Dominoes and Trick Pool

If you've never seen a trick pool shot that lasted longer than a minute, then your wait is over. Not sure who he is or where he's from, but he's good.

Actually, he's not really good at pool, he's just good with dominoes. But that's not the point.

Watch and learn.

Finally: Double Decker Cars

Check out this British guy who engineered a double decker car out of two Smarts for a television show. And all it took was four huge bolts. 

It looks pretty cool (though functionally useless), except the Smart is underpowered and slow already, nevermind when you double the weight. And whatever you do, don't swerve... just watch the video.

Nerds can jam? Who knew?

You spend your whole life with three certainties: Death, taxes, and nerds can't play music. Well, I've been proven wrong, sorta...

Viewed over 134,000 times, this guy uses a combination of software and keyboard effects to create some music and become semi-famous on YouTube. If you want to call something created with software and keyboard sound effects music. Either way, it's not bad listening.

Granted, being a software-based keyboard music star is kinda like being a Guitar Hero star: Yeah, it sounds pretty good, but it's not really musical talent and nobody's really impressed.

Feed the hungry by playing a game

Looking for an online game that will make you feel good about killing time? Play FreeRice, a word game that donates rice to the World Food Programme every time you play.

The website lets users play a word game to donate food to those in need. You get four choices, and for every word you define correctly, 20 grains of rice are donated. It might not seem like much, but if you play for a few minutes, it adds up quickly, and thousands of people play every day.

So far, the site has donated nearly 22 billion grains of rice (Click here to see the daily and monthly totals) since it was created in October, and that's not too bad.

http://ww.freerice.com/

The Ultimate Flopper

Why nobody should ever mess with the U.S.

You've heard of automatic shotguns. You've heard of recoilless rifles. You've heard of 20+ round clips. You've heard of missile launchers.

Now combine all those features.

As one of the few shotguns developed exclusively for military use, the AA-12 (Auto Assault-12) boasts a 20 or 32 round clip, and the ability to fire dozens of different rounds ranging from crowd control bags to slugs to pellets to rockets. The internal recoil dampening mechanism means you can fire at over 300 rounds a minute without a significant loss of accuracy, and utilizes the forces involved to kick out spent shells and load the next into place. Awesome. Watch the video of this bad boy in action.

I've never felt safer than I do right now... which is ironic considering how dangerous this weapon is.

Your kids want this for Christmas -- please please please

Lokulokus are amazing Japanese pig toys -- you slam them on the floor to splat them flat, they slowly return to normal. Of course, they're only in Japan. And probably toxic. But you've got to watch the video.

Bizarre Commercials: Coke gets weird

Want to see a commercial where a man turns into a crazy bird while drinking a Coke through two straws so he can share it with complete strangers? Seriously.

I didn't think so, but it was worth a shot. Strangest thing I've seen in a long time.

Amusing Commercials: Political Edition 2

Amusing Commercials: Political edition

Watch Arnold doing what Arnold does best, in this bizarre Japanese commercial that features him flexing while lifting large teapots and then eating noodles.

It's making me hungry just thinking about it...

Amusing Commercials: Mr. T for Snickers

We're going in a new direction with the weekly Old School Commercials blog. Now it's just any commercial that amuses us. Hopefully you'll enjoy it as well.

This week's featured spot is Mr. T telling a sissy soccer player to man up. And, in true Mr. T fashion, it involves a tank.

Now if that doesn't get you clicking, I don't know what will...

Old School Commercials: Crossfire

What an awesome game. The commercials alone made it more intense and cool than it actually was.

I know it's not really old school, but it's still cool.

And if you loved the commercial, you'll love this dramatic interpretation by Scott Gairdner:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvDUx-RWJxw

Old School Commercials: Pete Rose sings Aqua Velva

If you've never heard Pete Rose sing the classics, you'll have to wait a little bit longer. Legendary baseball player and manager Pete Rose sings the Aqua Velva theme in this commercial from 1976.

Ohh, and what's with the concessions guy's womanly hair? 

Old School Commercials: Big League Chew

Imagine a product designed to encourage kids to pretend they were chewing tobacco, and there's no outcry.

Gotta love the 80s...

Strangely enough, I bought a pack (of Big League Chew, not chewing tobacco) about two months ago. So they must have been doing doing something right...

Any Mario Bros. fans out there?

If you have any fond memories of Super Mario Bros (the original), and you haven't seen this video before, you probably should.

Is it hokey? Yes.

But it's still impressive.

One vote just isn't enough

As a former Texan, I've gotta say this is not what I wanted to see out of my former representatives, but watch the video as they run around voting for absent legislators.

Bizarre...

No limits

If you ever wondered how the guys in the awesome chase sequence from the Bond movie Casino Royale did what they did, then you need to be introduced to parkour.

Developed in France out of a combination of acrobatics and gymnastics, and better known in America as freerunning, it's a series of body control techniques that teach the science of controlled movement and efficient forward motion. Simply put, it's all about doing the things most people think exceed the bounds of normal human capability.

Check out http://freeparkour.org/ for more information on this up and coming sport.

Firemen defeat gravity in vehicular combat

Firefighters in this video decided to combine the power of their firefighting equipment in an experiment to conquer gravity. Everyone has an air-powered hovercraft, but one powered by water jets? I can only imagine the damage to the pavement below...

A waste of taxpayer dollars? I think not. 

Students take Post-It art to new level

Coming to a gallery near you: Students express themselves artistically using a surprising medium.

Post-It Notes on windows and walls are becoming the newest form of self expression, as you can see in the following examples:

Washington student recreates Ray Charles

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/29/irpt.post.it.art/index.html

Students at the University of California - Santa Clara recreate their favorite video game memories:

Mario Bros:

http://www.yikes.com/~pengo/8bit/

Donkey Kong:

http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~inio/dk/

If you can find others in a quick Google search, let me know in the comments section below...

Tired of your kids complaining about the bus?

If your kids ever whine about having to ride a bus to school, show them the alternative.

The people in this remote village in Columbia have to choose between a two hour hike to the nearest village or a one minute ride down on this old, rusty zip line that hangs 1,200 feet above the river below.

Young children learn the system at a early age, and are entrusted with carrying important supplies and younger siblings across (in old burlap sacks) at speeds of up to 30 miles per hour.

Apparently it's been used for years without any injuries, but something tells me plenty of American attorneys would love to get their hands on this class action suit waiting to happen.