Proper firework usage 101

In retrospect, lighting it off in the intersection, might have been a bad idea. At least they can look on the bright side (no pun intended), the burn marks on their vehicle will make for an interesting story to tell at parties.

Also of interest, is this crazy fireworks display, that was lit off of a swing set, and shockingly did not end in an ambulance ride. At least people take the time to film their dangerous stunts, so that we can see it all from the comfort of our homes. Kudos to you, YouTubers, for making our time online that much less boring!

A poor man's Porsche

Now this is an interesting project, I'm sure a lot of people would like to own a Porsche, but out of those that want one, and can't actually afford one, how many of them went out and built themselves a 1:1 peddle-powered scale model of it? Not many I'm sure. This must have been quite the engineering feat, it's just too bad that there's no video of it in action.

Facebook explained...

At last, someone has managed to create an easy way to sum-up Facebook! This picture was created by an anonymous member of the Internet, and while I know this hardly qualifies as news, it seemed like a fitting way to kick off the weekend.

Also, if you're looking to kill some time over the weekend, I'd highly recommend checking out Freddy Wong's YouTube channel. I've featured one of his videos on here before, and I have to say he's one of the funniest filmmakers on YouTube, so, once again, check his page out if you get the chance.

Gag-inducing, yet funny, marketing parody

I think it's safe to file this video under "Thank God it's a parody!". I'm sure many of you have seen plenty of similar videos either on TV or the Internet, it's exactly because of that familiarity that I found this parody so amusing.

I for one am sick of marketing in this manner, yes we know that your product is "amazing", but do we need to hear some guy rattling off fake statistics to  make me want to buy it? I think I'll pass on that.

I'll also add that if the above video was real, I'd probably lose my lunch.

China, land of the not-so-free

Sometime a news story is so good you just have to post it, this is one of those times. Apparently during a recent Chinese news broadcast, the Chinese government aired an alleged weapons demonstration, but instead of airing real footage, they actually aired footage from movie Top Gun. As you can see in the picture above, we have the news footage on the left, and a screenshot of the movie on the right. Oh China, when will you learn?

(as seen at Minitofu.com)

Airplane lovers rejoice!

Badermodels.com is now selling these creative, yet totally impractical USB drives in the shape of various aircrafts' tail-fins. But a going price of 53 dollars for even even the cheapest one, I don't know what what would drive someone to buy something like this, you certainly won't see me flying over to their site to order one! (sorry)

(Badermodels)

Oops, wrong getaway car!

Imagine yourself waking up early in the morning to take out the trash or something, when you see the above situation unfolding. I'd probably just assume I was either dreaming or hallucinating and go back inside. Needless to say this is probably the most bizarre police chase video I've ever seen, it's just a shame the video is so short, I really would have liked to see how this played out.

Not the future I'd imagined...

Companies like to create prototypes of their idea of the future, but this has to be one of the most far out ones I've ever seen. The picture above represents one of several mock ups created by BMW to represent a possible outlook on future transportation methods. Personally though, you won't catch me dead in this, or their bizarre coat/car contraption.

(as seen on Engadget)

Not a bad way to die...

I found this hilarious video while browsing the Internet the other day, and thought this might make a good video to test YouTube video embedding on the blogger platform, plus, its funny!

Despite watching several times, though, I can't really figure out how jumping into a garbage can is going to protect you from getting hit by a car, if it were me I would've stayed off the streets altogether, but that's beside the point. Also, did anyone pick up the video game reference in there? Here's a hint: the name of the game starts with "Z".