Freeloading eagle makes off with hard-working fisherman’s catch
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Avoid amusement park lineups with Oculus Rift
You know what the worst part about Google Glass buzz is? It’s taking up valuable breathing room that should be reserved for Oculus Rift buzz. Just look at Boyd Crowder here, wobbling around the television like a cat that’s fresh … Continue Reading
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Perfectly good stereotype ruined by optimist’s Russian dash-cam compilation
Well, so much for that. We’ve all had lots of fun spending the past year or so luxuriating in videos that depict Russian roads as a Hobbesian wasteland where the front page of every owner’s manual suggests storing a hatchet … Continue Reading
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Superhero helicopter pilot brings doctor to crash scene
If you’re anything like the rest of us, you’ve likely devoted considerable time to pondering the reckless disregard your Norwegian friends have for their own safety. Perhaps a key to that riddle can be found in this footage of a … Continue Reading
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Awkward Handshake: The Game is distressingly familiar
If there’s one hope I have for the increasingly maligned Google Glass, it would be a feature that adds a video game HUD and attendant responsive bells and whistles to celebrate the day’s minor achievements. That really doesn’t seem like … Continue Reading
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Rooftop bungee jump goes more smoothly than it should
We’re all so quick to poke fun at those “crazy Russians” and their faithfully documented antics. But maybe we’re doing this all wrong. Maybe we should be saluting these friends on the other side of the world who are shedding … Continue Reading
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A short theory on the rude nature of cats
I have devoted considerable time to unravelling the mystery of my cat’s occasional outbursts of jerk behaviour, similar to the antics of this miscreant above. But that doesn’t mean I’ve gotten anywhere close to a definitive answer. The best I … Continue Reading
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Canada’s most charming narrator and a particularly clever raccoon
First the bad news: As much as we all want to deny it, one day the dulcet tones of David Attenborough will no longer be available to narrate our nature videos. Now the good news: The search for a worthy … Continue Reading
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Of course Calvin grows up to be an emotional wreck
There’s a lot to admire about Bill Watterson’s steadfast refusal to allow our beloved Calvin and Hobbes to be slapped on to every cheap mug, wallet, iPhone case, placemat and cat food dish importers could get their hands on. All … Continue Reading
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Training a seal to respect the beat
Let it never be said that science of questionable value isn’t science worth pursuing, because such a narrow-minded attitude would have kept this particular research avenue unstudied. And then what? Forever doom our species to an eternity of toe-tapping and … Continue Reading
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Russian sailor rescue dog adrift on ice floe
Listen, we appreciate the effort, but you really didn’t have to devote precious time to ensuring your video of hardy seafarers rescuing a dog adrift at sea was so beautifully shot and edited. We all would have watched it through … Continue Reading
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Apparently, Japanese concrete is seeded with catnip
Sure, this is the opposite of a Monday video but consider it another salvo in the war against the weekly mourning brought on by trudging back to work. So let’s have a little perspective after a long winter. The sun … Continue Reading
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The Japanese guide to creating an internet celebrity dog
Seeing this video of an excessively pleasant Japanese man getting Man’s Best Friendzoned by his portly Shiba Inu storm Reddit’s front page this morning inspired me to comb through some of the deep cuts on his YouTube page. What I … Continue Reading
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Let’s celebrate wedding season on Game of Thrones
Now that Tywin Lannister has ordered his remaining marriage-eligible children into Westeros’ latest loveless power couples and Robb Stark is pondering ways to mend fences with Walder Frey after unceremoniously ripping up their own marriage pact, let’s team up with … Continue Reading
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Cat keyboard skills continue to improve
OK, musicians. As you can see above, you’ve officially joined the ranks of shamefully underappreciated workers living under the dark cloud of potential outsourcing. So it’s decision time. Either you can rest on laurels earned from years of sparse soap … Continue Reading
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Anybody interested in adopting a duck?
Well, since McIntosh currently resides in California, it’s doubtful that the new home his current family finds for him won’t be north of the border. However, in case any Canadians are thinking of making a serious pitch for the fowl … Continue Reading
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Ask A Grown Man recruits Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich
Rookie Magazine’s reliably charming Ask A Grown Man series has reached its pinnacle by scoring Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich of “Atoms For Peace, I suppose” to answer questions from teen girls about boys, crushes and body issues. If only … Continue Reading
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The secret life of a sent parcel
In the spirit of the mighty How It’s Made, Dutch designer Ruben van der Vleuten equipped a package with a built-in camera before sending it on an adventure through his country’s postal service. From A to B from Ruben van … Continue Reading
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Dumb prank may be a glimpse of April Fools’ future
Bold prediction: Given that gimmicky flash mobs, Improv Everywhere interruptions and viral-baiting jokesters have made pranking a year-round plague, an increasingly obsolete April Fools’ Day is about to get an overhaul. In this brave new world, truly clever April 1 … Continue Reading
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All that stands between us and the criminals is a glass door
Joining last week’s rotund ne’er-do-well (who you can see below) in the Crooks Stymied By Glass Doors file is an Australian purse snatcher whose fleet-footed escape was nearly foiled by a sparrowlike ability to detect an approaching pane of glass. … Continue Reading
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Tormenting your pets with the call of the wild
How long after the invention of recorded sound do you think it took for the first person to torment their pet with the audio of a distant relative? I’m going to guess it was within a week, because the mad … Continue Reading
