In case you weren’t everywhere on the internet for the holiday, here are some of the videos that were created especially for April Fool’s Day 2011, in a list I posted at mental_floss.
Saturday, April 02, 2011
April Fool’s Day 2011 Video Collection
In case you weren’t everywhere on the internet for the holiday, here are some of the videos that were created especially for April Fool’s Day 2011, in a list I posted at mental_floss.
Friday, April 01, 2011
April Fools Day Links
April Fools’ Day Pictures: 4 Historic Science Hoaxes. They weren’t just for one day, either.5 Wacky Internet Pranks That Can Get You Jail Time. Make your plans accordingly.
50 easy April Fool’s Day pranks to play on your friends.
8 Sports-Related April Fools’ Day Hoaxes. This will sort of counterbalance the science hoaxes at the top of this list.
A New Company Promises to Give You a Pretend Facebook Girlfriend. If you want people to think you have a relationship, Cloud Girlfriend can set you up, which, of course, will attract the kind of women who want what some other woman has.
A cobra escaped from the Bronx Zoo. It’s been spotted in the strangest place: on Twitter.
What Monty Python Can Teach Us About Saving Money. Nonsensical comedy leads to commonsense advice, along with links to the original skits.
Hilarious Paper Street Signs.
Time to GET IN THE CAR! (via reddit)
The guys at College Humor figured out what those twin boys were talking about, and gave us handy subtitles. They haven’t yet learned to avoid political discussions in the family.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Great Moments in April Fool's Day Online
The internet makes April Fool’s Day shenanigans accessible to millions of people, many of them quite gullible, as any spammer can attest. Here are some of the biggest and best internet pranks from the past few years, in a list I posted at mental_floss.
Funny Links
Fifty people, one questions. Times four. People seem most more honest and open when they don’t have time to overthink their answers. (via Breakfast Links)Introducing the Whomp. No, I don’t really get it, either, but I wish I’d been there.
A YouTube collaboration turns the Double Rainbow Song into something beautiful.
When you use word processing software, you can justify, align left, align right, or center your text. But why center your text when you can centaur it? (via The Daily What)
Jackie Kashian is the anti-crazy pet person.
The revolutionary movements of the Middle East, explained by the cast of the game Angry Birds in a retro-animation cartoon set to the tune of the Three Little Pigs. Does that make it all clear now?
Twin baby boys are having a conversation. It’s good that they understand each other, because none of the rest of us can.
A Dog with An Inside Voice.
What’s the difference between a turtle and a tortoise? Watch these to find out -especially the cute one riding around on a turntable.
Extreme Murals & Painted Buildings. All it takes is a competent artist, a clear building title, liberal zoning laws, and understanding neighbors.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Good Reads and Information
Brilliant Inventions that Look Like Gag Gifts. Would you believe... a helicopter ejector seat? A solar-powered flashlight? An inflatable anchor? (via The Daily What)Public Restroom Options, Ranked. (via Bits and Pieces)
Epic Literary Flame Thread. The comment section of this book review is a textbook example of how NOT to act when your book receives a less-than-stellar review. (via Cynical-C)
Army Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth was a dashing figure, a 24-year-old leader of men, and a friend of Abraham Lincoln. He was also the first Union officer killed in the U.S. Civil War, which affected the president terribly.
The Origin of Air Conditioning. For which we will be forever grateful, once this winter weather is over.
6 TV Shows You Won’t Believe Saved People’s Lives. Hey, wherever you pick up lifesaving information is OK with me!
This is where you learn how to butle: The International Butler Academy. (via Everlasting Blort)
Mugshots from Sydney, Australia in the 1920s. The bad guys looked really bad, but most dressed classier than the biggest part of regular folks you will see all month.
Jeff Martin produced the largest indoor photograph ever: a 40-gigapixel, 360-degree image of the main hall of the 868-year-old Strahov monastery library in Prague, Czech Republic. Almost 3,000 images were shot over five days and then stitched together to make the mega-picture. (via The Daily What)
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
10 Clever and Confusing Flowcharts
It’s been almost a year since I shared my ever-growing collection of helpful and not-so-helpful flowcharts found on the internet. The list has grown, and some of the latest flowcharts explain everything from how to date your cousin to picking up food from the floor. See ten of these in this list I posted at mental_floss.
Links for Fun
The Lion on Gripsholm's Slott. Don't ever hire a taxidermist who's never seen an animal like yours.Animator Sally Cruikshank drew every cel and background for for 1975 animation Quasi at the Quackadero. The job took two years, but the result was selected for preservation by the National Film Registry. And it’s on YouTube. (via Gorilla Mask)
Murder for Hire.
In horror movies, you realize the call is coming from inside the house! and a chill runs down your spine. When it happens in real life at work, it can be altogether hilarious.
Make sure your next erection is in safe hands. (via b3ta)
Musicians from the Rock and Worship Road Show 2011 filled up their free time by singing in the hotel hallways. Here’s a Beatles cover you might enjoy.
Double Moonbow! What does it mean? (via Fark)
GIRP is almost, but not quite, as difficult to play as QWOP. It was designed by the same guy, so you know it’s a maddening game. (via Metafilter)
ABC News and People Magazine released the results of an online poll about the best movies of all time. Over half a million votes were cast in many categories. (via Roger Ebert)
Monday, March 28, 2011
Interesting and Informative Links
5 Science Experiments Gone Wrong. The short version: oops, bad idea, bad idea, total nutcase, and poor public perception.Affordable Art from Some of the World’s Most Famous Artists. The same artists who command millions for some works also produce other stuff they know will sell fast.
A beautiful time-lapse video of the Aurora Borealis. Terje Sorgjerd shot this over a week’s time in Norway near the Russian border.
7 Companies That Fired Their Spokesmen. When planning your ad campaigns, remember that celebrities don’t become famous by their normality and circumspection.
A year ago, I linked to a Metafilter thread in which the forum banded together to avert disaster for two young women from Russia. Now those who were there tell the entire story. One NSFW image. (via Cynical-C)
5 Reasons Humanity Is Terrible at Democracy. What’s worse, these things are used to manipulate the perceptions of the citizens toward various ends. NSFW text.
5 Awful Saturday Night Live Hosts. Of course, that only became apparent after the episode aired. Live.
Justice doesn't always work the way they portray it on Law & Order: SVU. (via Breakfast Links)
The 10 Worst Products For Men Ever Created. If they didn’t kill him, they would at least undermine his confidence. (via Everlasting Blort)
How do “natural” non-sugar sweeteners stack up? Like artificial sweeteners, they all vary in calories, effect on diabetics, and what happens when you bake cookies with them. (via Lifehacker)
Where Did the Peace Symbol Come From? From very carefully crafted symbolism you might not be familiar with.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Animals on Piano
My kitten waits until long after everyone is retired for the night and then announces to the entire house that someone forgot to close the piano. She is only one in a long line of talented and not-so-talented creatures who play piano. See a collection of them in these videos I posted at mental_floss.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Friday Fun Links
Midnight was born missing part of one leg, and then was so neglected by his owner that he was seized by authorities. The adorable horse was close to being euthanized when the staff at Ranch Hand Rescue came up with a plan to get Midnight a new leg.Do Not Touch the Frog. National Geographic photographer Mark Moffett went to find a very poisonous frog, but his awesomely funny adventures along the way will make you forget it’s a 16-minute video. (via Boing Boing)
The Wire was a very popular TV show on HBO from 2002 to 2008. If it had been published as a serialized Victorian novel, it would read like this.
Aled Lewis illustrates clever puns and jokes with pictures of toys. See more at his blog Aled Knows Best. (via Nag on the Lake)
Star Wars public service posters. My favorite is the one you might see in an alien health department: “If you don’t know who your father is, anyone could be your sister.” (via Geekologie)
Julian Assange is a Horrible Houseguest. I’ve had acquaintances like that. (via Breakfast Links)
An android, meaning the Android phone mascot, dances up a storm. Impressive, for a guy in an inflatable costume!
Nick Pitera can sing like anyone: a guy, a girl, or even inanimate objects. Put them all together and you have a one-man Disney movie -at least the musical parts.
Misspelled words that only exist to make you laugh. And they will, indeed, succeed.
Russians thinks Americans smile too much, and therefore must be either mentally ill, deceptive, or insulting. But just maybe living in America is something worth smiling about. (via J-Walk Blog)
Walt Disney Studios spent $175 million on Mars Needs Moms, which opened to a $7 million weekend. There is no dearth of reasons why the movie was such a flop. (via Metafilter)
Thursday, March 24, 2011
9 More People Who Refused to be Limited
Some people love a challenge. Some people are handed challenges they never asked for. Whether from pride, passion, inspiration, or a combination of all those things, some people are willing to do what it takes to accomplish what they aren’t “supposed” to be able to do. I remember a phrase from my childhood, used as a comeback when someone is told they can’t or won’t do something- “You hide and watch me.” Here are nine folks who took those challenges and ran with them, in the latest chapter I posted of a continuing series at mental_floss.
Good Reads and Information
7 Songs with Fewer Than 35 Words. Which means you can totally memorize and sing them!
The lovely ladies who played basketball 100 years ago. And the men.
The Witch of Wall Street.
This guy lost his leg a year ago. Now he has a new one designed to look like The Terminator.
Randall Munroe of xkcd illustrates how much ionizing radiation we get from various activities, from eating a banana to receiving a fatal dose of fallout. The exponential differences should be reassuring to anyone who doesn’t live near Chernobyl. (via Bad Astronomy)
12 Things You Might Not Know About the Dust Bowl. History class didn’t cover it much, since there was also a depression and a European war brewing at the same time.
Hideaki Akaiwa couldn't wait for the authorities to save his wife after the tsunami. So he did it himself.
An Interactive Timeline of Middle East Protest Movements. Just in case you are a bit confused about what happened and when in the various countries experiencing civil unrest. (via Metafilter)
Apparently, I’m not the only one who thinks it strange that our initial response to a natural disaster somewhere far away is to design a t-shirt.
4 Stories about America’s Best-Known Burger. Say it with me now: two all-beef patties….
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