Bare Essentials of Safety: in-flight safety video from Air New Zealand. You’ll quickly notice where it differs from others in this genre. From the “Nothing to Hide” marketing campaign.

There, I Fixed It: some seem a little iffy—fire alarm, really?—but I’ve certainly done my fair share of stopgappery.

Autotuned JFK: also MLK. Another treatment that I thought was pretty cool was this one on a different topic altogether. And if you don’t know what autotune is, here’s a quick introduction. {via}

Man Babies: blog featuring photos with the father and child’s faces reversed. It’s bizarre, creepy, but also strangely fascinating.

DespairWear: I love this one and that one and especially this one.

Dickensurl.com: a URL lengthener that takes a long URL and turns it into a URL with a quote from Charles Dickens.

Close Range: great spoof from The Onion. Umm, *shuffles feet*, I’d buy it.

Tweeting Cat Door: cat door that tweets when a cat enters or exits along with a picture. Uhh.

Zappos Map: not my scene, but damn if I didn’t sit mesmerized by it all the same.

People Who Sit In The Disability Seats When I’m Standing On My Crutches: documenting passive-aggressive non-confrontation on public transit. Ohhh, it’s about the people sitting. I love the domain name, at any rate.

Tax Information for Parents of Kidnapped Children: consider this my timely public service for my readers whose children have been kidnapped by non-family. You’re welcome!

MINI Augmented Reality Ad: another good example of the sort of technology also used in this GE one. {via}

Billy Dare, Boy Adventurer: I love these behind-the-scenes looks at the life of a henchman. Best one ever was from The Simpsons.

No LOL cat T-shirt: those LOL cats are so demeaning to felines.

Baconnaise: for those times when straight mayonnaise isn’t enough. Improbably, also available in “lite.”

Fly-Powered Model Airplane: if anyone says this is cruel to flies, I’m going to go nuts.

3M Performance Plus 8979N Nuclear Grade 48-Millimeter-by-54.8-Meter Duct Tape, Slate Blue: more great Amazon reviews.

Dinosaurs Fucking Robots: it’s exactly what you’d expect, you sicko. Probably NSFW.

“1000 is the new 10″: so brilliant and obvious in hindsight.

Яolcats: once again the Internet proves the maxim “just when you think a meme is dead, someone resuscitates it.” {via}

Nazis in Color: color really brings out the evil. (One picture with Nazi boobies towards the end of a long sequence.)

Soft Paws: stunned, I am.

Wizrocklopedia: blog about wizard rock. In other news, there is such a thing as “wizard rock.” {via}

Google PowerMeter: it’s coming and I’m excited to see what they’ve created.

Level Crossing Man: missed it by that much.

This is why you’re fat: oh my goodness. My stomach is churning just looking at some of these pictures.

“Zimbabwe revalues currency again”: by fiat, lops off 12 zeroes—that’s a trillion folks. Inflation is unofficially at 658 billion percent; unemployment is at 94%. {via}

It’s a Small World (2009 version): finally re-opened and with 100% more Disney and Pixar character placement than before. It’s all done quite well (except for Lilo and Stitch).

Reticulated Giraffe Calf at the SF Zoo: awwww.

Cornify: make any site suitable for little girls to visit.

Google Maps Car Hits a Deer, Records Entire Ordeal on Google Maps: this is seriously cool. Sadly, it appears Google has taken down the images from the Street View

How Many 90 Year Olds Could You Take in a Fight?: I can only take 12 so I’d better stay away from the bigger retirement homes.

“No Snickering”: okay, Penistone I can believe. But Butt Hole Road? Come on, Britishers.

Amazon.com – Uranium Ore: love the comments. Not sure about the actual product since it’s not eligible for Super Saver Shipping, sadly.

Sleeping Chinese: pictures of Shanghai residents sleeping in public, though I have to wonder how some of them are even possible.

Photo Clichés: blog showcasing a few of the trite tropes of photography. {via}

SecretTweet.com: why use post cards when tweets are so much quicker. No funky graphics though.

Bacolicio.us: based on the theory that every Web site can be improved by a big slice of bacon on it.

Feltron Eight: the latest news from Nicholas Felton. His is the exact opposite of “an unexamined life.”

All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy: 80 pages only? I dunno. {via}

Disaster in Little-Land: exquisite work and great concept. Love the row of Starbucks. More here.

The 2007-2012 Outlook for Public Building Stacking Chairs Excluding Bar, Bowling Center, Cafeteria, Library, Restaurant, and School Stacking Chairs in India: including this great review by the inimitable Ari Brouillette.

Ari Brouillette’s review of The Secret: it changed his life!

People Who Deserve It: I’m sympathetic. Related: People Getting Punched Right Before Eating.

“Can a Jedi lightsaber cut through Superman?”: short answer yes with an if, long answer no with a but. {via}

Where We Do What We Do: photos of people’s office spaces.

List of Common Misconceptions: I don’t believe it is complete, but it’s a good smattering of things everyone thinks they know.

“Rub My Belly & Be Destroyed”: this is a common sentiment among all the pregnant women I’ve known. {via}

Clown Shoes: only $200! They’re certainly nice looking. {via}

“A two-year-old smoking”: I’d think it was staged were it not for the other pictures in the sequence. {via}

Let Me Google That For You: a pedant’s dream. I predict that this will be big on the forums. {via}

Thats My Face: this is going to be huge within the stalker community.

JS-909: addictive little drum-kit-like thingy.

50 Beautiful Examples of Tilt-Shift Photography: it’s like scenes from a model train world.

“Could This Damage Your Car?”: I’m glad I read this because “flushing,” on the face of it, sounds like a good idea.

“All Apologies”: what an ass. I’ve encountered scolds who think they need to explain how you should behave, but I’ve never seen anything written by one.

Better Off Dead Camaro: details one man’s quest to own a car from a forgettable 80s movie. {via}

“Vicar hospitalised with potato up his bum”: I thought that only happened in the Appalachian Emergency Room. {via}

Fake Calls iPhone Application: this is an awesome idea and it looks exactly like the real thing.

SQL Putdowns on Twitter: “Your momma is so nasty the only relationship she knows is one to many” Oh snap! {via}

“WiFi thermostat puts power and cooling at your fingertips”: this is a great idea. I especially like the idea of this device enabling agency in deciding what temperature to maintain.

35 Stunning Black and White Logos: these are gorgeous! {via}

NaBloPoMo: I have a hard time supporting anything with PoMo in the title, but I do like blogging every day. (I’m just not very good at it.) Side note: NaNoReMo is belatedly looking for a No to Re this Mo.

Amazon Windowshop: sure, it’s a little Apple derivative but it’s a great idea and I bet it makes Amazon a killing.

How to Make a Poop Tube: linked from the how to live in your car guide. The idea of a portable defecation unit in tubular form intrigues me.

How to Live in Your Car: I’ll keep this one handy in case the economy truly does come crashing down.

Shiba Inu Puppy Cam: awwww. {via}

Cereal Mascot Therapy Session: fast-paced hilarity from the College Humor people.

Superhero Fashion Emergency: it’s the tights, most definitely.

Star Wars According to a Three-Year Old: kids are so much fun. This is exactly how my girls talk. It’s adorable.

Brohemian Rhapsody: Queen’s song re-imagined as a frat-boy kegger. I cracked up several times.

Awkward Rap: well-produced rap about life’s little discomfiting times. I’m finally going back through College Humor’s Original Videos section and there are some real gems there.

CSI: Scooby Doo: zoinks!

The Dark Knight Meets Superman: “while you were talking there, I went ahead and stopped crime. Like all of it.” {via}

“France to halt games when anthem is booed”: “We cannot tolerate our Marseillaise being jeered.” Oh those surrender monkeys, so quick to offend. {via}

We Are Scheduled: check out the slideshow at the bottom. It’s one of those week-by-week views of pregnant belly growth except she’s carrying five babies. Congratulations and all, but how can your back support that!?!

Troops to Teachers: allows soldiers to transition from active combat duty to urban combat duty without the hassle of certification. Uh huh, does this sound like a bad idea to anyone else besides me?

Hackers Delight: pictures from MIT’s rich history of pranks.

“Buy American”: op-ed from Warren Buffett about why now is the perfect time to be buying up stocks. Money quote (pun intended): “Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn’t. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value. Indeed, the policies that government will follow in its efforts to alleviate the current crisis will probably prove inflationary and therefore accelerate declines in the real value of cash accounts.”

Evolution: let’s say that I disagree with the sentiment, but it’s artfully executed propaganda.

John McCain at the Al Smith Dinner: and McCain also cracks wise.

Obama Roasts McCain at Al Smith Dinner: Obama makes with the funny.

Head Over Heels – Literal Version: I could watch these things all day. {via}

Unbeatable Banzuke: the craziest Japanese athletic game show I’ve ever seen. There’s plenty of video of it on YouTube. It makes me wish I had G4 still.

Whiner Jerkins All Hands 10/13/08: funny VC Powerpoint parody.

Upside Down Dogs: dogs smile when upside down.

Palin as President: click around, you betcha. {via}

Where is Your Username registered: nice service. I went ahead and registered my username at a couple of places where it was available. {via}

Suicide Kittens: moderately enjoyable. Meh.

Cupcake Car: yeah, still not helping me to get people. {via}

Leek Spin: yeah, I don’t get people. I really don’t.

You Fell Asleep Watching a DVD: must’ve been a labor of love. Otherwise, I have no idea why someone would have made this (or registered the domain). {via}

Unicode Snowman for You: one character at 4000% font size. Nice.

Sad Guys on Trading Floors: another niche blog.

Take on Me – Literal Video Version: hilarious. {via}

“Airport ‘X-ray art’ courts TSA trouble”: in other words, how to miss a flight without even trying. {via}

Beached: it’s tilt-shifted, time-lapsed video. I have no idea how it’s done but damn if I can’t get enough of it. Check out his Bathtub III and Bathtub II also. {via}

Pictured: The moment a grey heron catches a baby rabbit by the ears, drowns it, then swallows the thing whole: nature is badass.

Dexter Gets His Own Newsstand: I’ve seem the Wired one in person. This is a very clever campaign.

The No Votes: Arizona was the only state where every Representative, Democrat or Republican, voted no.