Awesome Videos

If you want a better – or more terrifying – look at what this guy got through, check out this time lapse video of the daily traffic in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam by photographer Rob Whitworth.

Who the hell is this guy, and why haven’t we heard of him before now? We’ve never seen a guy wearing a hat like that make so much sweet noise, all while sitting in an office chair.

Igor Kuser was practicing spiral landings with a parachute. Someone told him to practice doing it over a lake. Now he knows why. Fortunately he only got knocked out for a few seconds and is okay.

(NSFW: Language) The Moth is a non-profit org that promotes “the art and craft of storytelling.” Here’s a true story from one of The Moth’s events, about hackers who break into banks for a living.

Another exciting live action short from the Thousand Pounds Action Company. It’s worth watching even if you’re not a fan of the manga/anime series. The fight starts at 5:20.

Vocal impressionist Jim Meskimen returns with a short holiday poem, done in the voices of dozens of famous celebrities. We’re not sure if David Letterman or Tom Waits is our favorite.

Pogo returns with another musical mix, not using movies, but real life as his reference this time. Kadinchey (“thank you”) was created from sampled sights and sounds of the people of Bhutan.

A group of kids from the Sullivan School kindergarten in Seoul, South Korea unleash their nascent punk-rockers with a cover of The Ramones’ Judy is a Punk. They already know how to pogo.

In Soviet Russia, roads drive you… or something like that. Here we see that principle in action, as the world’s lowest-budget motorcycle takes to the streets. Or something like that.

Vimeo user warthox is able to put on quite a show with his Quad MultiWiiCopter and its new MT2208 motors. The buzzing sounds like a pissed-off horde of robot bees… and we love it.

A douchebag tries to infect kids with his cynicism. This short film by Nick Scott is as straightforward as it gets, but it’s worth watching for one reason: that young girl and her invincible smile.

Improv Everywhere spreads some holiday cheer, with the help of the Gregory Brothers and who has to be Home Alone-era Macaulay Culkin. Seriously we were waiting for him to make that face.

The Jedi and Sith whip out their lightsabers, and sit down(?) for an epic duel between light and dark, as they battle each other with… string instruments! Vader’s accordion = bonus points for the Dark Side.

YouTuber BD594 has a band. But this group eschews vocals, guitars, keyboards and drums for a flatbed scanner, 8-bit computers and a hard drive for this performance of House of the Rising Sun.

The guys usually use their powers for good, but this time they get to play with some heavy equipment, and TRY to tear down a house. Here’s a bit of the ending if you’re curious how it turns out.

After making some of the weirdest commercials ever, Skittles sent Nathan Barnatt a boombox as a gift and asked him to show it on his YouTube page. But this dancing fool couldn’t stop there.

…aka “The Evolution of Google.” The company takes a look at the past, present and future of search, promising faster, more natural and more accurate results. Learn more here.

As the year comes to an end, let’s review the year in film, courtesy of supercut master hatinhand, who notes that amongst all the blockbusters was a yearful of weird, wild and wonderful movie-making.

The highlights from Monster World Rally’s Gymkhana World Tour 2011. People in Vienna, Los Angeles and Melbourne got to see, hear and smell Ken Block do his thing live. First-person GoPro shots here.

Old black and white footage of the Charleston being danced to Daft Punk’s Around the World. Sounds crazy, no? But it works – perfectly. The latest dance craze for the 21st century.

(NSFW) Behold the terrifying power of Auto-Tune. 2 Be Simple is the debut single of Leslie David Baker – aka Stanley from The Office. Let that sink in for a minute. Also we want that fridge.

With all the buzz about Apple’s Siri, Microsoft didn’t want us to forget that they have a similar technology in Windows Phone called “TellMe”. Here techAU puts the two to the test – with hilarious results.

If only all dogs were as behaved at bath time as Casper right here. He knows that his owner wants to keep him cool, clean and pampered. We cringed when the soapy water got in his eyes though.