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Capoeira Cat

Capoeira Cat

Actually, we’re not quite sure what sort of fighting moves this cat is pulling off, but they’re definitely unusual. Maybe he just wanted to freak out the other cat out instead of actually taking him on.

A Typical Friday Night

A Typical Friday Night

After seeing Rebecca Black released the dumbest song about Friday, the single – and apparently friendless – YouTube user gtstung decided to share how he spends his Fridays too. We feel you man.

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Poké-Rights, Not Poké-Fights

Poké-Rights, Not Poké-Fights

The folks behind Pokémon Apokélypse are back with the best Pokémon-related video we’ve ever seen. Watch Ash and company dish out killer lines as they campaign to put an end Pokémon battles.

Steven Seagal – 101, Bones – 0

Steven Seagal – 101, Bones – 0

(NSFW: Language) Oliver Noble compiled all of Seagal’s bone-breaking scenes for our pleasure. You may be asking, why not Chuck Norris? Because Chuck’s compilation would be infinite.

Jedi Badminton

Jedi Badminton

And thus it is proven that a little After Effects lightsaber magic turns even the most mundane things into something exciting… though we are suprised the plasma blades don’t melt the birdie.

HTC EVO 3D

HTC EVO 3D

Ripping a page from Nintendo’s 3DS, this Android phone gets a 4.3-inch 960×540 glasses-free 3D LCD screen for movies and games, a 3D camera, dual-core 1.2GHz CPU and WiFi DLNA streaming.

District 9: Alternative Ending

District 9: Alternative Ending

The guys from How It Should Have Ended put their animated spin on the way that they think District 9 should have played out. Maybe it’s for the best that Wikus turned into a prawn after all.

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The Bellows March

The Bellows March

Using a zoetrope, 3D software and a 3D printer, Eric Dyer tells a mesmerizing story about the cycle of creation and destruction in his loopy, candy-like short film The Bellows March. (Thanks Hillary!)

Julian Assange: Houseguest

Julian Assange: Houseguest

A lot of people wish Wikileaks founder Julian Assange never existed – government officials, banks, and the people whose houses he’s stayed at. A hilarious sketch directed by Allison Silverman.

Ping Pong Trick Shots

Ping Pong Trick Shots

15 year-old Slade Manning has an uncanny ability to dunk ping pong balls into cups from afar. You may think this skill is useless, but he’ll kick your ass at beer pong once he’s of legal drinking age.

How Not to Make Bread

How Not to Make Bread

Did you know that “a lot of brown bread is just white bread colored brown”? Watch and learn how bread was made in the ’80s in this amusing vid, hair and ripped shirts included. (Thanks Sean!)

My Favorite Color

My Favorite Color

The latest song from the YouTube mashup musician Kutiman. My Favorite Color is a combination of 23 different videos blended into one reasonably cohesive whole. We still don’t get how he does it.

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Pony Effect 2

Pony Effect 2

A mashup of My Little Pony and Mass Effect 2. It’s still looks like an adventure of epic proportions, but way brighter and more colorful. Also, Shepard Pony doesn’t look like a pony at all.

Creepy Pizza

Creepy Pizza

While he was in China, Peter Jones unwittingly ordered the most unappetizing pizza on Earth. The waving flakes are katsuobushi – preserved skipjack tuna. Exposure to heat makes them move.

Around the World in 2000 Pictures

Around the World in 2000 Pictures

From Alex Profit – the man who directed Around the World in 80 seconds – comes this much longer stop motion trip around the world, covering eight beautiful cities from different countries.

Can a Book Save Your Life?

Can a Book Save Your Life?

If BlendTec blenders gadgets, the folks behind short fiction anthology Electric Literature shoot books. Watch the video to find out which big book published in 2010 can literally save your life.

Zelda: Ocarina of Tetris

Zelda: Ocarina of Tetris

Oliver Taylor had some a lot of time on his hands over the holidays, so he decided to work on something really, really important – playing the Tetris theme – by touch – using Link’s ocarina.

The FP (Trailer)

The FP (Trailer)

(NSFW: Language) Directed by Jason Trost, The FP is an over the top parody of 80s sports movies. The sport in this movie? Dance Dance Revolution. Honestly, the trailer was more than enough for us.

The Ghosts

The Ghosts

An homage to the 50s, Rock n’ Roll, and most of all to teenage years. Eddie O’Keefe’s The Ghosts is the suburban, middle class equivalent of The Warriors. Props for the great soundtrack.

The IntelliFax 2800 App Store

The IntelliFax 2800 App Store

Mike Lacher of Wonder Tonic parodies Apple, bad Powerpoint presentations and who knows what else with his fake pitch for the Brother IntelliFax 2800 App Store. That’s the Angry Birds fap btw.

GoPro Duck Hunt

GoPro Duck Hunt

A duck hunt from the P.O.V. of Sugar – a golden retriever owned by the makers of S.U.G.A.R. Coat – shot with a GoPro camera. Sugar is great at what she does, unlike a certain dog we know.

Swing Set Jet Pack

Swing Set Jet Pack

Strapping yourself to a swing with a jet backpack to see if you can swing in a 360-degree arc seems like a bad idea. But that didn’t stop Bang Goes The Theory host Jem Stansfield from giving it a whirl.

Rock Hair Infographic

Rock Hair Infographic
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Telling your stylist that you’d like a Busta Rhymes is a lot easier, thanks to this visual compendium which features memorable haircuts in popular music from the last century. (Thanks Franz!)

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