Pass the Johnny cakes, Obama!  This "lost" episode of Check, Please from 2001 shows our president-elect talking about soul food.  It's both revealing and surprising that Barack Obama actually existed in the world before 2008,...

Sometimes a picture is only worth six words, instead of a thousand.  Such is the case with this photo mash-up promoting Smith Magazine's Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak, which came out yesterday in plenty of time for...

Phil Kline got a large crowd together in Washington Square Park in New York City to create a holiday soundscape unlike most others.  The idea was to get a bunch of New Yorkers and give them boomboxes armed with one of Kline's...

Penelope Boston makes a case for NASA to look into Mars' caves in the search for life beyond planet Earth.  Her extensive career as a microbiologist makes her a credible source for new ideas in the search for life, and her...

Using Minesweeper to animate the ever-popular video game icon is unique in its own right, but adding in the flower garden and Tiny Tim's "Tip Toe Through the Tulips" brings it to a whole different level.  Trippy, frightening,...

Christmas is a time to reflect what we should be thankful for. For example, wicked light show displays set to the techno beat of an "Amazing Grace" remix. Happy Holidays!

We love when the Christmas spirit invokes enormous fervor by people who have way too much time on their hands. Here, on a much smaller, scale is “Jingle Bells” – rung by 49 microwaves.  Too bad old Kris Kringle's pacemaker...

Nature can be serene and calming. That's unacceptable. In this video, a quiet lake meets a big bomb. In an instant, Stark's Pond becomes a tsunami. Fish for dinner!

We're tempted to say something to the effect of "mother of all animal videos", but the sad reality is that it's all just smoke mice and mirrors.  Therefore, we'll have to stick with "freakin' sweet".

Old Nintendo games, downer quotes, and The Talking Heads team up to assure you that life is a tale full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. At the same time, there's something glorious and comforting about it...Kind of...

Stray dogs running across the highway is an unfortunate problem in Chile. When the inevitable happens, they're left to die by the side of the road. One animal that was recently struck down was rescued by another canine friend,...

Sometimes we like to drink in the middle of the week; don't judge. This hump day we're after the mysterious, allegedly hallucinogenic absinthe that few of us have tried.  Art of the Drink shows how to prepare absinthe if we...

Here's a video that describes the properties of the first, second and third dimensions. Easy to understand, right? Wait until you get up to the seventh dimension. You will be fascinated and nursing a headache. But think,...

Mexico City officials recently christened the world's largest ice rink, or so they believe. Looks like someone forgot to tell them that the world's largest ice rink opened millennia ago. It's called Canada. Ooooooooh! Ice b...

Attention kids! If your parents love you half as much as they say they do, they'll make you a cake as awesome as this Super Mario Galaxy display. The "planets" are all made of delicious cake that you must eat, but don't try...