A nice little video from Rooster Teeth.
Category: Curiosities
Tumblrweed: Sad Etsy boyfriends
This urlesque post about sad etsy boyfriends turned into its own single serving Tumblr pretty quickly. Because that’s how the Internet works.
For those scratching their heads trying to figure out what the nouns in that sentence mean, here’s a quick reference glossary…
urlesque – a blog collecting bits of the web.
etsy – a “sell your handcrafts” service where makers can sell their creations to the world.
sad etsy boyfriends – the male partners of etsy users who are, by appearance, forced by their other halves to model said creations.
tumblr – a blogging platform that lets you create and share content very quickly.
Tumblrweed is a series of posts where I share some of my favourite, or newly discovered, single serving tumblrs.
If Super Mario were a First Person Shooter
It would, one thinks, be safe to assume that one of the two following situations may occur in the future (perhaps May 2012):
a) The internet will run out of novel ways to reinterpret and present Super Mario Bros.
b) I will stop being interested in videos related to the Mario Bros franchise.
Until such time as one of those becomes true… enjoy.
What if Ferris Bueller was an emo? Or a drug addict?
His day off would look a little bit like this. You might also like to see Ferris Bueller recut as Fight Club. Both options make a lot of sense.
Or this…
You might notice the similarity between the music on this video and the Extra one I just posted – it’s the same song, from the incredibly dark and depressing Requiem for a Dream.
The extra good extra…
This guy is in just about everything. Look. Here’s proof.
Zero Gravity Mug
The other day I found ten pretty cool mugs and posted them on thebeanstalker.com – they were cool. But this is mindblowing.
A zero-gravity mug that balances on its edge. Amazing. The design page is in Chinese. But you get the drift.
Feed the birds: wearable hummingbird feeder will get you closer to nature
So, the other day I tried to play a little game. I tried. And I failed. Because my “mystery item” had what it was written on it. And I didn’t notice. But seriously. This hummingbird feeder is just bizarre. Who sits around at home and thinks “you know what we need – we need a helmet/mask combo that will get birds to eat off our faces”…
Salt and Light: 10 Salt and Pepper Shakers to light up dinner at your house
Salt and Pepper Shakers are almost infinitely customisable. And they’ve been that way for years. Here are some “modern” takes on the humble salt and pepper dispensers from one of my favourite product sites… sadly these guys don’t ship to anywhere outside the US. So I’ve also tried to track down some links for Australian customers.
Turn your meal times inside out with this inverted shaker available from Perpetual Kid and Amazon
If everything in your house functions by switch – bring that to the dinner table with the switch operated shaker – from Perpetual Kid or Amazon
For the adventurous, or those who believe salt should be shaken – not stirred, there are these vibrating shakers.
For the tweeps (Twitter Peeps) there are these nice little birdies (Amazon
This salt man in pepper pants (Amazon
If I had listened closer in science I’d know how accurate the idea of salt or pepper operating as a battery is… but I didn’t. So I’m fine with these.
If efficiency of space is your thing, or you’re a regular Jekyll and Hyde – then check out these split personality shakers (Amazon
Your grandma might like these peas in a pod (Amazon
Finally, salt and pepper should puzzle your guests – what better way to do that than to provide Rubiks Cubes for both salt (Amazon
If Mario’s story was modern and based in reality
There’s a slight language warning on this one…
My mind. Blown. And my eyes too…
I don’t often post gifs here. Their constant movement makes my eyes bleed. We’ll see how long I keep this one up. It is absolutely mesmerising.
Amy sent this one to me on Twitter. I don’t know where it’s from originally. Some tumblr somewhere.
Mario hits the wall: Super Mario Bros from start to finish projected on an outdoor wall
This is extremely clever and well produced.
Super Mario Bros. from Andreas Heikaus on Vimeo.
There’s also a making of video.
Super Mario Bros. on a Sidewalk – Making Of from Andreas Heikaus on Vimeo.
Found via ChurchCreate.
What is this?
Answer on this post this time tomorrow. Or when I remember.
What’s your best guess.
Reverse movies meme: Popular plotlines inverted
So, there’s a bit of a meme going around where people reverse the plotline of movies – like:
127 Hours backwards – the humbling story of a young amputee who goes into the desert and finds an arm.
I reckon that’s fun. So I’ve come up with a few. Have you got any?
Titanic – The story of a huge, ship shaped, submarine that emerges from the depths to rescue hundreds of people from a frozen, watery, grave.
Romeo + Juliette – the story of two zombies, who return from the grave only to be kept apart by their feuding families.
The Wizard of Oz – A young lady is sent by a wizard to fly a house to a faraway land. First she must get rid of a bunch of weird followers, removing vital organs and personality traits, and eventually she releases a witch from her captivity under said house.
Knock yourselves out.