Awesome Etc

Add excitement to paintball and prison riots with the 2011 K-Series .68 dual-feed launchers by Riot Ready, which quickly convert between magazine and hopper fed loading systems. (Thanks John!)

Are you a bit of a hothead? Need to keep your temper under control? Watch this instructional video from Mr. Spock and Captain Kirk to find out the best way to deal with your angst. Or not.

YouTube user jim784m recreated several Street Fighter characters in the Xbox version of WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011. Each fighter has four costumes and appropriate wrestling moves.

YouTube user ACDPresents mashed up the audio from the trailer of You Got Served with scenes from Fiddler on the Roof, turning the latter into something that’s straight up hood. Or not.

Jeff Ledellaytner’s dad loved riding his Norton motorcycle until it got wrecked in 1993. Jeff and his brother stole the bike and had it restored in time for Christmas. Skip to 10:30 for the big reveal.

We can’t believe we just heard of TomSka’s asdfland web comic – a prime source of stupidity! Here’s the third installment of the animated version of the comics. I AM PUNCHING YOUR SALAD!

Alright, you don’t have to kill 14 minutes of your life watching the whole video from RemoteKontrol busting out these sick robot dance moves, but on the other hand, why not? (Thanks IceBone!)

(NSFW) Why watch a review of a movie that was released five years ago? Because Harry S. Plinkett is hilarious and meticulous. Trust us, it’s worth the 110+ minutes to watch it. Parts 2 & 3 here.

Some of the moves the guy in green pulls off border on sexual harassment, but his acrobatic abilities far outweigh the creepy contortionist moves he pulls out for the ladies.

We’re not sure exactly what this little penguin is doing, but he certainly is jolly. The other penguins probably think he’s a spaz, but to us, he’s our latest internet hero.

GoPro put together this montage of some of the more awesome action footage shot with their wearable 1080p HD HERO camera. The view from inside of a wave never ceases to amaze us.

Version 3.0 of Skype’s iOS app brings video calling to both WiFi and 3G connections. Mobile Skype users can also hook up with desktop users, making Apple’s FaceTime even more useless.

Remember Chernobyl Tetris? How about Rain Man’s Impossible Mini-Games, or The Wonder Years Street Fight? Dan Meth’s fictional games are a hoot for anyone who grew up during the 1980s.

The crew of the BBC show Polar Bear: Spy on The Ice used several camouflaged cameras to cover their subjects, but the bears’ curiosity – and brute strength – got the better of the gadgets.

Chris Harrison and his colleagues at Carnegie Mellon University share with us some of the tricks that UI designers employ to fool us impatient users that a file is downloading faster than it really is.

Sit back and enjoy this performance of Scott Joplin’s ragtime classic, played entirely on bottles by the aptly named St. Luke’s Bottle Band. When you’re done, enjoy some Beethoven.

This magnet looks just like one of those water dispensers found on fancy refrigerators, but it ain’t real. Closer inspection reveals Nacho Cheese and Chicken Wing options. Why oh why can’t it be real?

Roger Ebert thinks this short film from Jamie Stuart, documenting the Blizzard of 2010 in New York, deserves to win the Academy Award for best live-action short subject. What do you think?

Back in 1985, Weird Al Yankovic left a series of messages on his drummer’s answering machine. He recently dug up the tape. We can’t believe he never recorded “I Want a New Dog.”

A sweet and short skit by CorridorDigital. The premise is achingly shallow and the acting’s pretty bad, but the video makes up for it with awesome special effects and chiptunes.

Quite old, but still a gem. Stains the dog was being trained to recognize and follow when he’s told “away”, but he ended up having a revelation of epic proportions. Watch the original video here.

A highlight reel of the segments that professional stuntman Steven Ho did with Conan O’Brien on the prematurely canceled Tonight Show, compiled by Steven himself. More here.

Despite the fact that HBO’s Boardwalk Empire takes place during the 1920s, it’s a very high-tech production. This brief reel shows off some of Brainstorm Digital’s incredible VFX work.