Awesome Etc

When there’s nothing left to eat, there’s always that box of Mac & Cheese sitting on the shelf. And once you’re enlightened to the ingredients, you’ll be even more ready to cook with powdered cheese.

(BSFW) We’ve seen the Hula POV before but Youtuber hulafantastica kicks it up a notch by sharing what his Hula Cam lovechild captured at Burning Man 2012. The track is by Porter Robinson.

‘Moving picture archivers’ Puppet Shed introduce us to the majesty of Fruity Posing Archery. Stick around for the ending and take in some Jiskefet if you feel like expanding your sports palate further.

(SPOILERS!) A look at some of the effects made by Pixomondo for the second season of HBO’s Game of Thrones. The show bagged the Outstanding Visual Effects at the 2012 Emmy Awards.

(SPOILERS) These guys pull off an epic prank on their mom, playing a modified version of Toy Story 3 where the trash incinerator scene turns out a little differently than the theatrical release.

A “nostalgic ode to cooking over the fire, secret swimming holes and the unending days of youth.” We hope it doesn’t smell like people who haven’t taken a bath for days as well.

This is just plain wrong, but we can’t stop staring at it. Little Sad Keanu Reeves is a 3D printed figurine made by Shapeways member neuralfirings. It comes in two sizes, both of them sad.

After making a video using Excel, Mystery Guitar Man finds another roundabout way of making art. This time he sampled sounds from tools to make a dubstep track. Wub wub? More like wood wood.

A short profile by Etsy on Carolina Fontoura Alzaga, a seller who manifests her passion for recycling and the environment by making chandeliers and light fixtures out of used bicycle parts.

A dog and his master unwittingly reenact one of our classic childhood scenarios. Lincoln the English mastiff plays us, and his master plays our parents. He even got our tantrums and groans right.

Countless precisely-cut strips of paper and tiny gears comprise this amazing mechanical marvel – a biped robot assembled entirely from paper, a few wood dowels, and powered by rubber bands.

We’ve seen extremely young rappers strut their stuff. Here’s one from the other end of the spectrum. Allow us to introduce Kwayzar the Seer. He’s 83 years young and an aspiring rap star.

If you think there are only two kinds of people in this world, James Chapman’s supercut will tell you otherwise. Heck, there’s not even just two kinds of two kinds of people. List of movies here.

(NSFW: Language) We’ve all stayed at our share of crummy hotels over the years. Here’s a bunch of first-world complaints from the “Gentlemen.” Broken Wi-fi and resort fees piss us off too.

This is Dave. He can easily provide incredibly accurate information about you, even if he’s never met you before. Who gave him this power? You did. Watch and learn how he does it.

(NSFW: Language) What happens when Mario has had enough torment from Goombas and Koopas? Well, if he’s eaten enough poison mushrooms, he goes postal, and wants to burn the Kingdom down.

Hacker/Astronomer/Gamer/DJ/Scotsman Scott Manley created this visualization of asteroid discoveries from 1980 to 2012. Don’t call Bruce Willis yet – each pixel is 500,000 km in distance.

(MINOR SPOILER) One of the best things about Borderlands 2 is its variety of weapons, including this troll of a gun that is obtained as a quest reward. Don’t max your volume.

Most pets make noises to get their master’s attention, but this needy yet smart cat has a simple approach that has a 100% success rate: make it so its human can’t pay attention to anything else.

Joerg Sprave’s Slingshot Channel ignores its namesake, this time, letting his pal show off his deadly Mjölnir hammer, and how well it works to get dents out of Joerg’s Nissan Micra.

A squirrel infiltrated YouTuber Finn83’s kitchen. Not wanting to get caught, the rodent calls off his mission and executes his escape plan. Stealth Cat could take a lesson from this badass.

In the latest episode of Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Jerry drives a vintage Rolls, and joins comedy veterans Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks for a chat and some deli sandwiches.

How awesome would it be if life was chronicled in comic books? Collegehumor does just that, but with a pessimistic take. If we’re just going to become victims instead of heroes, we’d rather pass.