The BigDog Quadruped Robot is quite real and, I think, amazing.

Now here is the "beta" version. ;)

(My apologies if this has been posted in this tread already. I scanned this page, but not the whole thing.)

lol!
:D

Make my logo bigger cream! (work safe, but the volume seems kind of high)

Quirky artist and filmmaker Miranda July's fanciful instruction film on how to make buttons.

Holy crap, people - this elephant paints a self-portrait. (Way better than I could.)

Probably the zoo trained him - but that doesn't mean the little touches, the elegant lines, etc didn't come from him.

Interesting question.....would an elephant derive joy for this? I know they are seriously intelligent, but could it recognize a line drawing as representative of an elephant? Even if not, could it just enjoy making something? Hmm.

leet jeopardy contestant pwns

(coolest part - Alex Trebeck gets it!)

Oh Jackie Chan, the hours of joy you have given me.

My single greatest move in martial arts movie history is 1:20 into this video and it is a miss (and part of one of the great fights choreographed for film, though the YouTube picture quality really sucks.

Then 2:20 into this clip video is one of my favorite 2 second sequences ever.

You may recall a movie out last fall called Hitman. It had a sword fight under a train. The whole time watching that I was thinking "how could they possibly have thought that a good idea considering that the definitive sword fight under a train had already been filmed (see particularly 1:30 in; and that might only be the third best fight in the movie).


Of course, it isn't all Jackie all the time. Enjoy a fight over 4 minutes, 6 stories, and a single take.

VAM. Great links.

I would think that any elephant who can draw a flower that beautifully probably recognizes what they're doing.

Hell, I'd frame that picture and put it on my wall, it's so good.