Awesome Etc

Sometimes it’s fun to go to a more soothing place than extreme sports videos. Take, for example, the charming, carcinogen-filled style of Tom Noddy, the skillful trick bubblemaker. (Thanks Dave!)

…as eloquently put by a YouTube commenter. Utterly fascinated upon being shown that one can drink from a hose, he tries his best to do the same but quickly encounters a hindrance: himself.

We’re enjoying Thought of You, Ryan Woodward’s fluid and beautifully choreographed 2d animation; we’re also scratching our heads and wondering why it won’t be shown at Sundance next month.

Okay, now that we’ve gotten your attention, these penguins aren’t exactly the most acrobatic. But they do charm the hell out us as they try to figure out how to navigate the most minimal of obstacles.

One of the best ways to peruse your favorite sites on the iPad has come to iPhone. FLUD reader is free for the moment, so what are you waiting for? Be sure to add The Awesomer to your favorites!

We’ve posted thousands of goodies this year, and figured we’d help you guys out with your holiday shopping by picking some of the most awesome items of the year – in case you missed ’em.

John Jacobson’s perfect smile will banish even the darkest clouds. His enthusiasm will embarrass and empower you at the same time. Shoulder! Chin! Shoulder! Pat… DOUBLE DREAM HANDS!

A wacky montage of movie characters saying “Blah blah blah”. It was really funny the first time we saw it, but then we got really creeped out on the second go. Especially with Crazy Shatner.

A local news channel is shooting live right where you’re about to pass. Will you change routes or go the same path? If you pick the latter, make sure you don’t make a fool of yourself.

Weikang Sun used Sony Vegas Pro 10 to sync all four of the dreams in the last heist in Inception, reminding us how much really happened in the few seconds that the van was falling.

While we featured Daft Punk’s TRON:Legacy track before, we now have the official music video, and it’s the most perfect thing you could imagine – if you dream about Daft Punk and TRON, that is.

The title of this Rankin-Bass-Police holiday musical mashup pretty much says it all. “Rudolph (You Don’t Have to Put on the Red Light)”. Maybe Sting was the long lost 10th reindeer?

This is semi-famous Internet cat Meesha. He loves stuffed toys, and he shows his love either by carrying them around or attacking them. Here he does a heart-melting tight hug of his teddy bear.

Jarrett Heather says he spent between 500 to 1000 hours to create this kinetic typography video for Jonathan Coulton’s suburban ballad, Shop-Vac. Judging by the quality of the video, we believe him.

Barber Heng Song was busy giving a haircut when an SUV plows through his barber shop’s entrance. So what’s a man supposed to do in that situation? For Song, the answer was simple: keep cutting.

Scott Stutzman found out that Fruity Pebbles didn’t have a jingle, so he decided to make one. It’s catchy and sufficiently absurd, but Scott… Fruity Pebbles is made by Post, not Kellogg’s.

What’s wrong with this picture? If you guessed that the driver was heading down the wrong side of the highway, you’d be correct. If you ever happen to visit Tianjin, China, you’ll want to avoid this cab.

As annoying as those traffic speed cameras can be, we bet you’d slow down if you could win money from the speeders for driving under the speed limit. Winner of Volkswagen’s Fun Theory prize.

Comedian Michael Ian Black has just called a press conference. His timing is unfortunate though, as the room is currently on fire. Someone… anyone, get that man an extinguisher.

We’re always impressed by effortless looking talent, so check out the exceptionally sick moves from a highly skilled international group of B-Boys at their Battle of the Year. (Thanks Adolpho!)

Remember when you were bored in class and just toyed with your pen to burn time? Turns out some people took their time wasting seriously – there’s actually a World Cup for Pen Spinning.

The Mozilla Foundation adopted a couple of actual firefoxes, aka red pandas. There’s a live video stream of the cubs, so if you ever run out of cute animals to watch, you know where to turn to.

For those who don’t know, jeggings are leggings that look like denim or are made of elastic denim. Last week, Conan O’Brien wore a pair of jeggings, showing just how freakin’ wrong they are.