Not to mention also then needing Flashblock plugin to disable the heinous adverts that come wrapped in flash and eat your web pages.

-Zeke

Don't mess with old people.

An obvious fake. Since airbags deploy in about 25 milliseconds, I should not be able to see the airbag inflate. But I can.

I don't think this one has been posted yet.

That was close!

- Jon

My son sent me this link tonight that will appeal to the Rube Goldbergs among us. I wish I knew more details about it, it looks like the result of a Japanese (?) contest, and some of these folks are astonishingly creative, particularly the one where the marble plays the melody on the water glasses.

There are so many common elements in the constructions that perhaps there was some sort of "kit" and rules to follow?

I can only imagine the number of hours (Tens? Hundreds?) that went into some of these.

See for yourself...

Oh, and look! There's a sequel!

tanstaafl.

Great thread btw.

Robot Dance-Off

I wouldn't want to wear that on a hot day... or for very long periods on *any* day!
Nice effect for a suit, though.

Lazy Sunday
Lazy Monday
Lazy Muncie
We Drink Tea
A day in the life of Natalie Portman
Crazy Sunday
Lazy Ramadi
Oscar Sunday
Easter Sunday
Wicked Wednesday
Lazy Snellville

I think Lazy Monday and We Drink Tea are my favorites. Lazy Muncie wins the prize for best intro.

and then there's Tyson, the skateboarding bulldog.

This one might not appeal to everyone, but if you know anything about Glen Danzig...
Danzig getting knocked the F out

And of course there's the classic G.I. Joe service announcements

How about why I got fired from Apple?

And this one rules... a game animator animated two characters to Tenacious D's "Rock Song"... awesome. The guy rocking out to the guitar at the end kills me every time.

Cribs Trek

- Jon

Montage of several angles of yesterday's nuclear power plant demolition.
http://hansv.com/trojan_implosion/

The plant is^h^h was a fairly large and visible landmark, on the Columbia river that marks the border between Oregon and Washington. You can see it clearly from interstate 5, the main arterial that runs down the West coast.

I happened to be driving up from Portland shortly after the demolition. The dust was still in the air. All the trees surrounding the area were tan colored, from the dust. I knew there was going to be a demolition of the plant, but thought it was going to be today rather than yesterday. Too bad I didn't know more details, otherwise I would have been able to leave on time to watch the implosion as it happened.

I'm going to miss that landmark. When driving to Portland, it was always my cue that I was nearing my destination. Now you can only see the containment dome, and you have to look a bit more closely to see that.

I like that website. Particularly cool was the RC Airplane Acrobatics

...which reminds me-
http://www.405themovie.com/Home.asp (brief, well made, and good for a laugh)
and if you want a feature length fan-made film:
http://www.starwreck.com/ (already listed somewhere on the BBS)

I hope noone else has posted this but I just couldn't tear myself away from it. Maybe Sesame Street rotted my brain - it's a wonder that I don't say "zee"...

Sesame Street Aliens

Mike.

Juggling inside a cone.