I’ve been a bad blogger this past week, but all is well on the homefront. I’ll post something original soon, but until then, please enjoy this brief intermission:

Ok, you have to try this now: If you’re on a Mac, hold down control-option-command and press the 8 key. Total insanity.

(If you’re on a PC, check out the chickens and rabbits below. That’s all I got for ya.)

I really need to get some chickens (and then some squabbling rabbits.)

(via cynical-c)

Check out this extreme slo-mo video of a samurai sword slicing a bottle of tea:

The egg and tomato videos are also worth watching.

(via cynical-c)

My friend Jonathan (whom I haven’t seen in eons) made a truly awesome video a few months back of his Daily Photo Project. This is an absolute must-see. It spans over eight years of incredibly uniform yet evolving daily self-portraits.

I was reminded of Jonathan’s video tonight while watching the Daily Show, during which I saw a Dunkin’ Donuts commercial that quite arguably rips it off. Yes, this concept is one that plenty of folks have undoubtedly thought of at one point or another, but Jonathan’s video has been featured in the NYTimes and countless other media outlets, and the execution of the recent Dunkin’ Donuts spot is strikingly similar.

In any case, check out Jonathan’s brilliant video below:

107-year-old Australian woman Olive Riley has a brilliant new blog (or “blob,” as she endearingly calls it). It’s charming, sweet, funny, a bit rambling at times, and just plain fascinating—just what you’d expect from someone who’s lived for over a century. I hope both Olive and her blob are with us for a very long time.

Here’s an excerpt about the time Olive decided to get dentures at the ripe old age of thirty-one:

Olive:
I went down to the dentist and he said; “Oh yes, you’ve got a couple of decayed teeth there.”

Mike:
Just a couple, though?

Olive:
Yeah. So, I said take ‘em out. “What, now???” He said. (I was on me lunch hour, yer see.) And I said yes, now! And so he took ‘em out. Then, I said; while you’re about it, you might as well take the lot out.

Mike:
But the thing I don’t understand is, why you would have asked [the] dentist to take everything out? It’s so drastic.
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This just in from Australia.

You’d like to think that dogs would have some sort of instinct telling them to avoid porcupines—or at least to stop attacking once they get half a snoutful of prickers. Clearly that’s not always the case. (Don’t worry: It’s a reasonably happy ending, all considered.)

[the owner's story, plus the most ridiculous photos ever after the jump]

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This video and article about a skydiver who survived a parachute malfunction and subsequent 1-mile near-freefall is not to be missed.

The most stirring moment of the video is when the skydiver realizes that his reserve chute won’t open, and yells out, “Oh shit, I’m dead! Bye!”