Awesome Etc

If you thought letting kids wield a sharp knife to carve their Jack ‘O Lanterns was dangerous, then take a gander at the Glock .40 caliber carving method to put things in perspective.

While it sounds like the title for yet another cheap horror flick sequel, what you’re about to watch is the latest clever gunfire effect fantasy by Youtube master Freddie Wong.

If you don’t know who – or what – this is, watch this. This 7-inch action figure of Regan MacNeil has multiple points of articulation. We doubt you can come up with a scarier pose though.

Pianist and Professor of Music Richard Grayson likes to improvise pieces when he performs. Here, he takes an unusual request from the audience – the Imperial March played ala Beethoven.

(NSFW) Greaseballs Pauly D, The Situation, Ronnie and Vinny take on an army of disrespecting clowns with their ultimate moves in this 16-bit RPG version of the guilty pleasure that is Jersey Shore.

iPads and iPhones face off in an Apple-themed Twitter anthem for this Michael Jackson Beat It spoof. We wonder what the King of Pop would think of the dancing (not bad). (Thanks everyone!)

Here at The Awesomer, it’s clear we are fans of the cats. And cats are funny, especially when they’re feeling undignified; today, please enjoy Linus in his costume and the insult added to injury at the end.

(NSFW) Want to see K. West’s “noir piece”? Then prepare to sit your ass down for 34 minutes. The short film/long-ass music video is a visual feast, and of course, it’s full of awesome music as well.

The Chevrolet Cruze shows off its handling and nimbleness on a super-sized Pac-Man level. A white Chevy played Pac-Man against the black Chevy ghosts (background song NSFW).

Applidium’s VLC app now supports the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and 3rd and 4th gen iPod Touches. Supported file formats include AVI, MPG and MKV. Files can also be deleted from within the app.

Photoshop dexterity (PSD) is a skillset acquired by proficient users of Photoshop. Qualities of PSD include supernatural powers of imagination and a strong desire to make the world more beautiful.

Youtube phenom Mystery Guitar Man takes on The Simpsons theme song, playing the opening theme on a dozen kids toys. We miss the animation, but the clever instrumentation makes up for it.

Yellow Fever Productions’ George Clarke carefully deconstructs a bit of footage from Charlie Chaplin’s 1928′ silent film The Circus, in which he thinks he’s spotted a time-traveler with a cell phone.

One of the videos in Martin De Thurah’s City series shown at Expo Shanghai 2010, Water City is a feast for the eyes, capturing a variety of the forms, textures and tones of water.

Play the video and watch as the cube dances before your eyes, hovering over the cardboard. Keep watching to see how the trick is made. What we can’t figure out are the floating hands.

Part of College Humor’s 8 People Ridiculously Good at Ordinary Jobs playlist, these factory workers show you how to pack a deck of playing cards in 5 seconds. That is, if you can follow their hands.

An ode to one of the most twisted and hilarious memes ever to come out of 4chan. SLiD3 made this statue of Rageguy, aka Fffuuuu (add/subtract letters depending on your level of rage).

Ok, this is one of the coolest LEGO creations we’ve ever seen. It’s a brick-by-brick rendition of Han Solo’s famous frozen-in-carbonite scene from Empire Strikes Back. From the recent NYCC ’10.

This sugary-sweet gummy creation measures 26 inches-long, weighs 3 pounds and clocks in at about 4,000 calories. Perfect for a giant chocolate pudding and Oreo dirt cake. Here’s the Oreo.

Segway inventor Dean Kamen shows off his incredible marvel of modern science – a prosthetic arm which can be controlled by the wearer’s mind, as if their real arm were still there.

We’re not really sure if these cats are playing patty-cake, high-fiving each other, or think they’re looking in the mirror. The video says “Wing Chun Sticky Hands,” but we don’t know what that is.

One of the neatest videos of the year. Neature Walk is a new series about the neatness of Nature. “This is an aspen. You can tell that it’s an aspen tree because of the way it is.” Watch ep. 2 here.

There is a difference between setting yourself on fire and burning yourself. As explained by Theodore Gray, stuntmen often use a water-filled polymer to protect their skin. More at PopSci.