he wrote before this live event, but I don’t really care. The guy may be a misogynist and homophobe, but he’s a fucking genius rapper. This video is just insane.

If you’ve never seen it, there is an awesome short segment on extras of the the DVD of 8 Mile where local Detroit extras from the movie have a freestyle rap battle, and the winner faces Eminem. It’s real, and it’s incredible, and Eminem proves again that he is 100% legit.

[via digg.]

Hi. This is nerdy and fun. From Multitouch Barcelona.

[via engadget.]

A little over a year ago, I somehow found out about Amir and Streeter’s Prank War on CollegeHumor.com. I am not a regular visitor to CollegeHumor, so it isn’t something I would have found outside of a DIGG front page or something. Basically Amir and Streeter are regular contributors (and friends, I suppose), and they are in the middle of a massive prank war back and forth, all videotaped, and mostly well planned and hilarious.

Anyway, my intro to their war was the absolutely cruel and brutal Yankee Stadium proposal. Amir faked a marriage proposal by Streeter to his girlfriend on the big screen while they were watching at a Yankee game. She said yes. Streeter had to tell her he didn’t do it. She slapped him and stormed off. It was sheer brilliance. After watching and laughing way too hard, I went back and watched the other 5 previous pranks. All funny.

Yesterday, during my first visit to the new Yankee Stadium (amazing by the way – I love the changes) I was reminded of the Yankee Stadium prank, and informed that there was a follow-up, the half million dollar shot. Streeter set it up so Amir would have to throw a basketball into the hoop from half court, blindfolded at a college basketball game in order to win $500,000. He did it. Crowd goes wild. Hilarity ensues.

CollegeHumor doesn’t have embedding videos, so you’ll have to clic through to see the videos. Trust me, this is worth your time.

Electronic Media studies student and YouTube user Waambat put together two extraordinary video mashups that I just have to share. The first (below) is the Peaches song Fuck the Pain Away, sung by Miss Piggy. She got an A++ for this assignment in school. It is fucking brilliant.

The second (below) is her final project for the class, Three Six Mafia’s Smokin’ on the Dro, in Alice in Wonderland. Fucking amazing. Please keep making these.

This is exactly why record and movie companies can’t have a stranglehold on the copyrights of music and movies. THIS is fair use and we must allow it. Fuck the RIAA and MPAA.