All Ants are Chinese

At least that's what I concluded from this awesome video. All this talk about collective wills and Chinese walls. Freakin' commie ants.

Either that, or ants are martians. Their structures look like the cover of every 1940's pulp sci fi book I own, which is embarassingly many.

(thanks Presurfer)

I'm not taking the low road with this caption.

Mainly because that would make it three in one round of posting.

Playing Piano with His Balls - The most popular videos are a click away

Google Maps now teaches the alphabet!

We are online friends. That is all.

Online relationships can be sooo deep. I'm glad we have established our dialogue. Maybe some day we can get invested... in bed

(link)

Where have all the Samuri's Gone?

At least that's what the Japanese Paula Jones would be singing. Seriously, though, why aren't there more of these people? This stuff is legendary.

(thanks Neatorama)

Nintendo References and Dancing Deaf Chinese Women

...not in the same video, of course.

So many great references, the memories come flooding back.

It's only going to get harder to accept the fact that, with 1.3 billion people, China has 5 times as many statistical phenoms as the US.

ps. I would love to watch this while on lots of fun drugs.

(thanks for both, Laughing Squid)

Barte Bonte Games... brilliant time wasters

I posted a link to a cool sound/light game the other day, but I just recently came across the creator's site, Bonte Games. His other stuff is as cool, especially Effing Hail, that game was so much fun I played it three times in a row all the way through. Me and the Key is also pretty cool. These guys do great work.

Stop Animation before they knew what to do with it

This great old stop animation short from the 30's is innocently ridiculous.

(thanks Miss Cellania)

"Open Mindedness" or "I'm bloody fed up with you people"

His lilting british accent makes the back-handed passive agressiveness sting a little more.

(thanks Viral Video)

Bill Moyers Interviews William Black, Former Savings & Loan Regulator

I found this Bill Moyers interview by following a link in a fantastic Slate.com post about the pervasive corruption and collusion and greed that has led to this financial disastor. Conisdering the dry tone of the interview, this is one of the most engaging 30 mintues of tv I've seen in a while.

Favorite Quotes:

BILL MOYERS: But you're saying our system became a Ponzi scheme.

WILLIAM K. BLACK: Our system...

BILL MOYERS: Our financial system...

WILLIAM K. BLACK: Became a Ponzi scheme.

WILLIAM K. BLACK: ...we don't want to change the bankers, because if we do, if we put honest people in, who didn't cause the problem, their first job would be to find the scope of the problem. And that would destroy the cover up.

BILL MOYERS: The cover up?

WILLIAM K. BLACK: Sure. The cover up.

"It is not necessary to hope in order to persevere."

Twitter Gadget for gMail...

...because you don't already spend enough time in your inbox.

This simple site shows you how to add a Twitter Gadget into your gMail account. I had figured 3rd party gadgets would eventually be available, but this is the first time I've actually seen one.

Screw Lil Wayne and Beyonce. AKA Music That Makes You Dumb

I had heard of this guy's previous piece Books That Make You Dumb. I find it interesting and vaguely insightful that most of that bands are... well... average. Goes to show that music preferences cross all boundaries, even brain power.

*Note the location of Gospel (3rd row down, left side)

(thanks Flowing Data)

Big Impact on Water through Little Steps

Thanks to documentaries such as "Flow," I'm now scared shitless about the world's water supply. I didn't used to think of myself as a big water waster, but now I feel even more like crap.

Biggify here: Link

(thanks Neatorama)

Mushrooms growing in time lapse... trippy.

Hilarious Christianity FAIL

...or at least that's what I think it should've been called. It's actually called "If Athiests Ruled the World."

Funny, sad and poignient. Not to defend the bible thumpers, but if we judged every group by it's most rediculous online comments, we'ed all be in serious trouble.

(thanks Viral Video Chart)

The Lost Tribes of New York City

Inanimate objects tell their side of the story.

The Lost Tribes of New York City from Carolyn London.

(thanks again Laughing Squid)

Did You Know

the "Did You Know" series is always entertaining and informative... and disturbing. If you haven't seen it already it's worth a watch.

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